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by ds9 13y ago
"Step 1: Characterize the 'official theory' of some event or phenomenon, often in an overly simplistic manner" ... " the moon landing denialists ... point out that the shadows look unusual in Apollo footage. THEREFO
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by ds9 13y ago
His concerns are about law and policies constraining freedom, not about building things from scratch. You need not write your own compiler to be consistent with the principles he advocates - Stallman would say you're fine using gcc, b
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by ds9 13y ago
Still not much of an app unless the JS does AJAX, but then it's talking to a server that's running some dynamic process, maybe with DB access etc. - right?
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by ds9 13y ago
OK, then, sorry if I'm being dense, but how can it be "for serving web apps"? App seems an odd term for a site consisting of only static files.
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by ds9 13y ago
What's a "static web server"? I haven't seen this term. A webserver for only static pages, i.e. it won't talk to a runtime? But it's "for serving web apps", this means all the dynamic content is pulle
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by ds9 13y ago
I can't speak for the writer, and one can only speculate, but here goes: Two suggestions seen (here on HN?) recently: (a) Washington Post is influential "inside the beltway" (b) its book reviews can influence buying on Amazon
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by ds9 13y ago
Right, then if the non-US find out, they change their practices, and the surveillance may become useless. I think this is what the GP meant by saying it is complex.
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by ds9 13y ago
I think you are right about the motives of the FBI, and the reasoning of the copyright cartel. However, there is a relevant difference. The copyright "maximalists" seem to think everyone should be able to accurately detect piracy,
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by ds9 13y ago
Kinda late here, and unqualified to comment on math - just wanted to mention, in case ECC and the others eventually are compromised - there is something to fall back on. The "one time pad" method "has been proven to be impos
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by ds9 13y ago
This technique would be assuming that it's a full-time backdoor. Some of the speculation has been that there are routines that are triggered only in certain special conditions. I don't actually subscribe to the "conspiracy t
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by ds9 13y ago
While I agree about the longterm effects of consents to searches or answering questions, but people just can't afford to risk standing on their rights. An arrest can cause bankrutcy or permanent injuries from brutal cellmates, and a wa
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by ds9 13y ago
Regardless of Ford's procedures, this could happen to anyone who crosses a border, if the smugglers have access to the person's car or bags. And almost inevitably, the person set up in this way will be disbelieved and prosecuted.
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by ds9 13y ago
Thanks for posting that, I'm a male who has had the imposter feeling sometimes. However, I eventually realized 2 things: (a) Learning in any area means learning, among other things, how much there is to know. This makes one feel humble
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by ds9 13y ago
The bit about psychology is "obvious", but the argument falls apart when trying to get from that to the conclusions. It's true that taking away something that people count on makes them unhappy. To declare, however that this
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by ds9 13y ago
Suppressions of freedom of speech are evil, but not only because they prevent us gaining knowledge. It also punishes innocent activities to protect others against fourth parties - an obvious injustice. "Finding in Volkswagen's fav
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by ds9 13y ago
A few tens of k's is remarkable. There's a fallacy of thinking "people aren't doing anything about it, therefore they don't care". In fact, people don't "do something" because they estimate, righ
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by ds9 13y ago
Similar in my case. Were most of the 57 just blogs, Facebook/Linkedin, company pages etc.? You could gain similar ranking by putting something out there. It is a good position to be in control. Maybe add a middle intial to be distincti
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by ds9 13y ago
I know the people reading this and posting here are, for the most part, particularly those who don't mind having their real info out on the web - but for anyone who cares about privacy or being tracked it's worth noting the info-e
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by ds9 13y ago
"Just because something is closed source doesn't mean it's insecure" Yes it does. Closed source, to the extent it impairs audits, does mean something is insecure. It does not prove that the software is backdoored, otherw
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by ds9 13y ago
I was very surprised to see the admission of his giving family information. Employers are prohibited from asking such questions here in the US, and I've always thought it improper to put it on a resume. It either invites unfavorable di
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by ds9 13y ago
Working hours were reduced only in the 20th century, and mainly then due to the influence of unions. There was very little reduction prior to this era - basically it was dawn to dusk on farms, then with the industrial revolution, dawn to du
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by ds9 13y ago
Whenever technology advances, industries based on the previous ways of doing things must die off, and the next generation of workers will work equally long and hard at new occupations. Horses vs. cars, domestic workers vs. washing machines,
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by ds9 13y ago
No need to feel bad, I used to get a lot of snarking for being a Stallman fan. It is a basic principle of security to assume that any power an adversary has, will be used against one's interests. People misunderstand this; I have seen
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by ds9 13y ago
Falkvinge is often insightful and I generally agree with him on issues, but in this case he is attributing to "online born vs. offline born" something that really has other causes. His premise seems to be that the governments woul
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by ds9 13y ago
Lots of cheap web hosting providers offer webmail for one's own domain. Having never used Gmail I can't compare the interface, but I find it friendly enough and have no difficulty syncing the web view and Thunderbird (debranded as
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by ds9 13y ago
Correct, I was just using "commercial" as a shorthand for "closed source". It is only commercial users that would use it with concealed changes if it were PD or BSD-type licence. This would enable privatizing public valu
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by ds9 13y ago
The author compares PD with MIT/BSD type licences, but does not explain why he/she wants to give everyone the relatively full set of rights that these alternatives represent. My code, outside the day job, is GPL. Why should I let
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by ds9 13y ago
In case this may save anyone some time, this aspect has not changed: "As has been the case with previous investigations, researchers still don't know how the Darkleech module takes initial hold of the sites it infects. Speculation
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by ds9 13y ago
Actually the analogy is OK, the interpretation is wrong. If you disagree with sneak you're saying the account holder should be prosecuted! Claiming ownership of the money would be like weev selling the email list to spammers, which he
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by ds9 13y ago
I don't use Adblock Plus. I don't block ads as such, just because they are ads. I don't mind ads. I believe in supporting sites thru advertising. However: * I cannot tolerate anything moving on the page. It prevents me from

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