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opendais
12y ago
The difference is, Rob Graham isn't going to compromise the box and use it to mask the origin of future scans and malware attacks.
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opendais
12y ago
I mean vote against the sort of politicians that empower these people and contribute to lobbies that are pro-privacy/civil rights.
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opendais
12y ago
Ya, that sounds like a workable solution :)
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12y ago
Doesn't use the shady, illegal tactics + settles for less than the dollar value of the debt. For instance, they buy it for $.05 and settles for whatever the debtor can reasonably pay that covers costs plus a reasonable margin, like 100
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12y ago
http://rollingjubilee.org/ ? That is likely close enough.
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12y ago
The moral hazard involved [wait 181 days for them to sell it on all debts] is huge. Its a workable system if and only if you are willing to basically cut off credit for anyone who hits that 181 days on a debt milestone. Because no one w
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12y ago
Do you think its financially viable to run an ethical debt collection agency?
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12y ago
The problem is they do things like take out the internet in all of Syria. http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/13/5998237/nsa-responsible-fo... They are targeting civilian networks, not military ones. That is
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12y ago
Its the same people that want to cut benefits for "those people", etc. The simple fact of the matter is, the people making these decisions are members of a privileged class of people that see any other class of people as "tho
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12y ago
> Given the chance, how would you do it better? > It is one thing to have what are essentially links to other sites as "native advertising" You already have "Presented by" posts that link offsite. Only use those ty
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12y ago
http://mashable.com/2013/06/25/call-to-hacktion/ http://mashable.com/people/lauren-drell/ http://mashable.com/2013/08/16/hdhacks-recap/ So
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12y ago
http://mashable.com/2013/08/16/hdhacks-recap/?demo=kcd83fh Ya, that demo is just repeating a home depot marketing campaign.
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12y ago
Alright. I'll break down the Clickz example since it seems the most relevant to your "current practices" at Mashable. I honestly just googled "sponsored posts Mashable" and went down this list: http://mas
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12y ago
I don't think you get the conflict of interest issue, like, at all. Your example is sort of okay. However, its really easy to find examples that aren't okay from your own site. 1) http://mashable.com/2013/04&#
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12y ago
Yes, its this. Its also what Amazon does to its drop ship companies if they don't manufacture their own products. ;) ITS A TRAP! :P
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12y ago
Discussion about the issue is here: https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/2267 That said: With a DHCP server, you get this warning when you try to edit /etc/resolv.conf: "Dynamic resolv.con
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12y ago
If they stop marketing BookFresh...people don't buy what they don't know about, eh?
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12y ago
I agree with you but I don't think the revenue for self-hosting is likely to be all that "awesome". The main problem with it is if its the developer/sysadmin crowd, most small businesses wouldn't pay for support. So
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12y ago
I must be a psychopath then. It isn't hard really. It is like acting or playing D&D. You make some quick character stats and use that persona for awhile. In the past 24 hours I've been accused of being a racist and a psychopat
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12y ago
The problem is you can't guarentee apps will do that.
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12y ago
Honestly, I'd legalize anything less harmful than Tobacco as long as it was bought inside an establishment and consumed on private property. If you don't leave your home while consuming that sort of thing, I don't see an issu
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12y ago
Do you understand the difference between deciding if people can smoke weed and discrimination? :/ I'm talking about whether or not the sale of a good or service is legal. An example of a service that is legal in some places and no
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12y ago
Credit cards work out just fine.
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12y ago
> People have tried and failed to pull them off. Evidence? None? Oh you poor dear. If I had 51% of the Bitcoin network, I could break it. You are once again relying on willful restraint. The fact you don't realize its the same conce
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12y ago
Please use ctrl+f if you believe I said that. The only one that comes up is you . I'm done talking to you.
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The simplest solution, honestly, is to just require an application token and bill based on API calls. The only issue is dealing with fraud but that is the same risk you deal with in any business.
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I think the problem is the people who shout about state's rights are easily linked to racist loons. The rational ones think things like alcohol, marijuana, etc should be state-level issues. :P The Federal Government shouldn't regu
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12y ago
> You bet your ass I, along with ten thousand others, tried to find ways to game/break Bitcoin. And guess what? We can't, because it's well designed. 51% attacks? http://www.coindesk.com/ghash-io-never-laun
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12y ago
I don't know of any purpose built app for a static website. However, if you are comparing it to the Wordpress app? Ya, that is easier. However, you aren't comparing apples to apples at that point. If I built a purpose built app fo
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12y ago
You make 0 sense. I'm not sure if you just have trouble following what I wrote or what the issue is. > If your assertion is correct that Everett truly "broke" Stellar 1) That is not what I said. Much like the person who do
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