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Seems like an interesting project, I think I will keep an eye out for a secondhand machine and give this a go. There are a couple of videos comparing the features like pressure pro…

With the shopping cart example, I'm not sure I understand how session identity can be preserved if I clear my local storage/cookies?

The closest thing I have found are the Sainsbury's meal plans which are weekly [1]. However as far as I can tell there is no optimisation to limit waste and the number of ingredien…

This is fantastic - In the UK there has been a rise in 'cookery boxes' companies who send boxes of ingredients which you can use to cook a few different recipes. However there is n…

Is there an example of what a landing page would look like?

I was looking into home security camera and it seems like its a bit of a minefield - I was wondering if anyone is building an open source service such as Nest with some of the feat…

Hey robinhood - Are you considering packaging this up as a standalone iphone app?

My friend is has a masters in translation looking for open source projects to help on. I suggested she looked online, as some of the projects I've been involved in have all needed …

Do any consumer phones already have support for Galileo?

I ditched Signal in favour of WhatsApp given I believe the tech behind it was the same and the fact that a lot of my contacts are already on WhatsApp. The NYT article indicates tha…

I just made my own, responsive design based on the bootstrap framework. https://www.webjames.co.uk

Details about the bill are available here: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/investigatory-powe...

MPs are debating the Investigatory Powers Bill in the House of Commons for the first time. The debate's expected at 12.45 (GMT). http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/82b15581-2db8-…

This is an interesting point - If Apple decided that the requirements set out by the UK Government were at odds with its ethos and chose not to comply - Would this result in a sale…

I'll preorder the book, interestingly it wont be available until May in the UK but Amazon will ship from the US. Can anyone recommend any other similar books in the meantime?

Are products listed for sale only visible through shared links/listings? Or will this be a Craigslist/gum-tree type affair?

I've used Lastpass, and Password Box in the past, however i now use Dashlane, i've found that it has a good UI and works well.

"NSA has VPNs in Vulcan death grip" http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/nsa-has-vpns-in-v... This again leads to the disempowerment issue, each measure seems to have been sy…

Dispersing your activity around several different services is surely better than just using a one-stop-shop or all in one solution?

I'm keeping my eye on EFF's developments on their CA. It's hard to totally avoid Microsoft/Google etc absolutely, but by not buying into them completely at least it's security thro…

mailbox.org seems like another EU (Germany) based email startup. Email is a very big hard-to-deal-with issue, however the Dark Mail Technical Alliance and services such as those al…

Glen Greenwald gave a TED talk about a similar point of view. http://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters...

Disempowerment is a common theme here - it is the case that the 'general public' (read majority non-technical) are concerned about the current and future ramifications of this surv…

Ask HN: Since watching CitizenFour, or previously reading about the widespread surveillance conducted by governments - what changes have you made to how you conduct your life onlin…