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paparush··on Facebook now warning users about exposure to “harmful extremist content”
Enrage and Engage yields too much profit for big social media to do anything real to curtail "harmful extremist content".
paparush··on We chose Java for our high-frequency trading application
Michael Lewis' "Flash Boys" is a great read on the subject of building the high speed trading networks. https://www.amazon.com/Flash-Boys-Wall-Street-Revolt/dp/0393...
paparush··on Do not Draw a Penis
Drew a tree. It knew it was a tree.
paparush··on Spot the Drowning Child (2015)
Goddamn, the pusher man.
paparush··on Show HN: SQLSite – serve simple websites, APIs and files directly from SQLite
Thank you for reminding me of that. I'll try to keep that in mind and hold my judgements.
paparush··on Show HN: SQLSite – serve simple websites, APIs and files directly from SQLite
Maybe I'm missing something. I built a website and hand-rolled cms ten years ago leveraging PhP and SQLite that stores and serves the site and certainly allows full CRUD operations.
paparush··on Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster, study finds
You expect Americans to -gulp- climb stairs???
paparush··on Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster, study finds
I've been on flights where the attendant comes on and says, "Ladies and gentlemen, several passengers have connecting flights that they are in danger of missing. When we reach the gate, please let these passengers to the front of the plane." As soon as we're at the gate and parked, the seatbelt light goes off and every-freaking-body stands up in the aisles. Animals.
paparush··on Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster, study finds
Boarding for the major US carriers is so broken. My solution - NO OVERHEAD BAGS - period.
paparush··on Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?
Holding your age as % of investment in Bonds is a standard I hear alot.
paparush··on Supercomputers will start building a 3D map of the world
Paging Hiro Protagonist
paparush··on Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant?
We could go back to Gopher.
paparush··on Momo-3 is Japan's first private rocket to reach space
I also thought it had a lot of lateral movement.
paparush··on Congress Is About to Ban the US Government from Offering Free Online Tax Filing
Your lobbying dollars at work.
paparush··on I'm choosing euthanasia etd 1pm. I have no last words.
Glad he was a citizen in a society humane enough to let people choose this final option.
paparush··on I don't think the Port Authority would like it if you looked at this photo
Funny. You can Google Street View the shit out of it.
paparush··on V2 rockets on London and surrounding counties
Interesting as I've recently started re-reading Gravity's Rainbow, again, for the third time.
paparush··on Ask HN: How do you deal with getting older?
Running. I logged 1600+ miles in 2014. I'll be closer to 2000 in 2015. I'm 48. Started running again (I ran some in high school and a little after college) when I turned 40. I weigh less than I did in high school. It keeps me motivated. Keeps me sharp.
paparush··on Parents with annual family incomes below $125,000 will pay no tuition
My son goes to UNC Chapel Hill. He was his high school's valedictorian and had excellent SAT's. He won an academic scholarship (The Johnston) that has a needs based criteria as well. My wife (she's disabled and receives Social Security Disability) earn less than $100K. Based on our income, our son's scholarship is whittled down to all of $1000.00 per semester. I'm paying nearly $9,000.00 per semester so he can graduate with no loans.
paparush··on Encryption ban: David Cameron is teetering dangerously close to authoritarianism
Screaming Headlines We Should Be Seeing:

Cameron Trying to Kill Online Banking

Cameron Trying to Kill Online Retail

paparush··on The U.S. Government Has a Secret System for Stalling Patents
Sounds like the plot of "Influx" by Daniel Suarez.
paparush··on This Page Is Why The Internet Sucks
Somebody has to pay for the electricity to move all these bits and bytes around the infrastructure that someone had to pay for.
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