Others are calling for the assassination, or arrest and execution (which pretty much amounts to the same thing) of people working for WikiLeaks.
This brings up an interesting and disturbing avenue for damaging America. If some American-hatin' organization were to assassinate Assange and get away without being caught, I imagine that most people would believe the Americans did it. Assange likely has an insurance policy infodump of sorts that would be highly damaging to the U.S., so they'd silence someone who would eventually be troublesome to them and simultaneously damage one of the most powerful nations on the planet.
I got my first computer in 1999, and with it came a 19" Gateway CRT monitor. When I got it it had already been used daily for a year.
That monitor lasted for 8 years with very few problems. The last year, the screen picture would bend inwards like an hourglass, but if you smacked the side of it that fixed things nicely. One day, about 10 years after it was purchased originally, the hardest of technical taps would not restore the screen. I junked it and replaced it with a backup 15" monitor.
Now I have a LCD that I got used. I already loathe the fact that it seems far more difficult to clean without damaging it (I received it with some dust and dirt stains on it just from being stored on the floor in a room somewhere). I don't imagine that it would last half as long as my Gateway 2000 CRT.
The only difference between what you see from Wikileaks and the raw data is that the Wikileaks version has gone through "harm prevention".
Here's a hypothetical example. The U.S. federal government gets a tip about a crime ring from someone. The government tramples all over the rights of the crime ring - therein is the leak-worthy material. Do you include the name of the person who tipped off the feds? I think there is a point where leaking certain information is irresponsible, especially when it interferes with an individual's (but not a government's) privacy and/or safety.
WL is, IMO, doing their job in the most responsible way possible - they make efforts to protect the privacy and safety of individuals and prevent any collateral damage.
It does have its legitimate uses. What about someone with, say, one hand? Or one finger? Capslock H Capslock e l l o period, one key at a time.
Though to be fair, it's been rendered sort of redundant by Stickykeys (which has been around for quite a while now - at least 15 years). If you don't know what it is, press Shift five times in a row. It basically turns modifier keys (Alt, Shift, Ctrl) into toggles instead of holds. Stickykeys would change the above "Hello" example to Shift H e l l o period, so it's more efficient as well.
Ultimately, capslock only really is useful when you have to type a lot of capital letters in sequence, but I imagine lots of disabled persons (or just poor typists) use it in place of Shift and in lieu of the knowledge of Stickykeys.
I submitted the same story, but included your link as well as the one from Student Activism instead of the submitter's link. (Better to use the source material rather than make the/, posting a summary leading to a summary IMO). (I don't particularly care about getting my name up as the submitter (I've submitted a total of 6 stories ever, only one of which has been approved), but I wish they had used the sources instead.)
I read over everything in the source pages and honestly it's rather difficult to say whether or not the whole thing is being caused by some active effort on Twitter's part. There's the genuine possibility that the algorithm somehow didn't think #wikileaks was a viable candidate for trending. However, my gut feeling tells me that it was an active participation in censorship on Twitter's part; it would be relatively simple for them to predict #wikileaks and put in counter-measures to ensure that it doesn't trend, but it would be more difficult to predict a term that was created relatively quickly like #cablegate.
Good job then, man. I live in an area in the United States that has loads of immigrants (mainly Spanish and Portuguese speakers), so I've yet to get hired because of the lack of an ability to speak a foreign language - even for something simple like general labor.
I sort of do freelance computer work, but years of experience with the area has shown to me that it is impractical (if not near impossible) to make a living solely doing that. (I often do such a good job at repairs that nothing breaks down for a return call. I have a customer retention rate of under 33%, even though I can count the number dissatisfied customers I've ever had on half of one hand.)
As it stands I keep looking for work 'round here. Moving is impractical, and my closest "best" guarantee for work is to do a 1 hour (and change) commute to NYC and end up paying both NJ and NY state income taxes.
Thankfully my family can survive during my current unemployment, but things are rather uncomfortable to say the least and we've had to do with out a few conveniences.
Any advice for someone who was in your position? I imagine since you're working in Japan that you speak the language, so that's an advantage you'd have over me.
