Merman_Mike

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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
. [just gonna stop commenting on this site]
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
Many of these seem to support GP's comment.
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
I'd want to verify the existing data and maybe add some data once a year or less.
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
I'm planning a few encrypted long-term backups (ie. stick it in a temperature controlled safe for a few years). What's the best medium for this? SSD or HDD?
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
Instead of downvotes, I'm curious what evidence there is on either side of this claim.
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
90%+ of Alphabet employee donations go to one party [1]. So, that affiliation. [1] https://www.govpredict.com/blog/alphabets-political-contribu...
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
> including its bandwidth limiting schedule Can you share more about this please? The biggest (related) issue I run into running rclone from home is hitting the request speed limit on Digital Ocean Spaces. I frequently get the "Slow
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
So the laser beam of outrage has reached Signal. We knew this day was coming. There are people out there who fundamentally believe that no one should be able to think or speak free from their scrutiny.
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
Oh, I think we're referring to different things. I thought you were referring to this: https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/132408570469203149... Wherein people posted views from the other side of the gl
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
The lawsuit filing (PDF) is very specific: https://hamiltonps.app.box.com/s/fnrmhzypvs5g6pdsj1dp1y8v1ga... You can just sort of skim that. He made dozens of fact-specific allegations over the course of months (ie. not
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
Are you referencing the barriers that were filmed... from inside the room... by the dozens of national media crews and party observers? Those barriers?
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
I'm almost certain that you're concern trolling in this thread. However, if anyone else is actually interested in an explanation of this incident from the people in charge of the election, check out this 60 Minutes clip: https:&#
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10 points by Merman_Mike 6y ago|4 comments
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
Oops, sorry. I didn't even notice that it can be read that way too.
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
> [...] due to their mistakes in protecting sources. This is plainly false. Neither of them worked directly on the Reality Winner story, especially including handling the leaked material.
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
I'm interested in the Apple Watch but I'm very wary of the distracting properties. Are there good features to help lower the distraction level? Do you find it useful (and worth the price) for the passive health tracking stuff?
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
And #3 is about 95% of it, like most of cooking.
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
+1 A Facebook employee making claims about privacy or ethics makes me immediately suspicious of those claims.
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
Really weird tone in their blog post [1]. It's mostly "sorry that you don't understand how things work". I've seen this before with these privacy-invading megacorps. They're tone deaf and defensive. Maybe they&
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
This reminds me of someone saying that eventually Amazon will just start sending you things and charging you for them with no intervention on your end. It'll just happen to be what you needed at the right time.
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
I hope that HN doesn't add anything. It's great just the way it is. People can certainly add whatever they want with browser extensions, though.
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
> During plea talks held in the months before his death, federal prosecutors told Aaron Swartz and his attorney that the computer prodigy must spend six months behind bars and plead guilty to 13 federal crimes in order to resolve the cri
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
> For reference, AWS hosts The National Enquirer, which threatened to leak, er, extremely sensitive photos of Jeff Bezos. Described by someone as a "below the belt selfie".
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
This is a current event that is extremely political: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_pro... It cites 462 sources and the parts I read are at least as objective as any news outlet. I know that W
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
For anyone curious, some googling found me this: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/1014#issu... > This feature is unavailable in Germany due to patent concerns: > https://www
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
+1 My team actively screens out FB applicants.
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
A handful of cops and hundreds of people in an angry mob? Is it really a mystery why they didn't fight too hard to keep the barriers shut?
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by Merman_Mike 6y ago
A woman has been shot inside the capitol building by Capitol Police. Not going to post links, but there is video on Twitter.

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