dan_bk

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by dan_bk 12y ago
> this could easily lead people to re-evalute their life choices in a more permanent manner than normal What if more people would realize that they're constantly being controlled by fear created by commercial and governmental intere
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by dan_bk 12y ago
At the same time, no EU country has the courage to do what Switzerland is discussing now (Germany's Merkel has even publicly refused to even discuss the matter). This is one reason why it is also a good thing to NOT have every country
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by dan_bk 12y ago
How is any of that relevant? Completely off-topic.
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by dan_bk 12y ago
Your forgot 5) PROFIT ! Because that is what this is all about (excessive wealth == power).
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by dan_bk 12y ago
> On top of the browser I use these add-ons to reduce tracking further; also, note that private browsing mode and the do not track setting will not stop you from being tracked. (Almost) nobody can escape the tracking, as long as fingerpr
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by dan_bk 12y ago
> Yes, this is a dummy account; my regular account here has 4497 karma, but is linked to my real name. Are you aware of browser/device fingerprinting? [0] Technology (i.e. we) has/have killed privacy (unless you take extreme st
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by dan_bk 12y ago
Remember all the "act-surprised-and-disgusted" posts of these involved companies, right after Snowden had started his revelations? Personally, I remember Zuckerberg's "What the F#ck" post very well.
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by dan_bk 12y ago
> there are thousands of amazing plugins It would be excellent if they were compatible with Lime...
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Community Health Systems data hack hits 4.5M(bbc.com)
2 points by dan_bk 12y ago|0 comments
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by dan_bk 12y ago
The UK spends $12 million [0] of tax payer money just to monitor this 1 person. I do think that's stupid, but they are probably not stupid enough to let him slip through, after all this. [0] http://rt.com/news/1782
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by dan_bk 12y ago
> 76 points and no comments? This could very well be the effect of the recent proof that everybody is effectively under surveillance now (it's called "the Chilling Effect").
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by dan_bk 12y ago
> Our investigation found that many of the companies are involved with a web of powerful multiple data broker partners who, unknown to the EU public, pool their data on individuals so they can be profiled and targeted online. I would lik
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by dan_bk 12y ago
You don't even need to go as far as the Seychelles to dodge taxes - there's the inter-state tax dodging version called "Delaware" (although the incentive is a bit weaker).
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by dan_bk 12y ago
> a certain degree of internal propaganda going on in US media The movie industry is one of the very powerful tools for shaping the public opinion in the US. This obviously includes TV series ("24" is an example for not-so-subt
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by dan_bk 12y ago
The arguing is just 1 variable in the system. It was bound to happen because it was caused by other variables (i.e. us being online, someone posting the article, etc.) and it will interact with other variables to lead to some amount of chan
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by dan_bk 12y ago
Let's put it like this: My explanation would be only 1 variable in your system (out of an infinity of others, if you assume that you can always continue to "zoom in"). Now, if that 1 variable does anything to your decisions o
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by dan_bk 12y ago
> If its true, it has no effect. As discussed, it would mean, for example, that we cannot judge anyone (and at the same time claim to be rational). To give an example: The death penalty should no longer exist, because it is solely "
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by dan_bk 12y ago
I don't convince, I argue. If the logic has a flaw, please let me know, I'm interested in being as close to the "truth" as possible.
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by dan_bk 12y ago
Yes, we can! All there needed to be was for the handful of initial variables that were set at the "beginning of our universe" to have such values that their interaction over time would lead us to rational thinking and therefor our
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by dan_bk 12y ago
> If there is no free will then watching the universe over time is just like playing back a movie, maybe with some unpredictable plot twists due to randomness. Yes, rational thinking dictates exactly this conclusion (the apparent rando
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by dan_bk 12y ago
That's an easy one: If somebody explains you the reason why judging does not make any sense and you understand it and apply it to your life, then it wasn't "free will". It was causality - you're doing it because of
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by dan_bk 12y ago
Not sure I understand your question correctly. We should stop judging. Because nobody has been able to show "free will" is more than just another belief (as in religion) and it is therefor no basis for rational discussion. And i
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by dan_bk 12y ago
If you want humanity to progress then you should encourage critical and rational reflection. It's the capacity of thinking which society often lacks.
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by dan_bk 12y ago
Exactly my thought as well. I believe we keep telling us stories about a "free will" because we're afraid of that thought because we misinterpret it. Most people answer unreflected things like "that would be like living
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Leaked docs show spyware used to snoop on US computers(arstechnica.com)
4 points by dan_bk 12y ago|0 comments
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by dan_bk 12y ago
Wow, that was flagged off the frontpage quickly...
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by dan_bk 12y ago
Friendly reminder - there's a free, pro-privacy and open-source solution available: http://piwik.org/
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by dan_bk 12y ago
> This is exciting. Not really convinced about that. What's important/exciting should be what we do about it, not how many messengers we have. We really have enough information by now to know what's at stake. Meanwhile,
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by dan_bk 12y ago
The final stopgap should always be rational thought.
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Snowden latest: NSA targets Gaza, pumps intelligence to Israel(theregister.co.uk)
4 points by dan_bk 12y ago|0 comments

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