grkvlt

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by grkvlt 11y ago
How on earth can I be an unintentional shill? "A shill [...] publicly helps a[n] organization without disclosing that they have a close relationship with the organization." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shil
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by grkvlt 11y ago
The cases you are citing are all unauthorized accesses and abuses, not systematic government policy. Your argument seems to be that because a law could be broken, then it must be being broken, which is hardly useful.
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by grkvlt 11y ago
> There is so much evidence of police illegality, wanton murder, and lack of criminal action at every level, from the bottom to to the top This, and your freedom to comment about it on a public forum, is pretty much conclusive proof that
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by grkvlt 11y ago
> He was served with an NSL requiring him to nefariously gather the private encrypted emails of his users. Should really be: He was served with an NSL requiring him to gather the private encrypted emails of one of his users. Rather less
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by grkvlt 11y ago
How are free speech zones a "restriction on [...] expression"? Surely they are the very definition on the LACK of restrictions on expression, the physical embodiement of the freedom of expression...!
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by grkvlt 11y ago
> We have secret courts that authorize the killing of American citizens You say this like it's an everyday occurrence, something that happens repeatedly, many many times. But it isn't - it happened once when Anwar al-Awlaki [1]
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by grkvlt 11y ago
I don't think he's lying, and I don't understand why people seem to use 'lying' as a synonym for 'wrong'. Lying requires an intent to decieve. In this case, the GP probably believes, albeit incorrectly, th
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by grkvlt 11y ago
> actually pretty much illegal Not at all. This is like saying weapons manufacturing is illegal, just because they can be used for committing murder. As for Gamma Group being 'evil' that's also a bit of an overstatement. I
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by grkvlt 11y ago
Yes, but your examples [1,2,3] are neither the desired, nor the likely outcome. In most cases, the correct (not nescessarily the best or morally right) target is eliminated. In fact, I suspect (and would be interested in data that could pro
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by grkvlt 11y ago
> A recent paper by Mr. Rosen and four other computer scientists [...] demonstrated how an algorithm could detect a certain type of known tax shelter used by partnerships. The bit.ly link to the paper in the article is broken. The actu
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by grkvlt 11y ago
Shared ownership properties, such as flats in tenements in Scotland and the UK (known as condominium ownership in the US, I think) require buildings insurance, as a fire or other damage to the fabric will affect other parts of the property.
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by grkvlt 11y ago
Well, apart from meaning a ball of snow, such as might be thrown by children at each other for fun. Really, that's where my mind went with the word 'snowball', much like the rest of the anglophone world. Yes, there may be sla
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by grkvlt 11y ago
Actually the term was invented long before Internet access was widely available, let alone high speed. It describes transfering data between computers located in the same room (or building) using floppy disks. The alternative was to use som
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by grkvlt 11y ago
So you're saying S3 is the alternative to S3 ... ?
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by grkvlt 11y ago
> at least until you POC it for us This is a complete non-issue for users of AWS unless they are essentially trying to resell AWS services. > companies that have had their physical goods ideas stolen and are now mass produced at Amazo
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by grkvlt 11y ago
I think (based on your child comment too) that you're conflating AWS and Amazon. Amazon sells things and also allows you to sell things, and that creates a conflict of interest, which has apperently caused problems. I am unsure how muc
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by grkvlt 11y ago
> Try set up a lab in Cambridge at some point down the road MA or UK, though? Both would be awesome, I think, but I don't believe YC has any offices outside the US at the moment...?
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by grkvlt 11y ago
Don't citation indexes work pretty much exactly like Google's PageRank, with cites taking the place of href links? A parent comment seems to suggest the same thing, so it looks like the ranking is gameable. In practice I under
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by grkvlt 11y ago
Thanks to the kind people who sent me invites! I have accepted one (can't recall who, but thanks again) and will be playing with keybase.io over the next few days, to see how I can use it in my projects. This is definitely something I
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by grkvlt 11y ago
Curious if this is the YC incubated company or some other entity?
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Teenager killed himself hours after Wonga cleared out his account(theguardian.com)
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by grkvlt 11y ago
> I don't use keybase because [...] I'm behind 12K people for their private beta Sadly, this is the main reason most people (including me) aren't using it. I'd love to try it out, but until I can get a log in, I&#
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by grkvlt 11y ago
I think he means two switches, one for camera and microphone and one for blutooth and wifi; not a separate wifi switch and a bluetooth switch. Of course, a little DIP panel with a toggle for each device would be nice, too!
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by grkvlt 11y ago
Because that's the way democratic legislatures work. If your law does not get approved, it means there's something in it that a majority does not like. Therefore there is an iterative process, actually in two parts, the first bein
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by grkvlt 11y ago
FYI, the plural of 'virus' is actually 'viruses' [1] according to English dictionaries and reference souces. 1. http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/plural-of-virus.html
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by grkvlt 11y ago
Not exactly, and I'm not even sure 'freemium' falls into these categories anyway. Selling in a way that is deliberately designed to drive off competition is illegal, assuming you can prove it. Selling below cost is just calle
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by grkvlt 11y ago
> Talking to your watch spooks people around you like crazy I find there's quite a large disconnect between what people _imagine_ others will find odd, or will 'spook' them, and the reality - which is that the people aroun
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by grkvlt 11y ago
"Some men just want to watch the world burn...", I guess?
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by grkvlt 11y ago
Actually, for the 1/1,000,000 chance of GBP 10,000,000,000 then GBP 1,000 seems OK? My EV is GBP 10,000 or 10.0 times my stake, which is _much_ better that buying 1,000 lottery tickets at GBP 1.00 each, for a 1/14,000 chance of GB
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by grkvlt 11y ago
No, he is right. In particle physics standard deviation from the normal distribution of results is used to show that a result is significant and new (i.e. a previously unknown partcle) rather than just random noise.[1][2] The 'sigma&#x

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