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by macns 11y ago
Great news for Linux. Reading almost every comment (out of 270 atm), I see only good in this, windows will surely lose a small percentage of it's user base, and (hopefully) a lot more in the long run.
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by macns 11y ago
Another problem, very slow to actually connect to the wired network. I'm using it almost every day for different networks, I just can't get used to the wait.
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by macns 11y ago
my macbook 2008 running os x 10.7.5, 128gb ssd and 4gb ram is still fast enough and gets the job done. It's even faster than the latest middle to low end windows PC's (dual boot with windows 7)
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by macns 11y ago
> proxying for third-party sites does not allow for this in its current implementation without introducing man-in-the-middle capabilities Since they're just proxying, it makes sense to abandon encryption all together, not? I mean
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by macns 12y ago
OK my bad, having just read myself this morning I'll admit I got confused along the way. But still: > Cold storage is essentially isomorphic to keeping treasure in a safe Though I don't like this analogy, if we must use it th
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by macns 12y ago
Well regarding bitcoin theory obviously you skimmed through the basics, but I'll make an effort to counter your arguments. A (public) bitcoin address is useless without the private key. Suppose you do find one, you'd just knew t
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by macns 12y ago
> This is a digression Two things make currency work: usability and security. How can this be a digression? > Cold storage is essentially isomorphic to keeping treasure in a safe I'll admit the wiki is a bit tl;dr .. (I guess you
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by macns 12y ago
> Define "properly secured wallet"? Cold Storage[0] done right, that's a properly secured wallet. I think this is the best, and cheapest security (minus fiat currency conversion expenses) available atm. > And whose re
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by macns 12y ago
> "The major influence here is Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher who taught us that the rational and the free escape the empire of expediency by doing what is right." He's done it again, using Germany's own histor
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by macns 12y ago
But he already said he doesn't want more money. The latest, 7 billion euro loan was declined by Greece. It's all over the news
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by macns 12y ago
> Anyone can still download the torrent themselves and see that you're an uploader. Not exactly an uploader, but a peer . All a downloader knows about his peers, is that they have pieces of that torrent.
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by macns 12y ago
Ed. Snowden summed it up nicely IMO with this: "Your rights matter because you never know when you're going to need them." privacy = rights
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by macns 12y ago
For a complete perspective, one should post the deaths caused by US on foreign grounds (iraq, Afghanistan, Servia/Kosovo, others?). I'm not saying this justifies terror attacks in the US or anywhere, but that it's so sad that
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by macns 12y ago
> Obviously we have to assume that public wifi is compromised in any case and require transport-layer security, but I can certainly see there's still a gaping security hole there. Agreed on the security hole on public wifi, though i
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by macns 12y ago
Okay, excuse my poor choice of phrasing (not a native english speaker), and let me explain: The threat we're currently facing from associations like MPAA is a lot bigger than any of us. Today we talk about artistic content, tomorrow it
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by macns 12y ago
The real issue here is not small time artists that want to make a living. Its not about millionaire actors or giant corps that cant afford a 5th house. Its about freedom of information. The internet makes that possible. Information should b
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by macns 12y ago
Actually the blockchain's size is now over 20GB. Almost a year ago I remember it about 13GB!
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by macns 12y ago
"Maybe there's a way to solve [net neutrality] with technology, he muses". "Maybe we don't need to attack from a policy perspective." "The internet has handled big problems in the past, and they always do
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by macns 12y ago
> We've gone from the old pre-Internet system, which screwed artists most of the time, to a new system that screws artists all the time. In general you make some valid points and I think I understand where you're coming from
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by macns 12y ago
An evil daemon is worse than the devil (sarcasm) edit: paren'd edit 2: been using bsd and linux for servers for the past 10 years, love both of them for different reasons. This is the first time I've seen anyone comment on the Fre
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by macns 12y ago
I don't think internet is what he provides, as an ISP (Internet services provider). He mentioned virtual hosting, so he's probably offering webhosting services.
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by macns 12y ago
I still have no intention of buying a "smart" or "Internet connected" thing besides computers, media devices (game consoles, chromecast, etc), and my phone. I'm sure others feel similarly, so what kind of product w