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by np422 13y ago
Feel free to call me an idealist, but I do think that the base foundation for a democracy such as a fair trail before imprisonment and non-use of torture should extend not only to citizens but to all people.
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by np422 13y ago
Two wrongs does not make one right ... arguments like "they started" may be heard in a kindergartens playground but I think it's reasonable to hold USA to higher standards than that. And as for the conditions at Guantanamo, I
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by np422 13y ago
One must remember that the Laffer curve is a theoretical discussion that can help to explain economic phenomenons. It's not a law of nature. Laffer curve may point us towards the general direction, but real world observation have showe
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by np422 13y ago
First, about taxes ... I live in Sweden and we pay the worlds second highest percentage of GDP as tax and the service I get in return is really not anywhere near best-of-class. If we were talking about national defence and infrastructure, t
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by np422 13y ago
Once again ... It's not a fair argument to say that you can leave any time you want. Your home, family, friends, culture, job and probably a big part of your identity will be left behind. Even in states with well known scumbag governme
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by np422 13y ago
FTA, reasons explained and some more details: http://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/tree/doc/curve2551... Backgound information on curve25519 from djb: http://cr.yp.to/ecdh.html
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OpenSSH introduces curve25519-sha256 key exchange(libssh.org)
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by np422 13y ago
One could also argue that I have a job, culture and home despite the government - not thanks to them. There are very large and practical advantages of organizing judicial system, infrastructure and other basic, hard to replace societal se
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by np422 13y ago
That is not an agreement, at best it is "being held at ransom". Are you willing to give up your language, culture, job, home, friends and family and probably whole lot of other things to nullify that EULA? Every law that is a prom
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by np422 13y ago
Non ex transverso sed deorsum
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by np422 13y ago
There are two main difference between government surveillance and facebook. First of all, you get to decide what you want to share - it's not extracted from the email you sent to your doctor/lawyer/mistress in confidence like
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by np422 13y ago
Nor the US or countries inside the EU can be considered police states as of today. The problem is our direction ... We are heading towards a police state. Not there yet, but that's where we will end up if you don't stop ever inc
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by np422 13y ago
This is a somewhat interesting anecdote ... http://live.smashthefat.com/the-21-day-5000-calorie-carb-cha... tl/dr; Guy eats 5800 kcal every day of fat for 3 weeks, gains 1.3 kg and loses about an inch from his waistlin
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by np422 13y ago
We do know that since the current dietary guidelines with a lot of focus on low fat got introduced there has been an explosion of obesity, diabetes and other food related health issues. Correlation is not causation ... I hope that http:&#x
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by np422 13y ago
From my horizon the entire security debacle have never been about actually keeping the populations safe - it's there to keep them worried about "the enemy" and keep them compliant with both funding requests and authorities in
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by np422 13y ago
I've never been a fan of shunning/blocking ip-addresses based on number of wrong passwords. It's to easy to exploit as denial-of-service attack and can be used to lock out legitimate users. Possibly use a non-standard ssh por
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by np422 13y ago
When google are watching and you are careless with your words you may get an inappropriate ad displayed. When the government is listening you may get on the no-fly list, or worse ... Not a small difference IMHO.
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by np422 13y ago
The problem comes when "they" start to peek in everywhere. They being the guys in uniform who has guns and the authority to put you in jail. "First reasonable suspicion, then limited surveillance" have served us well in
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by np422 13y ago
The "slippery slope" is a real danger when collecting data. Once we have it piled up in nice data center it would be a shame just to leave it there, and soon everyone and their cousin will be lined up to get a share .. IRS, DEA, F
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by np422 13y ago
If you provide means for private communication, it's not preferred that it's private - it's a requirement. Gentlemen don't read each others mail.
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by np422 13y ago
Is there a distinction between sharing among peers and using other peoples work for your own profit? Is it possible to make a difference how copyright laws are applied to personal/private use and for organizations/corporations? How is softw
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by np422 13y ago
Just no. Plain and simple NO! We don't need to make any distinctions. Private conversations are private. And gentlemen don't read each others mail. Automated or otherwise.
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by np422 13y ago
Why do we have IP-laws? What are their purpose? Do they serve that purpose well? Are there any unintended consequences? Any and all comparisons to physical property and ownership laws is meaningless, copying and theft is not comparable in a
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by np422 13y ago
Is it reasonable that we try to build a IT-industry where people can have a family and kids and still be considered productive? Do you plan on having a family and kids yourself one day? Will you change job and start selling bananas that day
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by np422 13y ago
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.... , the one I'm linking to is a preprint but it was published in Obes Rev. 2012 Aug 21. The latest review of all major trials of low carb diets show improved weight AND improve
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by np422 13y ago
Before we start talking about "eat healthily", please visit http://nusi.org/ , apply critical thinking - ask for references to published research papers. Be aware of the difference between observational and clinical studies and of course,
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by np422 13y ago
I think we are missing the fundamental issue here. What do "we the people" want? Do we want the government to seek out and exploit every possible loophole it can find and to make up excuses to eavesdrop on us? Or do we want to make sure tha
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by np422 13y ago
I would like to know more, could please explain further and give some examples?
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by np422 13y ago
/opt is a tradition inherited from older commercial unixes like SCO, AT-T et al. Made popular in the later days mainly by solaris 2 heavy usage of /opt. Most vendor supplied software is by tradition installed in /opt, for which we should be
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by np422 13y ago
I fell for the peer pressure and tried to use a macbook some time ago and I feelt like I was in the movie "the island", but I wouldn't say that apple are any more evil than other companies in the IT industry. So here I am running linux once

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