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   by ersii 11y ago

   Jason Scott (HN user "textfiles") works at the Internet Archive, which operates archive.org.
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   by ersii 11y ago

   Edward says this himself. Practically "Please be careful with my input". That said, his input is not nonsense. No one should take any writing at face value. Always ponder the message, the consequences and if there's an even b
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   by ersii 11y ago

   Do you have any policy or decision made on how long you plan on storing that data? What I'm wondering, are the transactions currently "stored indefinitely"? (I'm referring to both data stores. The tokenized and the encry
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   by ersii 11y ago

   When you're doing physical tasks while not having to co-operate with someone else, you can listen to the audio version while continuing to execute on the physical task. You can also listen while moving your person about from place to p
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   by ersii 11y ago

   I think it'd be great if you'd have this kind of information in your help section later on, for anxious people like me who are very wary of even having a recommendation engine at a news paper. I was actually on my way to sign up f
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   by ersii 11y ago

   Please be aware that the campaign only wants donations from US citizens . I do not know why, but according to https://lessigforpresident.com/donate/ : By clicking “donate,” I certify that: 1. I am a U.S. citizen
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   by ersii 11y ago

   How is it weird? Because a lot of people prefer git these days? I would assume they're using bazaar as that's probably what they've always been using for this repository. Then again, only they know.
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   by ersii 11y ago

   What hardware token (security fob) are you guys using? And is it working well?
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   by ersii 11y ago

   For one, libraries takes your privacy seriously. At least here in Sweden. If I recall correctly, it's because of The Library Act/Law, which stipulates that lender/reader privacy must be protected. (AFAIK It's not somethi
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    by ersii 11y ago

    How do you know most people prefer digital books over printed books? I certainly don't prefer digital books over printed books. Although that said, I'm not arguing that I am like most people and that I'm included in the above
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    by ersii 11y ago

    I mostly wanted to indicate that it's a bit unreasonable to assume that because one person (grkvlt) does not install an adblocker - it's safe to assume almost no one does, as insinuated grkvlt's comment (at least by how I in
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    by ersii 11y ago

    Note/JFYI: The link goes to a pretty slim article that has an auto-playing video.
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    by ersii 11y ago

    I know it's not really the same, but Flattr has been around for a long time - trying to help monetizing (freely accessed mostly) web content.
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    by ersii 11y ago

    How do you know that it's only a minority of users that are deploying some way of blocking advertisement in their browsers? I'm genuinely interested and I'm raising the question as you stated it as a matter of fact. Even if y
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    by ersii 11y ago

    How do you know that most people are fine with automatic playback on popular sites like YouTube, Vimeo and Soundcloud? (Genuine question, as you stated it as a matter of fact. Not trying to be obtuse or annoying.)
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    by ersii 11y ago

    Oh, don't worry. There'll probably be a saucy agreement regulating a change in that in the disguise of a Free Trade Agreement. Disclaimer: I have absolutely nothing against Free Trade or Free Trade Agreements. I do have a major pr
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    by ersii 11y ago

    Let me add Launchpad.net (Operated by Canonical of Ubuntu Linux fame). They recently added Git support, albeit in beta and still quite rudimentary supported. That said, if I recall correctly - the whole Launchpad platform is Free and Open S
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    by ersii 11y ago

    According to the link in the commit message, this repository (nixxquality/WebMConverter) was disabled as a consequence of the parent repository (WebMBro/WebMConverter) getting disabled by GitHub. Presumably the parent repository o
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    by ersii 11y ago

    Regarding 2) It does say in the linked message [1] from GitHub Support that this repository (nixxquality/WebMConverter) was disable as a consequence of the parent repository (WebMBro/WebMConverter) got disabled by GitHub. [1] htt
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    by ersii 11y ago

    Could you please elaborate on what LD means in this context? I'm not finding any suitable definition or explanation by searching.
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    by ersii 11y ago

    It might be worth mentioning here that Launchpad.net (Owned, Operated by Canonical Ltd of Ubuntu fame) recently launched (rudimentary) Git support [1]. They obviously need to integrate it better, but that is on it's way. Launchpad.net
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    by ersii 11y ago

    I guess this is not going to help you much, but for any Swedish or Scandinavian people that are interested in these kinds of things - there's http://www.businessclass.se/ . It's basically a Swedish/Scandinavia
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    by ersii 11y ago

    Not quite so! At least for Sweden, you can use https://www.betalo.se/ to pay any bill - like your rent. Some credit card companies partner with 'em and waive the fees. (I'm not affiliated with Betalo or any Credit
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    by ersii 11y ago

    I got IPv6 connectivity on my LTE-services. (Sweden)
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    by ersii 11y ago

    That applies to Sweden and the major cities as well (Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö, Uppsala). All cities that used to have public toilets, regrettably no more though.
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    by ersii 11y ago

    Would that be his book "Free radical"? He mentions System Shock in the Forewords at: http://www.shamusyoung.com/shocked/
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    by ersii 11y ago

    You do know that Ericsson is a corporation with over 100,000 employees and hundreds/thousands of products and projects, right? Considering how large they are, it's not that strange that they use various language for various projec
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    by ersii 11y ago

    As far as I know, there's no laws that restrict cash withdrawal in this way or any laws about reporting cash withdrawal to Skatteverket (Swedish "IRS"). The only restrictions I can think about are for cash deposits. B
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    by ersii 11y ago

    Really? Well, the Bankomat AB ("ATM Inc") ATM network page says that each card issuer issuer (ie. Bank) that is connected are responsible for setting withdrawal limits individually. Unless the card is from a issuer that is not co
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    by ersii 11y ago

    There's also one in Stockholm, Sweden owned by Bahnhof AB: http://www.opendistrictheating.com/pilots/bahnhof-thule/ (From the same company that also has the "James Bond Data Center").