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Stopped reading, felt like way too much of a generic marketing pitch. Shouldn't I be compelled to read all of it if the claims were true? :P

How exactly is this hackable? Where do I find the documentation to look into whether I can do interesting stuff with it?

At least you didn't grow up in Ennigerloh and Beckum. T_T

Of course we already have this sort of stuff largely automated; I meant in a way that doesn't just make profit for a small minority of the population.

"Even more people are getting their butts of the beds every morning, going to the job they hate, just to support the basic needs." And you think that programmers don't? I work as a…

Finally somebody other than me said it. Most people will just shrug it off as "The logo is ugly, so what?". But please consider this: The thing is not that the logos are ugly; The …

You know, I'd post a comment on there but I always get that really useless "Your comment submission failed for the following reasons: Text entered was wrong. Try again."-shit. Does…

Hi, I am Troy McClure and you are reading this in my voice.

Even if you take away the belief system in the Catholic church and the Pope has an affect on a huge number of human beings, and that is really what this is all about... Yes, and it…

He's the first Pope from what is often called the Global South, and really brings a different perspective […] Oh, you mean like Obama really brought a different perspective as the …

You are doing the same thing by assuming that Snowden's influence is as vast as that of Christianity. It's not "just" about the internet, or even IT - it's the revelation that we a…

You know how on a few occasions you stumble over a post that seems benign but at the end you go: "Wow. Much insight. Very inspiration."? This has been one of these occasions.

So, the US' biggest data collectors are coming together to fight government surveillance? I'm not the only one thinking this is a tad hypocritical, am I? It just makes me think tha…

> Tattoos. This triggered my FUD detector.

This link made me realize that Alaska is fucking huge.

Fuck that guy. HE of all people is talking about people being arrogant bastards for trying to solve problems with technology? If all the people in the Pirate Parties wouldn't have …

Sounds nice so far. What I've immediately noticed is that the search dialogue isn't very keyboard-friendly. Just searching 'sec' gave me a few suggestions, but selecting them with …

Let's fix this before it causes a scandal even bigger than Watergate—or permits behavior more scandalous than Watergate that is never uncovered, rectified or punished. What does he…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Intelligence_Sharing_and... * Reintroduced in the House as H.R. 624 by Mike Rogers (R-MI) on February 12, 2013 * Passed the House on April 18, 2…

What happened to labeled axes? Is it not cool anymore to tell people what BOTH axes are supposed to be?

I somehow got the feeling that my boss won't appreciate me just packing up my shit and strolling out on a work day…

FORK YEAH, this is what I've been waiting for the last 2 or so years. <3

http://cryptome.org/2013/09/computer-forensics-2013.pdf On page 15, you will see this slide: http://phryk.net/files/backdoor.png It states that backdoors are "Currently available f…

I've been using mpv for a few months now and have to say that I grew to like it. Coming from mplayer I'm used to not asking myself "Can my player play this piece of data" but just …

So all your comments are lacking is a bag of dicks. :3