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by murphysbooks 4y ago
BTW, I know I'm probably a sucker, but I donated.
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by murphysbooks 4y ago
The short form... People got elected to the local council and found out that all the power is held at the state level. Now, there is a legal defense fund for an old guy that tried to get an animal shelter renovated.
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Revolt in the Villages Ended with a 72-Year-Old Political Prisoner(theintercept.com)
3 points by murphysbooks 4y ago|2 comments
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by murphysbooks 7y ago
Just like any large organization, some jobs will suck. Some will not. For this job announcement the pay is $99,172 to $166,500 per year, depending on experience. I was a GS-14 with just a B.S. The best thing about government service is find
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by murphysbooks 7y ago
I know this was in England, but I always think of Bristol TN whenever I see "Bristol". So, I assumed everyone drowned.
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by murphysbooks 7y ago
Is this truly a Sanskrit Effect or is it an effect of memorization? I've heard of similar effects on London can drivers. I do like the name, though, as a shorthand. Sanskrit Effect beats Cabbie Brain.
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by murphysbooks 7y ago
I have always thought the way to go was to mimic their practices. If you have a requirement to partner with a local company majority owner, so do we. If you require IP transfer, so do we. I think this would be more strategic than a broad ta
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by murphysbooks 7y ago
I came across this sentence today on a page for a public swimming pool. "Recent ADA changes have required the installation of entry steps and a power lift." [0] It reminded me of this thread. Most of the value in government is set
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by murphysbooks 7y ago
The reason the message "All taxes are bad" resonates so well is because there has been a near constant cadence accompanying it that "All government is bad". Many people think there is no inherent value in government bec
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by murphysbooks 7y ago
What do the references "downstate conservatives" and "Donny" mean?
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by murphysbooks 7y ago
> older browsers or without JS For sites that just convey text, they should work without JS. This would mostly solve accessibility (a11y) issues if sites looked to use simplicity wherever possible instead of adding complexity to solve i
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by murphysbooks 7y ago
I heard arguments where US Government employees were working on creating open access policies for the research they funded. People would lament, "Nobody will work with us if we force them to make their research open access." I w
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by murphysbooks 7y ago
>There are trade-offs involved with any paradigm,... Reminded me of the aphorism, "All models are wrong, but some are useful" [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong
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by murphysbooks 7y ago
I found this to be so true at a job I had in international development. Being on a small but respected team in the org and having input on how projects all over the world would be implemented was very fulfilling.
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by murphysbooks 8y ago
I'll look into the regulator. Thanks.
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by murphysbooks 8y ago
Good news. The customer service rep said they are forwardning my request to the Networking Team after I shared https://www.troyhunt.com/heres-why-your-static-website-needs... and pointed out how easy it is to steal login in
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Ask HN: How to get an electic company to got HTTPS?
3 points by murphysbooks 8y ago|6 comments
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by murphysbooks 8y ago
Thanks for the post! I just deleted my FB account, and I am a little less of a product (today).
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by murphysbooks 9y ago
NASA has a nice summary of the rights the government has to contractor created works.[1] A contractor may claim copyrights, but the government still has a license to the work that allows them under most circumstances to do anything they ple
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by murphysbooks 9y ago
There is an interactive display of the Green Book at the National Museum of African American History and Culture https://nmaahc.si.edu/ (I think on the second or third floor). Also the New York Public Library has an intera
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by murphysbooks 10y ago
Any news articles or court documents of these events?
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by murphysbooks 10y ago
The US Government is trying to address access to publicly funded research by requiring that most government agencies have open access plans. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=public+access+plan&ia=web This was started governmen
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by murphysbooks 11y ago
> ...failures like Theranos... I thought Theranos was still operating. They shut down the draw center in PA, but they still have a lab running and draw centers in AZ aren't they? It seems like the Wall Street Journal is writing a pi
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$100,000 Track and Trace Book Deliveries Competition(omnicompete.com)
1 points by murphysbooks 12y ago|0 comments
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by murphysbooks 12y ago
My 5 and 7 year old LOVE DragonBox. (I would be bragging more, but they get into pretty big fights over whose turn it is.) The way it eased them into algebra is so simple that it is genius. All math should be that approachable. Here is a f
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USG Grants Challenge for Fighting Ebola(ebolagrandchallenge.net)
2 points by murphysbooks 12y ago|1 comments
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Silicon Madre(thechrismurphy.wordpress.com)
1 points by murphysbooks 12y ago|0 comments
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by murphysbooks 13y ago
What About EMC? Should they bear any of the burden or only the subsidiary? What about those companies that use RSA products and services? These are just questions. Not advocacy.
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LinkedIn Endorsements(thechrismurphy.wordpress.com)
1 points by murphysbooks 13y ago|0 comments
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Anyone Thirsty(thechrismurphy.wordpress.com)
1 points by murphysbooks 13y ago|0 comments

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