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BPS - Basis Point(S) (1/100th of a percentage point per Basis Point) This is the interest on the bond, and the Fed sells these Treasurys to the public in order to raise money on an…

In the most restrained and calm way possible, I'm wondering why this is on Hacker News at the moment... A Wikipedia article, concerning a technology that is effectively ancient and…

It should probably be noted that this is not some sort of validation to the fact that "the NSA owns this particular DRBG". Surprisingly (to me), this is merely a signal of a govern…

This really could use more exposure. People who believe that because they only had to click "Accept" they may claim ignorance or stupidity/absurdity of the terms the accepted ought…

The issue with this comparison is... How many times has "feeling safe" resulted in saving a life? Statistics isn't a feeling, and the comparison is correct in that, on average, air…

Contrasted with the "forward": |Note: recent events have lead to these topics being in the news quite often in recent weeks. However, Pond is not a reaction to those events - it wa…

Of course, you're entirely correct in that :) My warning was truly an aside, and given the nature of a large group of visitors, of course a handful might not follow best practices …

Scary bit is it's not server on HTTPS, which is probably a must-have for sites that publish public-key information. Much easier to MITM attack the site and claim to be posting "his…

An interesting choice if he were seeking to flee (/defect, perhaps) to Bolivia, as they have an extradition treaty with the United States [1]. It's bilateral, but I wonder if the B…

Just curious, but how can we be sure that GMail doesn't continue to do voodoo like uploading a copy of draft without complete transparency? i.e. will this also disable any scripts …

If he's willing to give away state secrets (I know we have objections to their content sometimes, but they are state secrets), he should also be willing to face trial in the U.S. i…

This article seems to make a point of showcasing Zagat's rating in search above others, somehow indicating that Google is unfairly manipulating search results to it's own gain (as …

What I find in this article of most interest is the fact that it reveals the FBI's intentions when they went to Iceland. I've missed the source (sorry), but there was a previous ar…

Lacking easy migrate support, at least the export option exists.

Simply because the vast majority of cases regarding visas/entry into the United States are determined by strict procedure and in accordance with the law. So most likely, as in the …

Their decision was probably based in some way (assuming it's based on available information, which is admittedly risky) in his marriage to a foreign national while expressing inter…

The quick add feed functionality is annoying because it requires that my cursor stay in the box horizontally until I hit "Add Feed" after the "Add Feed url" textbox pops up. So I h…

Willingness to pay is someone's valuation. That's not the real value. That's not the inherent value. The inherent value of BTC is nill, except as a speculative commodity. I won't f…

Acknowledged. Mostly a facetious comment, as any known distribution could be found (over infinite time) and you'd only become pseudononymous (which is exactly what the original com…

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