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by tunap 10y ago
You just nailed the unspoken vulnerability with the hand count of paper ballots. Despite obvious intent, it is scary how many ballots are dismissed by the colluding parties' representatives.
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by tunap 10y ago
Very possible to import immigrants, illegally or through visas, to labor for below market rates.
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by tunap 10y ago
Agree wholeheartedly, fixing symptoms seems to be the more popular and profitable, albeit less effective, action of choice. To be pedantic, however, a case for fresh water could be made to trump the oil problem. Both needs could be solved b
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by tunap 10y ago
Fecebook kicked me off for being too old. I could probably find my MySpace profile riddled with mis-information and my only true friend, Tom, floating around somewhere(on a dark market site[0]). I hope this would help default my identity
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by tunap 10y ago
Great place to start and it doesn't require a subscription: https://archive.org/
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by tunap 10y ago
Normally I would 2nd this, but it does not apply on this particular 4x4 road. It really sucks when opposing traffic appears as it's barely wide enough for 1 vehicle in most parts: The road gains 800 vertical feet (243.84 m) in 0.6 mil
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by tunap 10y ago
It is a very polarizing experience! The dichotomy between wanting relief at almost any cost and not wanting to die is a major conflict. Stretch that over a period of months and it's safe to assume values/attitudes will change. The
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by tunap 10y ago
Congrats on making it through. I was extremely ill @ 29 years old and came to terms with my seemingly imminent mortality. It changed me completely from an Alpha anal-retentive to 'just another guy' enjoying the moment... more or l
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by tunap 10y ago
More to the point, there is no way to protest or circumvent spurious fees and charges that always follow lock-in to any system. Some charges certainly are justified, but accompanied by many purported new fees and "errors". This
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by tunap 10y ago
Says the guy who stands to make ~3% of every single transaction that is deanonymized. For more clarification of how cashless would save us, look into BofA & Wells Fargo's not so distant past laundering of illegal guns & drug mo
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by tunap 10y ago
Not supposed to down/up vote to show dis/agreement, but since it is already in play have a vote for tempering new-tech zeal with real world pragmatism. PS: I don't necessarily agree w/ bans or taxes, just don't like
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by tunap 10y ago
Probably not fine... Do not assume that the "Free" expiration stops them from loading 10 in all but name & fugly menu on your back-end through 40+ supposed updates & patches. The telemetry is what they are after, the telem
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by tunap 10y ago
You should write a blog about the merits and submit it to HN, throw-away-account guy.
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by tunap 10y ago
And does almost every day on some blog or another. every. single. day.
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by tunap 10y ago
Enterprise Edition respects(=won't jeopardize) their meal ticket.
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by tunap 10y ago
And do not run wireshark. Just trust M$ to respect your deliberate intention.
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by tunap 10y ago
We're not talking about a disposable, your HVAC system has a significantly large price tag. As you contend, doing is learning and self-sufficiency is a virtue, I agree with the sentiment wholeheartedly and practice on systems whose com
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by tunap 10y ago
As history as proven time and time again, the crowd loves a good witch hunt. Demonizing, deriding X is an incredibly effective tool of governance.
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by tunap 10y ago
Potentially bad advice: when you short the wires you just fried your transformer or worse. edit: spelling
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by tunap 10y ago
You mean 'unnatural forces'? As a species we have made great progress in mitigating natural forces. Not utopian, but there is enough resources, logistics and actors to feed the entire world, if a relative few didn't have to t
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by tunap 10y ago
Additionally, how about giving some weight to packaging; especially the ubiquitous petro derived variety.
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by tunap 10y ago
I agree with this definition. Additionaly, these same groups of people should be held accountable in a court of law for crimes performed/delegated from behind the facade of a "corporate" entity.
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by tunap 10y ago
Have you used Craigslist lately? Aside from the scammers & farmers, I have been suspecting(correlations suggest) their new-ish email system doubles as a number scraper, as well.
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by tunap 10y ago
Perhaps, somewhat...? It does claim to additionally spoof fonts, OS and browser metrics. It has not been updated since April and that came after a long maintenance drought preceding it. In the past it did well on the various browser finge
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by tunap 10y ago
Blender, firefox plug-in, sends generic user-agent characteristics to mitigate some fingerprinting techniques. "Blend into the crowd": https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/blender-1/
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by tunap 10y ago
Agreed. Personalization is the promise, monetization is the priority. Blend into the crowd: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/blender-1/
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by tunap 10y ago
And suffer from interference and low volume; has been my experience. Wireless is convenient. Wired is reliable. YMMV.
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by tunap 10y ago
The problem lies with when the malicious(IMO) practices become ubiquitous AND profitable it becomes the norm. Any informed user would question thee practices IF THEY WERE INFORMED. MS has a monopoly, through intent & ubiquity, on busine
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by tunap 10y ago
If that criticism manifests itself into a real threat perhaps we would see if power is unchecked. Recall Saddam Hussein, our best buddy in the Middle East until he decided to go rogue... and tried to off Papa Bush. An illegal war got rid of
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by tunap 10y ago
That isn't remotely what the OP said. edit: - unnecessary 2nd sentence

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