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throwfast1 | 8 years ago | on: NSA Deletes “Honesty” and “Openness” from Core Values

>Respect for People - We are committed to ensuring that all NSA personnel are respected, included and valued for their diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and contributions to our mission and culture.

All NSA personnel are respected, anyone else having a weird feeling reading that that it does not say all persons or something that says they respect everyone?

throwfast1 | 8 years ago | on: Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to Market

they have what appears to be a great product -- I am a lowly network security engineer and think I would enjoy working for them and interacting with their teams.

the reality is the tesla team has continually delivered (often later than expected) in spite of incredible odds including significant short interest in the company and the probably increase in short interest after articles like this.

I am rooting for them, despite the fact I probably will not buy one for a few years I like what they are doing and believe they are a net positive.

throwfast1 | 8 years ago | on: Researchers Find Gut Bacteria Can Lead to Strokes

I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis 18 years ago and can confidently say when my sleeping pattern is off for prolonged periods of time the impact is definitely visible. I do not think it is a cause but coupled with other habits , bad eating , higher stress , weaker immune system etc I find lack of sleep to be a leading indicator that I need to prioritize getting sleep quickly...or else

throwfast1 | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: How you wake up?

this is a severe issue, I can wake up at 5am strictly when I am pressured to, but when there is no pressure and I can 'get the work done anytime' I end up getting up much later and sometimes snoozing ever 5 minutes for an hour +.

I say sometimes that I need pressure because thats when I thrive.. I'm not sure how to artificially create that pressure

throwfast1 | 9 years ago | on: New York eyes a 'breathlyzer' for texting while driving

caught me, I am grumbling about net-neutrality and my inability to keep up with what is going on.

the tiff between fbi and apple[0] I see as woefully unresolved. and my concern is when I hear politicians discuss it I hear in my brain the following "we need silicon valley to give us tools, they are creative and smart and I'm sure they can do it" this is not unique to D or R I actually think I recall Hillary making a comment along those lines that I do not have time to track down right now. lastly what about ISPs having their new rights to our privacy [1][2], in regards to [2] there were many that sprouted some collectecting a few hundred thousand dollars... what became of them I do not know.

I suspect some agreement with apple will be reached, or worse which I am incapable of imagining. The government persists and I do not think the general populace has the vigilance to keep up. comments like "

comments like that of Eric Schmidt (I am paraphrasing) -- Those who are doing nothing wrong have nothing to hide.. I pulled an all nighter and see myself grumbling but I feel this is coherent enough for others to fill in blanks. I feel powerless to change the current state of affairs and the trajectory we are heading.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/17/inside-th... [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/senate-puts-isp-profit... [2] https://www.gofundme.com/BuyCongressData

throwfast1 | 9 years ago | on: New York eyes a 'breathlyzer' for texting while driving

at the rate of which laws are changing, I wish I could believe ideas like this would be immediately struck down however I suspect more laws like this will be created to our surprise on a consistent basis.

the chief argument being, the law needs tools to protect its citizens.

the sacrifice of privacy for security has been towards security on a consistent basis for a while now, I see no reason for that to change.

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