demosthenes

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by demosthenes 14y ago
He doesn't know what 'temporal' means and doesn't write that well. He would benefit from more English instruction. There are many problems with how kids are taught in school. However, it's arrogant to think that you won't benefit from furth
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by demosthenes 14y ago
This is why women often wonder why the world has become less 'nice' as they grow older. In fact, the world hasn't changed. It's just that the extra consideration they got because of their looks goes away as they grow old. In contrast men of
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by demosthenes 16y ago
Because of Tor's design there's no need for trust at the exit node. Plus, you hop between exit nodes at 10 minute intervals, giving any one node at best a scrappy picture of your activities. You can also blacklist exit nodes that you consid
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by demosthenes 16y ago
Anonymity is not the same as privacy. Tor is more about anonymity than about privacy. That exit notes can sniff traffic has been known for a long time. Compromised exit nodes do not compromise anonymity as long as you don't give up personal
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by demosthenes 16y ago
I'm not sure why Anonymous does not fit the article's definition.
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by demosthenes 16y ago
Videoconferencing and telepresence is big business. I expect those applications will lead the way, with the technology being adapted for entertainment purposes soon after.
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by demosthenes 16y ago
What is the difference, if any, between alternate reality and augmented reality?
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by demosthenes 16y ago
Spot on. Also, browsing pages on Tor and similar networks reminds me a lot of exploring the internet in the early '90s. It's messy, there are lots of abandoned, hastily put together pages. There are weird rants. The internet that the author
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by demosthenes 16y ago
Interestingly, Gibson's latest book - Pattern Recognition - is set in the present. It's very good. http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Recognition-William-Gibson/dp/... It's not the same dystopian future he envisioned in the 1990s. But his keen
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by demosthenes 16y ago
This piece reads awfully. I haven't seen anything like this since trying to understand inscrutable postmodernist literary criticism at college. I am very interested in this, but I'm having a lot of trouble understanding it. What's he trying
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The links that bind the leaders of industry(ft.com)
1 points by demosthenes 17y ago|0 comments
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Interview with the COO of Unity, iPhone game development platform(mobilecrunch.com)
10 points by demosthenes 17y ago|1 comments
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Free (open source) beer(freebeer.org)
1 points by demosthenes 17y ago|0 comments
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by demosthenes 17y ago
asmallworld.net was started by a Swedish aristocrat, and retains a largely upper-class feel to this day. How networks start out matters.
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by demosthenes 17y ago
More detailed figures and trends here, with both wholesale and retail prices: http://www.unodc.org/pdf/WDR_2006/wdr2006_chap5_cocaine.pdf With those price differences, it's no wonder the illegal drugs trade is so tough to shut down.. you
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by demosthenes 17y ago
Keep in mind that you can set up a Limited Liability Partnership, which would seem to make a lot of sense in this situation. Liability is limited in the same was as in a Ltd. company, but it differs in how profit sharing is handled. Check w
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by demosthenes 17y ago
There aren't any hard and fast rules here. It's rarely too early to get in touch with angels and get on the radar if you expect that you'll need funding. Meanwhile, keep in mind that the longer you wait, the more traction you get, the bette
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Pentagon seeks high school / college hackers(dc3.mil)
9 points by demosthenes 17y ago|7 comments
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by demosthenes 17y ago
The Unity engine supports MMOs, Cartoon Networks' Fusion Fall MMO was built using it.. http://unity3d.com
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by demosthenes 18y ago
Thanks for the advice! I see how it would make sense if we had the money to go after people with lawyers. However, I can neither afford that nor am I particularly interested in having to do that. I mostly see it as a deterrent. Surely the s
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by demosthenes 18y ago
We realize there'd no way to eliminate piracy altogether. We're just looking for the simplest way to make casual piracy tricky enough to discourage anyone who might want to pay for it. And of course a way that doesn't piss off paying users.
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Ask HN: How should I secure my ebooks?
4 points by demosthenes 18y ago|9 comments