Christ, I'm like a foreigner in my own home country.:(
To be fair, I doubt that the majority of the time was spent on actual coding. I imagine a lot of it was spent on things like UI design (positioning the graphics, buttons, etc.) and aesthetics.
Doesn't say how long they were working on it for. Plus, they didn't change it globally, it's an opt-in thing so a little more complex than just changing everyone's profile (though not by much).
The fact that it's optional means that nobody should be whining here. Obviously they're fed up of people bitching about all the changes and have decided to give them the choice this time.
I can't find a source for the life of me (although I remember reading it), so take the following with a grain of salt, but as I understand things it is currently opt-in and will eventually become permanent for all persons.
Wait, so, if I post something significant I will effectively have what amounts to an official government acknowledgment of the fact that I had sex with multiple sexy blonde Swedish women?
On an entirely unrelated note, I happen to have here a classified document that was sent to me via registered mail...
automating the jobs locals will never willingly do has always been a logical goal.
Please, enough of this shit.
I would gladly do any of the jobs "the locals wouldn't do" like general labor, janitorial services, harvesting in fields, etc. because I am unemployed right now. When you can't find work in the field you want, you generally take anything you can.
I'm not going all "They took our jerbs" here, but it can really be a major pain in the ass when I can't get hired for general labor at a construction company because I don't speak Spanish (despite my 12+ years (~2 years if I had worked it full time every weekday) of construction experience).
There have been exactly 0 charges filed for Suicide since the law was put on the books. Clearly, it is working as an excellent deterrent against the practice!
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Does it run Linux?
Yes, but as a side effect it causes open sores.
I'd take this article with a grain of salt.
Hows about you work on projects that make use freer rather than further confine or track us???
There's not as much easy money in our freedom and privacy.
(Decapitalized to get around the stupid filter...)
Others are calling for the assassination, or arrest and execution (which pretty much amounts to the same thing) of people working for WikiLeaks.
This brings up an interesting and disturbing avenue for damaging America. If some American-hatin' organization were to assassinate Assange and get away without being caught, I imagine that most people would believe the Americans did it. Assange likely has an insurance policy infodump of sorts that would be highly damaging to the U.S., so they'd silence someone who would eventually be troublesome to them and simultaneously damage one of the most powerful nations on the planet.
I think you and I may be from a dying generation.
I got my first computer in 1999, and with it came a 19" Gateway CRT monitor. When I got it it had already been used daily for a year.
That monitor lasted for 8 years with very few problems. The last year, the screen picture would bend inwards like an hourglass, but if you smacked the side of it that fixed things nicely. One day, about 10 years after it was purchased originally, the hardest of technical taps would not restore the screen. I junked it and replaced it with a backup 15" monitor.
Now I have a LCD that I got used. I already loathe the fact that it seems far more difficult to clean without damaging it (I received it with some dust and dirt stains on it just from being stored on the floor in a room somewhere). I don't imagine that it would last half as long as my Gateway 2000 CRT.
You are seriously over-analyzing what was intended to be a joke...
The only difference between what you see from Wikileaks and the raw data is that the Wikileaks version has gone through "harm prevention".
Here's a hypothetical example. The U.S. federal government gets a tip about a crime ring from someone. The government tramples all over the rights of the crime ring - therein is the leak-worthy material. Do you include the name of the person who tipped off the feds? I think there is a point where leaking certain information is irresponsible, especially when it interferes with an individual's (but not a government's) privacy and/or safety.
WL is, IMO, doing their job in the most responsible way possible - they make efforts to protect the privacy and safety of individuals and prevent any collateral damage.
I wonder how long it will be until completely sequestering a jury for the duration of a trial will become S.O.P...
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Ouch, that one stung
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Be relentless!.
hehehe...
At least Dubya was never on the show.
"I reject your election results and substitute my own!"
Incidentally, you can disable things like Stickykeys via the control panel if you so desire. Google it.
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It does have its legitimate uses. What about someone with, say, one hand? Or one finger? Capslock H Capslock e l l o period, one key at a time.
Though to be fair, it's been rendered sort of redundant by Stickykeys (which has been around for quite a while now - at least 15 years). If you don't know what it is, press Shift five times in a row. It basically turns modifier keys (Alt, Shift, Ctrl) into toggles instead of holds. Stickykeys would change the above "Hello" example to Shift H e l l o period, so it's more efficient as well.
