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by gnosis 13y ago
Could you expand on why export LC_ALL=C would "make all your commands 3x faster"?
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by gnosis 13y ago
Here's one way to do this with the standard "dc" (RPN calculator) utility: echo "1\n2\n3\n+\n+\np\n" | dc - Or, a little more legibly: > dc 1 2 3 + + p 6 [Edited to fix bug] Not sure h
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by gnosis 13y ago
I was hoping to see an article about some neat new utilities specifically tailored for doing advanced data analysis. Instead this is a set of basic examples of bog-standard tools that every newbie *nix user should be already familiar with:
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by gnosis 13y ago
And for anyone who hasn't tried it yet, here's EFF's site for testing how unique your browser's fingerprint is: https://panopticlick.eff.org
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by gnosis 13y ago
"Get loud, get political." A major problem with this is that advanced surveillance technology and the increased sharing and cooperation between the various spy agencies and ever more militarized police force is being used to tar
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by gnosis 13y ago
Startup culture has mostly become a get-rich-quick scheme, and most of its participants will go where the money is. If the less risk-averse minority believes innovating will make them a quick buck, they might give it a go. The majority, ho
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Paco - a source code pacKAGE oRGANIZER for Unix/Linux(paco.sourceforge.net)
1 points by gnosis 13y ago|0 comments
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by gnosis 13y ago
You might find it interesting/useful to read about: steganography[1], anonymous remailers[2] (particularly the Mixminion[3] type), the Paranoid Security Guide[4] (which was on HN today[5]), and a nice talk on privacy and anonymity opti
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Tin Hat Linux(opensource.dyc.edu)
3 points by gnosis 13y ago|1 comments
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Linux Malware Detect(rfxn.com)
2 points by gnosis 13y ago|0 comments
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by gnosis 13y ago
To call this a "a very very long video about "why you shouldn't use TrueCrypt hidden volumes"" is not accurate and does not do justice to a very interesting talk. First, Part 1 is only 1 hour and 17 minutes long (th
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Poll: Do you encrypt your email?
80 points by gnosis 13y ago|88 comments
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by gnosis 13y ago
I'd like to, but I don't know how.
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by gnosis 13y ago
I'd like to, but it's too much trouble.
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by gnosis 13y ago
I'd like to, but the people I email don't know how to (or won't) use encryption.
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by gnosis 13y ago
I'd like to, but I'm afraid I'll be targeted if I do.
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by gnosis 13y ago
I don't, because I have nothing to hide.
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by gnosis 13y ago
I don't, because the content of my email is just not that important.
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by gnosis 13y ago
I used to encrypt my email, but I don't anymore.
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by gnosis 13y ago
I occasionally encrypt some of my email.
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by gnosis 13y ago
I only encrypt work-related email.
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by gnosis 13y ago
I regularly encrypt most, but not all of my email.
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by gnosis 13y ago
I encrypt all of my email.
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by gnosis 13y ago
I don't use email.
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by gnosis 13y ago
None of the above.
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by gnosis 13y ago
Ostensibly elected (or selected, if the election was decided through fraud) in a system where more than 40% of eligible voters are too disgusted, cynical, or apathetic to vote. In a system where elections are so influenced by money that bil
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Ask HN Google and MS employees: Have any of you resigned on principle?
8 points by gnosis 13y ago|4 comments
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Stylometry and Online Underground Markets [pdf](events.ccc.de)
1 points by gnosis 13y ago|0 comments
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by gnosis 13y ago
Ah, interesting. I think I recall reading that attacks against crypto can be helped by uptime estimates. Uptime can be used as a source of "randomness" in PRNGs, so knowing that bit of information could clearly be beneficial to a
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Adversarial Stylometry: Circumventing Authorship Recognition [pdf](cs.drexel.edu)
28 points by gnosis 13y ago|2 comments

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