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Merman_Mike

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    Comment #25919849

    . [just gonna stop commenting on this site]

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    Comment #25918135

    Many of these seem to support GP's comment.

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    Comment #25917965

    I'd want to verify the existing data and maybe add some data once a year or less.

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    Comment #25917624

    I'm planning a few encrypted long-term backups (ie. stick it in a temperature controlled safe for a few years). What's the best medium for this? SSD or HDD?

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    Comment #25917612

    Instead of downvotes, I'm curious what evidence there is on either side of this claim.

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    Comment #25916525

    90%+ of Alphabet employee donations go to one party [1]. So, that affiliation. [1] https://www.govpredict.com/blog/alphabets-political-contribu...

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    Comment #25912745

    > including its bandwidth limiting schedule Can you share more about this please? The biggest (related) issue I run into running rclone from home is hitting the request speed limit…

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    Comment #25912547

    So the laser beam of outrage has reached Signal. We knew this day was coming. There are people out there who fundamentally believe that no one should be able to think or speak free…

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    Comment #25911347

    Oh, I think we're referring to different things. I thought you were referring to this: https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/132408570469203149... Wherein people posted views f…

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    Comment #25910486

    The lawsuit filing (PDF) is very specific: https://hamiltonps.app.box.com/s/fnrmhzypvs5g6pdsj1dp1y8v1ga... You can just sort of skim that. He made dozens of fact-specific allegatio…

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    Comment #25910469

    Are you referencing the barriers that were filmed... from inside the room... by the dozens of national media crews and party observers? Those barriers?

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    Comment #25910463

    I'm almost certain that you're concern trolling in this thread. However, if anyone else is actually interested in an explanation of this incident from the people in charge of the e…

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    Comment #25835303

    Oops, sorry. I didn't even notice that it can be read that way too.

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    Comment #25833808

    > [...] due to their mistakes in protecting sources. This is plainly false. Neither of them worked directly on the Reality Winner story, especially including handling the leaked ma…

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    Comment #25818470

    I'm interested in the Apple Watch but I'm very wary of the distracting properties. Are there good features to help lower the distraction level? Do you find it useful (and worth the…

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    Comment #25818441

    And #3 is about 95% of it, like most of cooking.

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    Comment #25797349

    +1 A Facebook employee making claims about privacy or ethics makes me immediately suspicious of those claims.

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    Comment #25797131

    Really weird tone in their blog post [1]. It's mostly "sorry that you don't understand how things work". I've seen this before with these privacy-invading megacorps. They're tone d…