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by evilswan 15y ago
Ok what's 'helpd' and why does it call Akamai servers? http://imgur.com/IDc5f
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Someone's trying to trademark "Bitcoin" in the UK(ipo.gov.uk)
2 points by evilswan 15y ago|0 comments
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by evilswan 15y ago
Gotcha - thank you.
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by evilswan 15y ago
Forgive me, genuinely interested - how does 1-bit difference turn microsoft into mic2soft.. ?
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by evilswan 15y ago
> Turns out somebody (most likely an EMC/RSA employee) had uploaded the email and attachment to the Virustotal online scanning service on 19th of March. Would that be some automated system that sends samples - or would the user have to
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When you fill in a form, it's being sent before you're done...(vecapture.com)
2 points by evilswan 15y ago|1 comments
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by evilswan 15y ago
Gill Sans is really close (the BBC's brand font incidentally) although when the original was made there were no digital fonts of course.
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by evilswan 15y ago
I have prey too - it's awesome.
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US military loses contact with hypersonic aircraft(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by evilswan 15y ago|1 comments
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by evilswan 15y ago
Yes - reminds me of how several users would exploit the Bolt.com chat system (back in the day) using upper-case 'I's as lower case 'L's to pose as different users and cause mayhem.
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by evilswan 15y ago
In pursuit of $, I'm afraid.
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Idea dump #2 | willgrant.org(willgrant.org)
2 points by evilswan 15y ago|0 comments
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LinkedIn opts 100 million users into sharing information with ads(news.yahoo.com)
107 points by evilswan 15y ago|25 comments
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by evilswan 15y ago
Works splendidly - 2011 MBP w/Radeon latest FF stable.
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by evilswan 15y ago
Bravo.
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by evilswan 15y ago
Cool - I wish you well with it.
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by evilswan 15y ago
Neat idea. The app runs in the background and tracks when you move to a new location. You say it uses very little extra battery - and also that it may affect battery life. Do you have any test data for how it affects the device battery life
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by evilswan 15y ago
RIM have likely already complied with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA): See also: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/500-words-into-the-future-10014...
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by evilswan 15y ago
This could just be the most significant news in all of human history. Mind blowing that there's now evidence that the building blocks of life exist off-Earth.
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by evilswan 15y ago
Meh. Weak, and ending by trying to conflate Anon/Lulz with China's wholesale theft of industrial data is flimsy.
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by evilswan 15y ago
This is being reversioned for the US as a Scion IQ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_iQ
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by evilswan 15y ago
For the same use-case, a very quick howto on a disposable EC2 proxy for coffee shop browsing... http://flatterline.com/index.php/2009/04/23/disposable-proxy...
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by evilswan 15y ago
I think it was a poorly-developed: "things can change fast on the internet these days".
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by evilswan 15y ago
"...but you have to be aware of some edge cases" There's the reason.
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by evilswan 15y ago
Don't turn to CNN for your technology industry predictions. They're fine reporting facts, but predictions are hard for anyone!
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by evilswan 15y ago
That'll do nicely, sir.
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by evilswan 15y ago
Tough job making any prediction like this. They were right about Aurin Sarin and Sony - but for the wrong reasons.
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Piers Morgan implicated in phone hacking by own admission(boingboing.net)
1 points by evilswan 15y ago|0 comments
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by evilswan 15y ago
Bang goes the only reason to ever visit Starbucks.
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Ask HN: Ethernet at home
1 points by evilswan 15y ago|1 comments

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