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They didn't think he had a bomb(dailykos.com)
4 points by morninj 11y ago|0 comments
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by morninj 11y ago
But the cloud does provide value to me. I can spend a few bucks and a few minutes to set up Google Apps for email on my domain. It takes hours of futzing to configure a home email server. My time is valuable, so the cloud service is worth i
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MIT scores worst in cybersecurity(networkworld.com)
2 points by morninj 11y ago|0 comments
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by morninj 11y ago
Original: “Besides, it is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit. But you cannot see that, if you are careless;
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by morninj 11y ago
I think the idea is that you store only part of the key with each service, and you're the only one who knows which services have which parts--so, you're the only one who can reconstruct the key. Of course, the UI is still a proble
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by morninj 11y ago
Some actors in the US government have been trying to outlaw consumer cryptography for decades, and so far they haven't succeeded. See, e.g., the Clipper Chip battle from 1994.
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by morninj 11y ago
Probably not, but it depends on the court and the skill of the lawyers.
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by morninj 11y ago
Better yet: $ rm -rf .git/ It's way safer to delete the repo history from the production server than to rely on Apache rules copied from a forum.
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by morninj 11y ago
You're confusing "distributing a copy of Ubuntu to run on a server you own" with "distributing a copy of Ubuntu for the public to download." The former is not a trademark violation. Nor does it violate the terms of
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by morninj 11y ago
Yes, and moreover, there's no trademark violation when you push an Ubuntu container to your web server.
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by morninj 11y ago
> is probably a copyright violation No, it's not. The relevant language (which this post cites) from the Canonical IP policy deals with trademarks, not copyrights: Any redistribution of modified versions of Ubuntu must be approve
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Chinese Hackers Circumvent Popular Web Privacy Tools(nytimes.com)
1 points by morninj 11y ago|0 comments
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by morninj 12y ago
The motivations are different: paying down my debt enhances my own financial well-being, while donating to charities enhances others'. Or: paying down debt is self-interested, while donating is selfless (or at least self-interested in
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by morninj 12y ago
> The muscles you use for giving are the same muscles you use to save or pay down debt. Citation needed.
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by morninj 12y ago
What browser do you use now? I agree with your points, but I've stuck with Chrome because of the range of extensions.
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by morninj 12y ago
In no way is it true that the CA bar exam is an exercise in "trivial questions."
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by morninj 12y ago
But how will I remember to use Beeminder?
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by morninj 12y ago
In fact, yes: there are nonprofits that distribute testing kits for recreational drugs ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pill_testing ).
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by morninj 12y ago
> No, your rights to use copyrighted content under the law are zero (excluding fair use). No, your rights to use copyrighted content under the law are zero (excluding fair use). No. You can "perform" the work as long as the p
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by morninj 12y ago
In the United States, evidence from an illegal search can't be used at trial. In Canada, the trial judge has the option to exclude illegally gathered evidence.
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by morninj 12y ago
Looks great! It would be nice if I could subscribe by email.
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by morninj 12y ago
As soon as a link is shared, each person who learns the URL is potentially a "culprit."
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by morninj 12y ago
free to read in a proprietary screen-view format Free, under our control.
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by morninj 12y ago
Their definition of "free" is interesting. Only paid subscribers can search for articles, and apparently others can view articles only if subscribers share links with them. For many purposes, articles might be "free" but
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by morninj 12y ago
The content owners would have to agree to license their works to Aereo.
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by morninj 12y ago
Copyright law forces cable companies to pay to retransmit content. According to the Supreme Court, Aereo is "substantially similar" to a cable system, so it's bound by the same requirements. Unfortunately for Aereo, it's
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Show HN: Password Voyeur(password-voyeur.appspot.com)
1 points by morninj 12y ago|0 comments
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by morninj 12y ago
I can't tell if you agree or disagree. If current IP regimes are bad, that doesn't prove that IP itself is bad.
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by morninj 12y ago
> One of the most tragic ideas to evolve in this century is the idea of "intellectual property"--that you can own an idea for years, sometimes tens or hundreds of years. (1) Intellectual property protections didn't origina
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by morninj 12y ago
if(process.platform !== 'win32'){ if(process.env.USER !== "root"){ console.log("What? Make it yourself."); process.exit(); } } from https://github.com/t

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