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travis_in_sd

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    Comment #8972945

    While amusing to consider, I doubt there is an employe combing over records. Most likely, it's an automated system.

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    Comment #8972933

    The article's central premise is that the items purchased provide unique fingerprints to identify a person. As I understand it, the study used cc numbers to link records to build t…

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    Comment #8969698

    My guess is that it's roughly analogous to the difference between Wolfram and Google. One is actually computing on the data to combine it in novel ways. The other is the one I use.…

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    Comment #8969537

    Sure, I'd much prefer 1-1 sessions rather than a group meetup. Don't get me wrong -- the meetups are great, and it's fun to meet new people. But you don't get to dig into much of a…