alan_cx

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by alan_cx 13y ago
Biggest problem I see is in many places and situations, some one even suspected of poking a camera in peoples faces are likely to lose that camera. Maybe be gain a few bruises in return. I know full well that I would not be even slightly co
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"Without Linux there would be no Android and Apple would by now own 95% of the smartphone market(1). " You cant conclude that at all. The manufacturers would have had to do something else, and they obviously would have, as in many
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by alan_cx 13y ago
There are women hackers everywhere, just like men, just as many. Thing is, men don't notice, and women don't refer to it as hacking. They call it coping, or getting by.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
So its not a ridiculous expectation, since it had to be explicitly included in the contract.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Dunno if you are right or wrong. Its just sad that people now think like this. That little device of joy, which has now become almost essential, is now a source of stress, worry, and suspicion.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Oh just buy whatever you want, for whatever reasons you used to make up to justify an overpriced trinket which people think boosts their social standing because it pretty, and overpriced. Just know its not secure and act accordingly. Use it
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by alan_cx 13y ago
The majority. Which, as it turns out, I don't think is you or me.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I completely disagree, but I have voted you up. You represent normal people. Those of us who care are the weirdos. I've given up. Whats the point? Frankly, if I knew I needed actual privacy, I'd not use anything electronic, and go
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yes. A profit motive corrupts in favour of profit. I dont want that in a justice system which is supposed to be not corrupt.
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BBC server taken over by Russian hacker at Christmas(theguardian.com)
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by alan_cx 13y ago
No, its reasonably implied. If the NSA has the information its claimed to have, then its reasonable to suggest that anyone in power has every little thing they ever did wrong in the past in the back of their minds, knowing the NSA might k
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by alan_cx 13y ago
And here you go again missing the point, trying to falsely equate drones and B-52's, while arrogantly implying Americans are more valuable than foreigners. BTW, when was the last time B52s were used to bomb weddings to kill one suspec
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by alan_cx 13y ago
"We need to make sure we're not being manipulated." Why is your post not an attempt at manipulation? Reads like it to me. "Hell" and "horrific" require value judgements, manipulations. Oh, and even if you
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Except on several you have to enter credit card details to remove the filter. Which is loaded and wrong.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Absolute complete ignorant arrogant rubbish. First, an opt out is a declaration of perversion or subversion. And opt in is a genuine choice, which IMHO, should be available. IMHO, every router in a home should have in its config a tick box
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Ah, acronym fun time... Ministry of Disappointment Machine of Delusion Money only Dollars Or do Android release "Rocker"?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Take a look at this: http://www.cubeproject.org.uk/ Genius use of space. Saw it on a great UK TV show called George Clark's Amazing Spaces, where there are lots of brilliant creative ideas. Edit: Link to a brochure wit
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by alan_cx 13y ago
People, take note... This article was written for Guardian readers, not the elite HN hacking corps.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah. Part of me cant help thinking he embodies the word "disrupt", or even, "innovate". Fine lines and all that.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
HN does NOT do humour. Well, unless its embedded in code, then its like fecking hilarious.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Sorry, this small government lark is nonsense and irrelevant in this. The Americans seem to bang on about small government constantly, and I cant imagine that in actual reality, the US government can't be proportionally as big as say t
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Ah, thank you.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, I was a bit gutted to get to the end, and find a bloody cliffhanger!!!!! I'd love to read part 2.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Well, yes. Except, with his leaving, and assuming all the important people, etc went with him, what would the remaining co-founder have left to be competing with? Then what resources would the remaining co-founder have to go through the US
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by alan_cx 13y ago
To look at it the opposite way... Could you quit and re-start? If you have employees, maybe they quit and follow you? Perhaps your investors would go with you too.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Does the phrase "cite source troll" exist?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Its not 'dead' or 'not dead', its that they now use other sites and services too, resulting in less time with facebook exclusively. A few years ago its was almost 100% FB. Now its just one of many services they use. Also
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by alan_cx 13y ago
BT, Sky and Virgin are also broadcasters. I wonder if their bending over for the government has something to do with their desire to retain their government granted licenses to remain broadcasters.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Hm, when does a private thought become a provable reality?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Just clicked the link. I just see the usual lazy kit web site, and no prominently linked white paper. No, I didn't scroll or click. I just looked at where I landed. Nothing. Just standard bland marketing stuff, pushing something that c

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