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Note to Breitbart: Earth Is Not Cooling, Climate Change Is Real and Please Stop Using Our Video to Mislead Americans

In this instance, we simply must clear a few things up.

Click to view the original at weather.com

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United Airlines will charge extra fee for use of overhead bins

So now you're stuck with either paying for a checked bag, or paying for a more expensive ticket to bring it on the flight with you.

Click to view the original at abc2news.com

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Hasnain says:

This paper is amazing. They take credit card numbers and try guessing CVV/expiry dates across many merchants at a time, staying under the fraud detection limits of any one merchant. Given just a card number they can get the rest of the info in ~6 seconds.

Posted on 2016-12-05T22:37:58+0000

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Regional Security Office Ghana Shuts Down Fake Embassy

In Accra, Ghana, there was a building that flew an American flag outside every Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, 7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Inside hung a photo of President Barack Obama, and signs indicated that you were in the U.S. Embassy in Ghana. However, you were not. This embassy was a sham.

Click to view the original at state.gov

Hasnain says:

It's amazing that they managed to keep this running for ten years. And sad that people didn't see the scam after being there in person too

Posted on 2016-12-04T10:40:29+0000

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How to Hide $400 Million

When a wealthy businessman set out to divorce his wife, their fortune vanished. The quest to find it would reveal the depths of an offshore financial system bigger than the U.S. economy.

Click to view the original at nytimes.com

Hasnain says:

Really interesting read on the 1%, how they transcend countries, divorces, hiding money, and offshore tax evasion.

Also ... malware and shitty internet businesses are quite profitable it seems.

"Xacti, which came to enfold most of their ventures, sold banner ads, video games and various other kinds of software, including “toolbars” that promised to clean viruses off your computer or free up space on your hard drive. The businesses threw off enormous amounts of cash, and by the mid-2000s, Oesterlund and his wife had become wildly rich. They bought a $5 million house back in Finland and their first yacht, a 48-foot cruiser."

Posted on 2016-12-02T07:01:30+0000

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What This Here Compound Needs Is Some Hydrogen Peroxide

As an organic chemist, I am willing to deal with the occasional bang or kapow in the lab, as long as things don't get too out of hand. You're supposed to know enough to be on guard against the sorts of compounds most likely to do that and be ready for them in case they decide to make the thermodynam

Click to view the original at blogs.sciencemag.org

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Hasnain says:

Great story of data analysis, investigation, and a hunt for a bug.

Interestingly enough, it was done by a (competent) government agency.

Posted on 2016-12-01T23:26:00+0000

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Ohio State Attacker Described Himself as a ‘Scared’ Muslim

Before running over and stabbing bystanders, Abdul Razak Ali Artan told his college newspaper he was afraid to pray on campus.

Click to view the original at thedailybeast.com