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by revscat 13y ago
To be fair (and I am by no means a Rand Paul fan) this argument it tu quoque. Yes, the quote you have given suggests hypocrisy. The core argument of NSA/CIA overreach is still a sound one, though.
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by revscat 13y ago
Not worth it. The risk from totalitarian regimes is far greater than the risk from terrorism. Governments have more resources, by far. Even if we assume that PRISM is being used completely above-the-board the potential for abuse is still la
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by revscat 13y ago
So does mdfind.
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by revscat 13y ago
Not for me. The recent revelations about the NSA have made me realize that these events are largely a distraction from greater issues.
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by revscat 13y ago
What are the advantages of this over mdfind -onlyin . <str>
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by revscat 13y ago
Assuming you are qualified at making such a judgement, or even more qualified than any who have differing interpretations.
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by revscat 13y ago
Those are pretty explosive claims. a) How are you identifying the processes? 2) How are you determining that they are inspecting the filesystem?
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Science Doesn't Know Everything(salon.com)
3 points by revscat 13y ago|0 comments
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by revscat 13y ago
It has nothing to do with hating change -- which is a pretty condescending thing to say -- but rather with disagreeing with the UI decisions made. By and large the reaction to Metro has been negative for numerous reasons, the important part
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by revscat 13y ago
Given the topicality of the word I very much doubt that many HN users will confused.
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by revscat 13y ago
It's not an "article of faith", it is a scientific certainty, and one that we are witnessing happen today, not in some vague future.
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by revscat 13y ago
This is only true if you do not factor in the longer-term costs of carbon emissions. Those emissions will eventually need to be dealt with, and the costs will be substantial. If those costs are addressed today via tax subsidies for zero-emi
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by revscat 13y ago
This seems more easily parsed by humans. My immediate faction to this is a positive one. Instead of having to scan the entire class to tell whether or not a variable is static, it's declared in the method itself.
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by revscat 13y ago
Different strokes. I'm like you: I do a git status from the CLI for peace of mind. Others in my company gotta have their SourceTree, and hate the CLI. I disagree, but it's their choice.
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by revscat 13y ago
But the Venn Diagrams for the two have significant overlap.
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by revscat 13y ago
It would go a long way to partly explaining why Apple stories get buried so quickly while ones related to Google get to the top and stay there. For whatever reasons Apple engenders strong emotions, positive and negative, while Google does n
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by revscat 13y ago
And, considering that it is coming from the world's largest software company, good software as well. It is surprising (although... not really) that Apple was able to ship a mobile version of their iWork suite for the first gen iPad, but Mic
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by revscat 13y ago
This comment is somewhat parenthetical, but one thing I am glad to see is that the cyberpunk/cypherpunk spirit that was so influential in the early days of the Internet has carried on over into today. There are areas -- important ones -- wh
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by revscat 13y ago
That's a pretty heavy solution.
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by revscat 14y ago
I would never use it. They are devices that are designed to be rude. By wearing Glass you are nonverbally asserting "I am going to record you whether you like it or not. If you don't like it, you probably will want to just avoid conflict an
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by revscat 14y ago
> So, in our world, where flash sucked, it wouldn't get on the iPhone regardless of the lockin implications. But in a world where flash didn't suck, I think the same decision would have been made. Ahh, I see. Perhaps. That is certainly
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by revscat 14y ago
> It drains it just as much as watching a video on the YouTube app will drain the battery. I very much doubt that this is true. Most modern smartphones have a dedicated video decoding chip. Flash, on the other hand, is entirely in softw
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by revscat 14y ago
I imagine if you were to test that then the PDF rendering would actually be significantly faster than HTML, since OS X's rendering is all PostScript under the covers.
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AgileBits 1Password support and Design Flaw?(hashcat.net)
2 points by revscat 14y ago|0 comments
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by revscat 14y ago
https://mobile.twitter.com/BostonDotCom/status/3238868777467... This tells me the Boston PD found one or more devices and are in the process of detonating them.
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by revscat 14y ago
Yes.
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by revscat 14y ago
When you're talking about encryption pessimism is the default. The whole point is lack of trust.
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by revscat 14y ago
It typically happens when on iOS updates: after the device restarts you get the TOS screen and the 'Accept' button.
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by revscat 14y ago
Anyone know why launchd hasn't taken off in this regard? I've used it on my personal systems with success, but rarely (if ever) see it mentioned as a cron replacement. Instead, you frequently see these solutions done from scratch.
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by revscat 14y ago
> Traffic congestion seems to make sense. Did you read the article? The congestion makes no sense. And to the best of my recollection previous versions of SimCity were able to handle traffic just fine. I certainly do not remember the

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