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Richard Stallman, free software and voluntaryism: thoughts after dinner (rudd-o.com)
4 points by ferdo 13y ago|3 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
OP's robot was made by a guy at his house. That's the difference. Imagine where we'll be in 20 years.
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by ferdo 13y ago
Linus is a brilliant asshat.
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by ferdo 13y ago
That's badass. Gracias.
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The Internet Archive Rescues Bitcoiners From Banking Oblivion(wired.com)
2 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
They certainly were involved with smoothing out the rough patches in the beginning so they could get their piece of the pie: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08... If one group i
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by ferdo 13y ago
DHS is just another excuse for government contractors and unions to screw taxpayers.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> I'm hoping for some kind of global blanket surveillance ban treaty. That would depend on trusting the people that are spying on us in the first place to adhere to the treaty. I'm hoping that talented coders will continue to p
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FST-I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus 1971-early popculture hacker reference(youtube.com)
2 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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Judge demands tech companies hand activist data over to Chevron (grist.org)
2 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
I want to know who trusted Microsoft to begin with.
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by ferdo 13y ago
And idols aren't of much use unless people are being sacrificed to it in some form or another.
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Bloomer's Cryptograph: Telegraph Code & Double Index Holocryptic Cipher, 1874(books.google.com)
2 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
Obligatory link to an online copy. It's well worth the browse: http://archive.org/details/TheVoynichManuscript
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Dept of Energy:Proposed Determination of Computers as a Covered Consumer Product(federalregister.gov)
1 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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CIA Admits Using News To Manipulate the USA (1975)(youtube.com)
6 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
> Both republicans and democrats have rushed to defend the NSA. In terms of realpolitik, that only makes sense. Politicians will defend anyone that they think might have the dirt on them. Intelligence apparatuses in all ages exist to con
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by ferdo 13y ago
> "you hadn't made the case" the NSA is lawless. I don't need to. Their actions define them. They're not acting lawfully so therefore they must be lawless. I have my own methods for keeping a low profile on the n
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by ferdo 13y ago
I'm not sure what you're trying to communicate but I'd gently suggest that you worry less about what I think and more about the lawless agency that appears to have untoward power over our lives.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> Ignoring whatever laws have been passed since then I trust the NSA to do just that. > the control of the purse the Congress has They increased the NSA's budget by $4 billion last year. You're more than welcome to trust an
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by ferdo 13y ago
The NSA stated, in 1975, that it's not bound or beholden the US Constitution or law. I don't expect that their opinion has changed much. I can't recall any lawless institution that all of the sudden became lawful of its own a
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by ferdo 13y ago
> I use Coinbase because they don't support payment systems that cater to criminals. Banks are little more than fronts for criminal activity. http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/01/04/big-banks-and-drug-m
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by ferdo 13y ago
They're your bitcoins. You can do whatever you want with them, unlike fiat.
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by ferdo 13y ago
I've never used Bitinstant, Coinbase or any of the other services that would attach my info to btc. I've worked to establish trading trust with other Bitcoin users and have traded physical metals and electronic gear for btc. It ta
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by ferdo 13y ago
Different strokes for different folks, but I'll never understand why someone would want to buy bitcoins with their personal info attached to the coins. It seems to defeat the purpose of a pseudonymous, decentralized currency.
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by ferdo 13y ago
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -Upton Sinclair
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by ferdo 13y ago
kyledrake, you are the spirit of old school geeks that made computing cool. Gracias.
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Security-Enhanced Android: NSA Edition(businessweek.com)
4 points by ferdo 13y ago|1 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
As only one example, Michael Hastings is a warning. Political dissent and protest are now being met with death and prison. Barrett Brown is another example. Smart, literate and technically proficient outspoken people are in danger if they f
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by ferdo 13y ago
Seth was also outspoken and political. In the political environment in which Americans live, which seems to resemble the old Soviet system in some ways, one cannot discount the possibility of it not being an accident.

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