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I'm glad this was submitted here for discussion. The first time I read this essay I had trouble coming up with ways our society behaves that "people in the future will find ridicul…

Bill Joy's essay "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us" [1] is a good read for anyone working through what such a society would be like and what it means for our race. I think it comes d…

My favorite part of the thread: https://boards.4chan.org/g/res/38087806#p38097739

Thanks for sharing this article, I don't know why I hadn't heard of this. It's pathetic that it takes illegal leaks for the public to know about this type of surveillance, then we …

I once switched my laptop hard drive with a portable one bought at the store, by removing the portable's case and swapping that drive with my laptop's. I then had the new 500gb one…

It's a nice thought to believe there isn't malice in the government, but the facts say otherwise. Intelligence laundering to bypass our basic legal rights is a malicious motive[1].…

I wish there was a more active discussion on the NSA being able to tap into any phone to access users data. That HuffingtonPost link also linked to a story with a bit more detail[1…

>a lot of money for a small piece of plastic Oakley lenses are practically bulletproof. They're well worth the cost if you need protective eyewear, just ask the US military. Being …

I'm fairly certain that if you're in the midst of typing and accidentally press that mic "Siri" key on the keyboard, it presses the space bar anyway. I just tried it again and unle…

They could cut their funding and/or use the data center for parts. That data center alone costs billions to build, it makes me uneasy knowing my tax dollars goes to abuses of power…

That's an excellent point, though it still is relatively scary. Such as the powers the DHS has in "constitutional free zones"[1]. It makes me nervous having 230,000 people having t…

>"More is often the solution proposed by the leaders of the 9/11 enterprise. After the Christmas Day bombing attempt, Leiter also pleaded for more - more analysts to join the 300 o…

A TSA agent was once similarly telling me how it "emits less radiation than a cell phone" after I opted out. I of course couldn't care as opposed to how invasive it is. I think as …

It's worse than Room 641A. All US communications are currently being mined and stored by our gov. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center ) I'm not really sure how much goo…

This is fantasic! And kind of addictive. I used to use Tineye regularly for backwards-image search until Google unveiled their own. It's awesome to see that Tineye is still innovat…

One nice variation of that quote I've been seeing is "Don't compare your behind the scenes to someone else's highlight reel". It's far too easy for us to reflect on all the daily h…

For those who can't get it to work, here's a video showing what it is/how it was made. Really cool stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISL1GfXwr-o