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by throwwit 13y ago
They could get that region-level information already from ISP routing info. This ratcheting up of info means: The household owner's name, their affluence, postal code, phone number, a cross match with google street view and all info th
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by throwwit 13y ago
This is a pretty disturbing trend. Just recently I ran into problems with a TV station's app on iOS that refused to play video without Location Services Enabled. I don't mind a general region being disclosed, but the house-level
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by throwwit 13y ago
jpatokal is right!... more than 7% are 'free' and it can only get better... great times. /s
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by throwwit 13y ago
Inequality is a problem, but charts like these made with linear scales are disingenuos IMO. Power laws ppl!
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by throwwit 13y ago
Hindsight: Always deal directly with the decision maker. Don't put all the eggs in one basket / Have mitigation strategies. Does show validation. Foresight: Leverage nimbilness. Read up on other aquisition cases. Maybe 3rd year i
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by throwwit 13y ago
The idea is to decouple survival/livelyhood from reward. Heck 25k is what's spent on ppl in jail.
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by throwwit 13y ago
Entanglement the ultimate ycombinator?... lol
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by throwwit 13y ago
Just checking: is it normal for the bitcoin-qt client to upload a burst of 1GB to an IP on startup? Havn't seen it b4
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by throwwit 13y ago
An invitation for brutal feedback is always a good start!... Graphics -If you update to ios7 customize look, otherwise might be bland completely. I suggest just using the skeumorphic textures to make up for design instead (bad but most vi
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by throwwit 13y ago
I miss the simplicity of the old consoles. Why did game systems evolve into some distopic nielsson box?
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by throwwit 13y ago
I wonder how many ppl are repurposing PS4 or XB's to mine.
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by throwwit 13y ago
Even better, for a modern day example look at the true story behind the movie Puncture . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puncture_%28film%29
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by throwwit 13y ago
Adding to the speculation: Could apple be protecting it's business model? A bitcoin transaction can be a means of purchasing in an app without the 30% cut.
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by throwwit 13y ago
So the trend now looks to be webifying the appification of the web.
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by throwwit 13y ago
I would (probably controversially) say there's plenty of time to learn programming later on in the teenage years. Children only start developing abstract reasoning skills around 12 years of age. Learning social reasoning skills is mo
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Denied for that loan? Soon you may thank online data collection(arstechnica.com)
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by throwwit 13y ago
Power corrupts... absolute power arcs profusely.
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The Hidden Dangers of Chop-Shop Electronics(spectrum.ieee.org)
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by throwwit 13y ago
How does allowing a proprietary tech into the browser do anything more than harm the system?. Didn't this just open up the browser to possible secure channels for botnets? Do DRM concerns trump security?.
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by throwwit 13y ago
lol... remember this?: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2012/aug/29/apple...
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by throwwit 13y ago
We simply aren't ready for this. Barrier to entry should be kept high for this stuff.
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by throwwit 13y ago
I don't know aboot 'angry' but there should be defined laws on the books about what organizations (i.e. anti-keystone ppl) get placed under added scrutiny. Also, some of the ways attempted recently to garner support for inter
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by throwwit 13y ago
We live in a society people! Dullards and Dunning Kruger Dullards alike.
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by throwwit 13y ago
There is an argument for his view on water to avoid the 'tragedy of the commons' problem. But replying to multiple comments with the same reasoning is tantamount to shouting your point.
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by throwwit 13y ago
The new PR name for Palladium ( http://www.geek.com/chips/palladium-microsofts-big-plan-for-... After the effects of the leak I'm feeling somewhat confident a standard like this doesn't have any legs internati
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by throwwit 13y ago
In other news... unpredictability of quantum wave theory seen as undesirable. New program established to collapse all wave equations.