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evacuationdrill··on Model aircraft operators free to operate commercially in US, rules federal judge
It seems like you still have to have a chase plane[1], and the difference seems to be requiring approval for UAS as a whole system to use for commercial purposes[2]. Note in that second link that there is no size restriction for model airplanes, which I found interesting ("FAA guidance does not address size of the model aircraft.").

[1] http://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsId=14... "Because UAS technology cannot currently comply with “see and avoid” rules that apply to all aircraft, a visual observer or an accompanying “chase plane” must maintain visual contact with the UAS and serve as its “eyes” when operating outside airspace restricted from other users." [2]http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/uas/uas_faq/#Qn1

evacuationdrill··on If The Moon Was Only 1 Pixel
I've always used alt+scroll for horizontal scrolling.

Edit: doesn't seem to work on the linked page

evacuationdrill··on How Bitcoins Involved in Crime Can Be Seized by the Feds
At the least, isn't the IRS able to come look at your possessions to approximate your tax liability, or something along those lines?
evacuationdrill··on The Powerlessness of Positive Thinking
This idea, making future consequences (positive or negative) of present choices more vivid and real is something I learned from this LessWrong article[1]. I think it will appeal more to this audience than _The Secret_.

[1] http://lesswrong.com/lw/9wr/my_algorithm_for_beating_procras...

evacuationdrill··on Life is a game, this is your strategy guide
Sounds logical. But, and I'm not sure if it's correlated with gender, my mother and her mother both have several baby teeth with permanent teeth above them still, so there are cases like that screwing with the data.
evacuationdrill··on Life is a game, this is your strategy guide
That may be true. We'd need to find out how many teeth each gender has on average.
evacuationdrill··on Screw your standing desk. How about squatting?
It's so obnoxious how people like you expect members contributing to the discussion to have perfect proof on hand or go digging. If that were the true standard, these discussions would be much thinner.

It's fine to ask, just don't be an asshole when a person doesn't have it; look it up yourself.

evacuationdrill··on Ask HN: Software Engineer Salaries in Berlin
>Here's a quick link

Where?

evacuationdrill··on Hate Parking Tickets? Fixed Fights Them In Court For You
The perfectly legal way to handle that is to get off your bike and walk the crosswalk with it.
evacuationdrill··on Global Network Attacks Were Up Over 98% this morning
Is it typical that Texas would be such a large percentage of global attacks? It's at 24.83% at the moment.
evacuationdrill··on Ford Exec: 'We Know Everyone Who Breaks the Law' Thanks To Our GPS In Your Car
Which isn't breaking the law, at least in Texas. You're allowed to speed for medical emergencies. That's why the police sometimes ask if everything's okay when pulling you over; if you're going to the hospital, they'll give you an escort.
evacuationdrill··on Ford Exec: 'We Know Everyone Who Breaks the Law' Thanks To Our GPS In Your Car
I think they're just covering their asses with that warning.
evacuationdrill··on Graphs Show How Reddit Got Huge by Going Mainstream
Whoops, Thanks for the correction.
evacuationdrill··on Graphs Show How Reddit Got Huge by Going Mainstream
That was the Digg exodus. I was a Digg user, and I switched around that time. It had started to suck really bad, to where people like myself were willing to give it a fair shot, only to discover that the discussions were generally higher-quality. That's also why I'm here, from a discussion on Reddit for other sites. But I still find that the smaller subs scratch that itch, too.
evacuationdrill··on One New York LLC law is hurting small businesses
"Madhani speculates it could be due to the newspaper lobby."

That's the end of the previous sentence and the antecedent to "this".

evacuationdrill··on Teen Reported to Police After Finding Security Hole in Website
The article supposed that's what he did, and it probably is.
evacuationdrill··on Report: 47% of U.S. Jobs At Risk of Being Automated Out of Existence
Those are all retail jobs, so they're in the same industry. We probably have some new stores for products that didn't exist. We also have more warehouse jobs for the online merchants that replaced them.

Just thoughts, I don't know the numbers or anything.

evacuationdrill··on How can someone go off-web and anonymize themselves after a life online?
You name your price, so just pay nothing for the first one, then if you like it, buy the second.
evacuationdrill··on Bitcoin Falls 20% on PBOC Rumors, Chinese Exchanges Reinstate Fees
It's hard to get USD and such in and out of certain exchanges. Exchanges with easy deposits and difficult withdrawals will have higher prices usually. Moving the bitcoins isn't ever a big deal.
evacuationdrill··on The Best Books I Read in 2013
Crap, I was thinking of Zero Dark Thirty actually. I haven't seen Argo.

Thanks for the info, though. I have read about it before, and it's definitely an example of truth being stranger than fiction.

evacuationdrill··on Email Introduction Etiquette
Why would you say "she"? Is "her" somehow offensive now? Or have they forgotten objects of prepositions are, well, objects?
evacuationdrill··on The Best Books I Read in 2013
How far was Argo from the facts?
evacuationdrill··on The Criminalization of Everyday Life
I do this, but I justify it by thinking that the thread was important enough to me to reply to, so I should vote. I don't care about karma, but I'm more likely to get replies, or so I hope.
evacuationdrill··on The Criminalization of Everyday Life
Because they're fucking awesome. War movies, that is. Sure, I'm probably playing into some sort of social conditioning, but it doesn't change that I enjoyed watching John Wayne movies growing up.
evacuationdrill··on Reddit’s empire is founded on a flawed algorithm
Haha, and the perfect example is the top controversial of all time: "Can reddit keep this post at equilibrium?"

http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/e3eoj/can_reddit...

evacuationdrill··on Governments admit to faking terrorism: a list
That was just the number one result, this post number two (9 total). I googled the quote without Hitler, and all results came up as a misattribution, but in my quick skim, there wasn't a different attribution.
evacuationdrill··on Reddit’s empire is founded on a flawed algorithm
This is the right answer. I do this too, because when everything is <10 votes with a few outliers, /new looks close to /hot, but there are more submissions. For subs where the front page changes not hourly, but weekly, it's the only way to get a little freshness.
evacuationdrill··on Reddit’s empire is founded on a flawed algorithm
It adds to the hive mind effect you already have with online communities. This algorithm explains frustrations I've had in the past. In 4 years on the site, I've probably submitted 20 times, but the realization that I'd have to try submitting multiple times to get a fair shot at discussion makes it unpalatable for a user that only submits on occasion. Sure, any system can be gamed, but Reddit favors unity over diversity and karma whores over Regular Joe.
evacuationdrill··on Edward Snowden voted Guardian person of the year 2013
I've seen this before, on the same user. How, if he is hellbanned, do you see that he's trying to post? Is it unlocked on seasoned accounts similar to downmods?
evacuationdrill··on Governments admit to faking terrorism: a list
More info:

"Hitler on Terrorism

"Hitler has often been quoted as saying: "Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death." This quote is based on two invented remarks in Hermann Rauschning's mendacious book, The Voice of Destruction."

http://www.ihr.org/other/weber2011fakequotations.html

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