GHFigs

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antisocial media consultant, full-time poor person, allergic to tinfoil

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Comment · 12 years ago
I find it difficult to believe that you're truly concerned with 'the value of HN'.
Comment · 12 years ago
While JeorgR's point isn't well articulated

There is no point being articulated at all in the above comment. It's an vague insinuation meant to derail. Please don't prop up his shitposting just because you think you might agree with something he might have meant.

If you're not here to tell us that (e.g.) you think Bill Gates is racist because of the books he read this year then what do you really even have to say? White guilt platitudes? Come on. That's not a conversation, that's an insult.

If you (et alia) actually believe it's an important issue, then you would actually be selective about when the subject is broached, so that actual intelligent conversations between willing and engaged participants could actually happen. Injecting "awareness" at every opportunity just debases the whole topic and turns into a sick game of making appearances and gestures. Nobody wants to talk about the supposedly important subject because everybody's tired of getting yelled at by the deafly intolerant and inflexible blowhards that keep bringing it up.

Comment · 12 years ago
"This is the short-term goal to cool the fuel for the F-35; however, the long-term fix is to have parking shades for the refuelers," Resch said.

But what color are they going to paint the shades?

Comment · 12 years ago
Comment · 12 years ago
Change up your metaphor. Sometimes it's best to think of your "stuff" as a stack to go through sequentially, sometimes a library to collect and browse, sometimes transactions to be budgeted on some kind of ledger of your time and attention, etc.

When you find a metaphor that works for you, the "rules" become rather intuitive. Lately I think of my information consumption habit as something of a diet: Eat when you are hungry. Stop eating when you are full. Stock only enough food for your anticipated needs. Favor nutritious foods. When possible, share meals with friends and family.

Comment · 12 years ago
Glad to see The Intercept is still bringing those hard-hitting revelatory leaks instead of merely capitalizing on public idolization with hagiographic exclusives.
Comment · 12 years ago
My view of this part of the Constitution is that the person and their device are protected and law enforcement is wrong.

You seem to not sharing the Constitution's distinction between warrantless and warranted searches. The complaint being fielded by some in law enforcement is that recent changes in encryption mechanisms in iOS and Android will render many warranted searches useless.

Comment · 12 years ago
In the US, major carriers Verizon and Sprint have operated CDMA-based networks whose devices did not use SIM cards. I think it was the iPhone 4 that Apple once shipped 3 different versions of in the US: AT&T (GSM), Verizon (one set of CDMA bands), and Sprint (another set of CDMA bands).
Comment · 12 years ago
If you travel to Canada or anywhere else, you take out the Apple SIM and put in your local SIM.
Comment · 12 years ago
You could just take out the Apple SIM.
Comment · 12 years ago
Apple's new campus is powered by the outrage and impatience of people that won't download VLC or ffplay to watch their two-hour commercials before they're available on YouTube.
Comment · 12 years ago
Do you believe that your beliefs are dictated by single "well-timed news articles" directed by "the powers that be"?
Comment · 12 years ago
What happens when they blame strong cryptography for the next gut-wrenching tragedy involving innocent kids and a bombing / school shooting / kidnapping / pedophile?

Pedophiles (or more specifically: child pornographers) routinely use strong cryptography and effectively nobody cares.

Comment · 12 years ago
People with ADHD report it significantly improved their lives.

The confounding thing with stimulants of all varieties is that even people without any problem tend to report improvement.

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