someguydave

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   by someguydave 11y ago

   My impression is that the student isn't a customer or a pupil - he or she is a conduit by which government tuition subsidy is added to the school's budget.
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   by someguydave 11y ago

   No, there isn't. The metadata is washed away when the VOIP call hits the Signaling System Seven switch. A simple policy fix would solve this problem: Treat any caller willing to threaten police with death but unwilling to reveal his i
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   by someguydave 11y ago

   My cynical take is that SatNOGS was a publicity stunt designed to win the Hack-a-day prize. Polished websites; not much substance.
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   by someguydave 11y ago

   As for the "why" - presumably it would be in the public interest for the government to spy upon notorious public enemies like terrorists or potentially hostile governments? Is there a good argument otherwise?
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   by someguydave 11y ago

   Do these nautil.us pay hacker news or something? Why do they get at least one or two derpy links on HN every day?
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   by someguydave 11y ago

   Also, I'm not sure that your bank or credit union or especially credit card warrants all that much trust either - what are the chances that they could resist a well-planned hack? Or that they aren't already selling your data? At
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   by someguydave 11y ago

   "I ... wonder how there are so many people making so much more money than I do." I've thought about this a great deal, and there are at least four responses: 1.) As pointed out by others, I suspect a majority of households li