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Huh? An intelligence officer is exactly the type of person who wouldn't "appear to be in a position where his continued employment with the government would be an issue" while actu…

... Uh, defense industry lobbyists ...

The simplicity of this is amazing. That being said, I have a question: Here in Canada, I can send an email transfer of funds from my bank account to my contacts by simply logging i…

Great! You're a good man.

Jolo, this is great! What is the implication for your API now? I notice that it's still available on Mashape and you're still charging a fee for it.

Fair question. ETV was certainly more controlled during the Derg regime since it was an openly totalitarian government. That's not to say that this current regime doesn't have a ti…

That's a rather uninformed comment. Dr. Who was actually extremely popular in Ethiopia so this news doesn't surprise me one bit.

Great initiative. Terrible rap.

So, from my understanding, you're actually tasked with re-working their internet site as opposed to their intranet site. This is obviously a bigger undertaking than I had understoo…

A few questions: 1) Why are they adamant they they use an "open source cms"? 2) What is the primary use of the website? I don't imagine that "one of the larger financial services c…

What are you talking about?? You know what, I make a conscience effort not to engage in serious dialog with people who need to use swear words to make their point like a 14 year ol…

I agree with you there :) To be fair though, after seeing 2 weeks of posts on HN focused on demonizing an individual, I felt I needed to say something.

So, clearly you're someone who doesn't use any hyperboles in his day-to-day life ... Anyway, here's just a sample of the comments about Ortiz here on HN: "Great to see Ortiz's offi…

"It's good for the same reasons that they came down so harshly on Aaron -- to make an example" Making an example of someone in retribution for it happening to someone else is eye-f…

Getting filtered down to the bottom is not actually just a result of getting down-voted. Having a lack of activity (from people essentially ignoring your message) is actually the o…

Fair point but although it's tempting to go an eye-for-an-eye with Ortiz (and the federal government) after learning of Aaron's fate, I'm just not in a position to judge her action…

The problem is, some people here on HN have been very aggressive in their attacks over the past few weeks - far worse than simply saying "she should resign". In addition to that, I…

Someone just down-voted this?! Really? I mean, really!? I post a polite, well-constructed, and well-reasoned opinion that's different from 99% of the opinions out there and instead…

Unfortunately, this comment will probably get filtered to the bottom but this has to be said: Since the story of Aaron's passing, this site has been home to a lynch-mob asking for …

From the little I've read about him, Raganwald seems like a rather smart guy so I'm fairly certain that he's well aware of the effect that various economic forces have on the decis…