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Has anyone else this problem? When I want to upvote a story, my vote is not accepted: The upvote arrow disappears (as usual), but the vote counter stays exactly the same when the p…

I have recently noticed that when I want to upvote a story, my vote is not accepted/counted: The upvote arrow disappears (as usual), but the vote counter stays exactly the same whe…

Why, do they have something to hide? Also, if they're doing things they don't want other people to know, maybe they shouldn't be doing those things in the first place. Or something…

Yes, kind of, actually: If our media are too corrupt, then we need to create new ones that work better and change our habits. Submission to corruption can not be a mid- or long-ter…

In other words: "Why I read less HN and you should, too!"

Forget the "media". Drop your stuff at WikiLeaks.org

The disadvantage: You're still funding Google b/c StartPage sells their ads.

Kind of "funny", if you remember that the US builds all kinds of stuff on other nations' soil: - Tons of military bases (see: all over the world) - NSA mass surveillance centers (s…

> But it just feels creepy to email me about it this way. In other words: "Yes, I know it's wrong and they should not know these things about me, but I want to use their product an…

> FBI warns hacking spree on government agencies is a “widespread problem” Another “widespread problem” is government agencies conducting mass surveillance.

EVERYTHING starts with education. Education is the most important thing the human race needs.

It's nice to help suffering people. The recurring pattern I see, however, is: We single out 0.001% of all cases, do something extraordinary, and make a big fuss about it in the med…

Sorry man, priorities - you got them wrong. Who cares about a few credit card numbers or "personal love notes" when we find ourselves living in corrupt "democracies" that are about…

I welcome all efforts to fight the abuse taken as granted by the government(s). On the other hand: > a virtual private network (VPN) smartphone app "smartphone app": for iOS and/or…

> Car Mechanic Dreams Up a Tool to Ease Births Pure gold.

Time to axe the iOS app store. Time for new open platforms.

Kill it with FIRE.

This has EVIL written all over it, in so many ways I don't even...

"We must handle this in secret! Trust us! It's for your own good! We just want to protect you from the danger!" Why do I keep hearing this bullshit from all governments all over th…

TL;DR > A U.S. email provider can promise its users all the security and privacy it wants; it still has to do whatever it takes to give the government access.

First of all, all that code must be open-sourced. It's so obvious that it really hurts. Next, hardware needs to become "open-source", too.