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Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveillance on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @03:46PM (#42938355)

https://archive.ph/hfrKY

The Facts on News Reports About Facebook Data

Posted by eric59 on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @10:30PM
from the about.fb.com dept.

https://about.fb.com/news/2021/04/facts-on-news-reports-about-facebook-data/

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Re:Is it an accident? No, it's a wildcard subdomain on Sunday April 12, 2015 @06:23PM (#9364954)

How is a wildcard subdomain configured?

How a Programmer Convinced the Sheriff to Share All Public Records Requests

Posted by eric59 on Monday December 22, 2014 @11:33PM
from the slog.thestranger.com dept.

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/12/22/how-a-formerly-anonymous-programmer-convinced-the-king-county-sheriffs-office-to-share-all-their-public-records-requests-with-him

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Placed 100 – Popular Businesses Based on Visitors

Posted by eric59 on Friday December 19, 2014 @08:44PM
from the placed.com dept.

http://www.placed.com/placed-top-100

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Re:Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes after liftoff on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @07:24PM (#8524378)

Acceleration

The Most Expensive One-byte Mistake (2011)

Posted by eric59 on Monday September 29, 2014 @05:08PM
from the queue.acm.org dept.

http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2010365

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How Coca-Cola Obtains Its Coca (1998)

Posted by eric59 on Monday September 22, 2014 @10:40PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/01/business/how-coca-cola-obtains-its-coca.html

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Oscar Host Ellen DeGeneres' Selfie Crashes Twitter

Posted by eric59 on Monday March 03, 2014 @03:39AM
from the npr.org dept.

http://www.npr.org/2014/03/03/285082817/degeneres-selfie-crashes-twitter

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Hey, protester, leave those Google buses alone

Posted by eric59 on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @11:36AM
from the grist.org dept.

http://grist.org/cities/hey-protester-leave-those-google-buses-alone/

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National Park Service Website Shutdown

Posted by eric59 on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @10:03PM
from the nps.gov dept.

http://www.nps.gov

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Re:Two-factor Authentication on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @03:58PM (#6323350)

Does anyone have a good way of storing recovery codes? I currently keep them on paper, in my wallet, but with more and more sites using 2fa I'm having to carry more and more recovery codes around.

Researcher controls colleague's motions in 1st human brain-to-brain interface

Posted by eric59 on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @02:03PM
from the washington.edu dept.

http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/08/27/researcher-controls-colleagues-motions-in-1st-human-brain-to-brain-interface/

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Bitcoin Bursts: Hacker Currency Gets Wild Ride

Posted by eric59 on Thursday April 11, 2013 @08:27PM
from the talkingpointsmemo.com dept.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/bitcoin-bursts-hacker-currency-gets-wild-ride.php

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Bitcoin is an option for marijuana money in Washington state

Posted by eric59 on Thursday April 11, 2013 @08:02PM
from the thestranger.com dept.

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/where-to-stash-your-cash/Content?oid=16460585

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New Options for ACM Authors to Manage Rights and Permissions

Posted by eric59 on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @03:03PM
from the acm.org dept.

http://www.acm.org/news/featured/author-rights-management

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Re:Is Facebook down? on Monday December 10, 2012 @05:58PM (#4902010)

"ping: cannot resolve www.facebook.com: Unknown host" from Seattle.