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781.
by chopin 8y ago
With Windows 10 spying, MS is pretty much out of the game for me. If I can't trust my OS to have my best interests at heart...
782.
by chopin 8y ago
Unfortunately no politician in power has voted against surveillance. Even the green party is guilty of this where in power (Polizeiaufgabengesetz in Hessen and Baden-Württemberg, both of which I consider anti-constitutional).
783.
by chopin 8y ago
It's exactly the kind of data our politicians deemed fair game for mass surveillance (eg. BND at DE-CIX). I have little sympathy. I also disagree that there is no potential benefit. Maybe it reminds those in power that any data retaine
784.
by chopin 8y ago
You mean such data as is collected by the BND at DE-CIX? I have only little sympathy.
785.
by chopin 8y ago
Standing sound waves could achieve this. Albeit, the change in refractive index is small. Another possibility would be using molecules having a high refractive index when exited. A laser tuned to that would probably work. But that's no
786.
by chopin 8y ago
Where's the handle?
787.
by chopin 8y ago
Slightly out-of-topic: I am running an own bind9 internally on a bananapi. I'd like to combine this with the functionality of a pi-hole, ideally without needing to set-up a new raspberry for it. I tried several searches on how to combi
788.
by chopin 8y ago
GPS can tell you ground speed but not air speed. The latter is the crucial informatiom the pilot needs.
789.
by chopin 8y ago
That's called an emergent property.
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by chopin 8y ago
I think it's akin to "the set of all sets which do not contain themselves". EDIT: My favorite is more "the town barber who shaves all men in town who do not shave themselves".
791.
by chopin 8y ago
Learn from the best...
792.
by chopin 8y ago
While you may hide it in the way you described, normally apps spread their usage all over the place. As for example all OS have a list of last used apps. I think for this to work not only the app has to be crafted carefully but also the OS
793.
by chopin 8y ago
Linux Mint is close enough.
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by chopin 8y ago
We switched because of Microsoft spying. My daughter literally came to me and wanted me to install Linux on her new laptop. So, there is incentive.
795.
by chopin 8y ago
When I was a child we had a Christmas tree with real candles.
796.
by chopin 8y ago
There is money but we have severe problem with having too few engineers in public service. Much money can't be spent as there is no one who can craft tender offers or check if the stuff is built to spec.
797.
by chopin 8y ago
Maybe the implicit thing didn't work?
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by chopin 8y ago
What I am missing in the article: Which are the measures taken making it hard to insert backdoors into the product? I've expected a link to their security practices and development process at least. And even then how can I vet this as
799.
by chopin 8y ago
But that's trading lock-in to AWS for lock-in to Microsoft.
800.
by chopin 8y ago
This is the hard lesson for the Europeans: they need to take their fate into their own hands. I am skeptical, but "not change ever" is a pretty bold statement.
801.
by chopin 8y ago
Maybe. But the mere fact that it is discussed is the important point to note.
802.
by chopin 8y ago
That's paid on top of tax. Otherwise, I agree.
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by chopin 8y ago
Trust is lost in buckets, and earned in drops. The US will learn this the hard way. There's never been a discussion about a European army, now it crops up, for example. Even if the next administration is deemed trustworthy what's
804.
by chopin 8y ago
For breaking agreements they've made before? I think Europe is on the right side on this. As a European I wish the US would take all the refugees their actions cause.
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The unbelievable tale of a fake hitman, a kill list, a darknet vigilante(wired.co.uk)
3 points by chopin 8y ago|0 comments
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by chopin 8y ago
You can't in Germany, either.
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by chopin 8y ago
> Access to the specific document you presently want to edit (say through an OS-provided file select dialog or equivalent cli) is much different than unfettered access to all of your files. This is one thing I like about Android. You can
808.
by chopin 8y ago
I thought that always as a strange argument. Why would relative size matter for intelligence? At least if one thinks of compute capacity this shouldn't matter.
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by chopin 8y ago
I would think that "keep me in dark of doing this questionable thing" wouldn't absolve anyone in leadership.
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by chopin 8y ago
How does this work if they don't allow the goods producer to sell on their market place (or their affiliates) but any willing third party to sell the same good?

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