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by ferdo 13y ago
> Centralized power generation seems like one of the great successes of the 20th century. From the point of view of large producers and investors, sure. Tesla's idea of decentralized power was viewed as pie-in-the-sky by his benefac
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by ferdo 13y ago
The biggest flaw I see with this solar project is that it's just another continuation of the centralized model. We should be encouraging homes and businesses to be producers of energy and decentralize our power grid. $2 billion on a ce
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by ferdo 13y ago
How does one cover a history of comments on the net and skip over Usenet?
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Sen. Al Franken's letter to Tim Cook: Questions about TouchID(franken.senate.gov)
1 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
The creator of Bitcoin was quite clear of his political motivations [1]: [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg099... As for PGP, Phil Zimmerman was even clearer in his intentions [2]: [2] http:
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by ferdo 13y ago
PGP and Bitcoin were specifically created as responses to political environments. They're political tools by nature.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> nobody cares what a bunch of computer nerds thinks about politics. Until nerds produce something that changes the political game. PGP, Bit Torrent and Bitcoin are three examples.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> It's not urgent to a lot of Americans just you. OT, but a good rule to follow in civil public discussion is avoid imputing motive or desire on the part of the person you're conversing with. IOW, avoid making it personal if yo
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Israel's secret intel unit spawns high-tech tycoons (upi.com)
4 points by ferdo 13y ago|1 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
> But it is not an "urgent" story per se. It's urgent to a lot of Americans, judging by the non-mainstream legs this story has.
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by ferdo 13y ago
Keep 'em coming. The more educated the tech community is, the greater chance we have of finding viable technical defenses to mass surveillance.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> The only fact provided by the Guardian in this article is that NSA shares surveillance data with Israel. Unfiltered data. The other fact shared is that Israelis are on the honor system with the data. As with any other spies, Israeli in
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Barrett Brown Can't Talk About Why the Government Wants to Jail Him(fair.org)
182 points by ferdo 13y ago|44 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
I've seen urgent stories hit the mainstream in minutes. The lack of urgency on the part of the mainstream wrt this story is the disturbing part.
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by ferdo 13y ago
The worst part is here: > Notably, a much stricter rule was set for US government communications found in the raw intelligence. The Israelis were required to "destroy upon recognition" any communication "that is either to
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by ferdo 13y ago
The Israeli intelligence agent gets a promotion.
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by ferdo 13y ago
BTW, thus far it seems that the Washington Post and USA Today are the only American mainstream sources touching this story: http://www.google.com/#q=israel+nsa&tbm=nws&tbs=sbd:1
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by ferdo 13y ago
Michael Hastings might beg to differ.
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by ferdo 13y ago
Project Echelon seems to fit the bill: http://www.nsawatch.org/echelonfaq.html
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by ferdo 13y ago
There was a report about 12 years ago on the Israeli company Amdocs that is enlightening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H20Naj176M0 Amdocs "helped" install the phone lines in the White House in 1997.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> Do you know that Jesus loves you and he wants to save your soul? Do you that the NSA loves us all and is just, y'know, kinda watching out for us? We all need a big brother to save us, right?
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How to make the Internet not suck (as much)(someonewhocares.org)
2 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
"Perhaps you think your E-mail is legitimate enough that encryption is unwarranted. If you really are a law-abiding citizen with nothing to hide, then why don't you always send your paper mail on postcards? Why not submit to drug
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Hesperbot – A New, Advanced Banking Trojan in the Wild(welivesecurity.com)
2 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
Whatever you want to call it, this form of government plainly doesn't represent the general population of the country.
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by ferdo 13y ago
America is called a constitutional democracy. It started out as a constitutional republic. In practice, it's closer to a plutocracy and has been for some time. The average net worth of a US Senator is ~$10 million. Political solutions
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by ferdo 13y ago
> It's not clear that commodity money or coinage existed before paper notes. Coins were around for millenia before paper money. The earliest paper money I know of is the bark money written of by Marco Polo [1]. Europeans got their i
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties(books.google.com)
2 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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R/news bans rt.com as news source, offers no proof for reasons(reddit.com)
1 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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Anonymous Bitcoin Transactions (by Pablo Martin and Amir Taaki)(sx.dyne.org)
1 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments

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