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   by znowi 13y ago

   > how are they getting all Facebook private messages and Gmail? Perhaps you missed the news about PRISM? :)
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   by znowi 13y ago

   If Google, Facebook, et al provide direct access to users' data, I'm fairly certain such critical infrastructure as VPN is also under NSA control.
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   by znowi 13y ago

   Holy shit... Apparently, the only way to ensure privacy is to go Stallman . Funny how yesterday's "conspiracy crackpot" became today's visionary.
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   by znowi 13y ago

   Google dismissed the don't be evil mantra a while ago and has little resemblance to the company of integrity so many of us fell in love with. They're so big and pervasive - it's a juxtapose of government and multinational c
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   by znowi 13y ago

   I'm curious how many of HN readers have never played Angry Birds. Could it be more than half? Or less than 1%?
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   by znowi 13y ago

   Bitcoin is more than a virtual currency or miners running rigs. It's the first self-sufficient, decentralized, monetary system that renders 3rd party entities like banks obsolete. At the very least it's an intriguing concept in re
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   by znowi 13y ago

   Very popular in EU
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   by znowi 13y ago

   There's a great link in the original comments to a video from 1974, where Iverson, Falkoff, and others discuss the origins of APL. It was a pleasure to watch. A peculiar contrast in language and attitude to today's rockstars and n
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   by znowi 13y ago

   > BTW, to me Python has a number of APL-like features that make it fun and productive Can you please elaborate on this and give a few examples?
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    by znowi 13y ago

    They should make one for Whatsapp. Who uses SMS these days? :)
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    by znowi 13y ago

    Our call volume is too high for this system. Starting pay for a 911 operator is about $26,000 Yea, obviously not as high a priority as stock exchange market where milliseconds matter!
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    by znowi 13y ago

    Attack on American citizens is a way more powerful message than attack on German or some other "second class" citizenry :) But also, it is American elected officials who deployed the program on American taxpayers money. Ther
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    by znowi 13y ago

    > So when it does happen (and it will eventually happen) we're prepared not to lose our country If it does happen, most likely it will be caused by the US itself. Many threats that exist today are largely created by the US short-sig
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    by znowi 13y ago

    This seemingly innocuous attitude has brought us to where we are now :)
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    by znowi 13y ago

    This guy has the balls. Kudos, Mr Bonneau. I'm curious if he will get a private reprimand from Google execs for unpleasant commentary on their partner :)
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    US to Russia: We won’t seek death penalty for Snowden(rt.com)

    1 points by znowi 13y ago|1 comments
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    by znowi 13y ago

    > I'm not sure I've ever talked to someone who moved from hourly to daily and regretted doing so. The next big improvement is moving from daily to per project :)
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    by znowi 13y ago

    Apparently, Russia is the 4th most smoking country in the world, behind Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece [1]. "According to a survey reported in 2010 by Russia’s Health and Social Development Ministry, 43.9 million adults in Russia are smo
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    by znowi 13y ago

    > http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/02/opinion/la-oe-shah-2... This is a revealing article. I somehow didn't think about, now rather obvious, cultural difference in perception of malaria. I al
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    by znowi 13y ago

    As an owner of Nexus 4, the only feature I'm looking for is a reduced battery usage :) They provide optimizations for the location API, but I suspect that the more prominent performance features will end up draining battery even fast
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    by znowi 13y ago

    Which is the right thing to do. Perhaps then people start paying more attention to the leaks instead of the messenger .
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    by znowi 13y ago

    That's nice, but my money is on Elon Musk :)
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    NSA world map of surveillance(rt.com)

    5 points by znowi 13y ago|0 comments
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    by znowi 13y ago

    If we start listing how many wars, coups, invasions, militant groups (including Al-Qaeda) were founded by the US, Iran will quickly fade into irrelevance :) But also, if you look into the history of those nutty groups, they started out larg
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    by znowi 13y ago

    Yes, it's possible - the Obama administration :) Shall we declare the US a no fly zone?
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    by znowi 13y ago

    This is a part of an ongoing campaign of the US to take over Iran. Havoc in the Middle East is the ground work for the coming coup/invasion.
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    by znowi 13y ago

    I find it nasty how some vendors provide proprietary SFP+ connectors. I wouldn't deal with such types. They should make it an official standard and end the extortion.
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    by znowi 13y ago

    Makes me think of Google Fiber project - NSA to every home :)
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    by znowi 13y ago

    There's been so much controversy, zealotry, and fraud around this topic that it alienated a lot of people. And rightly so.
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    by znowi 13y ago

    Geez, this is a little invasive. Must be an additional "marketing feature" to coerce you to upload a profile picture. Who'd have known a userpic is so highly valued in the social data market.