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by logn 12y ago
"Earlier this evening, Sen. Rand Paul voted against further consideration of the USA Freedom Act as it currently extends key provisions of the Patriot Act until 2017. Sen. Paul led the charge against the Patriot Act extension" h
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by logn 12y ago
> Software development, languages, toolkits, libraries, and frameworks are constantly evolving Just make sure to never ask or answer anything related to this on SO. Only copy-pasted stack traces are allowed. Otherwise your thread will be
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by logn 12y ago
Try going to System Settings and then the Java control panel. Locate the Java applet runtime configuration and make sure it's pointing to Java 8 and not some random Java 7 applet runtime the upgrade left behind. Java has system wide pr
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by logn 12y ago
> implications like updates, new features They might be understanding if you told them there would not be updates or new features aside from critical security patches. When they're desperate for new features 10 years from now, dispa
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by logn 12y ago
> The rest of you live in a vacuum fortified by paychecks and social support. It's all of us really. The enormous amount of money pumped into tech by the surveillance state reaches nearly every software company (and beyond). Your ex
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by logn 12y ago
Shouldn't the confession be thrown out too? Fruit of the forbidden tree of cellphone data. The police are allowed to lie during interrogations, but they're not allowed to search/seize private property (without probable cause)
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by logn 12y ago
I think the solution is taxi cabs. If you want to disrupt taxis, petition your city/state politicians.
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by logn 12y ago
I used to use EFF's SSL Observatory until I realized it spits out lots of extra http requests. X509 is inherently flawed/complex and adding a browser plugin to make it better feels wrong.
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by logn 12y ago
I hear B and D vitamins help. I also hear that doctors aren't really sure if vitamin supplements even work, so eat leafy greens and beans and get some sun.
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by logn 12y ago
I've had periods of insomnia. Personally, I liked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trazodone and it comes in generic. I've only ever needed to use it on a short-term basis. Also, I think banning drug ads and the
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by logn 12y ago
I also use Xubuntu and have no complaints. It's stable and unobtrusive. Xfce is the desktop for people who don't like to think about their desktops. As an added bonus, Xubuntu is the same underlying version of Ubuntu that my produ
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by logn 12y ago
It didn't take me several hours. I think I asked to be transferred to the credit dispute department and they resolved it immediately. Explain you never signed up for it, wittingly. That they refunded it so easily made it feel even more
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by logn 12y ago
There is no market. Two sellers and millions of buyers is not a functional market. You can't set a monopoly free and hope it becomes a thriving ecosystem of buyers and sellers. The free market libertarian ideology has been brilliantly
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by logn 12y ago
"You agree that this license includes the right for... Quora to make your Content available to others for the publication, distribution, syndication, or broadcast of such Content on other media and services..." "If you operat
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by logn 12y ago
Tell them you're graduating and want more time to decide on what to do with your career, that you're unsure of whether you'd be a better fit working more on the tech side of things. Say this to the hiring manager. This gives
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by logn 12y ago
Check your credit card statements for something like "security protection fee". I was paying $20/mo lumped in to my monthly bill. I initiated a charge back against the credit card company itself and had a few hundred dollars
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by logn 12y ago
The government has nothing to lose. They can print money and write new loopholes into laws. There need to be class action lawsuits against every corporation complicit in crimes against the public. If I can get paid for Red Bull promising me
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by logn 12y ago
I think you should focus on learning how to program and avoid any sort of "web development" learning path. Choose any programming language and start doing the problems here: https://projecteuler.net/
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by logn 12y ago
I would use any tool I can compile myself and run on my local computer.
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by logn 12y ago
Neat. Maybe eventually they'll open source the OS too, but .NET is probably more significant. I wanted some more specifics regarding licenses and found this page helpful: http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/projects Hopefu
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by logn 12y ago
That language is only proposed and carries no legal weight or significance. The call for a constitutional convention has to have a singular focus it's just based around money in politics. E.g., http://www.leg.state.vt.us&#x2
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by logn 12y ago
Not out of ideas. http://www.wolf-pac.com/28th
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by logn 12y ago
Given their recent AI and robotics, how about: "to make the world more accessible and useful for the benefit of humanity"
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by logn 12y ago
> I do not want to support both providers in parallel for new customers. PayPal offers CC processing without requiring PayPal accounts. Most of those services require a few day approval process and then charge about $30/month. But t
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by logn 12y ago
I've seen people take anonymized screenshots of the app in a test environment and then write a case study explaining the app. I think it's something you could write into a contract or politely request from past clients.
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Auto mechanic
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A browser addon could work. I've toyed around in firefox. You can access the rendered dom in addons and do whatever you want with it, including logging it to file. Here's an example of writing to file: https://github.co
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by logn 12y ago
People pay for free (libre) software because there can still be service offered and sold. And people will pay for a free software TV because it's a physical object.
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I worry more about the chilling effects. The things people leave unsaid, the stories that go unwritten, and ultimately the free thinking that never occurs. In addition, being able to completely data mine all communication gives enormous pot
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I'm guessing that the networks with speakeasy.net/speedtest/ and speedtest.net were not slowed or special solutions were put in place to assure fast connection... because TWC's favorite answer is to point me to these.

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