xkiwi

5 ms·

1.
by xkiwi 9y ago
>He ripped of tons of people with a subscription scam in Germany a couple of years ago. Can you provide a source relate to the subscription scam?
2.
by xkiwi 9y ago
The way this message will translate to the nerds|power users|hackers|rooted user|content creator| "Netflix does not value your money, therefore you cannot use our services. However, you can always pirate the content on Internet for fre
3.
by xkiwi 10y ago
When I made that quora complain before, HN readers are kind enough to show me how to avoid it. Without the ?share=1 trick, I probably don't even know how Quora looks like. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10483049
4.
by xkiwi 10y ago
Thanks, that explained a lot. One side demanded equal opportunity, but actually have greater opportunity than other side. However equal opportunity does not guarantee equal outcome. I will check the list 10 years from now.
5.
by xkiwi 10y ago
There is a big differences between "Not enough" and "Female Only". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diadksUjDm4
6.
by xkiwi 10y ago
It is different: Cellphone, especially smartphone nowadays, has extended reach. When your phone is taken away after they forced you enter SU level password, you have no control of it, they do. Whoever took it inside the room, they can: >
7.
by xkiwi 10y ago
I bought 16 total Low Self-Sidcharge NiMh AAA/AA from amazon back to 2009. That was the last time I buy batteries in that spec because they still work today.
8.
by xkiwi 10y ago
Contracts bind you and the services with a fixed price, regardless on the value and emerge competitors.
9.
by xkiwi 10y ago
True. Microsoft would not beat IBM for being 'the next IBM' Tesla would not beat Major car industries for being 'the next-gen Toyota way' and, Google, probably will be replaced by someone in a complete industry. My guess
10.
Google to ban payday lending ads(bostonglobe.com)
3 points by xkiwi 10y ago|0 comments
11.
by xkiwi 10y ago
My apologies. The is the URL link to the main artile: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160506/10324634363/homel...
12.
Homeland Security Wants to Subpoena Us Over a Clearly Hyperbolic Comment(techdirt.com)
47 points by xkiwi 10y ago|4 comments
13.
FBI Harassing Core Tor Developer, Demand Meeting, but Refusing to Explain Why(techdirt.com)
249 points by xkiwi 10y ago|122 comments
14.
by xkiwi 10y ago
Not only they read emails. They also known driving Porsche, buying jewelry and more. http://www.19lou.com/forum-269-thread-38651591-1-1.html http://career.51youcai.com/yule/2011/0706/124927.ht
15.
by xkiwi 10y ago
For a moment I have to check your username to make sure this is not my reply. I am surprised how anyone can pay with discount in an APP call "dianping". For a two week trip in china, I found out even Taxi driver will accept my Wec
16.
Surprise NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by xkiwi 11y ago|0 comments
17.
by xkiwi 11y ago
I bought some XPS 13 with ubuntu installed. By the time I need windows 7 on the field, but I found out it is not possible because you will stuck at "AHCI not competable" BSoD no matter what ever you do. I bet not everyone realized
18.
by xkiwi 11y ago
If anyone needs or have to install windows 7 on DELL brand laptops for any reason, I highly recommend you to wait until you confirm it can be done. I have Dell XPS/Precision 11 and 13, the problem is the Windows 7 have difficulty to bo
19.
by xkiwi 11y ago
Those videos are so amazing! I wonder how you achieved that!
20.
by xkiwi 11y ago
I recall @pg 's essay immediately: "WHAT YOU'LL WISH YOU'D KNOWN" http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html here is what he wrote: If I were back in high school and someone asked about my plans, I'd sa
21.
How I quit my smartphone addiction and really started living(theguardian.com)
5 points by xkiwi 11y ago|0 comments
22.
by xkiwi 11y ago
I found an interesting comment on Arstechnica's reader comments: "I'm curious: would they need a warrant to sit in a car outside someone's house to watch them? " -Zak
23.
by xkiwi 11y ago
Real banks will ask you for Driver Licenses and SSN when you open a bank account with them. Information on DL has your height, eye color, address, telephone number, your photo, your finger prints. That's why they don't need to ask
24.
by xkiwi 11y ago
"Quora is a knowledge-sharing community that depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something." I just cannot stand with Quora keep asking me to continue with Facebook or google. If majority of users in Quora ar
25.
by xkiwi 11y ago
what if this is parallel construction? Can it state as 'impossible' to 'unlock'(crack/backdoor) in civil level but unlock-able on DoD/NSA level?
26.
by xkiwi 11y ago
It is more than that. most traffic condition on map rely on Toll Tag to measure travel time and speed between points, on normal highway. Unless you have a detachable tag, otherwise your tag ID will appear on every single major interception,
27.
by xkiwi 11y ago
It is scary for me to know: #Majority of people post photo of friends on Facebook without understand facial recognition always scans. #Prefer convenient over privacy, such as Toll Tag on cars. #Follow trends.
28.
by xkiwi 11y ago
Interesting. I always wonder about this: in order to decrypt a file/volume encrypted by TrueCrypt, user just need to type their NOT-SO-LONG password. With today's capability such as EC2 or quantum computing as you mentioned, isn&#
29.
by xkiwi 11y ago
The robbery just such a small amount, it should not be charged. Since the amount is so small, i am going to forgive it. You mean the difference like this?
30.
by xkiwi 11y ago
I am surprised most of us only believe/get news from CNN & MSNBCish. Vietnam is the one who building in the South China Sea. Vietnam is building two islands: West London Reef and Sand Cay, at the year of 2010. Vietnam build islands

More ›