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by kiloaper 15y ago
>It's that simple. Not always. Not everyone lives in the US with access to amazing services like Netflix, Google Play and iTunes.
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by kiloaper 15y ago
>perhaps the next day it will be nuclear reactor facilities that are sent into meltdowns. Considering some scientists were fearful that Stuxnet would cause a mini Chernobyl-like disaster, we can safety say that's not an unlikely scenari
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by kiloaper 15y ago
I think it's a bit naive to think that's what's been dubbed 'hivemind' behavior is absent on HN. I think it appears on every site, differing just by degrees. The threads on the recent GitHub hack were quite telling.
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by kiloaper 15y ago
It's not exactly vapid speculation. It's what's been reported by Fox news. I'm not sure how trustworthy their source is but here is the quote: >“It was because of his kids,” one of the two agents recalled. “He’d do anything for his kids
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by kiloaper 15y ago
It's getting easier though, at least in Europe... a common currency (mostly) and an ongoing harmonisation of data protection (just started), business and IP laws. It's not there yet but at least it'll make European countries a lot easier t
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by kiloaper 15y ago
>Meanwhile, 50 million people could care less what's inside an iPad. I assume you mean ' couldn't care less'. [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw
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by kiloaper 15y ago
That's not the same point. Edit: At least the poster now acknowledges this. Anonymous downvotes? And people claim we're not edging closer to Reddit more and more each day.
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by kiloaper 15y ago
I thought it was generally acknowledged that Apple was committed to removing GPL software [1] and was doing everything to avoid GPLv3, even keeping outdated software to avoid it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3559990
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by kiloaper 15y ago
>Very few people completely lack any self-awareness; if you know you have a health problem, whether mental or otherwise, it is your responsibility to seek help. It's a responsibility you owe yourself, your family and friends, and societ
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by kiloaper 15y ago
T think this is the Mozilla demo for intents: https://mozillalabs.com/blog/2011/07/web-apps-update-experim...
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by kiloaper 15y ago
Likewise in Ireland, under certain conditions[1]. Interestingly there are ongoing proposals to unify all EU data laws to make business easier/less expensive between EU countries and the "right to be forgotten" is one key feature that is bei
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by kiloaper 15y ago
>I'm not finding any great hardship these days. You must not watch many videos in your browsers then outside the odd one on Youtube. The reality out there is that Flash is still the main choice for delivering video. Flash is a necessary
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by kiloaper 15y ago
And where the Vatican unites with fundamentalist Muslim countries to attack gay rights [1], womens rights, freedom of speech and secularism. [1] http://www.albionmonitor.com/0305a/copyright/ungayrightsvote...
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by kiloaper 15y ago
While technologically there is a valid case we all know that in reality the system will be abused once implemented, named by oppressive regimes like Iran and China. It's no surprise that China and Russia are pushing schemes like this. Both
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by kiloaper 15y ago
The Spark is a Zenthink ZT180 so the Wifi module will be a RTL8192, which afaik has open source drivers.
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by kiloaper 15y ago
I wasn't getting any error message but now I am. Must be traffic. Clearly there's a lot of interest. "Application Error An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments. If you are th
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by kiloaper 15y ago
For some reason I can't get to work in Firefox 10 or IE9 on Win7. Please tell me this is not another webkit only site.
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by kiloaper 15y ago
At a bare minimum I would except the site to default to HTTPS (with no warnings). Got an "Untrusted Connection" when trying to use HTTPS. That's not a good sign if you want people to enter personal medical information.
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by kiloaper 15y ago
"FT.com articles are only available to registered users and subscribers."
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by kiloaper 15y ago
My thoughts exactly. Maybe I'm wrong but I was under the impression sponsored links were not adequate to fund the growing site.
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by kiloaper 15y ago
Somewhat disconcerting news about ChromeOS if it's true. To me it now looks like Android was just a stepping stone for Google to eventually become the doorway to the internet for a huge audience, something it couldn't achieve alone with Chr
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by kiloaper 15y ago
Well done to Gabriel. I love the clean design and customisability of DDG and the privacy policy. However I wonder if he's figured out a way to monetise it without sacrificing user experience [1] to keep it viable into the future. [1] https
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by kiloaper 15y ago
Is the Falcon 1e in commerical operation yet?
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by kiloaper 15y ago
You seem to have a very narrow view of what libraries provide. Libraries, at least where I'm from, are far more than book storage facilities. They're essential community centers which promote education, literacy and social interaction. They
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by kiloaper 15y ago
You make a good point. It certainly would discourage or kill small businesses but, as you suggest, I'm sure larger more powerful ones will get special treatment (native ones particularly so). Considering China was willing to let Google leav
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by kiloaper 15y ago
I took a look at it. It's not a binary. It's a python file (easily readable) that acts as a wrapper for ssh. Extract the contents of the tar.gz[1] for example to see it. It's great if it works because it apparently doesn't need changes to t
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by kiloaper 15y ago
>Maybe but they'll lose the productivity gains from networked organizations and communities Absolutely but the effect will be not be huge in my opinion because of the language differences. All my Chinese friends here in the EU still use
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by kiloaper 15y ago
>Forcing countries like China, Iran and US to go into dark ages if they don't use the new all encrypted networks. The problem is some governments would be perfectly happy with that. In fact for the most repressive ones it's long term go
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by kiloaper 15y ago
I think your comparison isn't valid. You seem to be equating open source with an easy ability to pirate. Look at Thingiverse for example. My friends objects and mine are licensed under Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons. That's a
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by kiloaper 15y ago
>and the numbers of cases is so small that one might question its statistical significance. You clearly miss the point. The fact is that liver disease is increasingly significantly in age groups it was not historically a problem in. Thi

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