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dontbenebby
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Comment #37929545
i like vi sometimes i use macvim so i can move quickly to that program in particular and do other stuff in the terminal, since i use it for general distraction free writing technic…
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Comment #37929527
Are we gonna do the thing where anyone who says Putin can't do whatever he wants is "in the CIA" and thus suspect and force autistic teens to look up publicly available vessel navi…
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Comment #37929496
>I realize the rust evangelism strike force is a thing With rust there's no buffer overflows, how will folks buy supercars to crash in the desert after escaping "flyover country" (…
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Comment #37929464
python is probably a bad choice due to the white space absolutism. compiled languages may be not fun since you have more delays than the sighted. what did old school phreaks use wh…
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Ask HN: I've never had a consistent handle. How did you maintain your nym?
Or alternate title: Why do folks accept the identity of accounts only in a negative context? I'm involuntarily anonymous. I made the mistake of using my teenage pormanteau of my fi…
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Comment #37891387
>Your post reads like someone who is interested in politics on the side, and has done a lot of reading on US issues, but hasn't really worked in the field. Is that accurate? I work…
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Comment #37891366
>Only the wealthy can participate in politics or public debate? Pretty much, I've seen how you're retaliated against. I spent down on a Bellingcat cert, but that's useless -- doesn…
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Ask HN: How did you pivot to politics? (NOT policy)?
I'd love to do political consulting... I'm not a great technologist. I'm not a cryptographer, my linux skills are stuck in the 2000s... I'm basically a mid 30s scrip kiddie who did…
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Comment #35265463
nope. i opted myself out of the wayback machine and have obliterated my online precedence as much as possible. for those of us who began forming memories as the berlin wall fell, i…
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Comment #34033801
You've got a few that are pro privacy in the "pro individualism to the extreme degree" lumped in there with some good ones, just so you know. I've been in this space a long time. A…
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Comment #33907368
They need to defund the FBI and split it in two, the counter intel people have run roughshod over the original mission. I once (after making my whole thing for over fifteen years t…
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Comment #33906972
Thanks for this resource! I remember back before the "Summer of Snowden" enrolling in a PhD because if you were pro privacy (and thus anti invasive ad tracking ala GOOG, FB et al),…
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Comment #33906700
Because then you can justify not using alternate revenue streams like selling their contact details.
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Comment #33906539
Travel
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Comment #33906529
I could have sworn this meta level concept was discussed ages ago in one of those Klutz press science tween science books they’d sell at places like Natural Wonders in the 2000s. (…
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Comment #33906179
I was being a bit sarcastic but I think longer, removable battery rather than thin + using a charging case could have an appeal. (Same for an sd slot.) Especially paired with a for…
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Comment #33901857
I’ve met those people. They act like running cross someone who’s never held a clearance in their life on Tinder is the same as being an extortion victim. (If I wanted a sob story a…
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Comment #33901783
Thanks! I haven’t watched in years - much like the Simpsons the early seasons were better (IMHO)
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Comment #33901779
>We finally have the new technology making it possible! :-s Don’t they hire John Callas in like 1997? ;-) (Sorry, couldn’t resist a bit of good natured ribbing.)
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Comment #33901316
>Apple is positioning itself to become a major player in the advertising space and - with a dwindling economy and an increased pressure to sustained growth from shareholders - that…
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Comment #33901231
Ok thanks, I understand better. Also I don’t have the data to support it but often if I get one vote it’s who I replied to so a flag and an upvote seemed odd. I’ll lurk more and tr…
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Comment #33898267
Now? In 2022? Gee thanks I guess
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Comment #33898262
Is this from South Park? Sounds familiar
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Comment #33898237
Airbnb is kind of sketch I’d encourage ppl to get a single room in a hostel rather than a hotel if cost is still an issue into your late 20s/early 30s in a new country if they’re a…