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by majika 12y ago
I have to insist that your references to anarchism are really references to anarcho-capitalism. I approximate my beliefs to anarcho-communism, and I take issue with your presumption of an anarchist's respect for private property. All a
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by majika 12y ago
Can you please explain how markets address overharvesting and pollution, and examples of that happening? If your point is that states can overharvest and pollute too, sure - of course they can. They probably will if they're corrupt.
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by majika 12y ago
Smaller governments (i.e. less power, shallower hierarchies), good voting systems, and an informed public are the answer; not avoiding government altogether. Libertarianism (i.e. absolute belief in the capitalist market and private property
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by majika 12y ago
> I'm saying this is a situation where a different license might make sense. I completely agree. That's why I asked in my original comment why the other library authors don't want to move from GPLv2 to GPLv3+, or why the L
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by majika 12y ago
I wrote this large reply to a sibling comment on the whole practicality argument against copyleft licenses: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7886353 The popularity of a project, derived or not, is not relevant. By that
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by majika 12y ago
I'm not sure what you're asking or saying. The whole mess here certainly isn't a win for free software, but that's only because there doesn't seem to be enough developers who care about free software, and want DWG s
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by majika 12y ago
Ah, the practicality defense of non-copyleft; puporting the absurd notion that licenses that let companies do anything with the code is actually good for the freedom of society in the long term. Because, er, the market will select companies
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by majika 12y ago
The problem here is that the GPLv3 has more requirements of the licensee than the GPLv2 does, but the GPLv2 says "you may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein". Some ext
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by majika 12y ago
Onwards we march to dystopia. Thanks, everyone at Onzo; you're solving the world's problems. /s
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by majika 12y ago
Millions of people's lives at stake is not cool . By 2070, 56 million people in Kolkata, Mumbai, Dhaka, Guangzhou and Ho Chi Minh City will be exposed to flooding. 10 million people will be exposed in Miami, New York, New Orleans and
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by majika 12y ago
What would that protect against? The only use that I see for a standard-password approach is that it would circumvent some ISPs' terms of service that say you can't run an open network. But even then, a court may find that a close
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by majika 12y ago
I released Macrofun [0] a few weeks ago, which provides similar macros, but does not conform to standards. A commenter on my submission to /r/programming [1] pointed out the related `P99_FOR` macro of P99 [2], which handles "
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Show HN: Libpp – functional programming macros for the C preprocessor(github.com)
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by majika 12y ago
Nor should "Indian" be used to refer to South Asians. Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Nepalis are not Indians.
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by majika 12y ago
Snowden was never taken into custody in Hong Kong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden#Hong_Kong Anyway, everyone already knows what they need to know: if you're acting against the "interests" o
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by majika 12y ago
The Australian Government CTO's blog post (on finance.gov.au - where else?): http://www.finance.gov.au/blog/2014/05/07/seeking-industry-c... The draft Statement of Requirements for GovCMS: http:&#x
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by majika 12y ago
So, it's alright to actually run "no boys allowed" schools, dinners and programs in tech, but it's not OK to ironically put a "no girls allowed" image in a blog post? Do you realize that this double standard is
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by majika 13y ago
A number of security professionals have expressed serious concern about Telegram, including Moxie Marlinspike [0] [1] and Geoffroy Couprie [2]. It's really painful to see Telegram gaining popularity, when it has such glaring errors. Yo
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by majika 13y ago
NoScript is configured by default to only allow scripts and "active content" to run from domains you allow. You can temporarily allow certain domains, or permanently allow them. So yes, it does address the CDN issue. If someone in
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by majika 13y ago
Thank you thank you thank you. What's worse is when you see sites running JavaScript from multiple analytics companies, social media companies, and CDNs - even on pages that should be private (login forms, personal details, etc.). It&#
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by majika 13y ago
This seems like a great start, but it's lacking something that every assembly programming resource that I've ever come across lacks too: How can I experiment? How do I go from instructions in a text file, to compiling, to gettin
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by majika 13y ago
Liberalism is a really broad idea. In general, it's based on the principles of achieving liberty and equality for everyone. There lots of differing (often incompatible) views about how to do that. > While they include policies on p
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by majika 13y ago
Also, this "reporter" is the Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of Law, at the Emory University School of Law. This is actually a pretty good article.
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by majika 13y ago
Very relevant: http://flagger.io/ > Flagger is a browser add-on that automatically puts red flag keywords (like bomb, Taliban and anthrax) into the web addresses you visit. Install Flagger and help us send a message: gov
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by majika 13y ago
That's really encouraging. I reposted your comment to Reddit [0] - is that alright? By the way, your third link is broken. It should be: http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/hous... This is
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by majika 13y ago
> Humans have used currencies such as gold which has a relatively fixed number of units in the past, which may have been less flexible but still worked It worked, horribly. Europe didn't industrialize until it embraced fiat money. T
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by majika 13y ago
You complain that the public's reaction to these issues has been lethargic and lazy, but then the rest of your post reads as an obituary of freedom in Australia. I, for one, am sick of this defeatist attitude which I see all too often
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by majika 13y ago
Thanks for writing this. I agree with everything you said. I'd also add the concern of Bitcoin lacking an inflationary mechanism. I can't see it ever becoming a currency without that. If it's lucky, it may be a transactiona
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by majika 13y ago
Please read this essay: "I've Got Nothing To Hide" and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy http://familyrights.us/bin/white_papers-articles/nothing_to_...
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by majika 13y ago
See my reply to markdown for context on his/her comment (if you're not aware). You should clarify your comment by mentioning what state and city you live in, how much you earn a year, and how many multiples that is of the average

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