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waspleg
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Comment #43704427
The only person I knew who had BTC in like 2008 used it to buy drugs from the Silk Road. They're dead now so it doesn't matter.
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Comment #43226301
How's your social credit score?
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Comment #42891333
Literally a Black Mirror episode.
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Comment #42877830
Top bracket taxed at 90%. Wealth disparity not at worse than 1920's levels as it is currently.
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Comment #25445596
There are famous short-seller investors circling IBM for exaggerated earnings projections. Redhat could very well end up in someone else's hands sooner than later.
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Comment #23878433
Why give a government with modern day concentration camps, forced organ harvesting, and military occupation of free countries like Hong Kong the benefit of the doubt on biological …
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Comment #21881619
The school system I work for has thousands of devices with these. They're basically like an SD card for a camera soldered to the board. They do not have the wear leveling and other…
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Comment #21546371
"People often feel marginalised. They feel that they have no influence or position. In these cases, the perception is that meetings do not improve anything, but actually cause even…
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Comment #21494898
I have MS. My neurologist straight up said many years ago that vitamin D is not a cure ... but he did recommend taking a supplement, unfortunately the urologist disagrees...
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Comment #20724085
True. They're very much the new Microsoft and Chrome is the new IE. But the general public also doesn't know what it used to be like. I logged in just to up vote you. I wish we had…
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Comment #15968782
I loathe ads and tracking. I run ublock origin/https everywhere/privacy badger (the latter of those 2 are from the EFF). I run a dedicated pfsense machine (old optiplex 755 with an…
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Comment #15573611
26 - 0 vote, now you know who runs both parties; the rich.
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Comment #13332459
a lot of people have an app on their phone. that means no search.
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Comment #13332402
because money source: my dad was a lawyer for 20+ years.
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Comment #13267022
It's not over yet. I want to say surviving but given the spate of celebrity and personal friend deaths and my own health problems there's not enough wood on Earth to knock.
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Comment #13267014
about:config -> media.peerconnection.enabled -> false about:config -> extensions.pocket.enabled -> false https://www.perfect-privacy.com/webrtc-leaktest/ The first 2 things I do wi…
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Comment #13162329
Vouchers also don't do anything for the possible damage/theft. I used to work hotels, mostly 3rd shift, and none would ever have gone for that. They also all always require ID cash…
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Comment #13154236
Worst browser. Best ad block. Interesting combination.
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Comment #13143666
You could just have a desktop with vastly better specs. My 4 year old full tower still has better specs in almost every way than top end laptops do. I don't understand the obsessio…
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Comment #13101231
Completely valid comment. They've already been told to STFU until the regime change is complete. The FCC has been awesome under Tom Wheeler. It won't last much longer.
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Comment #13072464
There is such a thing as more than one kind of obligation. Are they LEGALLY obligated to share? Likely no. Are they MORALLY obligated? That's definitely up for debate. EDIT: The pa…
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Comment #13067823
I was very fond of OpenBSD 20 years ago when I ran it (still have the t-shirt). It had a simple elegance that struck a chord with me. I haven't looked at it in a long time, the las…
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Comment #13047555
I read this as "fan boy with too much money replaces every peripheral he owns with USB-C; looks for ways to justify being an early adopter while showboating". Fuck given? 0.
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Comment #13047542
I've had by far the best results with just regular USPS. FedEx is usually the worst, I've had them not even bother knocking and just leave the slip for the next guy multiple times …