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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency
on Thursday January 30, 2020 @03:42PM (#22195324)
It seemed during the conference that they were trying their best to not step on Beijing's toes. I wonder if they think China would stop cooperating if they called them out on their poor containment procedures.
Re:Barr’s Encryption Push Is Decades in the Making
on Saturday January 18, 2020 @04:36AM (#22083439)
Reminds me of the time some politicians thought it would be a good idea to establish mathematical truth by legislative fiat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill
Re:Australia May Be the World’s Most Secretive Democracy
on Thursday June 06, 2019 @12:07PM (#20115866)
In the US the distinction is made so that journalists exposing misdeeds from people in power cannot be prosecuted since the value of the information is too high for the public.
Re:Recruiters are scraping your email from Slack
on Monday May 20, 2019 @01:35PM (#19962836)
Isn't this data already available? Does the js snippet change something about that?
Re:Show HN: Londoners need not worry about the waiting time paradox
on Sunday May 05, 2019 @07:23AM (#19832254)
The average distance to the next public transport station in Switzerland is 360 metres. In cities it can drop below 200 metres. Yet the average delay/tardiness/late arrival is 16 seconds.
Re:Beekeepers hit hard by thefts of hives
on Saturday May 04, 2019 @06:01PM (#19829661)
That is true, but they would have to prove that the bees were agitated because of the pheromone and not because they were being stolen/handled incorrectly. All while admitting they committed a crime of course.