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by gitarr 15y ago
So Python is a scripting language and not a "real programming language"? - What a stupid comment. Python is a full and mature programming language, lots of software you probably use every day is written in it, like dropbox, calibre, miro or
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by gitarr 15y ago
You are using words like "blatantly", "profiteering" and lump all of HN together, saying that all of HN supports MU and its bosses and that you don't understand this at all. This smells all too much of a biased statement without any depth i
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by gitarr 15y ago
He is even more prominent on TWiT ( http://twit.tv/ ) doing shows like NSFW or GameOn etc.
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by gitarr 15y ago
You are using circular logic here: "They were convicted and that's proof that what they did is illegal." You are saying that never ever innocent people are convicted. We all know this is not true, not by a long shot and in no country.
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by gitarr 15y ago
Maybe because the facts speak against the verdict? TPB has hosted torrent files, they were not hosting content, so what they did was perfectly legal. The verdict of this case, which ignores the facts, shows clear signs of US pressure on the
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by gitarr 15y ago
I don't know what else to say then people like those border agents and the incredible stupidity they seem to posses are a bigger danger to humanity than anyone else could ever be. It's so ridiculous that it's not even funny anymore and I fo
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by gitarr 15y ago
The big problem that githire has is that it is an opt-out service and not an opt-in one. Programmers are usually very savvy internet users and don't want to be opted in automatically. If I want to participate I opt-in. Also the opt-out proc
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by gitarr 15y ago
I do not like these kind of services because they take away ad revenue from the sites providing and generating that content. "Mongout" seems to do this for reddit and imgur, both sites where I willfully disable my ad-blocker.
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by gitarr 15y ago
As a musician who is sick of the music industry: Yes, please! (I'm currently transitioning into programming, as I cannot stand the "biz" part of the "music biz" anymore.)
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by gitarr 15y ago
What a sad day for free speech and the internet. The USA is no longer a democracy. Shady companies and the richest couple of assholes owning everything are making the decisions now and instruct their politicians and their law agencies on wh
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by gitarr 15y ago
The estimated transition time between versions 2 and 3 is 5 years. We are about 3 years into these 5 years now. Many libs and packages already have ported to python3 and many others are working on it right now. Python 3 is coming, there are
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by gitarr 15y ago
I disagree: Actually the best way to get answers from a too-big-to-communicate company like Google is to make the whole process as transparent and out in the open as possible. Google is notoriously difficult to contact for most people. One
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by gitarr 15y ago
It's just funny because Disqus is criticized right away within the readme on github.
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by gitarr 15y ago
Misleading title as this is not a "Disqus comment server", but a comment server unrelated to Disqus written in RoR.
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by gitarr 15y ago
The best way to keep everyone at home and thinking there is nothing I can do to change anything. I wouldn't be surprised if governments around the world are using sock-puppet accounts on a variety of sites to spread exactly this sentiment a
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by gitarr 15y ago
This might be a stupid question, but as a European not all too familiar with US political laws I have to ask: How is it not corruption when senators and congressmens votes can be bought by companies or whole industries?
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How governments have tried to block Tor(youtube.com)
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Brave GoDaddy CEO Says He’s Neither For Nor Against SOPA(gizmodo.com)
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by gitarr 15y ago
"The first three security issues above were all reported to us by Paul McMillan, who -- due to his prolific work on identifying and helping to mitigate security issues in Django -- has now been added to the Django core development team. The
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by gitarr 15y ago
To make sense of this one would have to think about the nice houses and luxury articles these politicians will buy for their wives and/or mistresses from the money they got from the copyright holders for this. Yea, I'm cynical, why are you
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DropBox CEO: Lone hacker downloaded data from 'fewer than a hundred' accounts(zdnet.com)
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by gitarr 15y ago
Yes, just "script kiddies" with automated tools.
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by gitarr 15y ago
Would be nice of the media and all the commenters (including this thread), who all publicly crucified the guy in no time, to now apologize and stop spreading bullshit rumors. But that'll never happen. The master-minds of the media and those
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by gitarr 15y ago
This, also to me, seems a little fishy. I doubt this repo is official. I'd like to see the dropbox staff to comment on this here.
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by gitarr 15y ago
It's not dead, its purpose shifted, that is all.
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by gitarr 15y ago
The way I understand the story, it's not the researcher who got arrested but an unrelated journalist who covered the story. The police abused their power and then right out lied about it, only when they get caught in their lie they say oops
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by gitarr 15y ago
I hate SEO with a passion. In my opinion, if you want to get good search engine results just provide good content. I also think that "SEO experts" are modern day snake oil salesmen and should be avoided.
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by gitarr 15y ago
Everybody knows the record companies will fade away. It's not because of piracy though. Two reasons that come to mind are that there are no more physical "records" needed, and, that the quality of the produced music went down the hill since
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by gitarr 15y ago
"Have any of the leaks brought us anything productive?" How about all the democratic uprisings in the middle east? All the leaks are pure facts. The truth is always worth being told. Would you rather live in a dream world that really doesn'
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by gitarr 15y ago
Isn't this "unauthorized access to computer systems[1]"? When buying a laptop on Amazon, is there some sort of agreement/contract between the buyer and the "security" firm where one signs his privacy away? Especially the screenshot taking w

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