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sstone
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Comment #2390755
Is there a way to hack the political process to get this moving ? Can individual states bypass the federal government with some kind of visa ? Some law that this can piggyback on ?…
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Comment #1886115
The document was linked here before but is very detailed and interesting, even naming specific issues: A) The large population of older travelers, >65 years of age, is particularly…
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Comment #1869638
His intention is to make them secondary. I'm sure the TSA would have none of that - it would just be magnetometer set to the highest sensitivity first - scanner second - for everyo…
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Comment #1869585
People in the lawsuit are US citizens. They just don't want to get naked and receive more radiation every time they board any flight in the US. People outside the US must also some…
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Comment #1869496
Yes, he has been following this thing for a long time. "Only two things have made flying safer [since 9/11]: the reinforcement of cockpit doors, and the fact that passengers know n…
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Comment #1869370
Almost no politician would ever vote for removing this awful "security" measure. They would risk being blamed when another incompetent terrorist mastermind passes security and hope…
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Comment #1846326
nice error: http://data.mint.com/region/us
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Comment #1823805
It is depressing that he is a game changer. Not because of the quality of his show and the fact that he has writers. Him having stupid gags is perfectly fine. Having writers watch …
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Comment #1823778
I didn't realize until now how valuable comedy can be not only to entertain but to keep things real. Watching him makes me feel like there is still a boy out there with guts to sho…
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Comment #1804924
Making salary information available is but one, small step towards greater employee satisfaction. If it is the only step - this can be disastrous. You essentially get the problems …
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Comment #1380036
Anyone involved in video (movies, music videos, commercials) could put this on heads of a test audience and see what people focus on and how to deliver a message more effectively. …
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Comment #1163730
There is an interesting documentary related to this: Food Inc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqQVll-MP3I
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Comment #1163722
There are people who never grow up and behave irresponsibly. The first example, people who party and lie about being sick can easily be detected by their peers and removed from the…
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Comment #1163662
I agree, everybody lies, it is human. Should it be expected? Lying is far from the optimal way. When a company structure starts to mimic a hierarchical army structure then lying be…
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Comment #1005983
Seaside and Smalltalk are awesome. Sadly the last few months i had to resort to hideous creatures like telerik and asp.net to cobble up complex grids of some sorts. I wish there we…
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Comment #1004837
The paper is interesting, but I'm more interested in hearing your startup story. Can you describe what lead you to start it, what were the problems, how did you find first customer…