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by jupiter2 11y ago
It saddens me to hear you say this as a developer, a builder, an engineer of our technological future and infrastructure. It falls on Developers - moreso than any other group - to be aware of the dangers the work they perform produces and f
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by jupiter2 11y ago
Thank you for mentioning this! Really bothered by all the positive comments, especially coming from savvy HN users. Gave this a long look and my main beef is that I couldn't possibly do anything on a Windows Machine in its' curren
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by jupiter2 11y ago
Gave this a long look and I couldn't possibly do anything on a Windows Machine in its' current state. Linux isn't just about running apps - there's a philosophy behind the system. Users first! As long as Microsoft contin
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by jupiter2 11y ago
Fun article to read in reference to holoportation. Author has clearly thought about the pros/cons of various other super-powers. I must confess that I've done the same. Teleportation IS the best superpower!
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by jupiter2 11y ago
I started off with a tomb of a book - An Anthology of many of his shorter works. It was an amazing experience. Part of what made (and still makes) it special was that his Sci-Fi works weren't just about technology. It was about the eff
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by jupiter2 11y ago
Sorry for getting back to you so late on this. It seems to be an issue specific to Opera (using version 34.0.2036.25, Feb/2016). Just tried again in Opera and get the same warning. I seem to encounter the same problem on one or two oth
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by jupiter2 11y ago
“You know what Bernie should have done? He should have hired a high priced, high powered, capitalist web agency, they would have probably killed it for him.” People are offended by this remark (Sanders Fans??) but it's just a joke. Fun
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by jupiter2 11y ago
https://safepaste.org/ This is what I get (20Mar2016; 4pm ET) SSL Error Your connection is not private You attempted to reach safepaste.org, but the server presented an invalid certificate. You cannot proceed because the we
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by jupiter2 11y ago
Looks interesting (like the expiration=never). Uses Mozilla Persona, which I hadn't heard of before. Apparently 'Persona' is no longer being developed by Mozilla since early/2014(1). Also... warnings that 'Persona&#
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by jupiter2 11y ago
At first I thought it was a completely new twist on an Operating System - maybe something like DexOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DexOS or MikeOS: http://mikeos.sourceforge.net/ but it's "j
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by jupiter2 11y ago
"Google and Microsoft agreed to work together against patent trolls in the European Union." I hope the irony of this isn't lost on anyone - especially as it relates to Microsoft.
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by jupiter2 11y ago
This is another issue that irks me to no end. Companies like Microsoft and Apple reaped the benefits, early on, of little to no software patent protection laws. They copied and outright pilfered everything out there - and it was ok... Those
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by jupiter2 11y ago
I use to do something similar from late-'95 to early '98 using DOS, ANSI BBS dialer, 56k modem (EDIT: 386DX, 4mb RAM). Would dial in directly into a Linux terminal (it might've been Unix) - pure, whopping fast, text-base expe
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by jupiter2 11y ago
"Torvalds talked about security as something unattainable in a Perfect Sense". I would have been more curious to hear his response about Security in the Real Sense. Given what most current OSes are engaged in: surveillance, tracki
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by jupiter2 11y ago
It did the same for me. I had been on Linux for about 6 months (because of some issues with Win7) waiting for the Win10 release. A new laptop was in my future. A week after the Win10 release (still seeing red because of the privacy issues),
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by jupiter2 11y ago
I can't believe anyone is surprised by this. Windows 10 came out of the gate completely weaponized in a way no Operating System ever was before (I was a Windows user, can't speak to the level of data-mining on the mobile OSes). So
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by jupiter2 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_privacy Granted this is a complicated issue but we shouldn't be so quick to disregard privacy rights we have fought (and died) so long for. When backdoors and spyware are emb
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by jupiter2 11y ago
"I don't think you've paid much attention, but that had changed long before Windows 10." You basically repeated everything I just said. You see... I do pay attention. Along with "lots of help from mobile OSes",
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by jupiter2 11y ago
The irony... a product that is suppose to protect you from malware becomes the very tool that engages in illegal and unconstitutional data-mining. There used to be a distinction between services offered on the web and apps running on the de
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by jupiter2 11y ago
Your missing the point of my comment. The whole system of data-mining, surveillance, stalking, sharing of data with untold 3rd-parties IS criminal - eula or otherwise. The only thing these guys did that breaks with 'current accepted (c
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by jupiter2 11y ago
Honestly... what's the difference between this kind of malware and the data-mining performed on websites, OSes (Windows 10, Android, iOS..), cellular companies, government backdoors, etal..? It's sickening (and criminal) that it&#
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by jupiter2 11y ago
This is a pretty good alternate site (plus tons of other covers): http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/avengers