mindstab

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When small companies can no longer operate(schneier.com)
3 points by mindstab 13y ago|0 comments
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by mindstab 13y ago
I'd say we've generally transitioned from "better grads" to "more grads" Academic institutions are for profit after all. This anecdotally jives with my Uni experiences and observations as well for what its wort
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by mindstab 13y ago
Keep in mind all your actions are being observed and collated somewhere. If you don't want hassle with your next police run in, or worse, don't live in the US and don't want "special attention" next time at the bord
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by mindstab 13y ago
Probably arrested, held in jail optionally in solitary and eventually charged with large crimes of violating a national security letter. I'm not sure but considering other recent events probably leaking top secret government info. Fol
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by mindstab 13y ago
Reminds me of http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/02/10 and William Gibson's 2003 book Pattern recognition that dealt with this. This is a pretty old and known thing. Whether it's the street, bar
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Who ordered *that*?(antipope.org)
2 points by mindstab 13y ago|0 comments
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by mindstab 13y ago
You leaving america soon? Justin carter for example http://freejustincarter.org/category/justin-carter/ Thrown in jail with a prohibitive bail for months, beaten there, and finally thanks to an anonymous donor out
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by mindstab 13y ago
What's also concerning is that child abuse help sites will likely get caught up in all this depriving victims of much needed resources. Just like already many gay help websites and now being blocked and hidden. And so in the naming of
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by mindstab 13y ago
Um isn't this the explanation for the rash of high tech car robberies we've been witnessing ALREADY? This seems old news to the thieves. This is really just preventing the owners of the cars from reading in the paper that their c
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Android tablets leading Europe, iPads slipping(teleread.com)
2 points by mindstab 13y ago|0 comments
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by mindstab 13y ago
... they are kind of too new to have a track record one way or the other aren't they? Same for the hardware. they are the new kids on the block. For now it's the newest and shiniest but long term lets see how they keep pace. Linod
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by mindstab 13y ago
I have a tricked out Gazelle (256gb ssd, 750hd instead of dvd, 8gb ram, quadcore etc etc) and it's been a delight. I love it
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by mindstab 13y ago
I believe they plan to, and that is what is being debated, they are just using Alan Turing as the most famous example of an deceased person that should be pardoned.
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by mindstab 13y ago
As my friend said: "I love watching Yahoo spend nine figures on things only to offhandedly gut them like a child playing with sharp knives."
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by mindstab 13y ago
- You get exposure to big expensive technology you might not otherwise get to play with at a cash strapped startup
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Lies, damned lies, and popular beliefs(antipope.org)
1 points by mindstab 13y ago|0 comments
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by mindstab 13y ago
If you think limited freedom cultures are good for our work go on ahead ignoring this stuff. Or realize that we generally need a good free society to work in and flourish in and these are all precursor warnings to more political crack downs
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Florida may have accidentally banned computers and smartphones(games.yahoo.com)
1 points by mindstab 13y ago|0 comments
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by mindstab 13y ago
I'm not really surprised by reports of an ~ unofficial semi secret cabal forming and consolidating power. It's human nature to collect power and if the rules say "flat" then the only way to get power is to band together.
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by mindstab 13y ago
Could almost make a case for a "tragedy of the commons" situation here. Common resources of seats and wifi. Most people treat them reasonably using the seats for social interaction and the internet for meeting resources perhaps,
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by mindstab 13y ago
maybe for big programming jobs, what about sysadmins?
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by mindstab 13y ago
So being unable to legally kill him the government tried to set it up so he'd get himself killed? classy. Really gross.
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by mindstab 13y ago
I think hacker culture and freedom have always gone hand in hand. In bygone days hackers could claim apoliticalness in already "free" places which is also generally where they flourished. Now when they are realizing they are much
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A Bad Dream(antipope.org)
1 points by mindstab 13y ago|0 comments
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by mindstab 13y ago
From the site which seems to be down: ---------------------------------- The web you know is dying I'm drinking an espresso shot. It's half-cold. There's still gunk in my eyes from sleeping. I've been thinking a lot abou
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by mindstab 13y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5986307 On occasion over the years when notable people from our industry pass the black bar goes up.
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by mindstab 13y ago
nope, been around for a while, just seldom used.
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by mindstab 13y ago
Maybe parents just shouldn't raise kids in the US?
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by mindstab 13y ago
The problem is HURD isn't positioned as a part time product, it's positioned as a replacement to Linux, which is inferior technically, just has more hands on deck right now. I'm not so scornful of the many many many other OS
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by mindstab 13y ago
Switch to what?

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