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Wow, this is kind of a big deal. A great many news outlets may have said this before, and quite a few commentators, but this is the editorial board of the New York Times. Because of the Senate’s report, we now know the distance officials in the executive branch went to rationalize, and conceal, the crimes they wanted to commit. The question is whether the nation will stand by and allow the perpetrators of torture to have perpetual immunity for their actions. Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the christening ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford ...

The first rule of Roko’s Basilisk is you do not google “Roko’s Basilisk”. The second rule of Roko’s Basilisk is you do not make fun of Roko’s Basilisk. The third rule of Roko’s Basilisk is this is not the Basilisk you’re looking for. The fourth rule of Roko’s Basilisk is oddly enough, buy a lottery ticket. Also, maybe read this BLIT short story if you haven’t got time to read Infinite Jest. [contact-form][contact-field label=‘Name’ type=‘name’ required=‘1’/][contact-field label=‘Email’ type=‘email’ required=‘1’/][contact-field label=‘Website’ type=‘url’/][contact-field label=‘Comment’ type=‘textarea’ required=‘1’/][/contact-form] ...

How can it be that the weather in January is colder in Austin, Texas than in Vienna, Austria?

Cloud computing is changing the way people do almost everything, in some ways it is the continuation of the evolution of the information economy. But when the information economy is cloud-based so is a great deal of our own data. Today we chat with the Vienna-based open source software developer and Founder of fullxri.com and Danube Clouds - Markus Sabadello. Markus Sabadello, founder of the Vienna based software service https://danubeclouds.com/ On OpenID and open authentication: Matthew Stevens: Hi Markus. So first tell us what fullxri.com is and what I-Names and OpenID are? ...

Protester plays on the roof of a burned up"Berkut" bus. The barricade across Hrushevskoho str. Kiev, 10.02.2014. ...

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If any one out there can help me out I would love to hear from you. These are a pair of Gokey Botte Sauvage boots I bought off of Ebay. Based on this boot code one should be able to determine the size and age of the boots. Can you decipher the boot code and tell me how old they are? The stenciled code reads: 410 534 74. I now know the top number “410” refers to the width (4, which is narrow) and the size (10) which is a bit unfortunate as I am more of a size 11. :( These are also NOT the snakeproof model of this boot. So I am still on the hunt for a pair of vintage Gokey Botte Sauvage boots with boot code 411. Perhaps you know someone, or you ARE that someone willing to trade or sell. ...

This is along the pathway where the graffiti is always changing.

Christmas Eve on the Danube Canal, Urania Observatory. It was maybe a degree above freezing, but AWESOME!

Just a brief smattering of photos from the Christmas markets in Vienna. These are taken at Rathausplatz, Karlsplatz and Freyung Christmas Markets.