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by fineman 11y ago
And ultimately even if you come up with a compellingly eloquent reason why it shouldn't, gravity still sucks. Even though I know we're saying the same ultimate thing, it's not a should/shouldn't issue. It's a d
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> there need to be ways to [...] You may want ways the way people want a second coming, or the universe to be flat instead of open, but those are wishes. Every properly implemented HTTPS site is a TOR gateway, every ethereum (or other
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by fineman 11y ago
Matters of fact (even if wrong) can be linked together into a web of evidence and assumptions and would serve at least to illustrate what we know and don't know.
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Sure, so is a pony. If we're wishing. But features cost money. So, in other words, no - not really. What other product offers that? How is it central to their value proposition; what customer left because ...
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by fineman 11y ago
Those are goalpost-moving requirements. Netflix didn't say anything about spoilers, etc.
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Do you mean this: http://floodyberry.com/carmack/johnc_plan_1998.html#d1998020...
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> But it's not like they're shooting people for dissent - the process is roughly: deleting posts, threats, contacting family / employers, eventually maybe house arrest, fines, prison, etc. Wow. Also, they do shoot people f
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Sure, the same majority who don't vote. The knife cuts both ways. If we say that things which aren't acknowledged by the majority don't count then pretty much every government is out.
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> may damage the nation's security Cite needed. From a non-lunatic source, and of course outside the NSA. > He would and will have to very sharp (and lucky) to stand any chance against the forces aligned against him. Very true. &
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by fineman 11y ago
You're required to report crimes in progress, and illegal orders. When the regular channels make themselves unavailable your duty still remains. If there's a traitor, it certainly isn't the whistleblower.
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Did you ever see any of these? Were either the implementation or the presentation and promotion any good? Did any of them ever change what you did or delivered to compete?
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by fineman 11y ago
> You're commenting on an internet forum. There are no "stakes." Whoosh. At risk is ... some incivility. Maybe. And we're already there because of the slanderer. Attacking someone like that is cyber-bullying. To keep
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> The evidence clearly shows [...] No, your source shows nothing of the sort. It doesn't even purport to address the issue of causality. There's nothing more than conjecture (anywhere) as to what the straw that broke Manning&#x
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The other poster's words contribute to putting a hero in jail for treason. Mine might not be productive because they're accusatory. I'll take that chance considering the stakes. How counter-productive would you feel this wa
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> That doesn't seem to contradict anything I said. It literally contradicts everything you said. Manning would be a criminal, by our existing laws, for not reporting the abuses. The attempt to report war crimes was ignored before th
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by fineman 11y ago
Why are you a liar? Ignorance or malevolence? Or are you willingly a propaganda sock-puppet? Because if you aren't, you have a duty to educate yourself before you speak about things of this importance. [Re: Downvotes] - Is being called
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Are you a corporate lawyer for sides that normally lose and just throw muck and nonsense, or did you have trouble reading? He certainly didn't spoil his integrity. He had largely un-traceable riches in his hands, didn't exploit it
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As a global stereotype, I agree that conservative doesn't mean that. But it's what the conservative side of the line in the USA wants. The republicans are anti-gay marriage, for example. (Not that the democrats are that much bet
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I've found that informal consensus, the tautological type you have when you don't label it, is good. This is just what you have when everyone has hashed something out and found a solution that fits. But formal consensus is a h
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We know the NSA was planting code and hardware and employees at will into our country's top infrastructure. It's highly unlikely PRISM was the only program which would get user data out of Google without their permission. If you p
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That's actually a really simple model, and works very well everywhere it's used. It's called compulsory licensing.
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That's pretty lopsided. The leaks have the potential to save the country. Also, we're talking about blame for actions committed. I feel no remorse for the criminal, anticipating that every new leak will be the one that tightens th
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by fineman 11y ago
> literally opposite from the Russian intelligence headquarters Wow, do you rant about conspiracy theories outside of HN as well? Because that's the lamest piece of "evidence" I've ever heard. Also, we know from multi
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No, we're saying that leaking a major conspiracy is never the leaker's fault. He wasn't the one who broke the laws, he was the one compelled by law to report it. All problems coming from the inconvenient revealing of the NS
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He's not responsible for anything. He was legally required to leak when his bosses ignored his reports. You can't be "responsible" for doing what you're required to do. Besides, the NSA mass surveillance programs ar
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> The actual question is, what level of lifestyle should minimum wage/basic income/whatever support? Enough to enable the barista, garbage collector, concierge, etc, to live in the same city they work in. It produces nicer citi
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by fineman 11y ago
Perhaps it's simpler to think of the other way - why the speed of sound is in marbles is the same as the speed that a marble would pop out of the tube when another was inserted. Imagine that instead of pushing a whole marble in you mer
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The "corporate" or the "farmer" part. One is a corporation, the other is a person working for and/or owning the corporation. Once you realize that corporate farmer isn't some magical combination the question is
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Entirely. It's a capitalistic no-no to support a failing corporation. Their IP and people will be subsumed under a new umbrella which will hopefully avoid the mistakes of the past (which might just include buying disaster insurance). A
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"No boss, trust me on this. Sometimes - for the process to work - I have to let these guys pay me subvert the process." It's unacceptable that there are any levers on our politicians other than our votes - they're our em

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