In the Context of "1,000 Years" of Warfare, Drones Are "More Humane" | Mother Jones
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on 02/18/2013
Excerpt: "To be honest, I believe that drones are a lot more civilized than what we used to do, you know, when Sherman shelled Atlanta or when the Allies firebombed Dresden in World War II, it was all collateral damage. It was virtually all civilians. And that was the way of war until very recently," King said on Friday's episode of MSNBC's Morning Joe. "The drones, although there is some collateral damage, basically is a very smart artillery shell. [I]f you put it in a context of 1,000 years of war, I think it's actually a more humane weapon because it can be targeted to specific enemies and specific people. "
Of course, that doesn't have much to do with drone critics' actual arguments, and Sen.... read the full post.
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Platform Updates: Share API Enhancements
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on 02/09/2013
Excerpt: Kamyar Mohager, Feb 6, 2013 We've seen great adoption of the Share API among applications using the LinkedIn Platform over the last few months. While the API serves as a great way to increase engagement for your users, as a developer it was difficult to determine where the share was located once it was successfully posted. We're happy to announce that now you'll receive a more helpful response when making a successful POST to the API:
Successful Share API Response
The updateKey is a unique identifier of the newly created share. You can use this key to query the XML or JSON representation of the update:
GET
Alternatively, you may choose to redirect your user to the updateUrl.... read the full post.
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Excerpt: Kamyar Mohager, Feb 6, 2013 We've seen great adoption of the Share API among applications using the LinkedIn Platform over the last few months. While the API serves as a great way to increase engagement for your users, as a developer it was difficult to determine where the share was located once it was successfully posted. We're happy to announce that now you'll receive a more helpful response when making a successful POST to the API: Successful Share API Response The updateKey is a unique identifier of the newly created share. You can use this key to query the XML or JSON representation of the update: GET Alternatively, you may choose to redirect your user to the updateUrl.... read the full post.
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