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by rmrfstar 6y ago
Anyone who doesn't know much about ME should read [1]. [1] https://itsfoss.com/fact-intel-minix-case/
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
You could probably scratch out A and B by emphasizing how useful youtube-dl is for grabbing local copies of MIT licensed university lectures. C is harder, given the README.md examples.
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
Unfortunately, it is making a copy. These guys also fucked up by "marketing" it for use in circumventing such controls. They should have showed how to pull OCW lectures. (a)(2)(C) is the part. IANAL but that's my take. [1]
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_financial_centre
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
Has anyone on this thread seriously discussed leaving the US with their partner, based at least in part on the growth and aggressiveness of its domestic security services?
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
It pays to be skeptical of what you read, within reason [1]. [1] https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-tribune-di...
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
> Have you spent any time at all in a developing country? ... it's inspiring. Ah yes, that paradise in Xinjiang.
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Out of curiosity, what kinds of clients did that project have?
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
For context, Sweden's defense budget (USD 5.8b) is smaller than the NYPD's budget (USD 6.0b) [1]. That's kind of amazing when you think about it. With it's budget, Sweden is able to fund an indigenous fighter program [2
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-pdf-converter It's really fast.
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
I feel like Python's readability and interoperability with C will give it more staying power. Is this wishful thinking?
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
Python is the duct tape of programming languages. Never the best tool if you have strict performance requirements, but so damn versatile it will never go away. Cython does need better docs though, the steep learning curve means it is under-
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
> This is truly the peak of art. [1,2]? Hamilton? [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/09/18/provoc... [2] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
I can't think of many legitimate reasons a company like IV would want 1100 subsidiaries/affiliates/whatever [1]. That's kind of a lot, no? [1] https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100217/1853298
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So... we should deploy "AI" tools from the author's CIA-backed startup [1] so that we can have an "effective campaign in pursuit of truth that requires a set of guiding principles to inform the types of speech that shoul
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
The long and short answer is: there has been a terrible collapse in the intellectual life of the average American person. Note that "education" is not a prerequisite for a rich intellectual life. In the pre-industrial era, yeoman
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
You could probably turn this into an interesting blog post. + What subsystems does each project have? How do LOC stack up on a per-subsystem basis? + Do they have different dependencies? + Does LOC have the same meaning in the two projects
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
Similar tactics are deployed in "psychological warfare " campaigns [1,2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zersetzung [2] https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulatio
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
Dark triad traits surface on this forum with some regularity. This is how they show up in workplaces with credentialed staff: + Public humiliation of victims + Intentional isolation of victims + Smear campaigns against victims + Encourages
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
"They know only the rules of a generation of self-seekers. They have no vision, and when there is no vision the people perish. The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore tha
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
Not quite the same behavior, but BigCo's free-riding on FOSS is nothing new. "At Serge’s trial Kevin Marino, his lawyer, flashed two pages of computer code: the original, with its open-source license on top, and a replica, with th
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
> Generalists are typically far better at motivating the relevance of a problem/situation and filtering out the important details from the unimportant. Couldn't agree more. John von Neumann is a perfect example. His colleagues
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
The "Intelligence Community". That massive (and growing) unaccountable bureaucracy with secret law that types up the talking points the NYT helpfully launders into national security "journalism".
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Them is the IC right?
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The difference between Orwell and Stephenson is that Orwell spent time as a police officer in Burma, and a solider in Spain. Stephenson does not understand the corrupting influence of power the way Orwell does. And the alternatives are fan
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
Everything about your response screams "naivete". The NYTimes role in society is packaging official narratives for mass consumption. Their MO is mindlessly repeating whatever the IC tells them. This is not a new concept [1]. [1]
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
> the NYT isn't highly likely to publish things that source to Russian propaganda ops, The people who lied us into Iraq?
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Remember this [1]? What happened? [1] https://cypherpunks.venona.com
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by rmrfstar 6y ago
> This is from the top of my head but there are certainly other people who have smarter ideas that don't involve straight up censorship. So what can you conclude about the private intent of key decision makers? I find that imputing
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MalwareBytes v. Enigma: Section 230 Dissent [pdf](supremecourt.gov)
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