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> Why is that horseshit? Because historically (and also legally) the bounds between what is private and public have been defined by what was plausible at the time, not by what was …

It's not just four stacks (or more, because the article also mentions Apple Macs and BSD) that you have to "mess up". You also have to mess them up in such a way that you can explo…

They were not "killing babies" they were "monetizing the vast network of uniformed African's who were potential baby killers". If they were technically doing anything wrong then Go…

If this malware is actually real then exploiting a large variety of different USB stacks (whether it's done via the the BIOS or OS stack) seems implausible. Maybe the flashed usb s…

Just run the code through a linter that recognises "use asm" as part of the build/test process.

3. Amazon gives preferential treatment to merchants using their auxiliary services. They already give preferential treatment to merchants using Amazon Fulfilment by writing off (at…

The NSA shouldn't just be an attacker it should also provide defence. If one of their many contractors can leak details to the press for idealogical ends it's pretty safe to assume…

This won't work. Most video cards now have an HDMI output and their are numerous ways to bypass HDCP.

This is only tangentially related to the article but where I live there is a lot a wildlife, including many different species of birds. Some of these birds now sing songs that mimi…

> Hipster hate isn't about being different, it's about a perception of dishonest attention-seeking. Isn't this the same justification that's used to shame the "pseudo" geek girls?

> Deconstructionism itself has some interesting ideas [...] like those pointing out that a work of art can mean two opposing things simultaneously. The problem, however, is that it…

I think the most troubling aspect of this case is that the FBI modified the computers systems before Ireland seized them as evidence. It seems absurd that law enforcement can effec…

> I wonder what crime they believe that Miranda might have committed? Breach of The Official Secrets Act[1]. Although I think the investigation is probably focused more on Greenwal…

I think it's like a teacher checking your bag (under the pretence of "finding drugs") in order to confiscate your camera that contains incriminating pictures of them.

> Yes. The API is an HTML5 iframe YouTube also offers a Flash based API to show videos with adverts. If HTML5 wasn't feasible for Microsoft they could have paid Adobe for a licence…

Amazon is actually relevant here, because their Kindle Fire browser is partly cloud based. Microsoft may say that HTML5 on the Win Phone isn't feasible, but they own a giant cloud …

Google has obligations (both legal and moral) to both the content providers of YouTube and to the organisations who buy adverts on it. In order to 'not be evil' they have to take a…

> Their average may be comparable, but frequency * intensity produce wildly differing results. I think this is largely an academic discussion. Some people drink a glass a wine ever…

The same server(s) also control the JavaScript code run by the client/browser. They could serve special code (to any one the government wanted to spy on) that returned their passwo…

For anyone curious enough there is a blog [1] that tracks deleted MetaFilter posts. [1] http://mefideleted.blogspot.co.uk/

> Anyway, I think aggressive moderation is a big part of Metafilter's secret sauce. It's definitely part of the secret sauce, but I wouldn't call the moderation aggressive - it'd c…

MetaFilter has successfully used the "pay $5 for an account" model as a means to balance access against exclusivity. It may not be a tech site but considering it's still basically …