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cylonmaker2053
@cylonmaker2053 Dec 2, 2016, 1:48 PM UTC

Women Will Soon Have Equal Privilege of Being Slave Soldiers

In an odd push for equality, the Obama administration declared its support for requiring women to register for the military draft in a "a symbolic but significant shift that reflects the U.S. militar…

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cylonmaker2053
@cylonmaker2053 Dec 1, 2016, 8:48 PM UTC

What's Your Social Credit Score, Comrade?

The MIT Technology Review reports in "China Turns Big Data into Big Brother" that the Chinese government wants to assign citizens a score that determines their eligibility for everything from loans t…

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cylonmaker2053
@cylonmaker2053 Dec 1, 2016, 2:06 AM UTC

Scared of Trump Censorship, the Internet Archive Sets Up a Full Backup in Canada

When Donald Trump stated that the tech industry needs to “close that internet up” to stop the spread of extremism, apparently he scared some of the people at the Internet Archive into action. Fearful…

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@cylonmaker2053 Nov 30, 2016, 9:41 PM UTC

Making Nationalism Cool Again: India's Supreme Court Orders Movie Theaters to Play National Anthem Before Every Film

India seems to be making the news quite a bit lately, and not for good reason. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Modi announced a ban on banknotes that make up about 90% of their circulating currenc…

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@cylonmaker2053 Nov 29, 2016, 3:24 PM UTC

Moving Towards a Plant-Based Diet

The me of a few years ago would have laughed at the idea of going on a plant-based diet. Crossing over into my mid-30s and starting to think about health for the long haul, and learning a bit about t…

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@cylonmaker2053 Nov 29, 2016, 1:14 AM UTC

What Self Defense Training Do You Recommend? Carry a Gun, then Learn Jiu Jitsu

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SGpDVCkhtD4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Watching this video earlier today about which martial art works…

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@cylonmaker2053 Nov 26, 2016, 2:55 AM UTC

Libertarian Websites Deemed "Russian Propaganda Tools" by Washington Post

ZeroHedge reports that the Washington Post Names Drudge, Zero Hedge, & Ron Paul As Anti-Clinton "Sophisticated Russian Propaganda Tools." Clearly, ZH isn't happy, but perusing the list of alleged…

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@cylonmaker2053 Nov 24, 2016, 3:26 PM UTC

Reddit CEO Caught Altering User Content, Something That Can't Happen With Steemit

Two of the biggest features of the blockchain revolution are that discretionary power can be replaced with transparent rules-based systems and censorship becomes much more difficult. These are two of…

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@cylonmaker2053 Nov 4, 2016, 3:45 PM UTC

Bitshares and Steemit Feedback from my FINA 469 @UofSC Experiment

It has been four months already since I first announced my plan to integrate Bitshares and Steemit into an undergraduate Intro to Investments course I was teaching. A week into the course I had launc…

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@cylonmaker2053 Jul 25, 2016, 8:47 PM UTC

@UofSC Bitshares Competition: Mid-course Update and Early Lessons Learned

We live in interesting times, and one place where that is especially true is in #education and #finance. For those who haven't caught my initial announcement, I've launched Bitshares trading competit…

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