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[ my public key: https://keybase.io/phusion0; my proof: https://keybase.io/phusion0/sigs/uCfmSpMk3BP5w219qEIGIBUMqZFb64OBpYz6AG6upgA ]
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phusion··on Show HN: Min – web browser with better search and built-in ad blocking
Requires OSX or Ubuntu? Damn it, well, it looks interesting...
phusion··on Previously Downloaded OS X Installers No Longer Work
YOU don't complain, even though it's slow, at least it isn't metered :/

I get 10GB/mo and it's $15 for every GB I go over. I'm a "giant pirate" and would usually go through that in an afternoon when I had comcrap. Oh well.

phusion··on TorFlow
Traffic sent over TOR is unencrypted. Use a VPN or SSH tunnel of some kind and you've got location obscured and traffic encrypted. Boo-yah. Slow as shit though.
phusion··on EU proposal to clamp down on Bitcoin curb terrorism funding
Here's the non mobile link

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/19/us-france-shoootin...

phusion··on Introducing the Plex Media Player
Yeah, before I tried it I envisioned some kind of VLC-like interface... but no, I installed it and it requires a key be input to identify and it goes fullscreen.. oh well, the browser app and mobile apps are fine.
phusion··on BMW i8 in WebGL
Just sat at loading screen in Chrome Win 7 x64.
phusion··on Ask HN: The Internet is getting lame. What's next?
Oooo this is interesting, it seems that P2P type stuff has been gaining steam again, since we can't trust anything hosted anymore.
phusion··on 3,000 floppy disk archive (1982–1994)
Also, that random dropbox account is now spitting out an error instead of a download.
phusion··on Cache is the new RAM
Almost blasted my screen with yerba mate after the dick waggling remark, kudos.
phusion··on Sonic.net implements DNSSEC, performs MITM against customers
Hrmm this is depressing, I was a Sonic customer back in '97 when they first opened, along with the public Internet.

They always win 5 stars from the EFF for privacy, is this really as bad as it seems?

phusion··on Apple Plans to Shut Down Beats Music?
I'm sure both of the beats music users will be in tears.

At any rate, no one is surprised that apple is taking a big 'ol BM on Beats Music :)

phusion··on Ask HN: Who isn't in the software industry/not a hacker?
I've been in IT since 1999 or so, when the high school I was attending recognized my skills and hired me on as a part of a student lead admin team. Myself and 4-5 friends ran the network with a single adult sysadmin. Since then I have branched out to linux admin in my spare time, but have only worked in MS shops. I'm currently working for a propane company as their windows admin and helpdesk monk.. guy.

I don't know a line of code, know a bit of security, but am always interested in how things work and what kind of WiFi is being run in my neighborhood, so I consider myself a hacker.

phusion··on NASA Tests LDSD 'Flying Saucer'
Damn, headline isn't NASA Tests LSD In Flying Saucer.

Maybe next time.

phusion··on For Sale: 29,656.51306529 Bitcoins
This ^^^

I chuckled a little bit when he said hashes people are willing to pay hundreds of dollars for... annd those dollars are printed on paper with old dead guys on it. Ahh the world this guy lives in must be an interesting one.

phusion··on Mike Judge Skewers Silicon Valley With the Satire of Our Dreams
No comments!? I really enjoyed this show, I don't think there has really been anything like it-- but then again I never saw "Betas". Mike Judge brings some interesting things to the table, I had no idea he was a math major and had geeky leanings.

This show has lots of promise, and not just for IT industry folks. It's a great ribbing of the mentality of the giant tech companies who promise to make the world a better place--

"Hooli is making the world a better place through minimal messaging transport layers." -- laughed my ass off.

What did HN think of this show? Did you watch it? Will you keep watching every week?

phusion··on Facebook acquires Oculus VR
No, it's terrible for everyone. I'm quite sad for the same reasons. The openness, the possibilities... (sigh) maybe someone else will take the torch.
phusion··on LSD, Reconsidered for Therapy
Definitely try it.

It's very difficult to know that you're getting good product though. I'm in the North Bay and have almost always had "real" LSD at my disposal. It's the geek's wonder drug for sure --> http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/01/70015?...

