77ko

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by 77ko 13y ago
The US military gets to define what is and what isn't murder. Killing anyone in a poor country who isn't a child or too old to fire a machine gun is by definition never murder according to America.
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by 77ko 13y ago
An interview with a former drone operator: http://www.gq.com/news-politics/big-issues/201311/drone-uav-...
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by 77ko 14y ago
You are pinning a vast economical shift on just one factor? You have a very blinkered view of history. When Voltaire wrote that description he was just seeing the very few anointed few which the English allowed for their own benefit to tra
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by 77ko 14y ago
That app already exists: The Eatery https://eatery.massivehealth.com/ The blurb from their website, and yes, it is a really useful app once you commit to actually taking the pictures: >>Want to take real steps to improve your eati
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by 77ko 14y ago
I think you would be interested in reading this book about nations and their institutions: http://whynationsfail.com/ "Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underl
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by 77ko 14y ago
I had a Sony smartphone running some sort of Symbian OS which did just this well before the iphone came out.
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by 77ko 14y ago
Hipmunk has the best interface of any travel site, and displays the same information in a easily understandable page than other sites take 15 pages to do so - but I've always been able to find cheaper prices elsewhere. Sometimes much cheape
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by 77ko 15y ago
Great program! Couple of suggestions: * Can you add a free python reference like this one: http://www.diveintopython.net/ * Syntax highlighting! * Dropbox support - a very simple module to save .py or txt files into a dropbox folder and s
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by 77ko 15y ago
What would be something if the court on reading Apples ridiculous suggestions took a second look at the very idea of having such broad design patents in the first place.
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by 77ko 15y ago
It does look and emulate a magazine page somewhat, but updated for the internet. There are no speed issues on my laptop browser or ipad...
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by 77ko 15y ago
It does
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by 77ko 15y ago
The one thing I like about Amazon ebooks is that you can set your country as USA, and than use any credit card to buy American ebooks. I hope that continues with Amazon's tablet and the video and other content they'll be selling, as America
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by 77ko 15y ago
You are assuming people have credit cards here. Some do, yes, nut over 99% don't.
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by 77ko 15y ago
Besides censorship, another reason is the local telephone monopoly, PTCL is trying to shut off all voice gateways into Pakistan, which are causing it to lose money and are hard to tap into as they are routed over VPN's to a local gateway co
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by 77ko 15y ago
There is, businesses can 'register' their vpn's and continue using them.
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by 77ko 15y ago
They are asking companies and banks etc. to register their VPN's with the govt. Basically, if you're a multinational or a large local corporation you get to use VPN's. Private citizens need not apply.
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by 77ko 15y ago
Simple explanation of Steganography: http://www.economist.com/node/17248872
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by 77ko 15y ago
SSL works in most ISP's in Pakistan, though anti-state and very bad for the children websites like the Rolling Stones are blocked. Nice, Pakistani friendly sites like redtube or child porn remain unblocked of course. VPN's work too, so far.
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by 77ko 15y ago
I'm in Pakistan where Amazon doesn't even sell Kindles or books. The way I bypass that is to go to my Amazon account on their website, and set my country as US. I have been buying books from the American kindle store and paying using a non-