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Re: The White House just open sourced their first Github repo

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Post by tokenizer »

daenz wrote: post #12

And, in the spirit of the project, they'll reject all pull requests with a patronizing response about the way things are.[1][2] 1. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/legalize-and-regul... 2. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/abolish-tsa-and-us...

However, the point about the brain is accurate. While this is purely my own experience, two people I've known, have developed schizophrenia in their early twenties (when the onset usually occurs) and both had smoked pot heavily in their teens. I and many more friends however, have and continue to smoke pot with no ill effects save short term memory.

Link: http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/pediatrics/2...

However, repeated studies and surveys show that it is easier for teens to get certain drugs, including pot, than it is for them to get cigarettes or alcohol. This make sense considering someone mandated by law to check for id is selling it to them, oppose to another teen selling them unchecked, non taxed pot without doing so.

Link: http://blog.norml.org/2009/08/28/study-says-its-easier-for-t...

While this thread may be about the white house's code base, hear this; don't put your github account near this. You may think it could be harmless, but they could be collecting your account names. After all we are all just dangerous computer hackers!

Link: http://www.channel4.com/news/hackers-are-more-dangerous-than...

Disclaimer: Just my opinion.

Re: The White House just open sourced their first Github repo

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Post by HistoryInAction »

nhebb wrote: post #18
zacharycohn wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I doubt it's a marketing exercise. There are people who really are trying to change things from inside. It takes time, and it takes a lot of small steps. Why don't you contact them and encourage them to use individual public names?

I would believe that more if there were a single White House petition that resulted in action. Even their SOPA petition response was pretty murky.

Here I'll weigh in. Working with groups like Public Knowledge and EFF in killing SOPA, we were going to lose the Senate on PIPA until the President weighed in. We heard from Senate staffers who felt there was an arrangement between the parties until the President (through IP staffer Victoria Espinal) put out his statement.

The White House letter, as murky and contradictory as it was, represented a clear break with its previous unequivocal support for the MPAA/RIAA position.

Re: The White House just open sourced their first Github repo

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Post by sneak »

Who cares? This is boring code. Save all the "it portends an open government!" handwaving for once the Obama admin does something _actually_ meaningful (in a positive way - starting a new war doesn't count).

Seriously. Much ado about a Drupal module that is used for people to petition the government to be patronized and ignored.

Re: The White House just open sourced their first Github repo

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Post by sneak »

tokenizer wrote: post #31
daenz wrote: post #12

And, in the spirit of the project, they'll reject all pull requests with a patronizing response about the way things are.[1][2] 1. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/legalize-and-regul... 2. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/abolish-tsa-and-us...

However, the point about the brain is accurate. While this is purely my own experience, two people I've known, have developed schizophrenia in their early twenties (when the onset usually occurs) and both had smoked pot heavily in their teens. I and many more friends however, have and continue to smoke pot with no ill effects save short term memory. Link: http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/pediatrics/2..…

This is not about marijuana. It's about the government ignoring high-signatory-count petitions. Stop with the red herring, please.

Re: The White House just open sourced their first Github repo

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Post by fruchtose »

daenz wrote: post #12

And, in the spirit of the project, they'll reject all pull requests with a patronizing response about the way things are.[1][2] 1. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/legalize-and-regul... 2. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/abolish-tsa-and-us...

Not to worry, someone has created an issue for this bug: https://github.com/WhiteHouse/petition/issues/2

Re: The White House just open sourced their first Github repo

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Post by ceejayoz »

sneak wrote: post #35
tokenizer wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

However, the point about the brain is accurate. While this is purely my own experience, two people I've known, have developed schizophrenia in their early twenties (when the onset usually occurs) and both had smoked pot heavily in their teens. I and many more friends however, have and continue to smoke pot with no ill effects save short term memory. Link: http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/pediatrics/2..…

This is not about marijuana. It's about the government ignoring high-signatory-count petitions. Stop with the red herring, please.

High-signatory-count petitions?

0.024% of the US signed that one, and it wasn't ignored. A response was given. Not liking the response isn't the same as it being ignored.

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