UVB-76

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by UVB-76 13y ago
It is exceptionally difficult, if not impossible, to properly anonymize this kind of data, and this particular dataset is absolutely not anonymized.
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Cheques to be paid in via smartphones(bbc.co.uk)
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by UVB-76 13y ago
There are hundreds of millions of happy iPhone users out there. For the overwhelming majority of people, the restrictions on the device are not burdensome.
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by UVB-76 13y ago
> Salesforce is a great example of a company that's widely successfully and their products are critical in enterprise, but I've never personally heard an Enterprise consumer say "Oh I love the Salesforce software." By
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by UVB-76 13y ago
Alcohol is a staple loss-leader in UK supermarkets. Lose money on the alcohol, recoup it on everything people end up buying along with it.
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by UVB-76 13y ago
Are the card issuers going to be happy about what amounts to card cloning, or am I missing something here?
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by UVB-76 13y ago
A good precaution would be to use a range of mail boxes that, when plotted on a map, form a ring around a population centre far removed from the one you are actually residing in.
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by UVB-76 13y ago
I'm sure there are other examples, but this method of monitoring mailboxes was used more than a decade ago to catch the person behind the Tesco letterbomb campaign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesco_bomb_campaign
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by UVB-76 13y ago
The Dell UltraSharp range just strikes a nice balance between quality and affordability. Other manufacturers have spent the best part of the last decade chasing the budget end of the market by cutting corners (e.g. TN panels, poor quality c
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by UVB-76 13y ago
Is an aborted pursuit really going to have that much of an impact on the public's assessment of the viability of evading arrest by fleeing? More importantly, is that cost not worth bearing if a policy of aborting pursuits in certain ci
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by UVB-76 13y ago
Does a tablet really constitute a full kitchen, with no compromise? To me a tablet is a cramped working space (small screen, limited memory), difficult to use (requiring additional utensils like a keyboard, mouse to make certain tasks beara
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by UVB-76 13y ago
The numbers don't have to be the same for the analogy to work. In any case, I think you're underestimating the number of people who never cook, or cook very infrequently. In your average family household, one person typically cook
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by UVB-76 13y ago
Division of labor. Not everyone has to be a producer in every sphere; it's okay to be a producer in some, and a consumer in others. Plenty of people are too busy with other aspects of their lives — doing things which may, for all we kn
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by UVB-76 13y ago
People snack on smartphones, dine on tablets, and cook on PCs. A lot of people don't want to cook, so are happy with smartphones and tablets. Why buy a desktop or laptop when an iPad will do everything you need for a fraction of the pr
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by UVB-76 13y ago
You only have to slip up once to get caught
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Is it faster to cycle or take public transport in London?(theguardian.com)
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by UVB-76 13y ago
That list reads more like a changelog than a list of removed features. For example: > The Aero Glass theme is replaced by a new theme with a flatter visual appearance in line with the Metro design language. Aside from the taskbar, the ne
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by UVB-76 13y ago
I know it's not really to do with the service, but 1% of profits go to preserving pandas? Surely if you care about pandas enough to name your service after the creature, you can do better than 1% of profits?
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by UVB-76 13y ago
> Why must it always be costly? It is a perfectly rational alternative policy to bring a smaller number of prosecutions, and to compensate defendants for their costs, wasted time and distress, if a prosecution fails. I'm not well ve
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by UVB-76 13y ago
Absolutely. It's an enormous market in parts of the world. Worldwide, I suspect more people are pirating things on physical media than downloading direct from the Internet. I think common sense applies in drawing the line. A kid who bu
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by UVB-76 13y ago
I would assume that's the only viable business model for this kind of thing.
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by UVB-76 13y ago
The demo video talks about files being copied to a 'network of servers' to provide load balancing, so does this tool really produce 'Dropbox hosted' websites, or does it just use Dropbox as a mechanism for transferring f
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by UVB-76 13y ago
Based on the initial arrests made by this unit, it would appear the target remains commercial IP infringement: http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/sep/13/police-intellectu...
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by UVB-76 13y ago
Unfortunately, that's just the way the cookie crumbles. Defending yourself against an accusation will always be costly. I take comfort in the fact that the authorities very rarely make completely baseless accusations. There are certain
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by UVB-76 13y ago
If you disagree with a penalty issued by the police, you can appeal to the judicial branch. Allowing the police to deal with certain minor infractions themselves is far more efficient than the alternative; ordering every offender to appear
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by UVB-76 13y ago
Press Release from the City of London Police with more information: http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/Departments/ECD...
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by UVB-76 13y ago
> PRISM is reputed to be a classified US government that involves [...] This document describe the security concerns [...] /facepalm
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by UVB-76 13y ago
> In fact, the data shows that if anything, introducing more transit will reduce crime. Careful. The provision of new or improved public transport facilities often coincides with, or precedes, the gentrification of an area. I'd hypo
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by UVB-76 13y ago
Ditto. I can't believe "we only spy on communications involving foreigners" is actually an acceptable argument in the United States.
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by UVB-76 13y ago
It's correct to use that terminology even when an object is only partially melted, as in this case.

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