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Hasnain says:

"Large firms no longer employ all that many people in America: the domestic employee base of the S&P 500 is only around a tenth of total American employment. New firms would invest more, employ more staff, and force incumbents to invest more in order to compete. If this sounds pie in the sky, consider the shale revolution over the past decade. Although the industry is now suffering from low oil prices, it is a rare example of entrepreneurial spirit taking on a stodgy industry to the benefit of all. A new commitment to competition could be the source of optimism that America is desperately searching for. After all, it is only a healthy dollop of greed and a belief in a better future that prompts people to start from scratch and try to cross the moat that has been dug around corporate America."

Posted on 2016-03-29T16:02:03+0000

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Texas woman arrested after responding to police Facebook post about meth tainted with Ebola

Central Texas police put out a fake news story claiming that supplies of methamphetamine and heroin had been tainted by the deadly Ebola virus. Guess what happened next.

Click to view the original at m.mysanantonio.com

Hasnain says:

1) poor woman
2) now if there's an actual legit issue with contaminated drugs, no one will come forward and we'll have unnecessary deaths

Posted on 2016-03-29T04:38:25+0000

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In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA

Syrian militias armed by different parts of the U.S. war machine have begun to fight each other on the plains between the besieged city of Aleppo and the Turkish border, highlighting how little control U.S. intelligence officers and military planners have over the groups they have financed and train…

Click to view the original at www.latimes.com

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Hasnain says:

"Applicant United States of America, by and through its counsel of record, the United States Attorney for the Central District of California, hereby files this status report called for by the Court’s order issued on March 21, 2016. (CR 199.) The government has now successfully accessed the data stored on Farook’s iPhone and therefore no longer requires the assistance from Apple Inc. mandated by Court’s Order Compelling Apple Inc. to Assist Agents in Search dated February 16, 2016."

Posted on 2016-03-28T22:32:29+0000

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Hasnain says:

"Double.parseDouble in Java 7 is a synchronized method. So only one thread can parse doubles from strings at a time. Really? Really. They fixed it in Java 8 though so that's good."

Oh come on...

Posted on 2016-03-28T07:13:10+0000

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A List of Isaac Asimov's Books

Here's my list of Isaac Asimov's book titles. The numbering was provided by Asimov (except for a few marked with an asterisk). After that the titles appear in roughly the order they were written, although this is an educated guess. Note that there was often a delay between the completion and the pub…

Click to view the original at www.asimovonline.com

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Under the hood of lambdas and std::function | Shahar Mike's Web Spot

In this post we’ll explore how lambdas behave in different aspects. Then we’ll look into std::function and how it works.

Click to view the original at shaharmike.com

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Suicide blast kills at least 65 in Lahore park - The Express Tribune

Number of injured stands at more than 200 people, most of them are in critical condition, say hospital sources

Click to view the original at tribune.com.pk

Hasnain says:

I have no words for this senseless massacre, at a children's park, of all places.

"A Pakistan Taliban splinter group claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide attack.

“We claim responsibility for the attack on Christians as they were celebrating Easter,” spokesperson for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Jamaat ul Ahrar, Ehansullah Ehsan told The Express Tribune over telephone."

Posted on 2016-03-27T19:02:47+0000

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