dsplittgerber

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by dsplittgerber 8y ago
Sorry to be nit-picky, but that sounds conspiracy theory-ish. The link you provided does not back-up your claim of the NSA having hacked the Starwood database. The linked article makes it sound like as a by-product of massively vacuuming up
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by dsplittgerber 9y ago
I'm interested in your argument to why fiction is not time "wasted"! Would you mind discussing? I have thought about this a lot and personally only read non-fiction, but am always interested in other viewpoints.
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by dsplittgerber 9y ago
From what's publically known, the email to The Intercept related to their podcast, of which we supposedly was a listener and not to the matter at hand.
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by dsplittgerber 10y ago
Blendle is a solution to a very different problem. Blendle provides unbundling for popular magazines and newspapers, i.e. you can selectively read single articles for < 1€ rather than having to buy a full issue of the paper in question.
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Why time management is ruining our lives(theguardian.com)
5 points by dsplittgerber 10y ago|0 comments
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by dsplittgerber 14y ago
From your blog post: "The cables or other releases could be posted on torrent sites, signed by the Wikileaks organization, and it would be just as effective at generating the media circus and necessary public attention that they seek." Th
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by dsplittgerber 14y ago
How can I, as a somewhat proficient non-techie, accomplish that without having to dedicate a 24/7 *nix box from home? Please, if anyone knows a simple, yet elegant solution, I'm all ears.
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by dsplittgerber 14y ago
It's also ridiculously outdated. It's from 1957 and based on an outdated, traditional understanding of "big" industrial/engineering companies and their employees ("the little guys"). Also, it protects the companies' interests to the detrime
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by dsplittgerber 14y ago
I read his book, "You are not a gadget", and found it really thought-provoking and inspiring to focus more on real-world stuff I needed to do and less on reading about the ever latest fad that has no impact on my life whatsoever. As always,
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by dsplittgerber 14y ago
Is the most obvious question being adressed in any jurisdiction yet? - Do you legally have to disclose your results to any insurance company you already have an existing contract with or prior to any new insurance contract? By chance, I jus
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by dsplittgerber 14y ago
You have a smart marketing ploy with the "Privacy made in Germany" slogan. Similar to "German engineering", instantly recognizable. Also, great looking product. I wonder though, I am a German lawyer myself and under the impression that Germ
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by dsplittgerber 14y ago
https://quabel.com/subscribe/hobbyist/ doesn't work for me. "You cannot access this page"
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Hewlett Packard and Autonomy: how you could have spotted it beforehand(brontecapital.blogspot.de)
1 points by dsplittgerber 14y ago|0 comments
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by dsplittgerber 14y ago
Your site is awesome! I've been looking for a way to read without distractions and without having to enter every single article into instapaper. What many people underestimate is that summaries have an inherent problem: bias. No two people
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
Non-programmer's question: Why is WhatsApp always able to push notifications and why is that different from Sparrow?
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
I was seriously shocked to see that the iPhone's native client leaked that bad. 2 questions: 1) Is it possible for an app to leak less? 2) Is the 'leakage' already commonly exploited by firms for specific means? (proving you saw something e
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
One other thing: It can be read on several pastebins that once anon/antisec had secured access to the StratFor data, sabu unsuccessfully tried to get Wikileaks to pay for the data. Which didn't happen of course. The incident also made him s
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
This article consists of a lot of baseless speculations and conjecture. Under German law e.g. there is a clear difference for an agent provocateur to directly incite specific felonies ("we have to hack company x by doing y") compared to jus
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
Which apps do that? Do you have a list? Can anything be done about the data after-the-fact?
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
Great article from The Economist on what mistakes Kodak made and what led them to bankruptcy compared to Fujifilm: http://www.economist.com/node/21542796
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
Awesome, so politians now have two large constituencies to milk: big media and internet-savvy technology companies/the general tech-savvy public. See, the only one profiting from this ordeal irrelevant of how it plays out are politicians. T
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
You obviously aren't power-crazed, or else you would know exactly how to do it. Reading the recent Vanity Fair (character assassination) piece on Rebekah Brooks[1], you come to realize that she and Kissinger share a great many traits, being
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
I'm from Germany and you do realize that over here (don't know about the exact differences) privately-insured patients (who opted out off the 'mandatory' insurance scheme) basically pay a LOT more for any given medical service just so that
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
Actually, the numbers do add up nicely. The hedge fund industry (notoriously hard to define, alas) is close to $2 trillion in size and has been that way for several years, give or take a few hundred billion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
If you think the key to maximizing freedom/civil liberties comes from voting for the lesser of evils amongst Democrats and Republicans, you are greatly mistaken. Both care only about extending their power and playing to the tune of their sp
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
Seriously, internet freedom and all is important. But please stay serious. Are you generally allowed to be openly gay in the US? Are you generally allowed to protest for your beliefs? Are you generally allowed to air your grievings with you
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
Either people fell for good marketing or for the irrational belief that power does not change people. It was George W. Bush who once said in an interview that whoever becomes president after him, what he will get told every day (meaning sec
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
Start with Jane Jacobs (google her, quite famous), then read her "The Death and Life of Great American Cities". It's helps you understand why cities work, why they don't, what makes a neighbourhood, what destroys them and how almost everyth
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
One can only applaud this. You do wonder sometimes why companies spent so few $$ on relaxing office buildings. Looking into nature increases productivity and well-being; also there are a lot of findings on how to organize work floors for op
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by dsplittgerber 15y ago
No. Because they are the biggest buyers of influence on the hill. It has absolutely nothing to do with having a bunch of people, just a bunch of money. 13 out of the biggest 20 donors are unions. http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?or

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