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by p1peridine 4y ago
I'm reading the book not his manifesto version. There are no mentions of bombs in his book so the fact that he's the unabomber is of no importance. He's facing the consequences of his actions (good!). Doesn't mean that t
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by p1peridine 4y ago
Unrelated to his book, but anyone else find Ed's last name mildly amusing? English is not my first language so when we say "Snowden", unless we really try to do an American English accent, it can sometimes sound like "Sn
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by p1peridine 4y ago
“It is obvious that [leftists] are not cool-headed logicians systematically analyzing the foundations of knowledge. They are deeply involved emotionally in their attack on truth and reality.” ― Theodore Kaczynski
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by p1peridine 4y ago
What? You're thinking of some other dive. I'm talking about the dive that was done in '78 to demonstrate that we had the ability to fix the underwater pipes at that depth. It's THE dive that made us literally filthy
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by p1peridine 4y ago
Om jeg forstår deg rett.. Du som er Nordmann kjenner vel kanskje til at vi måtte hente eksperthjelp fra noen karer nede i USA før vi kunne begynne å bore olje. Ingen Nordmann dykket den gangen, vi måtte ha hjelp. Ved å følge din logikk burd
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by p1peridine 4y ago
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/
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by p1peridine 4y ago
> Ukraine is a sovereign actor here Not really. https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/09/12/ukraine-the-cias...
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by p1peridine 4y ago
> Also, a web-app is in general a better user experience when compared to a desktop app, in this scenario. Because it is easier for the user to launch and use. Embed an icon to your software, pin to taskbar or the system tray. User click
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by p1peridine 4y ago
> I can’t imagine how a non native would understand. I don't understand it. Respectfully, I also find it mildly amusing.
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by p1peridine 4y ago
> So you suggest that everyone can express any opinion, no matter how inflammatory, without any repercussions? Yes.
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by p1peridine 4y ago
I get the logic regarding hating on a product because it's trendy, however, I've followed MS Windows for a long time and more importantly listened to people around me, skilled teams of Windows software developers; with many differ
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by p1peridine 4y ago
> contrary to what this shallow blog article posted with no substance. We'll see. If I'm not mistaken the author has written books on Windows even. Why would he lie about something so stupid? ghacks is not a blog it's a te
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by p1peridine 4y ago
> Also, the start menu search functionality works flawlessly for me, always showing me the app or file I want. It took the interns at Microsoft, what, nearly 10 years to fix the whole search function fiasco? Not impressive, and a working
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Is Old Music Killing New Music?(theatlantic.com)
9 points by p1peridine 4y ago|3 comments
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by p1peridine 4y ago
> Records obtained by law enforcement from Google LLC (“Google”) and Amazon, Inc. (“Amazon”) provide evidence of the defendant [name]’s control of Z-Library. They clearly haven't read any "OPSEC 101"-books. Rookie mistake.
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by p1peridine 4y ago
Understanding Russian Strategic Behavior - Imperial Strategic Culture and Putin’s Operational Code (2022) by Professor Graeme P. Herd. https://www.routledge.com/Understanding-Russian-Strategic-Be... This book is useful for
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by p1peridine 4y ago
Alice in Wonderland.
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by p1peridine 4y ago
For underground & rare music: YouTube playlists, SoulSeek, VK.com and Blogspot.
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by p1peridine 4y ago
Interesting read. Speaking of dystopian fiction authors; Aldous Huxley wrote the well-known book "Brave New World". [0] Doing a quick search for MK-ULTRA on Wikileaks one can find this now unclassified transcript from 1974: > .
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by p1peridine 4y ago
> can you buy it, if you are not a big coorp? I wouldn't know because I 'found it online' (if you know what I mean).
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by p1peridine 4y ago
Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC?
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by p1peridine 4y ago
This is true, unfortunately. Here's an example of things to come: https://www.arch13.com/ms-windows-defender-decss/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27914752
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by p1peridine 4y ago
> Mediafire and Megaupload, both of which are no longer around. Mediafire is still up https://www.mediafire.com/ > piratebay might still point to trackers that have copies, but bittorrent isn't as popular as it w
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by p1peridine 4y ago
VSDC Video Editor
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by p1peridine 4y ago
Why, licensing/proprietary issues?
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by p1peridine 4y ago
You're right, it should say Eastern/Northern Europe (or just Europe). I realize the mistake now, thanks for pointing that out.
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by p1peridine 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument > The nothing to hide argument states that individuals have no reason to fear or oppose surveillance programs, unless they are afraid it will uncover their own
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by p1peridine 4y ago
Yes and to be able to use discord with a VPN or Tor it requires a phone number. Unacceptable. Privacy disaster. https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/discord.html https://stallman.org/discord.html
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by p1peridine 4y ago
General discussion forums, yes, atleast 3. And tens of various niche forums. It's not about "how many" it's about how much activity they generate compared to the population size of the country.
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by p1peridine 4y ago
Nothing. I believe some Americans underestimate how many forums are actually hosted in Eastern Europe. They're still popular over here. In Norway (~5M population) you'll find atleast 3 huge forums but also several niche ones.

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