boracay

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by boracay 12y ago
Too bad I got tired of sharing and explaining mine in this forum. None of those countries you mention are actually prosperous to a larger degree. Is really shouldn't be that hard making an effort to think outside of you own though patt
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by boracay 12y ago
The same narcissism that makes you believe that you are right? Not all people value the same things. That we can't give up freedom for security is still just an idea. How much of western culture is really better than something else and
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by boracay 12y ago
"They just can't do much before they commit a crime" Of course you can, you just need a mindset where you are fighting extremism rather than extremists.
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by boracay 12y ago
I think the idea that we can fight extremism with freedom of speech is wishful thinking. There's very clear indication that pictures as those published not only increase extremism in muslim communities, but also in far-right groups. I
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by boracay 12y ago
People don't really care about fighting extremism, they just want to be right. The whole things is just a charade. Not because we suddenly want to stand up for free speech and civil rights. But because we are so terribly afraid of bein
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by boracay 12y ago
I'll upvote something that actually discusses how this effects our freedom rather than just some "let's all be upset". As far as I know western politicians have been far more effective at undermining our freedom and incr
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by boracay 12y ago
Do you see any trend where companies want their data more structured from the beginning?
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by boracay 12y ago
I don't necessarily think it's a bad proposal. It's seems rather good actually. Google is still one of the most tracking entities on the Internet and they can't really argue with NSLs even if they wanted to. I just think
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by boracay 12y ago
You do need a good alternative systems of course. But once those old e-mails isn't around anymore you would have to use the other system to still have access to the data. I'm not even sure current e-mail systems are such a good to
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by boracay 12y ago
For a lot of internal data it's having and using the appropriate systems in the first place. It's like VCS. You don't e-mail someone code anymore. You make a branch or whatever and then reference that in your communication.
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by boracay 12y ago
I'm not so sure. I think the biggest mistake programmers make is learning the same thing over and over again. It's much easier to find someone that can implement a basic server in ten different languages than someone who now the m
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by boracay 12y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if there's actually a fight inside Google over this.
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by boracay 12y ago
Hm. I think the most important lesson here is that we need to treat "communication data"[0] more like we treat financial or medical data. If there isn't already there should be a rule in security that says that anything that&
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by boracay 12y ago
That's exactly what I'm saying, you can't expect one entity to solve this. There's clearly some good people working at worthwhile things at Google. My concern is that a lot of those things doesn't end up being pushe
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by boracay 12y ago
That's not really my position to represent though. As an engineer you have to be firm if the issue is worthwhile. Just because the tech industry is a largely a vertical oligopoly doesn't mean we should support it. Technology would
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by boracay 12y ago
I don't think the laws are vague so much as how we use cookies today. With different mechanisms for different purposes it would (could) be much more transparent to the end users how things work. It would be more like the "save pas
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by boracay 12y ago
Not if you are using the session identifier for it's intended purpose, see the exceptions at: http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm#se...
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by boracay 12y ago
Of course Google is only trying to improve the situation as long as it doesn't hurt their bottom line or government relations.
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by boracay 12y ago
I don't see how this should stop us from fixing legitimate problems. As far as I know IPv6 adaptation is not a software problem at this point.
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by boracay 12y ago
Not really. "Luxury" though.
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by boracay 12y ago
We'll have stupid laws as long as people who doesn't understand technology continue with those stupid analogy. Guess what, maybe defacing a calendar in the digital world is quite similar to, wait for it, defacing a calendar in the
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by boracay 12y ago
I don't really follow your reasoning, we probably have quite different outlooks on the subject. No he doesn't come from a rich background. That's the point. A lot of people that end of rich come from a background where vanity
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by boracay 12y ago
I would imagine the biggest opportunity of "unexpected wealth" is that you have the benefit of knowing better. As in that you don't have to value the same things as society at large and can go on and do things that really mat
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by boracay 12y ago
I think it's pretty much a tragedy. But it's not necessarily a bad decision from an economic perspective.
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by boracay 12y ago
Just don't be surprised when everything turns into a walled garden.
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by boracay 12y ago
I bet you don't know how the power circuit in your fridge works and still you expect it not to burn down your kitchen while you sleep.
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by boracay 12y ago
I'm not sure it's really relevant. There's countless ways for normal users to be infected.
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by boracay 12y ago
It's still just an excuse. Of course there's no liability in computing so no one actually have to come to terms with that.
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by boracay 12y ago
My guess is that, at least, some router ssh implementation is insecure, possibly not by accident. From the slides: Page 19: "SSH [...] Potentially recover user names and passwords" Page 36: "SSH - often have router configurat
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Vision Zero – Implementing a policy for traffic safety (2008) [pdf](c.ymcdn.com)
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