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úlfur 🐺Apr 28, 2018

The Coal Industry Extracted a Steep Price From West Virginia. Now Natural Gas Is Leading the State Down the Same Path
https://www.propublica.org/article/west-virginia-coal-industry-rise-of-natural-gas#143204

The Coal Industry Extracted a Steep Price From West Virginia. Now Natural Gas Is Leading the State Down the Same Path. — ProPublica

“It’s déjà vu for the people who sat here 130 years ago and gave away our coal wealth to big out-of-state companies,” one state senator said. “That’s what we’re about to do again.”

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úlfur 🐺Apr 28, 2018

Well said:

"Apparently, Christians should be allowed to violate the district’s dress code in a way that no atheist, Satanists, or Muslim ever could."

"The administrators handled this perfectly. Burrell doesn’t understand the rules and chose to make it a public matter by whining about it on Facebook. She’s not a martyr, and the world isn’t out to get her."

úlfur 🐺Apr 28, 2018

An Alabama District Was Right to Tell a Teacher to Change Her “Just Pray” Shirt

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/04/28/an-alabama-district-was-right-to-tell-a-teacher-to-change-her-just-pray-shirt/

An Alabama District Was Right to Tell a Teacher to Change Her “Just Pray” Shirt

She's not a Christian martyr.

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úlfur 🐺Apr 28, 2018

more/related.

Security Experts Dismantle Ray Ozzie’s Smartphone Backdoor Proposal

https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/security-experts-dismantle-ozzie-backdoor,news-58339.html

Security Experts Dismantle Ray Ozzie’s Smartphone Backdoor Proposal

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's former CTO and the father of the Azure cloud service, came up with a smartphone encryption backdoor proposal that cryptography and security experts are heavily criticizing.

úlfur 🐺Apr 28, 2018

This Guy Hates Encryption | Ask Noah 61 | Jupiter Broadcasting

http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/124387/this-guy-hates-encryption-ask-noah-61/

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This Guy Hates Encryption | Ask Noah 61 | Jupiter Broadcasting

James Comey says American's don't need encryption the government can't override. In an age of terrorism should a segment of the population be allowed to exist

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úlfur 🐺Apr 28, 2018

Getting an Amazon Echo app to silently eavesdrop on you

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/04/27/getting-an-amazon-echo-app-to-silently-eavesdrop-on-you/

Getting an Amazon Echo app to silently eavesdrop on you

Researchers make an Alexa skill that turns your Echo into a eavesdropper

úlfur 🐺Apr 28, 2018

Hi, rm. I'm -rf. Wanna get together some time and have some fun?

úlfur 🐺Apr 28, 2018

This Is Your Brain On Ads: How Media Companies Hijack Your Attention

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/27/606346395/this-is-your-brain-on-ads-how-media-companies-hijack-your-attention

úlfur 🐺Apr 28, 2018

2018’s Hottest Accessory Is a 3D Printed Air Raid Siren

https://hackaday.com/2018/04/27/2018s-hottest-accessory-is-a-3d-printed-air-raid-siren/

2018’s Hottest Accessory Is a 3D Printed Air Raid Siren

Some say the spectre of global nuclear annihilation is closer than ever before. What better time to head to the workshop to prepare for the coming apocalypse? [MrExpert] is here with the build you …

úlfur 🐺Apr 28, 2018

Ethics Education in Data Science: Classroom Topics and Assignments

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2018/04/26/ethics-education-in-data-science-classroom-topics-and-assignments/

Ethics Education in Data Science: Classroom Topics and Assignments

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