I recommend everyone without serious mental illness try it, then continue to do it every year or every few years to clear out the cobwebs, as it were.

phusion··on LSD, Reconsidered for Therapy
Sorry to parrot hippies and/or Bill Hicks, but they outlawed those drugs because they're not alcohol and cigarettes, they allow you to see how you're being fucked every day of your life, so of course they're outlawed :)That peaceful movement was a threat to the powers that be..
phusion··on LSD, Reconsidered for Therapy
And let's not forget the Wired article

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/01/70015?...

phusion··on Ten Years of Coding Horror
At first I thought it was Calvin & Hobs, but after the epic spacey events weren't followed by a joke, I knew it was Watchmen.
phusion··on IRC Networks Under Systematic Attack From Governments
They wanted to stop AnonOps from enabling the planning and execution of Anonymous operations. They bragged that a month after "rolling thunder" that the same nicknames/operations weren't there anymore. It's hardly effective, mostly childish.
phusion··on Duplicity + S3: Easy, cheap, encrypted, automated full-disk backups
Ahh the bums who think they have right to my name, despite me using it since '00 or so. This still looks like an interesting service.
phusion··on Silk Road 2.0 Launches
Then there a lot of moron drug addicts on this forum.
phusion··on Kids can't use computers, and why it should worry you
Regardless of the attitude of the author, I loved this article. I'm 30, been in IT since 1999 or so and recently I've thought that maybe the younger generation would start filling positions that I'd normally be a shoe in for. This is not the case, they're great at web apps and wasting time online, but when it comes to hardware, networking concepts etc.. they're lost. It's sad, but it also makes me feel secure :)
phusion··on Slashdot founder Rob Malda on why there won’t be another Hacker News
I talked to Rob at a LinuxWorld several years ago. I got there kind of late and he was answering questions to a medium sized group of socially awkward computer nerds. No one wanted to get on the mic and ask a question for a Slashdot T-Shirt, so, being the extrovert that I am, stepped up to the plate.

I had recently read an interview with Rob online where someone asked him about Digg and Reddit and the popularity of user chosen content. His answers seemed like the question really got under his skin, so I figured I'd fuck with him in public.

I got on the mic and asked him what he thought about the trend of user submitted content. He immediately snapped at me that someone had already asked a similar question and called me a noob. He rambled on about quality vs quantity and all that, my eyes glazed over and I waited to get my free T-Shirt. I still have it! That experience more or less cemented my opinion of 'ol Robbie. Just thought I'd mention this story..

phusion··on Lumi – A new way to find things that interest you
It is a bit much to upload your browsing history and install a plugin. I just went through all of that and gave the service a try. So far I've found at least a handful of articles that I enjoyed reading that I may not have found otherwise.

I suppose it's worth it if they're not doing anything nasty with my data. I'd like to think that the Last.fm guy isn't up to any dirty tricks with Lumi... if you're skeptical about privacy concerns, this may not be for you, but I'm enjoying it so far. Also, I'm a former web news editor and still have a serious jones for news, so this was a perfect fit for me.

phusion··on Show HN: It's hard to make friends offline, so we built a solution
I don't "understand" it either, but I'd imagine their line of thinking is that you've been using facebook for years, liking things you like, going to movies/shows you like etc that won't end up on a form you fill out. People want to be done with the form filling portion very quickly and won't put in very much detail. When scraping your facebook data, they get a very large amount of personal data and they figure they have a better chance of linking people together who actually do have several common interests, instead of: "I like music, and movies and the outdoors"
phusion··on The Bitcoin Bubble and the Future of Currency
Interesting article... but what blew me away was the page itself. Is this a CMS or a custom job? It looks fantastic.
phusion··on Why We Took Cocaine Out of Soda
Here, here!
phusion··on Show HN: escape from meetings, etc with a prearranged phone call: GetOutCall.com
Excellent site! Very clean looking and I'm sure it will prove useful, even though there are other methods of doing this. I love that you let us text just "1h20m" and the like. I will be showing this to many of my friends.
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