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by JohnLocke4 1y ago
It is true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_paper_protest More than anything, this is a good lesson in information theory. A blank sheet of paper isn't devoid of information just because it doesn't contai
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by JohnLocke4 1y ago
It won't but luckily no government is powerful enough to govern math and therefore cryptography. Mathematics is more of a liberator than the second amendment in this respect. Physical hardware can be controlled, yes. Decentralization a
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by JohnLocke4 1y ago
The number of individuals whose parents smoked during puberty is probably very small given this n value. More research is needed in my humble opinion
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by JohnLocke4 1y ago
I feel like telling you where the picture is taken would spoil a potentially fun experience, so I will not disclose that :) Anyway, making connections is hard, though not impossible. I would recommend the local pubs (which are surprisingly
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by JohnLocke4 1y ago
Fixed!
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by JohnLocke4 1y ago
I happen to be one of the Danes who partially grew up in Greenland that he talks about in the article. I even recognize the places from the article. Some of my cordial childhood memories are from there and it is a place I will forever love.
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by JohnLocke4 1y ago
Interview from DR (Danish public news broadcast) with the Danish judicial minister Peter Hummelgaard, the politician who conceived the proposal: https://www-dr-dk.translate.goog/nyheder/viden/teknologi/ana...
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by JohnLocke4 1y ago
>You can't even organize a resistance because all channels of communication are monitored. One of the awful things about this proposed legislation is that what I quoted you saying is not true. Software like PGP is easy to use, and c
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by JohnLocke4 1y ago
How difficult a language is to learn is very subjective. My mother language is Danish and therefore learning German was relatively easy for me (relatively because it is always difficult to learn a new language!) Manchmal, wenn ich ein Wort
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by JohnLocke4 1y ago
I should probably have specified that I bought the phone in northern Europe where prices are generally higher due to companies' selective pricing and VAT. If I had to guess, those $250 would probably correspond to around $180 to $190 i
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by JohnLocke4 1y ago
This post was made from a refurbished Pixel 5 I scored for ~$250. Just like you, this is easily the best phone I have ever had. I really like the 2020 design philosophy as is it doesn't include features meant to be technologically im