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by noarchy 14y ago
I'd prefer a right to use the internet freely, rather than have a right to free internet. "Western" governments are rushing as we speak to catch up to the internet censorship of countries like China and Iran.
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by noarchy 14y ago
The trend of calling someone an "engineer" for all sorts of things may puzzle people who live in places where the title of "engineer" is regulated. Depending on how far you want to take it, the term can really lose its meaning. Is a superma
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by noarchy 14y ago
I had this comment page open in its own tab, and was surprised to check and see that, in fact, the article had abruptly vanished from the front page. Interesting, and even a bit concerning. Around here, you never know how much of an article
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by noarchy 14y ago
I've seen Nook Colors (and own one myself), but not many.
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by noarchy 14y ago
As I look at these Nexus Tab specs, my first-gen Nook Color is looking very feeble by comparison. I've been running CM9 (ICS) nightlies on the Nook, and the hardware just barely manages. I'd love to grab a powerhouse 7" tab at that kind of
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by noarchy 14y ago
"Would it come as some surprise to you to know that in the early 20th century Irish women would wear headscarves to protect their modesty? Oh those poor oppressed Irish women, whatever became of them?" They quit wearing them, it would seem.
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by noarchy 14y ago
The article I linked never mentioned the injunction. Apple was suing Microsoft, and the investment by MS was part of how Steve Jobs offered to settle the matter.
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by noarchy 14y ago
There are, but maybe they aren't always posted here :) With Android the situation, as always, depends on which device you happen to own, in which case you may or may not get the update. Of course there's always rooting and ROMing, but that'
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by noarchy 14y ago
Microsoft's investment in Apple wasn't mere charity, if we're to believe this anecdote: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/03/01/steve-job... Things like the iPhone weren't going to come from Microsoft. Rather than beating them
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by noarchy 14y ago
I know what you're getting at, but one could argue that the market indeed took care of the problem (if you consider it to be a problem) of Microsoft having such a large market share. Apple innovated, and Linux found a place in Android. Sudd
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by noarchy 14y ago
Overtime is fine, as long as it is paid. At least, this is how I've tended to operate. The ones for whom I feel are the ones stuck in salaried positions where unpaid overtime is the way of things, and is even expected. I never complain when
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by noarchy 14y ago
That's what meetings are for, right? Or even just the ability to walk to someone's office/cube/desk, and talk to them about important things. You can establish a culture of communication within a team that doesn't intrude on personal time.
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by noarchy 14y ago
I can easily see governments forcing ISPs to blacklist the IP addresses of known VPN servers. I'm only slightly surprised that this hasn't happened yet in the UK and other such places. The first step is to try to ban direct access to websit
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by noarchy 14y ago
I can not only imagine private arbitration, I've seen it. I don't wish to claim that applying this to the entire judicial system would be simple or without potential pitfalls. Private security, meanwhile, has been around for a long time, an
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by noarchy 14y ago
I have to think that VPNs will be targeted soon enough, along with any other solution that obfuscates/encrypts/etc the details of your Internet traffic. We've already seen China's firewall being tweaked to counter such measures. In the West
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by noarchy 14y ago
It is entirely appropriate to criticize Iran on its own merits. You can argue that it is hypocritical to do so, but it does nothing to mitigate the facts against the Iranian government, which are many. And while it is true that there are ex
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by noarchy 14y ago
The US border agents claim the ability to set up checkpoints as far as 100 miles from the border, as I recall. And they use this power. I live in Canada, but driving through Vermont I've seen "border" checkpoints located several hours from
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by noarchy 14y ago
This is nothing compared to the amounts of money involved in the botched Facebook IPO. If this incident proves that Bitcoin is in trouble, then by all mean extend this reasoning to NASDAQ, and other institutions with major incidents.
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by noarchy 14y ago
Every time I've attempted to use this feature, it hasn't worked. Not sure if my experience is unique.
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by noarchy 14y ago
I have no doubt that there is a would-be authoritarian (or two) out there proposing precisely that.
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by noarchy 15y ago
In many countries, I agree. But there are some places, like the UK, where I could easily see this kind of thing happening. Free speech and privacy don't seem to be very fundamental in some systems of government.
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by noarchy 15y ago
I understand what you're saying, but Google does not have a monopoly on anything. You don't have to use their search, their email, or their cloud storage. Ideally, if privacy is important to a person, then they'll gravitate towards service
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by noarchy 15y ago
I hope you succeed in what you are setting out to do, if your goal is to truly protect privacy. I have to admit, though, that I am highly skeptical if the solution turns out to be closed, and proprietary. It is a huge risk to place one's se
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by noarchy 15y ago
What would be a non-idealogical reason? States are driven by ideology as much as you and I are.
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by noarchy 15y ago
"who decided actors, producers and studio-execs should make millions on just one movie?" The movie industry did. This is no different than athletes making astronomical sums. At some point, people are agreeing to pay them. If there were univ
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by noarchy 15y ago
Personally, I'd love to see an attempt to prohibit tweeting of results. The Streisand Effect would be glorious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
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by noarchy 15y ago
Indeed there are. I'm using it right now for a contract job. SVN is just the way things are done there. Before that, they were using TFS.
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by noarchy 15y ago
Allowing government to move quickly and without restriction is not something that many would see as a good thing. Government deadlocks are not always a bad thing, either, particularly when the issue is controversial. I'd argue that it is fa
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by noarchy 15y ago
Eating after waking up is a key for me. I have colleagues who have company breakfasts when I'm already thinking about lunch...I don't see how they can wait until 3 or 4 hours after waking up before they eat.
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by noarchy 15y ago
So how might this affect, for example, the practice of performing credit checks on prospective employees? A credit check can also reveal a lot about someone. How do we determine where the limits are?

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