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by snsr 12y ago
It seems that Whisper is acting in a manner that is contradictory to almost every claim they make about the service and software. Isn't this just spyware? - They track your location regardless of stated preferences - They store "a
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by snsr 12y ago
The linked CJR article concludes that the Guardian acted ethically and responsibly.
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by snsr 12y ago
A list of "fusion centers" from the DHS itself - http://www.dhs.gov/fusion-center-locations-and-contact-infor...
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by snsr 12y ago
You might enjoy Robert Cringely's recent book (essay?) on the decline and slow-motion failure of IBM - http://www.cringely.com/2014/06/04/decline-fall-ibm/
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by snsr 12y ago
So Patrick Dowd, the NSA's CTO , is actually a part-time employee, and is moonlighting? Seems that this is at best a conflict of interest.
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by snsr 12y ago
Money is not speech, despite the Citizens United ruling.
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by snsr 12y ago
Seems he would like to ban end-to-end encryption entirely. Lovely.
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by snsr 12y ago
> Nobody visited our sites, that's why we stopped updating them. Try joining a web ring?
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by snsr 12y ago
A more informative link - https://twitter.com/yishan/status/517366447253643264
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Reddit disallows remote work after $50MM investment round(twitter.com)
15 points by snsr 12y ago|3 comments
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by snsr 12y ago
> They are just businesses operating their wholly private networks. Operating a private network for profit and deciding what may be transmitted via that network should be entirely separate concerns in 2014.
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by snsr 12y ago
> Is it that questions about the justice system is off topic here? Protecting constitutional rights is not "quaint". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusionary_rule
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by snsr 12y ago
Regarding your second question, it looks like you must be a (relatively?) new customer to participate. From the developer+ T&C: > 2.1. Company is a New Cloud Customer. "New Cloud Customer" refers to a Company that does not
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by snsr 12y ago
I've been happy with (and slowly moving domains to) https://www.iwantmyname.com over the past couple of years.
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by snsr 12y ago
A wider face is indicative of nutritional status growing up Do you have a source for this?
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by snsr 12y ago
Thanks for the perspective - very helpful.
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by snsr 12y ago
I believe Outlook is still using Word to render HTML content in emails as well.
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by snsr 12y ago
It is terribly written - maybe as a form of disguise?
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by snsr 12y ago
> I see no reason to ever allow direct copying by allowing copyright to expire. You have no doubt benefitted from the richness of our culture, yet are seemingly willing to prevent those who come after you from doing the same?
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by snsr 12y ago
> They argued, all content should be original- but I can't fathom that. Is art, similarly to science, not an iterative process based on the input of dozens, hundreds, thousands of people that came before us? All art, indeed all crea
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by snsr 12y ago
> I see far more ads on my iPad and iPad Touch than I ever have on my Nexus 5 Aside from web content and occasional visits to the app store I don't think that I can ever recall seeing an advertisement on any of my iOS devices. That
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by snsr 12y ago
The Amazon store UI is poorly suited for this task. Additionally, the player URL ( http://cloudplayer.amazon.com ) prompts me to install Flash, something I've been unwilling to do for years now.
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by snsr 12y ago
Another interesting one - > 59. Invest heavily in Newton technology, which is one area where Microsoft can't touch you. Build voice recognition and better gesture recognition into Newton, making a new environment for desktop, laptop
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by snsr 12y ago
Can you give an example of the type of feature you were required to remove due to the approval process?
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by snsr 12y ago
Not a perfect analogy, but this may be of interest to you - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspi...
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by snsr 12y ago
While exarch's comment is inflammatory, Dr. Rice was involved in asserting the legality of torture during her tenure in the executive branch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice#Role_in_author...
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by snsr 12y ago
I believe some important documents were accessed via this loophole - http://grahamcluley.com/2014/05/dropbox-vulnerability-privac...
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by snsr 12y ago
> Even the biggest opponents of software patents support copyright. This is absolutely and demonstrably incorrect.
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by snsr 12y ago
> I'm suggesting NOT trying to gain unauthorized access In what way is accessing WSJ via Google's search results unauthorized?
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Live data from Quantified Toilets at CHI 2014 Conference(quantifiedtoilets.com)
1 points by snsr 12y ago|0 comments

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