kropotkin

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by kropotkin 12y ago
IRIW stands for "independent reads of independent writes". IWP stands for "Intel white paper". The submitted article (published in CACM) is a less formal and condensed form of https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~pe
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by kropotkin 12y ago
Are Tor users going to be blocked from accessing the new site also?
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by kropotkin 13y ago
> they distributed unix source code without giving away the rights, then took them back I always found it ironic (or perhaps subversive, not sure which) that the guys in the Unix room later based 8th Edition Research Unix on 4.1cBSD.
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by kropotkin 13y ago
Since you're looking for recommendations, try Blow Out directed by Brian De Palma in 1981. I saw this film recently and thought it had a very interesting style, especially the shots using a split focus diopter.
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by kropotkin 13y ago
Another well-known example of violence against striking workers in the US is the Ludlow massacre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre
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by kropotkin 13y ago
Exactly. This article needs some better research. The real history of the eight-hour work day is intertwined with the history of worker's movements beginning in the mid 1800's. Ford was nothing more than an opportunistic Capitalis
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by kropotkin 13y ago
... he gets paid leave or maybe a medal.
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by kropotkin 13y ago
This particular attack exploits a known issue of Tor, which has existed by design since day one. Just so everyone's clear, this was not a "known issue of Tor". It was a javascript based Firefox exploit.
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by kropotkin 13y ago
At any time the police could in theory fly to your house, launch tear gas into your windows, and shoot you in the head as you run out. And I don't know about you, but I'm not exactly worried about that happening to the point wher
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by kropotkin 13y ago
Hacker News has a low tolerance for this kind of humor. You just couldn't resist , could you?
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by kropotkin 13y ago
Agreed. That's one of my favorites. Sheldon was such an awesome guy. It's really cool seeing all these positive comments here!
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by kropotkin 13y ago
Are you guys joking? I've been reading Hacker News on and off for years and the majority of the people here are squarely center-right. I can count on one hand the number of regular commenters that I'd consider to be on the Left. H
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by kropotkin 14y ago
Property has not always existed and it's not a fundamental "aspect of human psychology". If you said possession, I'd probably agree with you but you could say the same thing about sharing and cooperation.
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The Society of the Spectacle (Guy Debord)(bopsecrets.org)
2 points by kropotkin 14y ago|0 comments
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Aaron Swartz and the Criminalization of Digital Dissent(freehammond.com)
8 points by kropotkin 14y ago|0 comments
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by kropotkin 14y ago
How do you plan to reconcile the web of trust with the potential harm that can come to people who leak data? I think the real issue is verifying the legitimacy of a leak. If you can verify something, you don't have to trust the person who p
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by kropotkin 14y ago
Law enforcement agents are not fellow citizens. They are tools used by the State to engage in class warfare.