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53,799karma·6,821submissions·October 11, 2007
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One of the worst thing about airline fees is that online searches on travel sites don't always reflect required fees, such as international fuel surcharges. This makes price rankings suspect, is unfai…
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The fraud was significant (19% of USD credit card transactions, at one point!), and ironically, at least one other Web-currency service (e-gold) is still having trouble with this issue today: http://…
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Interesting analysis -- Fortify's rankings of open source software included centralized email address and contact information for reporting security vulnerabilities. This naturally favors the corporat…
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Interesting stuff, for anyone who is thinking about data mining. For an overview of what the plan was in 2006, check out the FT article (which, incidentally, led to unanticipated problem, according to…
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