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260 karma · joined January 13, 2015

Dev and conservationist https://maiyoinstitute.org/.
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kiproping··on iNaturalist
There's Merlin and then there's Birdnet too https://birdnet.cornell.edu/. Both by Cornell.
kiproping··on arXiv moving from Cornell servers to Google Cloud
I recently read about arxiv, it's history and all the mini-drama's around it https://www.wired.com/story/inside-arxiv-most-transformative....

I wonder if Ginsparg is finally retiring and relinquishing access.

kiproping··on Fear and hardship for the last community inside Chitwan, Nepal's tiger central
Is this the same Chitwan with man eating tigers, I read about it in Jim Corbett's book Man eaters of Kumaon.
kiproping··on Space Solar Power Demonstrator ends first in-space mission
Apparently, the main reason there is interest in this is because China is doing it too.
kiproping··on EU countries team up for semiconductor push
US tried to kill China's space industry. Look how it went.
kiproping··on FireEye Shares Details of Recent Cyber Attack
They are probably trying to make it look like they got hit by a clever attack, rather than SQLi or a XSS.
kiproping··on Arm co-founder: Sale to Nvidia would be a disaster
>Now that the US can't do the same to China (due to its sheer size and power), old globalization and free trade flag-bearers discovered suddenly that free trade might not be the "be all end all".

This is one of the main reason why US is fighting China.

kiproping··on Crater under Greenland points to climate-altering impact in the time of humans
I know this is going into conspiracy realm but do you think this could have caused mass wipe out of both humans and wildlife and that it could have possibly killed earlier advanced (agricultural and can build rather than hunter gatherer) civilisations.
kiproping··on Crater under Greenland points to climate-altering impact in the time of humans
It's because of the title length limitation I think. I tried uploading the article and I removed some parts of the title, although OP totally changed the meaning.
kiproping··on Introducing Cloudflare Registrar
That was a pretty awful site and the ceo did say that it was kind of the wrong decision but the right choice so I support them 100% on that. They still have lots of bad customers who they still handle.
kiproping··on In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party
You are absolutely wrong. I have been a victim and a perpetrator of African time.
kiproping··on In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party
I am African and I can say that it depends on your culture.
kiproping··on Introducing .app, a more secure home for apps on the web
Christ!
kiproping··on Hotbed of Misinformation
How is wetback as a slur even remotely comparable to the N-word.
kiproping··on Earth on AWS – Open geospatial data
I am waiting for the day we can get satellite images that are so fine you can see people or animals.
kiproping··on What the World’s Emptiest International Airport Says About China’s Influence
This happens in Africa, not Australia.
kiproping··on Yes, Google Uses Its Power to Quash Ideas It Doesn’t Like
Are there any truly non-biased news sources left anymore?
kiproping··on Uber CLI
This is about Uber CLI not about your 'righteous' war against uber.
kiproping··on Judge: child porn evidence obtained via FBI’s Tor hack must be suppressed
It's really surprising the faux moral outrage. Children will continue to be exploited because of technicalities.
kiproping··on Elon Musk on How to Build the Future
Who?
kiproping··on A New Tor Bridge Authority
It's like everyone knows why he left but no one wants to talk about it.
kiproping··on Jacob Appelbaum: What Has This Man Done?
I think people should realize that different people approach things differently nowadays. Careful who you hang out with.
kiproping··on Ruin My Search History
I know it's googles way of preventing robotic searches but still, I wouldn't be shocked if in the future it's discovered that google was anti-trump in a way.
kiproping··on Warren Buffett and Dan Gilbert Unite in Bid to Acquire Yahoo
Is the death of Yahoo due to poor leadership or did it just die a natural death like myspace or AOL
kiproping··on SpaceX lands rocket at sea second time after satellite launch
I suspect it's some kind of PR stunt for when the video reaches the media. It's OK the first time but after that, not so much.
kiproping··on Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him
It's good we have countries like Russia and China that the US cannot bend to their will.

Imagine if all countries in the world were stooges of America. Scary.

kiproping··on Daily Mail owner considering Yahoo bid
Is all this due to Marissa Mayer's failure at the helm of Yahoo or is it just a logical business decision the shareholders made? Whats the backstory.
kiproping··on Daily Mail owner considering Yahoo bid
Say whatever you want, but they still make money and they have a huge readership.
kiproping··on Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens
I suspect is because of the way they treated Snowden and GreenWald.
kiproping··on Xamarin now free in Visual Studio, and Xamarin SDK being open-sourced
I usually put absolute gibberish info in such cases. It's very annoying. You could also try bugmenot.com
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