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  1. Wire is missing! on Battle of the Secure Messaging Apps: Signal Triumphs Over WhatsApp, Allo (theintercept.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wire has complete e2e--encryption and a full set of features missing in the other apps. (As well as all encryption bits being open source).

    Simple comparison chart is here: https://wire.com/privacy/

  2. Norway on Japan Now Has More Car Charging Points Than Gas Stations · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Norway has 1602 gas stations ( http://www.np.no/om_bensinstas... ) and 1617 charging stations with 6221 charting points ( http://www.ladestasjoner.no/ ) of which 5384 charting points are public and most are free as in beer.

    While driving to most places in the country is possible with a Tesla due to its large battery pack, with most other electric cars it would still be a significant hassle to drive significant distances (over 3 hours non-stop drive) due to their limited range/battery packs.

    So I guess the question even with infrastructure in place, and with enough incentives in place, is when will most manufacturers realize that range is critical into turning electric cars from a commuters vehicle into a family, general, all purpose car? (Other then Tesla, I don't really see other manufacturers really "getting it").

  3. stuff&life.... on Ask New 2.4 Maintainer Marcelo Tosatti Anything · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Hi Marcelo,

    I have grown to respect quite a bit you as well as some of the other folks who work in kernel development at conectiva in Brazil (Rik, Arnaldo..).

    I have been wanting to try to read more and more about the linux kernel, and maybe(?) try to get involved, so i must ask how did you start out? Any pointers that i should follow to get to understand more deeply the kernel? I mean you are not in heavy kernel hacking and you are a few years younger than me... (My guess is that it wasnt in college, since by now you should be doing the infamous college entrance exams... aka vestibular =P)

    Also it seems that you value your privacy, since there isnt much public information about you out there... Would you elaborate a little on how you got where you are? =)

    Just one more thing... I feel i must say that all Brazilians and young people in general are very proud and happy to see where you are now! Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!
  4. Re:RIT Domain Screw Jobs on How Many Domains Does Your School Own? · · Score: 1

    That's partially true, actually the student's didn't own the domain. Who actually owned the domains was a freewebhosting/freedomain company, who upon receipt of a letter from rit's lawyers decided to not more host or keep the discussed domains. The site's weren't very harsh at the school in my opinion, but i guess the univ. news ppl weren't too excited about it to want to keep the past situation.