uncle_d

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by uncle_d 9y ago
Well, it can't in its present form, but there is a market (me, at least) for a distributed app framework that would be the basis for uncensored (and uncensorable) serverless p2p versions of all your favorite social media.
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by uncle_d 9y ago
Yup, surprised that they never thought of charging (more) for lossless.
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by uncle_d 9y ago
Has anyone publicly presented any concrete evidence whatsoever that the Russians were involved in any way in influencing the U.S. election as yet? Just asking, for a friend :)
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by uncle_d 9y ago
I recently flew to the U.S. - I did consider wiping my iPhone in advance and then restoring it from iCloud backup once safely in the hotel, but in the end just left it at home. It was very nice taking a break too. Of course, as a fairly unr
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by uncle_d 9y ago
Speculating here, but as a defeated and occupied WW2 power - indeed still hosting U.S. troops to this day - Germany might not have had very much say in where its gold got stored. Compare and contrast with speculation about what happened to
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by uncle_d 9y ago
If diamonds are anything to go by, it is perhaps unlikely that the asteroid miners would dump the whole lot on the market in one go. It would be in their interests to maintain prices in order to maximise their profits, would it not?
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by uncle_d 10y ago
To counter your assertion that it's just "the right wing" who have lost trust in the MSM, I would direct your attention towards: https://www.off-guardian.org
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by uncle_d 10y ago
This lady talks as if false flag state-sponsored terrorism for political purposes does not exist. As evidence that it most certainly does, I would suggest the work of Dr. Daniele Ganser (University of Basel, Switzerland) on Operation Gladio
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by uncle_d 10y ago
I saw an article a few years ago, where they said most people disadvantage themselves unknowingly - by not negotiating their salary for their first job out of college harder. The thinking being that if most people usually move jobs for thei
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by uncle_d 10y ago
Double it and add 5k?
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by uncle_d 10y ago
Yay Microsoft! I would only quibble about the car-crash that has been attempting to download VS 2017 from behind a corporate (bank) firewall.
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by uncle_d 10y ago
ZIRP and NIRP have been very damaging to many retired and retiring, when buying annuities and attempting to live off savings interest.
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by uncle_d 10y ago
Brexit voter here. Reasons? The treatment of Greece; the craven slavery of the EU to Neocon coup-instigating in Ukraine (and general Russia-baiting - yes, I realise that is unlikely to change short-term in UK with Brexit, but have hopes for
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by uncle_d 10y ago
From NASA - volcanic vs solar activity: https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/st07500u.html "volcanos erupted causing a cold period that lasted from the 1600s to the late 1800s" Correlation vs causation - while the
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by uncle_d 10y ago
This is a false dichotomy: either everyone is "ceaselessly, ruthlessly, effectively scheming" or "all parties and groups are fractious and bumbling" How about the truth is somewhere in between? Some people are scheming -