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The most populous Islamic nation on earth is a massive archipelago, land lubber.

This is interesting, I'd love to read/hear more about it. Is the negotiation an above-board thing? What are the conditions and costs to getting this kind of exception ensured?

Funny you should say that. I'm in NYC and I like the tap water. When I travel--like to Texas recently--I can't drink the tap water, it tastes horrible to me. And New Yorkers take a…

I've had Google alerts for "Silk Road" for the past 3 or 4 years. My focus is on black markets but I've inadvertently learned a lot about China's development plans (and a few cool …

How did the power and economic reach of pre-modern organizations like the British East India Company compare to modern megacorporations? -- http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/co…

To kill "dark web" we need a good alternative. I'm all ears!

Yes, this is how it works. As a reporter who receives these kind of emails from PR flacks all day, I can say that it is as simple and stupid as this in most cases. I can't say with…

I'm not sure that claim itself makes it likely or unlikely. Could be the truth, could be an obfuscation tactic. No way of knowing at this point.

That's exactly the point of the article: Why no charges after the indictments?

Do you think all drugs are the same?

This is a very fun game so far. Are there other hacking games people would recommend? The more educational the better.

I'll never understand the mindset where not going to an Ivy is a "setback." That's not meant to be an insult at all, if it sounded like one. Good for you for having that attitude, …

The US is a party in court asking the judge.

Growing up and living in Brooklyn, I have a lot of different feelings but I'll leave that for another time. One thing that popped into my head though: For a lot of people in New Yo…

OS stands for operating system, I think, but euphemistically in the sense of "Our vision is that DemocracyOS will become the operating system of a more open and participatory gover…

Are you saying there is a complete directory of onion addresses?

It's more of a boring cliche that when parents join some network or adopt some tech, you gotta ditch it.