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by brbsix 10y ago
It should be pretty easy to get around this by using Magisk[0] systemless root, is it not? Magisk is able to pass Google's SafetyNet tamper detection API which IIRC is what Pokemon Go uses to detect root. Works for Android Pay at least
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by brbsix 10y ago
> The stupidity with wich we argue for retaining useless jobs is baffling. What do you mean by 'retaining useless jobs'? We aren't talking about subsidizing carriage makers or wheelwrights here. We're talking about jo
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by brbsix 10y ago
That was my first thought, even before I heard what Warren had to say. IIRC, Lending Tree was doing something similar. People associated with the company were opening accounts with which to borrow or lend money in order to juice the books a
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by brbsix 10y ago
Is that deb source line correct? It's listed in the installation instructions as: deb https://typora.io linux/ `apt-get update` barks out the following warning: W: Conflicting distribution: https:/&#x
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by brbsix 10y ago
I'm not seeing the "market forces" in googamooga's post. Rather I see men with guns (the Russian government) prohibiting hospitals and clinics from purchasing stents. The initiation of force here is quite obviously immor
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by brbsix 10y ago
> Women get lower pay because they say that's what other women get. At least in the U.S., sex-based wage discrimination is prohibited under the Equal Pay Act of 1964. If you find an employer paying women less because "that&#x27
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by brbsix 10y ago
Underpaid according to who? The point I was making was that salaries, like all prices, are dictated by market forces. They aren't dictated by some arbitrary metric (e.g. hard work or intelligence) that you, as some uninterested third-p
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by brbsix 10y ago
There's a popular narrative that CEO compensation is at the expense of workers, that workers could be paid a livable wage if only executives could do without their extravagent bonuses. It's commonly referenced with respect to Walm
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by brbsix 10y ago
> Executive comp is a major racket, enforced by the standard that this is "what the market average is". Which is set by executives overpaying themselves. > Ask yourself if your CEO is really working 100x as hard as you, or 1
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by brbsix 10y ago
If your device is grabbed by the FBI from the Glen Park library, I don't think they'll be turning it off. Wouldn't they use some sort of device[0] to maintain the power supply? I assume they would also be aware a key fob was
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by brbsix 10y ago
Agreed. Personally I find the moral argument, that people have self-ownership over their bodies and that it is immoral to initiate force against others (particularly for victimless "crimes"), far more compelling. You wouldn't
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by brbsix 10y ago
I have nothing to say about profiling individuals but cheating appears to be a huge issue among international students. Per the WSJ [0]: Public universities in the U.S. recorded 5.1 reports of alleged cheating for every 100 internatio
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by brbsix 10y ago
He was discussing endpoint security so I believe he intended to say his own personal use is restricted to an iOS device.
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by brbsix 10y ago
I don't know but people do it all the time when receiving large quantities of narcotics or merchandise paid for with stolen credit cards. You write "return to sender" on the parcel and leave it unopened by your front door. So
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by brbsix 10y ago
Even if they were prepared for cyber crime, would they be prepared to act on information you give them? Sure, if you supply law enforcement with the location of your recently stolen electronic device they will go after it (as I've had
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by brbsix 10y ago
To me, the concerning bit of software is not the operating system (which is open source and fairly transparent) but rather Google Play Services, which is a proprietary background service that has nearly complete access to your device. Unfor
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by brbsix 10y ago
Barring evidence of distribution or an admission otherwise, I wonder how they could ever prosecute someone for greater quantities. Suppose you're found with 100 tabs of Oxycodone. For a casual user, that might be a 3 month supply. For
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by brbsix 10y ago
Are you presently worried about someone robbing you because they are starving? In the third-world, absolutely. In the United States anyone who's starving has ready access to SNAP, food banks, or (worse-case scenario) dumpstered groceri
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by brbsix 10y ago
That's like saying "This is why farmers like being fed. They get to live comfortable lives while their crop earns them more crop." Your money doesn't earn you more money doing nothing. In a free market, you need to use i
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by brbsix 10y ago
> I've yet to meet a person who was against redistribution, as well as against certain benefits they get from tax money (police force, etc). I've met plenty. There are those who relish the opportunity for free market alternativ
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by brbsix 10y ago
> The sort of hosting you want to do is going to have to route through some informal mechanism, like an email list or word of mouth or some web forum, or maybe a random Facebook group. It's incompatible with a Bigcorp that wants to
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by brbsix 10y ago
I used to, but ZetoTier[0] has made that a thing of the past. Now, no matter where I am or what sort of connection I have, it's like I have all my devices (and a few other people's) on a local LAN. I use it all the time to SSH int
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by brbsix 10y ago
There's no math to determine the quantity of active ingredient in illicit substances. That requires analysis. Including the carrier keeps it simple. It's also self-aggrandizing, as it's much more impressive for the DEA to ann
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by brbsix 10y ago
I'm curious as to the OP's source as well. I found a recent investigatory paper at https://github.com/AdamISZ/ConfidentialTransactionsDoc/blob/... but nothing official.
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by brbsix 10y ago
This reminds me of #CALLBRUSSELS, a Brussels tourism initiative wherein anyone could call public phones throughout Brussels via https://call.brussels and chat about anything. There were live video feeds as well. IIRC this was in
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by brbsix 10y ago
It's not just "better acceleration", it's more consistent and predictable acceleration. I find it makes driving backroads on a dark stormy night quite a pleasant experience.
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by brbsix 10y ago
An (unofficial) PowerShell AppImage is now available for anyone interested in trying out PowerShell. No installation necessary. https://bintray.com/probono/AppImages/PowerShell#files
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by brbsix 10y ago
If you piss into a sufficiently large jug, there's no splashback. Cleaning aside, can't we make such a urinal?
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by brbsix 10y ago
"took down many large sites when it failed" ^ Describing AWS Lambda. May want to fix that one.
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by brbsix 10y ago
Yeah but to make an appropriate comparison, I'd have to make my own app "The Worst People On Earth", give it the tagline "Some people are literally the worst. TheWorstPeopleOnEarth.com lets you tell 'em by mailing p

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