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by ballard 13y ago
As much as I want the kill hollywood rfs to take off, two startups themes come to mind: - aws/opsource for medical research (medical will only get bigger) - privacy-as-a-services
572.
by ballard 13y ago
Thank god. Stalkers are a bitch to get rid of.
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by ballard 13y ago
It is 'pgs problem if he wants HN to stay good. This requires more people NOT upvoting shitty articles and upvoting good ones. The problem of HN is that equally-ranked votes dilutes signal.
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by ballard 13y ago
The victim is everyone else that doesn't have access, something the SEC attempts to level the jungle. Winning in stock market is all about access to intelligence. If you have money, you may be able to buy it... if you have power, peo
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by ballard 13y ago
The internet moves packets just fine. Anonymity and secrecy requires careful management of one's online behavior. Toward these goals, overlay-network apps that encrypt end-to-end with mixnet proxies using the existing internet would w
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by ballard 13y ago
Top Gear UK declared Aston Martins uncool, so comparing anything to them (without making fun of them) would make the comparee seem less cool. So the article seems more like a backhanded compliment.
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by ballard 13y ago
Sometimes what is good is difficult to attain. Otherwise everyone would. (It's a good thing a dear friend is an immigration atty.)
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by ballard 13y ago
Exactly. This pattern of reporting is tinfoil FUD. I would like to see these stories not hit on HN because of the low-signal fearmongering. 'pg: Find a way to make it stop or I will use HN less and less.
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by ballard 13y ago
Nope, the diagram is just hand-waving FUD. It's an enumeration of which "technologies" people rely upon in case they didn't already know. Gotta laugh if people think Skype isn't backdoored.
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Why RubyGems needs to enforce gem signing(github.com)
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by ballard 13y ago
https://goo.gl/maps/HcAHM
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by ballard 13y ago
Governments are big, dumb animals, so make whatever you're trying to protect very expensive ($20-50 Billion range) to brute-force within usability constraints. Btw... apart from Scrypt paper, has anyone put together a practical guide o
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by ballard 13y ago
Just started this... https://gist.github.com/6458569 Feel free to fork and feedback.... Adversarial FTW.
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by ballard 13y ago
Croatia is a thought. Some Croatian friends mentioned property values are skyrocketing because of pervasive construction. Split is nice too.
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by ballard 13y ago
I support your position. This is like a bad investor trying to type on your keyboard and criticize your bikeshed's color. Paypal needs to MTOB.
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by ballard 13y ago
FUD. Every project that's not yet done is a crystal ball of promises until its delivered. IGG and KS have good records so far. And these guys that put their names on this project are highly motivated to deliver.
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by ballard 13y ago
That might ax a few plans for US -> AU citizenry. What country without US extradition is the most socio-libertarian/anarchist friendly?
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by ballard 13y ago
It's a moral panic [0]. If filtering doesn't happen immediately, fear may be exploited and politicians will have to find something else to procrastinate on rather than tackling real issues (poverty, health care, budget waste). [0]
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by ballard 13y ago
Sydney or similar. Surprised there isn't a pirate bureau "sealand" island hackerspace / OTG community / datacenter.
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by ballard 13y ago
Obviously. [1] Any recommendations? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6305232
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by ballard 13y ago
Manufacture consent of decision makers... get articles into CFR and the like to show the house of cards is crumbling down. Respect by fear does not endure and there is nowhere to hide with Twitter in every pocket.
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by ballard 13y ago
More expense is a bragging right and a substitute for thinking. RFP should due-diligence recent projects to be sure they're not cutting corners. Also, shopping around for better results/value elsewhere. (It makes you want to guar
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by ballard 13y ago
That explains my grandparents remodeled their bathrooms every 6 months. (Yup, I guess that makes 'em hipsters.) The way around hipster discontent is to stop caring; the only person you have to impress is yourself.
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by ballard 13y ago
This type of prosecution is having the opposite effect as intended: it gives Barrett a larger platform and more credibility because the unusual unfairness is itself newsworthy. It shows just how abusive and insecure USG has become. Moreove
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by ballard 13y ago
Yeap. And the US laws are such that once your details are known to a company in the US jurisdiction, you have basically no rights or recourse for what they can do with your details (ie sell them). I only know this as a friend is in law sc
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by ballard 13y ago
The other sub-point... There's Korea/s, China, etc. Have any countries humanely monitized inmates? That is provide a choice to meaningfully work while incarcerated.
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by ballard 13y ago
Most prisons, whether for profit or not, require money to keep going. The money ultimately comes from society via taxes. But the net effect is it costs society thrice to imprison a person: fewer taxes collected, less goods/services p
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by ballard 13y ago
Most slaves turn a profit, while most prisons require funding. Prisons are garbage processors for grinding up as many undesirables as possible, for as long as possible. Whom is chosen is somewhat random, but usually people that are undesir
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by ballard 13y ago
One readily inferred tip on changing burner phones is to physically change locations* before using a new one (battery removed when not making/expecting a call, of course). * Say the tube at rush hour.
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by ballard 13y ago
The point about how refined is your online audience is interesting. HN seems to be getting swept up in useless stone throwers that waste your time and theirs on grammar and other petty shit... I come to HN for signal, not duels at 10 paces.

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