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by thex86 13y ago
Someone commented on Reddit that space programs bring us (the human race) closer. The reaction I am seeing in the international press to India's mars mission is quite the opposite - instead of praising India or just reporting the news,
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by thex86 13y ago
> Terrorism is not a great threat to either the US or the UK - a tiny number of people have been killed by it, and yet it is painted as an existential threat which must be fought at all costs "Americans Are as Likely to Be Killed by
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by thex86 13y ago
I don't know what you are smoking but given your comment history, I am sure you would be fine if the police came knocking at your door at night and randomly wanted to search your place, without a warrant. Right? Since you did nothing w
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by thex86 13y ago
The NSA said they prevented 54 attacks but it was widely reported supported by evidence that that was not the case. Not to mention that they repeatedly lied to Congress. If you trust these organizations so much, good for you. But this bogey
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by thex86 13y ago
A serious question: while I have nothing against Silk Road (the drug war is a waste of money anyways), aren't people afraid of putting stuff in their body that they had an anonymous person send to them? I mean, unless the seller has a
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by thex86 13y ago
Appreciate Mike speaking up like this. We need more people within the industry to speak up. Not just hackers. (People within these companies are also hackers, but they have more effect when they speak because they are part of a company)
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by thex86 13y ago
Unless the people involved are SUSPENDED, there is no justice.
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by thex86 13y ago
What is shocking is, they conducted everything. I mean, why? It's like they really wanted the drugs to be there.
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by thex86 13y ago
Does the Fifth Amendment only apply to US citizens? The reason I ask is this: if I am traveling to the US and the TSA asks me to decrypt my laptop or unlock my phone, am I protected under the Fifth Amendment? Well, are US citizens protected
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by thex86 13y ago
Same can be said for Canada. As a non-white, I have not faced any discrimination yet in Canada ever since I moved here ten years ago. Sure there may be racism but at least not in the everyday life and certainly not in the tech sector.
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by thex86 13y ago
I love the "In Focus" by The Atlantic. There are always mesmerizing and capture the beauty of the subject being talked about. And also, wow - keyboard navigation! Yes!
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White House OKd spying on allies, U.S. intelligence officials say(latimes.com)
2 points by thex86 13y ago|0 comments
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by thex86 13y ago
See martey's comment above.
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by thex86 13y ago
Awesome. Thanks!
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by thex86 13y ago
If only Lenovo would take notice and see what is happening in the market. I really want a better screen on my Thinkpad with a higher resolution.
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Barack Obama 'approved tapping Angela Merkel's phone 3 years ago'(telegraph.co.uk)
67 points by thex86 13y ago|32 comments
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by thex86 13y ago
https://builder.addons.mozilla.org/ Firefox equivalent. Probably not as detailed, but still.
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by thex86 13y ago
No, I meant low latency because it allows timing analysis if you control the first and the last node.
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by thex86 13y ago
If you think the government is one coherent entity with all of them wanting to become Big Brother, you are wrong. The fact that Tor gets its funding from the US government is irrelevant. The source code is out there for you to see and inspe
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by thex86 13y ago
Tor is still the best solution for online anonymity, even with the shortcomings it has. (low-latency for one). The exploits were related to the Tor Browser, not the Tor daemon/network.
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by thex86 13y ago
Check it out, there is a new book in the series. POSA. The Performance of Open Source Applications.
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by thex86 13y ago
It's stupid. That is what it is. The industrial surveillance complex that is being set up, do these companies really think people are that naive? And what makes me even more sad about this is that #meth and #protest are considered as d
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by thex86 13y ago
I was kinda expecting Palantir to be on the list. In other words, they should have been. I still find it amazing to see how much true 1984 is becoming. I am sure the next phase is thought control, because "crimes" start there and
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by thex86 13y ago
So, how does one fight a contempt of court? Is it even possible? (PS: Great job EFF!)
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by thex86 13y ago
> Problem solved, myopic holier-than-thou rant avoided. There will be many many people who will use it and won't be aware of all these facts. It is important to discuss these things so that everyone knows and possibly, stays away. I
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by thex86 13y ago
Question for the Americans: what is still keeping the TSA in business, even in spite of all these draconian practices? Why can't someone fight the TSA in SCOTUS? Things like this make me really glad to be living in Canada. At least the
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by thex86 13y ago
Serious question: does anyone know of a similar command-line/vim alternative?
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by thex86 13y ago
Cool! Maybe, finally, as a result of public scrutiny, TrueCrypt will have a public repository. You know, it's 2013. I cannot think of any reason why the software you will possibly trust with your life does not have code in a public rep
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by thex86 13y ago
VirtualBox is one of those projects that is a very important part of my daily use. But somehow I feel that it doesn't get much love from the open source community. Is it just me?
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by thex86 13y ago
Use Beamer for presentations [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamer_(LaTeX) ] and never look back!

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