nrmilstein

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by nrmilstein 13y ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/09/technology/tech-giants-iss...
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
You make leaving a job seem simple. Not everyone can just "choose any moment to leave." People have careers and families.
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
I agree. Without knowing much about penology, punishment for the sake of punishment seems overused in the US. Her prison sentence is short relative to all those given out because of her acts, but I think prison sentences in the US are too l
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
Apparently, the opening part about the internet spawning from a RAND Corporation study is just a myth: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_Charles_Herz...
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
I have never heard anyone herald the Twitter IPO as a sign of economic recovery. The IPO is in the news constantly because it's a minute-by-minute spectacle of wealth lost and wealth gained – not because people think it's a sign o
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
San Francisco. That's the Bay Bridge.
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
I doubt the NSA is foolish enough to make external requests to load images in the emails they read.
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
Do you have evidence that Larry Page or Google knew about this? How is the CEO of Google stepping down an adequate reaction to a something that Google doesn't seem to be behind?
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
> What is happening in the Western world (rise of inequality due to skills being prized higher owing to technological change) is very different to what happened in Russia. Is this really the source of inequality in the Western world? Tec
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
That's a great quote. Do you have a source? I can't find it online from him.
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
Wow, what fantastic writing. I often find tech entrepreneurs and HN readers are too obsessed with success and wealth, often explaining away any accusations of greed by claiming it's their "passion" and talking in mystic terms
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
Not all journalism or scientific reporting is about presenting solutions, and pointing out the problems (especially of this severity, if the article is to be believed) is an important step. Furthermore, as the article says, I don't thi
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
If his underlying point is just "simple is best," then I think we all agree. But he goes on with a tone of distaste about the state of the web, as though everyone is just stuffing their sites with flashy gimmicks these days. Sorry
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
Everything kind of looks bad to me now pre-iPhone – the things was seriously years ahead of its time.
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
And what do you suggest we do for Aaran Stewart? Tough luck? People can handle losing their luggage once in a while. I doubt putting the money it costs to do this (how much is it anyway? Just paying for staff and a couple rearrangements mad
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
The author says, "BlackBerrys have never been particularly attractive, cutting-edge, or user-friendly." I've never actually owned a BlackBerry, but I was under the impression that they were some of the best devices around, es
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
Saw that too. Thanks!
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
Can someone elaborate on how secure the underlying algorithms still are? Most of the NSA's "foiling" seems to be done via coercing corporations and side-channel attacks. Are TLS, AES, etc. still thought of as secure?
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
Public scrutiny? I, for one, don't really care if the NSA does these things, and I don't think most people in the US do. Or do you mean scrutiny from other governments, and people outside the US? Then yes, it seems like a pretty g
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
I'd say any specifics – size, people involved – on such a program could be damaging, and it also gives other nations more ammo in defending their own such programs, by pointing out ours. I know everyone already probably knows we have t
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
Information like this, and some of the other documents that have been released from the Snowden leaks recently, seem to be more than just "whistleblowing" and appear to do serious damage to the US's counter-terrorism and secu
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
You can still get to the New York Times by going to their IP address: http://170.149.168.130/
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by nrmilstein 13y ago
But where in the article does it say anything about forcing him to drop painting to fit in? I think you're reading too much into this.