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Snowden: I never gave any information to Chinese or Russian governments(guardian.co.uk)
14 points by pvnick 13y ago|0 comments
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by pvnick 13y ago
Snowden never claimed to be an idealistic saint. He's only human. He's facing the same, or worse, inhumane treatment as Bradley Manning [1]. I doubt he really cares at this point the politics of the country that keeps him safe. I
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US court rejects state-secrets defense in NSA surveillance case(pcworld.com)
225 points by pvnick 13y ago|77 comments
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by pvnick 13y ago
Thanks Obama!
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by pvnick 13y ago
Pretty cool! I can see this being really useful. Beware, however, that, while there are certain cases that mysql can utilize indexes in a group by clause if values are constant [1], mysql definitely won't be able to use indexes with an
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by pvnick 13y ago
Mark Manson has written a lot of really valuable advice, including IMO the only dating book you should ever read [1]. He rejects the pickup culture in favor of a more intimate, human approach towards building emotional connections and impro
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FISA court Twitter account [parody](twitter.com)
4 points by pvnick 13y ago|0 comments
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by pvnick 13y ago
Tangentially related: https://twitter.com/fisa_court
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by pvnick 13y ago
No, the underpinning is the slide [1] which explicitly states "collection directly from the servers" [1]: http://cdn-static.zdnet.com/i/r/story/70/00/016565/new-prism...
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by pvnick 13y ago
You're right, thank you. Edited.
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by pvnick 13y ago
Nice! This just made my day. I must have listened to part 1 dozens of times to try and extract every bit of information, and I admit I enjoy hearing his voice. Notice this is still from the June 6th interview; Snowden's proved to be so
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by pvnick 13y ago
When I replied the positive:negative ratio you just described was inversed. Thankfully it has improved.
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by pvnick 13y ago
Lots of negativity and one-uppery in these comments. I just wanted to say great job, keep up the good work. You're making everybody's lives easier, either directly or indirectly, by pushing the envelope here :)
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by pvnick 13y ago
Years ago, when I interned at Microsoft, they did a company survey to figure out what to name what would become Vista. The top two names were Windows Hooker and Windows Heroin. True story.
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by pvnick 13y ago
Again, I must offer a disclaimer that I only read a fraction of the total source code, but I would assume it would involve similar use-cases to sqlite [1]. For example, IIRC, the Firefox web browser uses (used?) sqlite for storage. However,
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by pvnick 13y ago
Just off my basic understanding of how the database works, I don't believe a production web app would be a very appropriate use-case, since considering it's an embeddable database you'll be bound by the slow filesystem. Mysql
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by pvnick 13y ago
I would say start treating the authors with the respect that they, as human beings, deserve. I too would like PHP support, but, if it's not there, I can still appreciate the hours and hours of labor that go into the support they do h
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by pvnick 13y ago
I wouldn't worry about it. Greenwald claims that the currently-released information is but a fraction of the total disclosures to come. I'm sure he and his editors meticulously played out every scenario of the different release or
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by pvnick 13y ago
Look interesting, but I'm not quite sure how this has to do with "propaganda disruption." Could somebody please enlighten me?
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by pvnick 13y ago
I love things like this. I generally work with JSON anyway when I'm doing one-off things like cron jobs, and I usually just keep my data in JSON flat files, so to have options like these really makes my life easier. Great job!
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by pvnick 13y ago
To folks downvoting, stop. This is an interesting, on-topic, technical question. There's a reason we're given the ability to downvote only after reaching a karma threshold, because we're to do so judiciously.
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by pvnick 13y ago
Just want to say, I love this post. It really shows the idea that presenting yourself professionally is much more than just looking nice. It's about respect for yourself and for others. When I read some of the comments in this thread a
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by pvnick 13y ago
Anti-conformity to the "mainstream" seems to be a compulsion, or even an addiction, with self-described hackers. Why not maintain the hacker ideals of innovation and disruption while hacking others' perceptions of you to ma
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by pvnick 13y ago
You make some good points, and I probably should have made mentioned in my original post about how I too prefer wearing comfortable clothes when appropriate (I don't sit around my house in a suit like Barney Stinson). For example, I&#x
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by pvnick 13y ago
I stand by that statement more-so than any of the other ones, and I'm sorry if you found it offensive. Sneakers have no place in a professional environment. There are plenty of comfortable options for professional footwear.
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by pvnick 13y ago
Really, why is that? I don't believe I said anything controversial. I personally haven't met anybody who, given the choice, prefers looking like a disheveled slob.
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by pvnick 13y ago
Everytime I see an overweight person who's wearing nice clothes that fit well, I don't see an overweight person. That is, the well-fitting clothes take away from their being overweight almost completely, at least in my perspective
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by pvnick 13y ago
Here's how to fix that: http://www.leangains.com/
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by pvnick 13y ago
This is a fantastic primer on how to fit clothes. Since taking care to get well-fitted, nice clothes, my confidence has skyrocketed and I seem to get more respect. This is a great way for career advancement - ever notice managers are genera
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by pvnick 13y ago
While it doesn't involve solving equations on paper, a lot of times when I'm driving I tend to muse on how applying my foot on the pedal influences my acceleration, how that translates into velocity, and how that in turn determine

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