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digitalneal··on Chicago fires investigator who found cops at fault in shootings
Lotta people here talking like they understand Chicago politics.

The people who investigate these incidents were appointed to investigate them because City and State agree'd that CPD was unwilling to investigate the misdeeds of their department.

So they setup an Independent review board. Which sounds nice and independent but...(Mayor and CPD friends filled it with former CPD brass or family of former CPD or former consultants to CPD)

Now they are firing investigators because they don't give reports that appease the department.

This is just another feather in the hat of police corruption rolling thru Chicago.

digitalneal··on The F.D.A.’s Medical Device Problem
Right. Then the FTC/BCP will swoop in with massive $$$ lawsuits over unsubstantiated claims.
digitalneal··on Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data
On high thread count sheets, with imported feather pillows in mansions that overlook federally protected ocean coves.

As the famed hip hop scholar Rocko once said "Umma Do Me".

That is how they sleep at night.

digitalneal··on Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules
It wouldn't have been such a big deal if there weren't so many legal things tied to it. Taxes, medical, property rights etc.
digitalneal··on Apple design guru Jony Ive promoted
If that is all it takes to move a design/function from good to great...
digitalneal··on Audi and Amazon to try car-boot delivery service
I would imagine there is some sort of logic system that will only allow packages of a certain size to be delivered. Ie: no giant flat screen tvs being delivered to your trunk.
digitalneal··on Kim Dotcom Megaupload case falters over sharing Canadian data
So in many ways, this may be more of a 'fishing trip' thru the data than an actual indexing.
digitalneal··on Kim Dotcom Megaupload case falters over sharing Canadian data
Its before my morning coffee so maybe I am missing the reason but why can't it be indexed by Canadians? Is it because its an American case and they are only permitted to hold potential evidence, not assist in the investigation?
digitalneal··on Lyft allowed unauthorised access to my account
Can't you just call the CC and dispute the charges and or freeze charges from that merchant? Granted that doesn't solve the larger problem here but it would at least stop the guy from abusing the system.
digitalneal··on DHS to Launch Nationwide License Plate Reader Program
Signal isn't really that strong, a few feet away and your not gonna be able to capture that data.
digitalneal··on Tesla Stockholders Can't Take a Joke
I know US is the center of the world and all but if Aprils fools is culturally a western only thing, I would think it puts traders on other ends of the world at a disadvantage. "We" know it was a joke but those from other cultures trading in our markets would have to take that extra beat to think "is this a joke or not". Instant disadvantage.
digitalneal··on RadioShack puts customer personal data up for sale in bankruptcy auction
Double that, its the same address I use too! lol
digitalneal··on Why do Americans not drive diesels?
After spending a lot of time in London, I am glad Americans don't embrace diesel like they do in Europe. The place just reeks of diesel and 2 strokes.
digitalneal··on The history of barbed wire
I was just going to mention this too.

One of the best Podcasts out there IMO. Great "short" stories/history lessons.

digitalneal··on I Hate the News (2006)
:sigh: RIP buddy.
digitalneal··on Google Brings Street View to Mount Everest Region
Now we get a full panoramic view of how much trash all these rich day hikers have left up there.
digitalneal··on Snowden Task Force Damage Report is Redacted
Here is my CN:

G: You said something that hurt my feelings!

C: What did I say?

G: I'm not telling you but it hurt my feelings!

digitalneal··on How an Undocumented Immigrant from Mexico Became a Star at Goldman Sachs
I'mma let you finish but let me twist your example a little further.

Should Uber be ashamed that by violating taxi regulations, women have been raped/stalked because of how they operate?

digitalneal··on The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle
I think its safe to say NSA/GCHQ are not the only ones in the game who have hit this target.
digitalneal··on More than 39M Americans Only Have Access to One Wired Broadband Provider
Yep. I live right outside Chicago. Comcast is the only game in town... well that is a lie. You can also get at&t which offers lightning fast speeds upwards to 1.5mb for THE SAME PRICE as comcasts 16MB offering. Wooo competition!
digitalneal··on Quantifying Online Advertising Fraud: Ad-Click Bots vs Humans [pdf]
With all those 5 bucks for 1000 page likes companies, there are a ton of people who are just paid to click like on things. Its not bots, its humans from places that are not the US. These humans, to avoid detection just click on random things to like in the US just to make it less obvious when they are paid to click like on things.
digitalneal··on The Email I Received from Google in 2007 When They Wanted to Buy Zilo (2012)
"You should realise that we make absolutely sure that no engineers working on similar areas in Google are involved in the assessment of this deal at this stage so we can avoid tainting"

Didn't they get caught a few months ago doing exactly that? I forget the company but when they got their documents back from Google they had sticky notes all over it asking engineers for workarounds to IP... or am I remember it completely wrong?

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