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by cheese1756 12y ago
I'm sure that Latin is also helped by the fact that word order makes very little difference, while we place a huge emphasis on it in English. One thing I love about Latin is that you can have the adjective at the start of a sentence an
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by cheese1756 12y ago
That's not a problem with abstraction, though, that's a problem with the manufacturers. You can have complex, highly configurable software that's still locked down, and you can have simple, abstracted software that's ope
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by cheese1756 13y ago
It would fall under the same rules as fair use. If the modified file is close enough to the original that it could deprive the creator of a sale, then it is certainly infringement. If you made it so different that it would not deprive the c
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by cheese1756 13y ago
Yes: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/01/157743897/can-you-... I wish I were joking.
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by cheese1756 13y ago
Fantastic post with really helpful tips. Thanks a lot for that. I really want to read the details on the spot instance setup for a web service. Do you have a quick summary for that?
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by cheese1756 13y ago
Given the claims, it sounds incredibly unrealistic. Then again, legitimate news agencies like Reuters published the press release ( http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/ca-techweek-la-idU... ), but th
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by cheese1756 13y ago
For the ssh section, I'd also include sshfs. It's super handy when you want to use local (or GUI) applications for a file on a server, or just to mount your home computer as a drive while you are away. I personally use it to mount
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by cheese1756 13y ago
Just for the record, this site is a conspiracy theory site. It is definitely not anything close to a reliable news source, and really should not be on Hacker News.
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by cheese1756 13y ago
Welcome to Hacker News! I don't mean for this to come off the wrong way, but please try to put more effort into your comments than Imgur links. This is a place for discussion, not one-liners and images. It may be that way on Reddit, bu
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by cheese1756 13y ago
Well said. The key is to always keep an eye towards the future, and that is something which is easy to forget.
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by cheese1756 13y ago
It's pretty interesting to look at the NSA leaks in hindsight, especially with an eye towards the foreshadowing and warning signs that exist today for the countless programs we don't know about. Take a look at this too, from a yea
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There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says (2011)(wired.com)
140 points by cheese1756 13y ago|41 comments
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by cheese1756 13y ago
The issue is not what we know, but what we don't. Keep in mind, all we have is what was leaked. We only have a tiny glimpse into the massive amounts of post-9/11 surveillance. We can ascertain that the government is doing extensiv
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by cheese1756 13y ago
I put up a petition along those lines a little while ago here: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/cease-overbroad-su... Enough signatures would be able to put pressure on the White House and gain an official response.
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by cheese1756 13y ago
I had put up a similar petition here, which targets more widespread change: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/cease-overbroad-su... The more signatures on both, the better the chance of an official response.
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by cheese1756 13y ago
Hopefully an official response can add some accountability to the process. I put up a White House petition here, which can hopefully get an official response: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/cease-overbroad-su...
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Cease Overbroad Surveillance of the American People(petitions.whitehouse.gov)
4 points by cheese1756 13y ago|0 comments
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by cheese1756 13y ago
I like the idea, it might be a nice replacement in the wake of the Google SMS shutdown. One quick thing: You might want to make app names case insensitive. My phone automatically capitalized Ltrain, resulting in a message stating the app wa
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by cheese1756 13y ago
Add "Sent from my iPhone/Android Phone/etc" as the signature for all of your emails, not just your mobile ones. With it, a short reply is socially acceptable, and you are able to give brief answers.
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by cheese1756 14y ago
I have lived in the US for my whole life, and there definitely is an Exceptionalist doctrine, particularly among the Republican party. However, the ideas of American Exceptionalism and Manifest Destiny go back much farther than WWII, all th
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by cheese1756 14y ago
Not with a last updated date of August 22, 2011, unfortunately.
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by cheese1756 14y ago
I was about to mention rapid screenshoting as an exploit, but you took care of that. However, couldn't a rapid screenshoting application end up replacing the default screenshot function if this technique became commonplace? As the bar for u
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by cheese1756 14y ago
Too bad the US Constitution was created to deal precisely with this issue. If only it didn't state that "No state shall. . . make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts." Quick, call your representative and ask for
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by cheese1756 14y ago
Why /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random, unless /dev/random isn't fast enough? Wouldn't /dev/random be more secure?