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8ig8on Dead Kennedys guitarist goes after the modern music industry

Some argue that the Sex Pistols were a _boy band_ orchestrated by Malcolm McLaren...

> Reliably or not, Mr. McLaren explained his strategy for packaging and selling the band in the 1980 film “The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/arts/music/09mclaren.html?...

8ig8on Pirates hack into shipping company’s servers to identify booty

Those containers seem to be packed pretty tight. Even if you know which one had high value contents, is it even possible to access it within the stacks?

8ig8on Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

Perhaps a little more privacy? You can browse the web without being logged into Google.

I know you can have separate Chrome users, but this may separate concerns slightly more. Not sure.

8ig8on Modd: a flexible tool for responding to filesystem change

By the author of mitmproxy, which I think is fantastic.

http://mitmproxy.org

8ig8on How a College Student Used Creative Commons to Dominate Political Photography

Kinda like a VC-backed startup disrupting an industry.

8ig8on Hand powered drilling tools and machines (2010)

> By far, my favorite brace is the North Bros. Yankee 2101A brace

> The alligator-style chuck jaws close tightly and quickly on square-shanked auger bits or round-shanked twist bits.

From:

There's a few listed on eBay now:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m5...

8ig8on I have five digital ‘personal assistants’ and still can’t get anything done

"In 30 minutes, remind me to take the beer out of the freezer."

8ig8on Springer Textbooks More Than 10 Years Old Available for Free Legal Download

Filter for all books published in English at least 10 years ago (downloadable), newest first:

http://link.springer.com/search?facet-content-type=%22Book%2...

8ig8on BrickInstructions.com: Lego booklet site

I wonder what SEO keywords they're targeting with that Welcome copy?

8ig8on Lists

For the uninitiated, this guy's bookmarking site is Pinboard (https://pinboard.in). It's a fantastic service and I hope it never changes.

8ig8on Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone with Hybrid Design

As a one time hooliganish teenager, I wonder if these will become targets for slingshots (or more sophisticated surface-to-air weapons).

8ig8on Ask HN: How do you track issues, todos, features?

Still a happy user of FogBugz.

http://www.fogcreek.com/fogbugz/

8ig8on Lock Pick Laws, Rules and Regulations: Is the Hobby a Crime in Your State?

See Kevin Mitnick's business card:

https://www.mitnicksecurity.com/shopping/kevin-mitnick-lock-...

8ig8on Notie.js: A JavaScript notification plugin without dependencies

Is there an alternative library with similar functionality that you use/recommend?

8ig8on Breaches, traders, plain text passwords, ethical disclosure and 000webhost

This guy on Reddit also noticed a security issue years ago...

http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/3qqo79/000webhost_da...

8ig8on Devd: a small, self-contained web daemon for developers

See also mitmproxy by the same developer. I find mitmproxy a joy to use.

https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy

8ig8on Blowing the Whistle on the UC Berkeley Mathematics Department

An earlier comment has a video link...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10372658

8ig8on Special K9 sniffs for electronics during federal raid of Jared Fogle’s home

This is the part I thought HN would find interesting:

“Bear is unique because he can sniff out SD cards, thumb drives, external hard drives, iPads and micro SD cards,” said Todd Jordan, chief handler with Tactical Detection K9.

8ig8on Show HN: Droners.io – Get anything filmed by a drone

In case anyone else was wondering, here's the pricing...

> 11. DRONERS.IO SERVICE FEE

> Pilot will pay Droners.io a transaction-based fee for Droners.io’s services and technology provided through the Site and otherwise (the “Service Fee”). For each Job Agreement, the Service Fee shall be equal to 10% of the total price that Pilot bills to the User with whom Pilot enters into the Job Agreement, excluding taxes and shipping or delivery costs. Pilot shall include in taxes only sales, use, or similar transaction-specific taxes that Pilot is required to collect and pay by virtue of the Job. Pilot shall include in shipping or delivery costs only Pilot’s actual out-of-pocket costs for shipping and delivery.

> The Droners.io Service Fee shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per Job.

Source: https://droners.io/terms-of-service-pilot

8ig8on Show HN: Droners.io – Get anything filmed by a drone

It sounds like something useful, but the AirBnb mention seems like a stretch. Based on your description, it could also be the 'Uber' for drones, if you get my drift.

8ig8on Show HN: Droners.io – Get anything filmed by a drone

I don't understand the AirBnb angle? Is that meaning it is a marketplace? Buyers and sellers?

8ig8on How to get gmail.com banned (2011)

One way to get around a domain blacklist is to point your own domain to Mailinator. Heck, since last year you can even get your own private Mailinator...

http://mailinator.blogspot.com/2014/10/mailinator-launches-p...

8ig8on Sandra Bland arrest video has continuity problems, anomalies

I think this post was the first to call out the _edits_. It provides a few more details than the LA Times article, I think...

http://bennorton.com/dashcam-video-of-violent-arrest-of-sand...

8ig8on Let's talk content. AMA

As usual, The Onion has this covered (2012):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=w8c_m6U1f9o

"The Power Of Selling Out: Your Customers As Political Capital - Onion Talks"

8ig8on What’s really going on in downtown Vegas?

Mods: How about a 2014 note in the post title?

8ig8on Macaw Scarlet – Live Design Environment

I'm with you. As I was loading the page, it felt like one of those dreaded old splash pages.