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Whoops! Crisis averted 
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US and British spy agencies routinely try to gain access to personal data from Angry Birds and other mobile applications, a report says. That's one way to learn how to solve 4-14
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The Department of Justice has announced a new deal with major tech companies that would allow unprecedented levels of disclosure about government data requests. Among other breakthroughs, the deal would allow each company to publicly announce the number of FISA requests and national security letters it has received in a given year, as well as the total number of users affected. They'll still monitor, but now you can find out when
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...but the catch is the companies have to wait two years to disclose new FISA requests. So if a customer finds out in 2016 that their data was obtained by the NSA in 2014, what good does it do?
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/shrug. Gives you a chance to look back on your emails/stuff and see how embarrassed you should be?
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TTFN - Kent
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DeepMind has only a landing page for a website where it describes its business as building learning algorithms for simulations, e-commerce and games. Profiles on LinkedIn indicate the company is about three years old. "Once you know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means."
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Job candidates must be prepared for anything during an interview. That's why Glassdoor has combed through tens of thousands of interview questions shared by job candidates over the past year to compile its annual list of the Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions. Would, "How honest are you?" actually catch a liar?
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"If you could sing one song on American Idol, what would it be?"
If my friends and family heard that I was planning on participating in a surreality show I'd hope and expect that they'd arrange for me to take an extended vacation in a resort with soft padded walls, an I Love Me Jacket, and an adult pacifier to keep me from making any awful noises with my mouth. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Ah interesting.
You know, you're the only one so far who directly stated that he doesn't like the idea of participating the show.
We at faceless-co value people who are honest about what they want.
Next question...
*Takes note*
"Does not like attention or social contact. Possibly paranoid.
What is 'adult pacifier' gun? or drugs?
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0bx wrote: What is 'adult pacifier' gun? or drugs?
None of the above. However the shops selling them also carry a wide variety of NSFW merchandise, so I decline to link to them.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Once in an interview right in the middle of all technical questions I got question "Design a zoo" that caught me off guard ... your mind thinking all technical stuff and all of a sudden you get some odd ball question ... I was staring at interviewer for few seconds before I gave him some answer...
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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Updates turned some Chrome add-ons malicious—not all browsers allow that. The answer will likely not be too surprising
Dang, I can't get the hang of that "Upworthy Headline Style"
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China's Jade Rabbit Moon rover is in trouble after experiencing a "mechanical control abnormality", state media report. "All the world will be your enemy, Prince With a Thousand Enemies."
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That's what you get for using Chinese-made electronics!
Anyone got an RMA for this item?
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Kent Sharkey wrote: mechanical control abnormality
I was going to post something inappropriate, then decided against it. Lucky you.
Marc
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We billion-plus customers would like the next head honcho in Redmond to address these dozen action items. And a pony. We all want a pony.
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thatrajaCode converters | Education Needed
No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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Microsoft is pitching its 15-year-old OS as a central hub for connected devices, services, and data. Close door while patches are applied to your refrigerator. Some spoilage may occur.
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The deal, aimed at reducing 'the potential for litigation' and enhancing innovation will cover 'a broad range of technologies and business areas' and apply to both existing patents and any filed over the next decade.
Now it's two against one. "No fair!," says Apple.
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Christopher Shields wrote: "No fair!," says Apple.
Tee Hee Hee
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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British programmer creates extension and custom MSBuild scripts targeting Android-based C and C++ apps.
Windows developers tired of low downloads of their WP apps? Build them for Android instead without leaving Visual Studio.
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Cool...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Microsoft has settled on a new name for its personal cloud product and will soon be rebranding SkyDrive as OneDrive. Microsoft was forced to rename SkyDrive after losing a trademark suit in the United Kingdom to the British Sky Broadcasting Group in July 2013. Because (of course), there can be only one drive
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