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eriksank

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    Comment #6964379

    The plan is actually quite smart. As soon as the pornblock has been implemented, they will hire people like me to prove that: Hey, I could get through to this and that site, and th…

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    Comment #6821706

    With 0.1% of all software representing 99.9% of all value ever produced in software, the question does not even particularly matter. Who the hell cares today how long it took or ho…

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    Comment #6798778

    Yes, but for the sake of the argument it will require a Chinese thermonuclear strike on Fort Meade, Maryland. I am afraid, however, that the Chinese are still waiting for yet anoth…

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    Comment #6798685

    In order to protect our holdings in Bitcoin, we need to find a way to get the Chinese to finally do that thermonuclear strike on Fort Meade, Maryland. We all know that the Chinese …

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    Why bitcoin will make it and the NSA won't

    With 50% of the bitcoin hashrate located behind the Great Firewall of China (GFC), the only way for the NSA to take out the majority of bitcoin miners, consists in operating deep b…

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    Comment #6789275

    The NSA are also targeting non-American Tor users with their shenanigans. This is very insulting. With all respect eventually based on the fear for reprisals, I think it it is abou…

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    Comment #6789126

    All this talk about "the" government does not make sense. Which one of the 200+ governments? With more than 50% of the hashrate sitting behind the Great Chinese Firewall (GCF), the…

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    Comment #6709616

    You have made a devastating OPSEC mistake. You have disclosed that you have around 6 months left of money. You have probably also stored it in just one bank account. If some weird …

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    Why are inheritance taxes are so interesting

    If someone stands to gain big time from your death, you had better make sure that you can seriously trust this person, such as your own children, but definitely not your own wife. …

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    Comment #6709518

    Yes. They need access to the information streams that these guys are managing. Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulations make sure that we know exactly where you hold your money. We …

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    Comment #6709502

    What is your financial net worth? Let me tell you where you hold your money, your stocks, your IRA, your 401k, and everything else that my friendly crook in the bank will transacti…

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    Comment #6709493

    Everybody with enough financial net worth to make sure he does not just die but will be died . Strange transactions on your accounts, my friend. The balance is almost gone. Is that…

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    Comment #6709471

    Because they need to get hold of all information possible. They must know where you live. They must know what your net worth is. They must know in what bank and other accounts you …

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    Comment #6709467

    There is simply too much money to be made in knowing where someone lives and in what bank accounts, 401k, and IRA accounts his net worth is stored. This person will not just die, m…

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    Comment #6709446

    That is how they end up stealing your bitcoins too. All of these QUANTUM INSERT computers have now been targeted at getting hold of your wallet keys. Your money will be gone. Stayi…

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    Comment #6706540

    Anybody supplying contractors to the NSA. From the central banking database you know how much money they have in what bank account. From Facebook you know if they could be dead by …

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    Comment #6706515

    Since they know who you are, and since the central banking database knows how much money you have in what bank accounts, and since they know who your friends are, it is no problem …

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    Comment #6688288

    These rules look like they came from the low-intelligence paper belt. We do not write rules like that. They must simply be part of the tool. Otherwise, they do not count. What they…

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    Comment #6688263

    In many ways, and definitely in more ways than one, India is a fantastic resource, with their talent and tremendous headcount. India is definitely not a "pirate" state. I believe t…

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    Comment #6684063

    India would have the talent and the headcount to be anything it wanted to be, if it were not for the one missing ingredient: the ability to leave people's freedom alone. Many of fa…

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    Comment #6666656

    Balaji Srinivasan makes a lot of sense. The paper belt used to run the show. They are now losing that power and trying to claw it back with yet more paperwork. I am entirely favour…

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    Comment #6662215

    Ok. So, they've managed to "save" that dinosaur from an instant death, delaying the inevitable to a next, future round of corporate heroics. What about all the smaller companies th…

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    Comment #6661839

    If you move from Stripe to another payment gateway, you will not lose all your users. Microsoft has monopoly access control to the other users, who are needed to make your skype ex…

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    Comment #6661739

    ... and then the journalist tries to find the "word count" feature which they need because most journalists have precise word count requirements, and it's not there, because it's i…