secret_island

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by secret_island 9y ago
I'm sure they are getting their playbook from their Chinese friends. Even Japan is getting more heavy handed than they were, and in Asia, they are the most liberal of all governments in comparison. Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, all heavy ha
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by secret_island 9y ago
Quite right. Israel's El Al simply profiles everyone that flies and by doing so they obviate the need to use stupid, expensive equipment that does nothing other than bottleneck airports and cause frustration. The Israelis are the best
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by secret_island 9y ago
This behavior plus their own internal social credit system to rate all Chinese citizens. Sadly, some American companies are embracing this. I remember that one company that tried this nonsens, Klout, I believe it was. What rubbish. The huma
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by secret_island 9y ago
Sure. Some clients prefer us to use Linux, since their teams large or small are comfortable with it. OpenBSD is still a rather esoteric OS for most. I've been using both since 1998, so I can go either way. RedHat/CentOS offer supp
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by secret_island 9y ago
Thank you for your comments. You are right. What with the now ultra-cheap Amazon and Google in-home devices, it's increasingly difficult to have a "safe" space. Like you, I will not invite this nonsense into my home. I don&#x
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by secret_island 9y ago
There are no "better" ads. The only good ads are the ones I cannot see. My computer, my rules. Lately now blocking coin mining in addition to all ads, trackers, beacons, pixels, etc. I have the right to surf on my terms. Traffic t
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by secret_island 9y ago
Long-time OpenBSD user here. OpenBSD has sane, secure defaults with nothing enabled in a fresh install. This is a desired default, as everyone uses OSes for different reasons. OpenBSD makes a phenomenal firewall, a pretty good Web server, a