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by click170 12y ago
I once caught a pair of police officers trying to break into my home through my 2nd story bedroom window (while I was sleeping) in the middle of the day. I was home and caught them in the act, which was evidently unexpected because one of t
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by click170 12y ago
His point stands. Don't make it easy for them, this is wrong and they need to be made to understand that it's unacceptable for them to pull these kinds of stunts. IMO he shouldn't have let it rest after the electricity was tu
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by click170 12y ago
It's still on TPB. People ask why I don't use Youtube. This is a big contributing factor. Just torrent it and send a polite email to the BBC asking them to make it available in your area, or watch it on BBC iPlayer if it's av
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by click170 12y ago
> In what other business can you sell your client service and then fail to deliver and just blame your supplier for not giving you a cheap deal. Isn't this exactly what the problem ISPs are demanding, which is what we're up in
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by click170 12y ago
1) This point is silly because it is made moot by Netflix configuring the client to upload as fast as possible whenever they're watching a movie, which I think we can agree would benefit nobody. Yes, it's true that this is how pee
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by click170 12y ago
The BBC just did a 3 part special called Cat Watch where they follow the lives of several cats in a small town in the UK, attaching small cameras to the cats to see what they get up to, and demonstrating things like how cats use their whisk
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by click170 12y ago
Acting so nonchalantly about it certainly doesn't help that fact. OP is right to get pissed off about it, it's an unbelievable injustice that is surpassed only by the magnitude of the failure of those in power who don't do an
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by click170 12y ago
More succinctly, we already have laws against stealing cars but people still do it. I agree the locks need to be stronger. Perhaps it needs to be an independent third party that tests, breaks, and publicly reviews keyless entry systems. Su
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by click170 12y ago
I like my Fitbit, but I'm having a hard time liking the company. Thing is, they're providing a service, and they're only charging for a product. I don't think this is sustainable and it makes me feel very uneasy about th
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by click170 12y ago
NoScript is your friend, I saw no such nag screen.
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by click170 12y ago
To clarify, no you can't use it at the ATM or to get cash back.
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by click170 12y ago
I don't think testing every single unit is reasonable. Luckily we have Random Sampling which typically works quite well. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_sample
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by click170 12y ago
There is no apology sufficient for maliciously and intentionally damaging the private property of your customers. Refusing to work with counterfeit hardware is entirely appropriate, destroying it in a way that most consumers cannot recover
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by click170 12y ago
For me, the reverse is true. I would rather trust an app running locally behind my firewall than I would trust lastpass. If the app tries to sneak a copy of my passwords out of the network its going to have to find a way through the outboun
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by click170 12y ago
I always assumed money-laundering was what they were trying to protect against. At first I figured if it was possible to buy a gift card with a gift card they wouldn't be able to track that very easily / as easily. But then, what
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by click170 12y ago
You can buy a prepaid card in most local grocery stores in Canada, no personal info required - though you can't buy a prepaid card with a prepaid card.
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by click170 12y ago
I used a prepaid card to sign up for an AWS account because I'm not comfortable giving them my real one for a "free trial", they accepted it at the time, approx 1 year ago.
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by click170 12y ago
May I ask why? There's a whole lot of "I don't/do like it" and "It did/didn't work for me" but not a lot of explanation of why they do or don't like it, or what didn't work, and I'
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by click170 12y ago
So, all I've really heard about Systemd are arguments from proponents and complaints from opponents, and based on that alone it's difficult to get an idea of the true merits of one vs the other because rarely does any one comment
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by click170 12y ago
I use a Sophos Home Edition UTM. It's mostly Open Source with some proprietary bits sprinkled on top. It also comes with AV software, though I won't speak to the efficacy of said AV software. I would like to build an equivalent fu
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by click170 12y ago
I strongly encourage anyone concerned about their privacy to start using a firewall that filters (or at least monitors) outbound traffic by default. And not just the packets, but the web requests. You would very likely be alarmed by what yo
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by click170 12y ago
Sneakernet could be a cost effective option especially for large volumes of data, and its often overlooked. I wonder if the Archive Team has considered sending twitpic a hard drive and asking them to just rsync the data over? Edit: This ass
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by click170 12y ago
For those wondering which form letter parent is referring to. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorAbuseTe... https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tips-running-exit-node-
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by click170 12y ago
You've got a good point there. With the Nexus phones (previous versions at least) you could get them at a reasonable price direct from Google. Most of my friends bought direct from Google. I understand Apple let's you buy a phone
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by click170 12y ago
> it makes a lot of sense to move from subscriptions to short-time payments It makes sense for the consumer, but I don't think that's in the financial interest of the companies who have worked hard to make long-term service agr
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by click170 12y ago
I'm no finance expert, but looking at the graphs, hasn't it already recovered? https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ANFLX The story reported it was at 339. Looks like it's currently at 448. Edit: Nevermin
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by click170 12y ago
I like that there's competition, that drives improvement of everyone's product. To me though, improvements I'm looking for most revolve around respecting my privacy. For this reason, DuckDuckGo wins hands-down. They may not
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by click170 12y ago
I agree with everything except for actually advising people to sign up. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemies. Or the friends of my enemies.
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by click170 12y ago
It's amazing how dangerous hospitals actually are, though it's also important to note that everyone working there is doing their best to keep your loved ones alive but at the end of the day, accidents will happen whenever and wher
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by click170 12y ago
I agree that DRM is most often used against the user but I disagree that it has to be used against the user for it to be called DRM. DRM is Digital Rights Management, there is nothing in the name about being used against a specific group o

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