Saturday, April 29, 2017

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N.Y. / Region

De Blasio Blames Jails Chief’s Getaways on Bad Advice

The mayor offered a familiar defense for Joseph Ponte’s use of a city-owned vehicle to travel beyond the five boroughs on 90 days last year: He was told it was O.K.

Bury the gaff or prosecute the jail chief.  It makes little difference.  
There will be less noise if there is a prosecution.

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World

In Mexico, ‘It’s Easy to Kill a Journalist’

The state of Veracruz is the hemisphere’s most dangerous place to be a reporter. The authorities seem ill equipped to stop attacks on the press, and in some cases appear entangled in them.

yes

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The Learning Network

Questions for: ‘Today’s Energy Jobs Are in Solar, Not Coal’

What are the facts and figures on energy jobs, and distribution by type of energy, around the United States?

Solar is hiring.

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Science

If Mars Is Colonized, We May Not Need to Ship In the Bricks

A new study suggests the material humanity needs to one day construct structures on Mars may already exist within the red planet’s desolate soil.

There will be no mars colony soon.

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U.S.

Senate Confirms R. Alexander Acosta as Labor Secretary

Mr. Acosta becomes the only Latino in President Trump’s cabinet, which is now complete.

"The best government money can buy."

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Crosswords & Games

Variety Puzzle: Acrostic

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon train us to solve.

I successfully quit smoking in 1976.

If you want a dog, get a dog.
I will learn to live with it.

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U.S.

Agency for Victims of Immigrant Crime, Promised by Trump, Is Created

The office, known as Voice, is part of the president’s effort to aggressively crack down on illegal immigration. Critics say it vilifies immigrants.

Political noise.

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Opinion

Hotlines for Harassment

A lawyer whose specialty is workplace ethics notes improvement in reporting and resolution of whistle-blower reports.

There are monsters.
Most of them are not under beds.
They have been dealt with individually.
That must continue.
The other possibilities are worse.

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Opinion

Trumpcare 2.0: It’s Even Worse Than the Original

The revised Republican health care bill would make vulnerable Americans pay even more for less coverage.

The problem with Trumpcare 1 was it was not bad enough.
Trumpcare 2 was still not bad enough.
Total elimination of Obamacare would destroy the Republican party.



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N.Y. / Region

New York Correction Chief Spent a Quarter of 2016 Elsewhere

Joseph Ponte, hired to overhaul New York’s troubled jails, repeatedly took his city-owned vehicle to coastal Maine in violation of guidelines, a city report found.

Fact.

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Science

If Mars Is Colonized, We May Not Need to Ship In the Bricks

A new study suggests the material humanity needs to one day construct structures on Mars may already exist within the red planet’s desolate soil.

There seem to be no fixed carbon deposits.
Planetforming will be a geologically long process.

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Opinion

Trump Can’t Withhold Funds From Sanctuary Cities

Only Congress has the power to punish states for not enforcing federal law.

The Republican Congress will try to back Trump.

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U.S.

What Google and Twitter Say About Trump’s First 100 Days

The results of their data analyses aren’t all that shocking. It turns out the president posts a lot, and people searched Google for information on immigration.

Trivial until next November.
We have "the best government money can buy". 

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N.Y. / Region

In Connecticut Murder Case, a Fitbit is a Silent Witness

Richard Dabate was charged in his wife’s 2015 death after investigators say they found a contradiction between his story and her exercise tracker’s data.

The jury will decide.

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N.Y. / Region

De Blasio Blames Jails Chief’s Getaways on Bad Advice


yes
Make a better argument.

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N.Y. / Region

Boy Killed as Concrete Planter Falls on Him Outside Brooklyn Home

An 8-year-old climbing the security gates on a window in Marine Park apparently grabbed the flower box, which fell on him, the police said.

Nothing is foolproof.
Fools are clever.

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Technology

Running macOS and Windows 10 on the Same Computer

With Apple’s built-in Boot Camp utility or third-party programs, you can install and use Windows 10 on your Mac.

Both systems run on Unix derived kernels.
Unix and its descendants are "platform independent". 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix

I continue to try to understand this part of computing.


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