homunculus

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by homunculus 10y ago
>To be fair, the bank footed the bill, not society, so it is a net gain. This may be true in the short term but it seems more likely the bank's customers will pay in the long term. ;-)
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by homunculus 10y ago
I would say you can reasonably expect that unaudited software is not secure and that unaudited books are not legally and correctly balanced.
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by homunculus 11y ago
I'm not trying to be obtuse but don't most hunting rifles still work on a bolt action model thus requiring an operator to chamber a round manually whereas the AR-15, and rifles like it, 'automatically' chambers the next
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by homunculus 11y ago
I think what he was saying was if he woke up the CEO of a tobacco company and everyone he knew, all of his connections, everyone who worked at his company and, most importantly, the shareholders were on board with his plan... He could then
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by homunculus 11y ago
I'm not trying to disagree with you, I have a 7 month old son, but what about the joy you felt seeing her being born? I know that isn't a mundane thing and that you likely won't have it but a few more times but there are exp
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by homunculus 11y ago
They should. If you choose to pass a motor vehicle that is driving in front of you, and it's legal, you would cross the center line to do it. In Maryland, bicycles are considered vehicles so they should be accorded all the rights and
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by homunculus 11y ago
Hear, hear. There have been times that I'm certain the cyclist I was waiting to pass was annoyed that I wasn't passing in city traffic but the law says three feet so I give them three feet. In the main it's because if I pas
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by homunculus 11y ago
I'd be really impressed if, while not carrying a mobile, they call the guy next to me, on his, and ask to speak with me.
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by homunculus 11y ago
It's also good to remember that deer, bear, and untold numbers of other species crap all over the trail also. That hasn't ever been an impediment to my backpacking.
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by homunculus 11y ago
If NYT knows the Third Department and whatever private contractors they have are trying to breach USG computer systems then I guess NSA knows that as well. Not even touching on defensive needs, why isn't NSA blanket surveilling Third
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by homunculus 11y ago
There goes my future TS-SCI. Damn!
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by homunculus 11y ago
But this has already happened and the judge in question 'compelled' the suspect to decrypt her laptop. I don't know if she ever did, whether there was any evidence that was germane to the case on it or whether she was held i
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by homunculus 11y ago
I don't see how buying gift cards for cash in person is less secure than buying something online for bitcoin. Cash would seem the least identifying and/or trackable way of purchasing gift cards.
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by homunculus 13y ago
This may be where the rest of SF's population gets the impression that Googlers, et al are privileged or believe themselves so. The public transit system is good enough for the rest of them but not for us. Edit: grammar
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by homunculus 13y ago
"Another problem is simply walking around with 2 phones which is an opsec indicator for feds that you are up to something and req targeted surveillance. They have full automated access to every cell tower db to look for this as per sno
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by homunculus 13y ago
It's the way business is done everywhere. My perception is that in the US the 'bribes' aren't paid at the bureaucratic level but at the campaign 'contribution' level. That way the 'regulation' is ho
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by homunculus 13y ago
Only problem for NSA is that this seems to indicate Al Qaeda, contrary to the NSA's publicised concern, doesn't seem to have gotten the word that they're being monitored. In spite of the media blitz.
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by homunculus 13y ago
And would the market police the private police?
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by homunculus 14y ago
Do I need to use the same browser or does it ID my computer some other way?
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by homunculus 15y ago
Cheaper access to content?
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by homunculus 15y ago
It seems, post 9/11, 'democratic' governments around the world have been appropriating the 'right' to hold individuals without charge indefinitely. Guantanamo?