autonomy77

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by autonomy77 9y ago
>>It's one thing to watch a human mentally deteriorate when they are at the end of their life<< Alzheimers is terrible to witness at any age - the elderly included. While it's certainly tragic to see in younger people
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by autonomy77 11y ago
I'm always interested by alternative 'Foxes, but I'm intrigued as to why the installer is about 25MB bigger than Firefox. What's in there that makes it a 50% bigger installer?
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by autonomy77 11y ago
Agreed, and this is probably by design. It's all a part of social control, or attempted social control. It's the threat of constant surveillance that will contribute to keeping people under control. Personally, I remain skept
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by autonomy77 11y ago
Plus, with the new "websites visited" retention rules - extendable at whim, there will be a permanent record, for example of that episode of Frasier that you downloaded from a Torrent site. A permanent record that is, of you &quo
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by autonomy77 11y ago
£51 for four burgers and fries in London is a tad excessive :)
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Ask HN: Does using TOR make you a target?
8 points by autonomy77 12y ago|4 comments
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by autonomy77 12y ago
Treat with caution - CartoonStock are a British company, based in Bath. I'm not aware of any US presence aside from a toll free number. Most UK Limited Liability Companies use UK lawyers too, so a Seattle based "law firm" r
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by autonomy77 12y ago
Our responsibility as developers is to deliver a working solution within the parameters that we are given, not to push an agenda (no matter how strongly we may feel about it). Like it or not, most of the businesses in the developed world ar
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Ask HN: Do many developers use “beginner distros”?
2 points by autonomy77 12y ago|1 comments
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by autonomy77 13y ago
That's an accurate comment to make, yes. They know that you correspond with people who use Tor. See how this can escalate? I think we are (hopefully) all agreed that chasing down people who use the web for wrongdoing is acceptable f
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by autonomy77 13y ago
Firstly, to come out with a statement like "Ev's technical skills are light years beyond any of you so-called programmers" shows that you have no idea who the audience is for HN. Your comment is both incorrect and comically
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by autonomy77 13y ago
Good article, but there seems to be a current trend towards being either a full-time tech-head or a neo-luddite who rejects technology. I'd argue it's possible to be both. I have to be (and actually rather enjoy) being 100% plug
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by autonomy77 13y ago
>>But you can't have the internet without equipment, without servers built by guess who? Corporations. Take that away: no internet.<< Partially correct - we need equipment, but mesh networking is becoming a reality. No cor
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by autonomy77 13y ago
It's satirizing the likes of Ev Bogue who actually used to post nonsense like that. I believe Bogue has changed from minimalist snobbery to "pretend to be a techie" snobbery now though. And I think he changed his name too.
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by autonomy77 13y ago
Another rent-a-cliche is the inevitable Moleskine notebook. You sometimes even get to find out what make of bag they use too, like it could possibly matter. It's egotism and childishness combined, IMHO. For "minimalists" t
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by autonomy77 13y ago
To nmjenkins, thanks for the reply and apology - please do not take this as a personal shot: I appreciate that issues occur with automated systems - but ignoring emails of complaint sent to addresses advertised on your website suggests tha
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by autonomy77 13y ago
While it's a relief that I'm not alone in this, it raises a concern that this policy of bludegoning people to sign up via email DOES appear to be a company policy. Plus, they refuse to even acknowledge emails on the subject. I ca
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by autonomy77 13y ago
Not impressed with Fastmail - I tried their free offer, wasn't impressed, and didn't sign up for the paid service. I've since had over 100 (yup) emails telling me of my "OVERDUE PAYMENT" (the caps are theirs), and
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by autonomy77 13y ago
The irony is heavy, isn't it? :)
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by autonomy77 13y ago
Bitcasa are offering 10GB for free. Their unlimited service is cheap too. I cannot comment of their security.
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by autonomy77 13y ago
The policy of intimidation is working - it doesn't matter if the NSA/GCHQ really do have the technology which is actually capable of performing this scale of surveillance - something which I'm entirely unconvinced of, inciden