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American, Schmerican. What we have here is a group of nationalistic government-employed hominids enforcing their paranoia upon the rest of their species. Justice shouldn't wave flags.

"Both US-persons and non-US-persons have a right to be free of routinized surveillance. This right does not spring solely from the US Fourth Amendment; it is a human and natural right as well."

This cannot be overstated. Americans are no better than the rest of the world. If anything, being the masters of mass surveillance makes us worse. We're creating the big brother blueprint.

Depends. I find both complement each other workflow-wise. When I'm stuck on back end problems, I use front end work as procrastination and momentum to get back to the back end.

Help the USA?

That's still ludicrous. Apple is trying to control a word any technology company would use.

Never got it either. Always reeked of a power trip.

Brave of you to share. Hope you get your photo back soon and some free flyer miles or something. You deserve better. We all do.

Keyword: eligible. Nothing's guaranteed.

The charges are propped up to make the sentence seem soft. 35 is still a lifetime. He may not live long enough to be free.

Sad reality, but one hopes we finally crack the code, so to speak, within our lifetimes.

Facebook shares your life, but the government can take yours.

Launch cheap, build value.

What isn't authorized?

I recommend installing Ubuntu on a separate partition to avoid upgrading issues later on:

https://youtu.be/SKsIvLPqlrc

Then completing this Rails tutorial:

http://ruby.railstutorial.org

Then expanding your knowledge with RailsCasts while developing your own web application:

http://railscasts.com

Reading doesn't require royalty. Peasants can too.

Believe what you wish. Your mind is already made.

You're overestimating the competence of government.

Why are you so surprised? Mass surveillance isn't happening for no reason.

Yep. Justice at its finest.

But money may = opportunity.

"This is a population who is in need of early identification and support services. Consistent with previous research, our data suggest that children who grow up in low income households and who have experienced neglect are at risk for difficulties with cognitive and academic achievement. The importance of these findings cannot be overstated given that appropriate early assessments and interventions may help change developmental trajectories and long-term outcomes."

http://www.apa.org/pi/families/resources/newsletter/2012/07/...

It's much more subtle than some people realize. There's not much need for a formal conspiracy when the incentives align themselves.

You'd be surprised. Chess is a popular game in that region. I know I've played a few games there. Sometimes you're just playing with anyone in the cafe that wants to. You might not even know them.

Both are serious issues, but the mainstream coverage and outcry over the Trayvon Martin case drastically overshadowed Abdulrahman al-Awlaki's. It's very telling of the power of those in government and mainstream media and how if they stamp you as a terrorist and drone you without due process, most of their constituents will accept it without a second thought.

The government has leverage to control mainstream media, and thus manipulate people's perceptions. If you're labeled a terrorist by their organization, you are not human anymore and your rights are nullified. Sad, but power does what it wants.

How does this get flagged off so quickly when there's a sexism article on the frontpage?

They've been a bully. That's just a sample of recent history.

True, but sometimes crimes against authority are necessary to counter crimes against humanity.

Yea, it does sidetrack from the substance of the discussion.

Bingo. If our government went to war over supposed weapons of mass destruction, how can we trust them with weapons of mass surveillance?