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by snsr 12y ago
Thanks for the link. As an aside, I've always found it baffling that G+ URLs are a cryptic as the above, particularly as they are 301'd to be more legible after the fact. e.g. The above link is redirected to https://plu
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by snsr 12y ago
> To wit, I don't use Google+, but thanks to its bundling I've also stopped logging in to any Google service on my laptop except on a strict need-to basis This has been the unfortunate consequence for me as well.
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by snsr 13y ago
> let's not forget that the mandate for them to be profitable did not exist until just before it started to become impossible for them to do so. I'd be curious to read more about this. Looks like this isn't the first time
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by snsr 13y ago
Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but this is referenced elsewhere in the thread - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/amazon-instant-video/id54551...
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by snsr 13y ago
> It also works everywhere where there's an Unix shell This really is Tarsnap's key differentiator (for me). It's also worth noting that Arq does have command line functionality[1] (on OSX) as well as an open source CLI re
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by snsr 13y ago
I continue to be astounded by the unprofessional, predatory manner in which MIT, JSTOR and in particular the federal prosecutors in this case handled themselves. The article also reiterates that the ridiculous CFAA charges centered on the c
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by snsr 13y ago
All comments will be censored until up-voted by multiple users with 1000+ karma. These pending comments will only be visible to the same subset of users. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7445761
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by snsr 13y ago
Astroturf everywhere. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2903802...
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by snsr 13y ago
> such gross exaggerations Echo chamber or not, the sentences either discussed or awarded in the cases above are disproportionate and unjust.
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by snsr 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weev
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by snsr 13y ago
> I've heard other thoughts in this thread about not trusting police A rational individual in America is absolutely justified in not trusting police. Wake up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
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by snsr 13y ago
https://richardbrenneman.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/criminal-l...
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by snsr 13y ago
> defending a cultural value of openness 'Openness' amongst a community or society and openness with regard to the government are not one in the same. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_Un
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by snsr 13y ago
A bit more PR detail on the Content Protection HECI Service aka 'Intel Insider' - http://blogs.intel.com/technology/2011/01/intel_insider_-_wh...
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by snsr 13y ago
Likely because you don't need a formal relationship to shop at a store. I wonder whether the difficulty with Trader Joe's stems from use of their name.
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by snsr 13y ago
> the felons would be those uploading the streams, not those downloading I don't think that's completely accurate. This effort would expose sites and services to secondary liability for the actions of their users.
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by snsr 13y ago
Secondary liability for service providers and hosts on the internet remains a serious threat to the open web. Service providers should not be held accountable for the content of their users. This effort to bring back parts of SOPA, combined
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by snsr 13y ago
More info - http://rules.house.gov/bill/hr-2397 Amendment #100
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by snsr 13y ago
That's a pretty caustic take on an inherently subjective matter: the appreciation of beauty. Also, in what way is this exercise not exploratory?
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by snsr 13y ago
> the court is creating a significant body of law without hearing from anyone outside the government Legal precedents created by non-adversarial proceedings in a secret court are nothing less than terrifying.
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by snsr 13y ago
> The protests were an abysmal failure. They were scheduled to take place on the fourth of July. I understand and appreciate the symbolism, but the date makes a large turnout unlikely.
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by snsr 13y ago
> i wonder if my microcell will work with tmobile? It will not. Instead of a dedicated unit T-mo uses UMA to allow phones to make calls via any wifi connection. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Access_Network I believe it had prev
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by snsr 14y ago
Less control of presentation == fewer ads.
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by snsr 14y ago
I've found Swipe.js to be helpful in the past, looking forward to checking the new version out. @bradbirdsall - Chrome canary calls out the mime type of swipe.js on the demo site. I don't think the HTML5 spec requires text/javascript though
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by snsr 14y ago
> Want your work to impact lots of lives ? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/us/police-taser-use-on-pre...
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by snsr 14y ago
I understand that you're targeting musicians, but to whom will you sell and distribute their music? The site doesn't currently mention or appeal to listeners. You probably don't (yet) have a lot of music to promote, but a quick visit to Bea
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by snsr 14y ago
They have cast aside one of the most basic tenets of the medium.
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by snsr 14y ago
Safari does not, but iCab mobile lets you change browser agents.
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by snsr 14y ago
> I updated the clock, Dropbox deleted all files in my Dropbox that were newer than the last time I had that machine running. While off-topic, this is a concerning scenario that I hadn't considered.
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by snsr 15y ago
Just tried Doodle or Die for the first time - it's a riot! You guys are doing fantastic work. I dug up my wacom for the first time in years. Do you have any plans to support mobile safari? Would be fantastic on an ipad (or any tablet for th

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