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by sfx 13y ago
I'm glad this was submitted here for discussion. The first time I read this essay I had trouble coming up with ways our society behaves that "people in the future will find ridiculous." Many of the ones in the comments are ju
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by sfx 13y ago
Bill Joy's essay "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us" [1] is a good read for anyone working through what such a society would be like and what it means for our race. I think it comes down to the philosophical question of wha
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by sfx 13y ago
My favorite part of the thread: https://boards.4chan.org/g/res/38087806#p38097739
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by sfx 13y ago
Thanks for sharing this article, I don't know why I hadn't heard of this. It's pathetic that it takes illegal leaks for the public to know about this type of surveillance, then we jail the leakers/whistleblowers. Shouldn
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by sfx 13y ago
I once switched my laptop hard drive with a portable one bought at the store, by removing the portable's case and swapping that drive with my laptop's. I then had the new 500gb one in my laptop and an old 120gb in a new portable h
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by sfx 13y ago
It's a nice thought to believe there isn't malice in the government, but the facts say otherwise. Intelligence laundering to bypass our basic legal rights is a malicious motive[1]. Russ Tice's (NSA whistlerblower) interview t
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by sfx 13y ago
I wish there was a more active discussion on the NSA being able to tap into any phone to access users data. That HuffingtonPost link also linked to a story with a bit more detail[1]. >"The U.S. National Security Agency is able to cr
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by sfx 13y ago
>a lot of money for a small piece of plastic Oakley lenses are practically bulletproof. They're well worth the cost if you need protective eyewear, just ask the US military. Being a fashion statement is just a byproduct of that. Som
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by sfx 13y ago
They could cut their funding and/or use the data center for parts. That data center alone costs billions to build, it makes me uneasy knowing my tax dollars goes to abuses of power like this.
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by sfx 13y ago
That's an excellent point, though it still is relatively scary. Such as the powers the DHS has in "constitutional free zones"[1]. It makes me nervous having 230,000 people having this much power because they're under the umbrella of "DHS".
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by sfx 13y ago
>"More is often the solution proposed by the leaders of the 9/11 enterprise. After the Christmas Day bombing attempt, Leiter also pleaded for more - more analysts to join the 300 or so he already had. >"The Department of Homeland Se
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by sfx 13y ago
A TSA agent was once similarly telling me how it "emits less radiation than a cell phone" after I opted out. I of course couldn't care as opposed to how invasive it is. I think as a public we tend to value our health, almost unhealthily; bu
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by sfx 14y ago
It's worse than Room 641A. All US communications are currently being mined and stored by our gov. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center ) I'm not really sure how much good a VPN will do with this much surveillance. I feel it's onl
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by sfx 14y ago
This is fantasic! And kind of addictive. I used to use Tineye regularly for backwards-image search until Google unveiled their own. It's awesome to see that Tineye is still innovating. I hope we see more products from these guys in the futu
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by sfx 14y ago
One nice variation of that quote I've been seeing is "Don't compare your behind the scenes to someone else's highlight reel". It's far too easy for us to reflect on all the daily hurt and trials we go through, only to compare it to someone
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by sfx 14y ago
For those who can't get it to work, here's a video showing what it is/how it was made. Really cool stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISL1GfXwr-o