seanp2k2

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by seanp2k2 15y ago
It's biased just like any other news source, but I really appreciate how he keeps the TL;DR summaries very short and concise. It's one of the things on my short "daily reading list" that helps me stay on top of everything.
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Stallman's RSS feed is a great way to keep up on world politics(stallman.org)
9 points by seanp2k2 15y ago|3 comments
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
You can already side-chain data flows with file descriptors. You can solve more complex problems with temp files and tee. I can't really imagine that making me use a GUI to select where to pipe what would be more efficient. Most of the
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
Since their business model is based around selling data collected without user knowledge/consent, I feel like digging into their financial would reveal a pretty strong case against them.
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
>"CarrierIQ provides a valuable service for all us. They relay data that optimizes carrier networks, so that we can call, text, get data, etc more reliably." Considering how crappy call quality and SMS (which was designed to be used to
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
To use a situation analogous to the situation with CarrierIQ, he did not have permission and you never even knew he was there or that the camera was there. However, the camera is digital, it is connected to your power outlet with a battery
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
This is probably the first time I've ever cares about "crowdsourcing" or his ugly brother-in-law, "cloudsourcing". However, I can't help but imagine why they want a solution for this. Seems like Cold Wat-era spook stuff.
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
This makes me want to invest in a CDMA/GSM dev kit so I can spoof IMEIs and ESNs. I'd send them: AA-BBBBBB-CCCCCC-'); DROP TABLE imei;-- EDIT: another thought would be to use a directional antenna with a high-power transmitter (should only
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
>"XOR" Probably using 2ROT13 because they heard it was more secure.
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
>"People should have the option to opt in not out" And this is why I hate "SEO" types. They'd reply with "but then we wouldn't get anyone to opt-in!"...which is exactly my point. Not many people want to do this. Take a survey: ask peo
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
It's very easy to avoid the repository effects of pepper spray, just hold your breath. I don't understand why all these people with asthma are making such a fuss over this.
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
>"which is why I'm surprised more people don't opt out of those things." Because people don't know about them. That's also why there isn't more public backlash -- they're just doing what they can [barely] get away with legally.
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
>"No, you can't opt out of online tracking any easier" Not true. 1.) Tor 2.) http://priv3.icsi.berkeley.edu/ 3.) Public WiFi + HTTPS Everywhere + private browsing mode 4.) AdBlock+ Most combinations of these can thwart tracking.
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
because it's an automated, low-cost, literally man-in-the-middle attack on privacy.
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
>"So why are people having a negative reaction to this?" Because the opt-out isn't viable and you're being opted-in without consent. It's the equivalent of saying "What, they're just tracking your car by intercepting your OnStar comms t
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
They've been getting worse ever since Oracle took them over. Oracle is kind of ruining everything they take over, just like AOL :<
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
To you and everyone using things != .+@example.com: why? Example.(com|net|org) were specifically created for this purpose and for the purpose of tutorials. I work in client-facing support, and it's very easy to troubleshoot software that
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
Can you please let me know where you're seeing this? I looked through http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321 for /\sa\s/i and /(fall(\s)?back)/i and didn't find anything related to this this behaviour. I ask because I'd like to have my answ
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China's Groupon clone files for $100 million U.S. IPO(ca.reuters.com)
1 points by seanp2k2 15y ago|0 comments
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
Yeah, the "GITHUB FORK YOU" thing made me laugh too. Thanks for another viable option for a Ruby DSL! I might use it if I wanted to mess around with HTTP response headers -- looks like it'd be good for that.
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
These all seem like good ideas in their own way. I say "it's great that we have all these useful ways of doing similar things!". Choose whatever best fits your application. I really like that this type of stuff is catching on over Rails.
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by seanp2k2 15y ago
>"They're nonsense in that they are without ryhme or reason, but you should be following the community standard (curlies for one liners, do/end for everything else)." That's my reasoning too. At first, I thought it was more readable (r