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by dobbsbob 13y ago
This filter is for the coming austerity cuts Cameron is about to roll out. He saw what happened in other countries and took a preemptive measure to be able to filter Twitter and other online protest organizing during times of "national
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
The laundering is to mixmaster possibly traced coins with new untainted coins so you can cash out ponzi stolen funds or drug money safely. Some of these mixmaster services were charging ridiculous fees in the beginning, but yeah total specu
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
If memory serves me he tried this stalling tactic for a month or two then just disappeared and even his cheerleaders had to admit it was a scam. Then they found some linkedin info and went after old companies he worked at for info, who were
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
His "fund" was a mixing service. He was getting mined coins in and paying out probably with SR coins. Originally I'm pretty sure he was laundering for himself or somebody else, or ran his own mixing service like bitcoinfog th
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
He met people in vegas, promised them a bunch of fairy tales to their faces and then scammed them. They knew his name, Tor wont help you there. I have no idea why he didn't flee somewhere though, probably doesn't have any money le
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
what happened was his forum passthru cheerleaders that got scammed when his ponzi popped ran screaming to every authority they could and finally somebody at the SEC noticed. Note these same people all trollish extreme libertarians that deno
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Lol they finally got Pirateat40. Not like I "invested" with his obvious ponzi/laundering scheme but kind of surprised he didn't flee to Brazil already.
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Commonwealth countries won't change either, the leaders now enjoy the faux celebrity being around royals gives them, plus it would take forever to change existing laws of Crown vs defendent, as the arguing and agendas would be infinite
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
A good way to reduce the population is get rid of stagnant water. Anything that can collect water and is just lying around uncovered is a mosquito farm.
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
I recall just reading an article that omega3 supplements should only be taken if you never eat foods containing them, so if you eat tuna and continue to take omega3 you actually increase your risk of heart disease. But at this point with a
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Annoying how Ubuntu gives zero details. Does Ubuntu use bcrypt on their forums? Are they using Ubuntu server to host the forums and if so should all other Ubuntu server admins be notified how security was breached?
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Nobody remembers the Hacker Manifesto? Hackers choose to hack because it is a way for them to learn, and because they are frustrated and bored by the limitations of standard society and frustrated with how information is controlled. To this
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Pretty sure Blackberry does in Canada, and I assume everywhere else that their Mastercard payment NFC (paypass) works. They touted it as being extra "secure" due to being on the SIM instead of the phone. No idea if carriers sellin
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Read the book Voltaire's bastards by John Ralston Saul where he writes about persecution of authors and cartoonists throughout history. PEN Intl also keeps a current list of authors targeted by the state, lawyers, or media. Rowling pro
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Pickpocketing is alive and well in the UK/europe where they have entire teams of pickpockets especially around transit and subways.
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Agree I could care less about marketing. The less the better, I'd rather have basic 1990s html than obviously purchased templates which are needed to peddle snake oil. It's like when I see a site that uses those standard images of
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
"more vulcan less klingon" i think bones would disagree. I also don't think Neelix GNU operating system would be any good, it would just keep reaffirming sloppy development until everything fell apart because those people sh
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Why is everybody so concerned about Linus being who he is? Every month there's yet another article about 'rude open source developers'. I thought we were hackers and not conformists. I could care less what Linus says it'
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Was this posted by Hal Finney? He's unfortunately a quadriplegic now but still programs.
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Just be who you are. If you are a no BS direct person then be that way. Conformity isn't a hacker trait. Guys like Theo and Linus would definitely be like this to your face too remember just because a few people here are scared of IRL
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
that is how liqpay.com works. you enter number, receive one time PIN via sms to login
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Mpesa can be loaded with online banking which means fraud potential if you can convert it to BTC. Converting BTC to Mpesa is no problem because they are guaranteed funds, so money remittance is a real possibility but yeah no evidence this i
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Lot's of proposals have been submitted on the bitcoin forums for some sort of cryptocurrency solution/proof of work online voting, where there is full transparency by looking at the block chain to see how many votes somebody had,
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
I would question any flight school that not only doesn't care if you ignore standard protocols and checklists clearly spelling out what speed you should be going while landing, but also who's trainer disappears during the most cru
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
I thought they fixed all these problems too then SFO happens, which is yet another training mistake no other pilots would make even on a flight simulator.
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Korean/asiana airlines pilots were banned for 12 mos by the airport authority where i worked over a decade ago pending pilot training and english review due to numerous incidents of pilot error and communications problems. Those two a
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Gibberbot is wide open to practical mitm SSL attacks and of course timing analysis to see who you're talking to. If you use it or any other jabber w/OTR, you would want to use it tunneled through another layer of encryption like T
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
They use ZipZap which is owned by moneygram, it's a different setup where retailers can accept cash payments and isn't available everywhere like Wu or regular MG
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Lucky for coinbase is now prepaid credit cards you buy in stores have an activation delay for unknown reasons, here it is a 3hr delay and they don't bother telling you except for tiny fine print, and everytime you try to use it before
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by dobbsbob 13y ago
Western Union would never allow their service to be used for instant buying of bitcoins, if they find out you're using it to trade any kind of digital currency they seize your next transactions and block anything going to your service.

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