ianterrell

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by ianterrell 13y ago
> See ... on the advantages of keeping intelligence agencies small. Excellent resources. For a counterpoint on the specific organization type we're discussing, governments, see libertarianism. > I agree staging a coup is not t
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by ianterrell 13y ago
> smaller Clandestine organisations would by necessary [sic] concentrate more power in fewer hands I think that "by necessity" is not true here. A smaller organization can not do as much as a larger organization. Ok, a hand
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by ianterrell 13y ago
> I can't think of a time when I've needed flowers in the next 90 minutes, but if you want flowers even in the next week, you tend to get gouged ... Exactly. I can't think of a time when I've needed flowers in 90 min
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by ianterrell 13y ago
From the article: > Three government officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss classified matters, said the number would be substantially higher if it included other NSA operating units and regional collection centers
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by ianterrell 13y ago
Oh man, that Nokia sound. I remember in 2002 I was watching a movie in a London theater, and the lights went dark, and the movie was just about to start, and... that Nokia sound went off. The entire theater groaned, "AWWWWWW". And
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by ianterrell 13y ago
I always liked this procedurally generated nighttime cityscape by Shamus Young: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-d2-P... He wrote a whole article series walking you through it, plus source, etc, s
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by ianterrell 13y ago
LinkedIn probably banned them in order to prevent sexism.
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by ianterrell 13y ago
I was annoyed at the condescension of "internet meme", and was commenting on that. When the clear potential for abuse has been thoroughly documented, getting nitpicky on actual abuse seems like a waste of time. Of course, were I t
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by ianterrell 13y ago
I believe in the literal truth of those statements. I do not believe it to be likely that the local PD had evidence that would warrant a raid that they obtained on their own through normal local police procedures. What's the reconcilia
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by ianterrell 13y ago
We know that the local police visited her house, and that the FBI knew about it . I don't think I'm being unreasonable in trusting the author that the officers said they were with the Joint Terrorism Task Force, which is one of a
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by ianterrell 13y ago
So you still "don't buy this, at all"? Despite a credible news organization's confirmation that the FBI was aware of a local PD's visit to this family? The mind boggles.
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by ianterrell 13y ago
I agree with sensible skepticism and reserving judgment to wait for more facts.[0] tptacek, on the other hand, led with "I don't buy this, at all", and "if you're trying to sell a hoax", and many more sentences
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by ianterrell 13y ago
Oh, "internet memes," such pesky things! Why, every time there's a new Chuck Norris joke there are congressional hearings and amendments being debated! Such trouble! And remember that last time someone posted a cute cat video
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by ianterrell 13y ago
It does make you wonder about the reporting rate on these sorts of events. Considering the hostile skepticism on the thread about the article Ms Catalano posted, I would not be surprised if other people (especially those without professiona
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by ianterrell 13y ago
That's your backtrack? That we don't know enough? How is it OK that the local PD ( acting as part of DoJ's Joint Terrorism Task Force) knows any factors that would reasonably lead them to investigate this family?
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by ianterrell 13y ago
Regarding gcb0's pointing out of the Streisand Effect: https://twitter.com/search?q=%40glasslewis&src=typd
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by ianterrell 13y ago
Great UI overall. Very pretty. Here are some suggestions: * From inside the "photo focus view", add swipe based navigation to move through pictures. * Add an option to unset the content filter. Could even be detected automatically
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by ianterrell 13y ago
> Shame there's not a way to do the same thing to existing software patents. What's stopping anyone from crowd sourcing a database of prior art for existing patents that would invalidate them if it came to it? A valid defen
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by ianterrell 13y ago
Google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dRw4c11...
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by ianterrell 13y ago
Graphics are easier than you'd think (triply true with library support). Just dive in!
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by ianterrell 13y ago
I second brudgers re: noble motives and hard work. :) Follow up question: Have you stuck it in front of kids to see how they take to it? Without being based in theory, I'm curious how the language works out in practice.
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by ianterrell 13y ago
I'm not sure if it's more accurately described as a middle ground or as a niche: Casual gamers who want to play cheap games on their TV, with a controller, and/or with friends. (Another possible interpretation of "midcor
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by ianterrell 13y ago
The reason the major players haven't made a cheap console is because they (Nintendo excepted) are pushing the boundaries of what "cheap enough" hardware can do. That's necessary for the type of games they want to sell --
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by ianterrell 13y ago
That actually isn't the point. No one is saying it's illegal. They're saying it's creepy that the government has a database of your physical whereabouts that they can store and search through for all time. Of course, the
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by ianterrell 13y ago
There is a significant difference between the expectation of privacy as a platonic ideal and the real life expectation of privacy. For the former, you're of course right: not much has changed! The local police could have posted someone
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by ianterrell 13y ago
This seems like something Gittip.com could offer as a feature: employees can log in and pick who to contribute to, and the company account they're associated with automatically makes the payment. Reduce that logistical hurdle to a sign
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by ianterrell 13y ago
Here are three polls that show between 41% and 58% disapproval: http://www.imediaethics.org/Blog/3984/Why_3_polls_on_nsa_sno... Sure, that's far from unanimous, but "widely disapproved of by the general
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by ianterrell 13y ago
Well, the Air Force has already been caught doing it. Why wouldn't everyone else? http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/18/revealed-air-force-ord...
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by ianterrell 13y ago
He's not actually saying anything. Don't feed the trolls.
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by ianterrell 13y ago
> I would take Snowden's claims more seriously in general if he were on United States soil What bearing does which country he's in have on the content of the disclosures? Do you think he fabricated the PRISM slides since he h

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