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by slavak 15y ago
So much for "trial by a jury of your peers"...
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by slavak 15y ago
Can we just agree that it's wrong to do market segmentation for electronic goods based on geographic location? It's an anachronistic model that has no justification other than for padding BigCo's(tm) profit margins. If the big media compani
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by slavak 15y ago
Do such people actually exist this day and age? Someone might not have downloaded anything themselves, but how likely it is they don't enjoy watching a downloaded movie with their grandkids from time to time?
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by slavak 15y ago
This is very true. The main difference is that these are not criminal charges - unlike what the professor says in the video, this is something the officer can and and often will let you get away with if you evoke enough empathy. The importa
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by slavak 15y ago
Have you ever submitted this as a post? I don't want to steal your submission, and I think this deserves to see the front page.
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by slavak 15y ago
I find it amusing that when specifying a symptom of "Mass in scrotum" the website sees the need to ask me if I'm male or female.
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by slavak 15y ago
You can use OAuth with your Google account to login to other services without granting them any other permissions. The few apps I've granted access to have a single permission that says "Sign in using your Google account."
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by slavak 15y ago
I was going to say that having a few webcams watching the campus wasn't that bad, but I gotta admit streaming the camera overlooking the gym treadmills is kinda creepy...
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by slavak 15y ago
It's an awesome tool for academy. I've found myself using it all the time for my undergrad homework: Everything from finding the inverse of a given matrix to plotting out the results for output to the assignment. Admittedly I haven't found
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by slavak 15y ago
This coming from a country where public urination might cause you to become a registered sex-offender[1]. The United States has a long tradition of enmity towards displays of sexuality or the human body. People getting shot in the face or b
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by slavak 15y ago
From the general state of things, I'm under the impression that shorting their stock might actually be a wiser position.
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by slavak 15y ago
To be clear, I was not blaming Americans for this. Most of them look to be great folks - it's their government that's starting to give me the heebie-jeebies.
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by slavak 15y ago
I find the concept of a C++ programmer using the ABI as a bullet-point against switching to a different language highly ironic.
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by slavak 15y ago
I know that for me everything I'm hearing has dropped the US quite a bit on my "places to visit" list. To be fair, I realize my impression is probably slanted because of the origin and type of foreign news I'm exposed to.
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by slavak 15y ago
Apparently congressmen haven't passed the age of 12. How is this kind of language acceptable? When they listen to expert opinions from psychiatrists, do they say "let's hear from the head-shrinker"?
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by slavak 15y ago
When you pirate MP3s, you're downloading COMMUNISM! http://www.twopotscreamer.com/images/when_you_pirate_mp3s_yo...
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by slavak 15y ago
Actually, regardless of what you think of this specific video, crows are pretty damn smart: [1] http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0808_020808_... (Crows use and figure out how to create tools.) [2] http://www.nytimes.com/20
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by slavak 15y ago
Because while I'm not sure what kind of world you live in, in mine I need money to put a roof over my head and food on the table - things that according to your world-view definitely do have monetary value. If creating anything digital
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by slavak 15y ago
This reminds me of... Tapping with a hammer ......................... $ 10.00 Knowing where to tap .......................... $990.00
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by slavak 15y ago
Did you really just discount the entire digital realm as worthless because of the inherent fungibility of bits? Thank God not everyone thinks like you, otherwise our technological progress would basically grind to a halt, as people would be
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by slavak 15y ago
A good starting point: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3816629,00.html Mentioning (briefly) Eli Biham's opinion on the database: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4069922,00.html Mentioning Adi Shamir's security sugges
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by slavak 15y ago
Pretty much the same kind of database is going to be created in Israel, pushed forward by a single Member of Knesset, while ignoring advice from leading security experts. (see for example Adi Shamir, aka The "S" in "RSA.") The law is curren
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by slavak 15y ago
This could be a good use for a new Google doodle. Some kind of black anti-SOPA banner that includes the Google logo, maybe? It has the double benefit of wide front-page exposure along with not requiring a complete break from Google's tradit
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by slavak 15y ago
Apparently the first half of the 20th century was fucking awesome [1]. [1] http://www.cracked.com/article_19481_the-8-most-wildly-irres...
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by slavak 15y ago
Note to self: Never work for enry_straker. If I'm onsite with your team working on your code-base, someone damn well better be paying me for it. Not to mention those kinds of shenanigans are downright illegal in some parts of the world.
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by slavak 15y ago
The problem is that the labels (much like Hollywood film studios) are clinging to an outdated business model and screwing us all in the process. There might have been a time when licensing content based on geographical region made sense; Th
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by slavak 15y ago
I find Jango[1] to be pretty convenient. As a bonus, I've found I like their music suggestions (based on your existing playlist) better than GrooveShark's. [1] http://www.jango.com
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by slavak 15y ago
If you're a good negotiator, Y won't be your ideal salary X, but more along the lines of 1.3*X. The basic tenet of negotiation is that both sides are understood to start from a position that is unacceptable for the other side. You can also
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by slavak 15y ago
Because book publishers are doing much better in regards to respecting user's rights, since their product has gone digital?
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by slavak 15y ago
http://www.ghostery.com/ It's a serious problem, though in this instance it's hardly Google's fault. I doubt Ghostery turns me into an internet specter, but at least I know I'm not pinging Facebook's, Google's, and God-knows-who-else's be

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