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Namba Aruki: Running style of the express runners during the Edo Period(tofugu.com)
3 points by ejr 11y ago|1 comments
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by ejr 12y ago
I wish more people took a sane approach like this. I can't tell you how many times I've had to turn down - politely at first - sales from seemingly reputable companies. I find it hard to believe they would approach anything else i
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by ejr 12y ago
I imagine there are a number of authors who don't want to be bothered by the extraneous bells and whistles on a new system. It reminds me of this clip of George R.R. Martin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5REM-3nWHg
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by ejr 12y ago
I didn't downvote you, but I imagine it has less to do with what you said and more with how you said it. NSLs as a "boogeyman" is a poor substitute for lacking evidence. So far, we know that these things are sent to US compan
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by ejr 12y ago
I'm unclear as to what you mean by that last sentence. If someone is running a message system that is distributed and keys to encrypt and decrypt are store locally, not on the server, then why wouldn't it be secure? The message sy
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by ejr 12y ago
If the jurors in that area of the country have a special incentive to keep these trials going, then that should be grounds to move them elsewhere. Local businesses may be benefitting by having the increase in outside revenue due to the infl
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Court: Dealers Can’t Stop Tesla from Selling Direct to MA Consumers(xconomy.com)
7 points by ejr 12y ago|0 comments
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by ejr 12y ago
It's worth noting that the ubiquity of these "on a computer" type patents and similarly questionable other software patents is directly a result of the poor handling of the entire patenting process as well as general incompet
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by ejr 12y ago
Fair point. I'll add that carriers also selectively drop speeds for certain mobile users based on arbitrary data caps and, in some circumstances, type of phone. Ex: My Blackberry inexplicably loses speed after the first week of the bil
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by ejr 12y ago
I think widespread 3G is making the range less of an issue now. I can see providers - third party or not - using existing cellular networks offering data-only plans that make this far more feasible.
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UbuWeb(ubu.com)
1 points by ejr 12y ago|0 comments
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by ejr 12y ago
That's a rather bleak outlook, but I don't blame you. Obviously you can't name which specific company you work in, but may I ask which sector in finance you do?
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by ejr 12y ago
"messaging" Implies that these notices travel from A to B likely in your own network, but you added "secure". This suggests the network itself is only password protected and is a compromise - or two? - away from revealin
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by ejr 12y ago
This comment should be higher. CommonMarkup gets rid of the naming hiccup by having no direct ties to the original spec except syntax, which is arguably a dialect anyway. Atwood gets to have One Syntax to Rule Them All - I sincerely doubt A
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by ejr 12y ago
I understand that hackers tend to be irascible often, especially online, but parting shots like these are in very poor form. Consideration and goodwill tend be diminished when you can't be graceful no matter what the other party said.
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by ejr 12y ago
They've been a provider for other providers so their presence has been masked a bit. Many smaller, regional, ISPs frequently resell through them.
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by ejr 12y ago
I appreciate what you're saying, but that just goes to show how large the barrier is to entry in governance. I fear you may be right that it may need to get worse before that resistance gains momentum. Which saddens me even more as I d
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by ejr 12y ago
Because resistance is futile. The machinery of government explicitly favours authority and that very authority was given to them willingly by the voting - or non voting - masses. It is the authority that everyone, including the plundered, b
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by ejr 12y ago
I don't get why he is more... "Posted yesterday by Natasha Lomas"
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by ejr 12y ago
If firstlook.org isn't the only place they intend to publish their stories, it makes perfect sense. After all, why present a single target to those who wish to censor you? I think FL wants to reach out to other journalistic entities to
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Space Station's 'Cubesat Cannon' Has Mind of Its Own(news.discovery.com)
1 points by ejr 12y ago|0 comments
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by ejr 12y ago
Since I've never been to Russia, I have to base my information on those who presumably do know what they're talking about. http://www.businessinsider.com/why-russian-drivers-have-dash... In a post on Animal, R
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by ejr 12y ago
It's common practice to have dash cameras in many "police abuse" and fraud prone areas Ex: Russia. It may be time for us all to invest in similar technology.
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by ejr 12y ago
"Standard" carries with it a significant heft in meaning, especially authority, that "Something" else is unlikely to carry. Authority that is illegitimate without the original author's involvement.
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by ejr 12y ago
Community density and population migration is a large factor in vaccine effectiveness. What most vaccines provide is really herd immunity. That is a disease, if it spreads, will be limited to a select few who aren't able to vaccinate o
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Why Your Library May Soon Have Laser Cutters and 3-D Printers(wired.com)
1 points by ejr 12y ago|0 comments
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Linux systems infiltrated and controlled in a DDoS botnet(net-security.org)
4 points by ejr 12y ago|0 comments
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by ejr 12y ago
Vinyl was physical. As were cassettes, envelopes, postcards etc. Email has one thing going for it that other platforms similarly didn't offer : It's the first personalised, and therefore recognisable, addressing system for an inta
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by ejr 12y ago
I've seen those Linux powered rifles lately and I wonder if recent drone developments may lead to more accurate tracking and targeting mechanisms. I recently saw this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTSWjkXBHOs While
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by ejr 12y ago
Delivery, monitoring, search and rescue, emergency radio relay etc... the possibilities are many and expanding. RE Shoot downs : Retrieval becomes difficult if the product is fragile as well. I imagine these devices will contain some sort o

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