Ultimately, capslock only really is useful when you have to type a lot of capital letters in sequence, but I imagine lots of disabled persons (or just poor typists) use it in place of Shift and in lieu of the knowledge of Stickykeys.
Oh yeah, the Earth is definitely gonna get some action!
This proves, objectively, with 100% accuracy, that software piracy does zero economic harm and is actually beneficial to everyone involved.
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And while we're on the topic, Sanjuro is also a great flick.
Or as it's known in America, "Jimbo 3".
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(Disclaimer: Only Japanese language speakers will get this joke.)
It could be deliberate, you know. I imagine they don't want those people to find those pesky privacy settings easily.
I submitted the same story, but included your link as well as the one from Student Activism instead of the submitter's link. (Better to use the source material rather than make the /, posting a summary leading to a summary IMO). (I don't particularly care about getting my name up as the submitter (I've submitted a total of 6 stories ever, only one of which has been approved), but I wish they had used the sources instead.)
I read over everything in the source pages and honestly it's rather difficult to say whether or not the whole thing is being caused by some active effort on Twitter's part. There's the genuine possibility that the algorithm somehow didn't think #wikileaks was a viable candidate for trending. However, my gut feeling tells me that it was an active participation in censorship on Twitter's part; it would be relatively simple for them to predict #wikileaks and put in counter-measures to ensure that it doesn't trend, but it would be more difficult to predict a term that was created relatively quickly like #cablegate.
Good job then, man. I live in an area in the United States that has loads of immigrants (mainly Spanish and Portuguese speakers), so I've yet to get hired because of the lack of an ability to speak a foreign language - even for something simple like general labor.
I sort of do freelance computer work, but years of experience with the area has shown to me that it is impractical (if not near impossible) to make a living solely doing that. (I often do such a good job at repairs that nothing breaks down for a return call. I have a customer retention rate of under 33%, even though I can count the number dissatisfied customers I've ever had on half of one hand.)
As it stands I keep looking for work 'round here. Moving is impractical, and my closest "best" guarantee for work is to do a 1 hour (and change) commute to NYC and end up paying both NJ and NY state income taxes.
Thankfully my family can survive during my current unemployment, but things are rather uncomfortable to say the least and we've had to do with out a few conveniences.
Any advice for someone who was in your position? I imagine since you're working in Japan that you speak the language, so that's an advantage you'd have over me.
Christ, I'm like a foreigner in my own home country. :(
To be fair, I doubt that the majority of the time was spent on actual coding. I imagine a lot of it was spent on things like UI design (positioning the graphics, buttons, etc.) and aesthetics.
Judging from the result I can't help but wonder if FB just gave the team a year's supply of whiskey.
Doesn't say how long they were working on it for. Plus, they didn't change it globally, it's an opt-in thing so a little more complex than just changing everyone's profile (though not by much).
The fact that it's optional means that nobody should be whining here. Obviously they're fed up of people bitching about all the changes and have decided to give them the choice this time.
I can't find a source for the life of me (although I remember reading it), so take the following with a grain of salt, but as I understand things it is currently opt-in and will eventually become permanent for all persons.
It's a godawful jumble to be honest.
Wait, so, if I post something significant I will effectively have what amounts to an official government acknowledgment of the fact that I had sex with multiple sexy blonde Swedish women?
On an entirely unrelated note, I happen to have here a classified document that was sent to me via registered mail...
automating the jobs locals will never willingly do has always been a logical goal.
Please, enough of this shit.
I would gladly do any of the jobs "the locals wouldn't do" like general labor, janitorial services, harvesting in fields, etc. because I am unemployed right now. When you can't find work in the field you want, you generally take anything you can.
I'm not going all "They took our jerbs" here, but it can really be a major pain in the ass when I can't get hired for general labor at a construction company because I don't speak Spanish (despite my 12+ years (~2 years if I had worked it full time every weekday) of construction experience).
There have been exactly 0 charges filed for Suicide since the law was put on the books. Clearly, it is working as an excellent deterrent against the practice!