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bwheel | 11 years ago | on: Congress Is Poised to Introduce a Bill to Fast Track TPP So It's Time to Act Now

https://ustr.gov/tpp/outlines-of-TPP

The secrecy of the TPP in it's initial stages and it's fast-tracking in Congress is most definitely suspicious, but I fail to see anything that looks harmful to the American people. If anything, it at least seems to be addressing abusive labor practices abroad, which in turn could make the U.S. more competitive in the production of goods. Am I missing something?

It would be nice to see this discussed more openly in Congress, but I'm curious if this is due to the pressure of China's rival regional agreement, FTAAP.

bwheel | 11 years ago | on: “Anthem was the target of a very sophisticated external cyber attack”

It would be responsible of them to alert their current students and alumni of the breach, because as of now, I don't think they have. At UCB, there is a medical facility on campus and when you have ship insurance it almost feels as if your provider is the school itself. Dues are paid as part of tuition and most services can be rendered on campus, as well as, most questions about your insurance answered at their front desk. Easy to forget that you're actually a client of Anthem.

bwheel | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you use for PDF reports these days?

I'll add another vote for prawn. It's a great library that has allowed us a lot of flexibility with our generation of pdfs. The author Gregory Brown, as well as the current maintainers, are very active and have done an amazing job at getting it to 1.0. I highly recommend it!
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