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presidentxon Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

I don't believe GoDaddy on this, and I certainly wouldn't trust them.

presidentxon Redditors pledging to donate thousands to Wikimedia if they dump GoDaddy

Clean out your ears. We The People are making a statement: corporations with no regard to the rights and liberty of individuals and who buy out politicians are going down.

Simple as that.

presidentxon GoDaddy is default registrar for Google Apps Domains

Chill. I have no problem with hashtags, and I don't think it's spam. I'm totally okay with it, and I have as much say as you do.

presidentxon List of YC companies that use GoDaddy

I moved my GoDaddy domains to namespro.ca who have excellent support. The transfer went smooth as butter.

presidentxon Saudi prince invests $300 million in Twitter

Twitter is easy to mock, but I suggest you compile a list of your favorite thought leaders on twitter, then have the list emailed to you via a service like tweetymail.

Then you'll start to get a glimpse of how potent twitter can be.

presidentxon Saudi prince invests $300 million in Twitter

Smart investment. Twitter has really changed news and personal broadcasting in ways many of us don't appreciate. And Twitter has some of the smartest people dispersing pearls of wisdom and knowledge like nowhere else.

Again, Twitter is a smart investment - in more ways than just money.

presidentxon KDE Doesn’t Suck Anymore, People Finally Realize

I've been a KDE user forever. It IS a good GUI, but the knock on it has always been it's too much like Microsoft Windows.

My fave distro is Kubuntu and I highly recommend it.

presidentxon Save some money on those long night outs with this app, would love feedback

Horse getting beaten to death? Where did we come up with such awful sayings? And why do so many I hear have to do with the cruel treatment of animals?

presidentxon I'm turning 30 and I've produced no amazing art.

Man, you totally said it. Someone with drive and who understands the "30 Freakout" should register the domain name and create a resource where people can learn about this extremely common condition.

Again, excellent point.

presidentxon SOPA vote is now December 21

Can someone copy/paste this article? The mobile version is just a big ad that I can't seem to dismiss.

P.S. Quick, before SOPA takes effect.

presidentxon Sergey Brin, et al. to U.S. Government: Do Not Emulate These Oppressive Nations

Change will likely not happen within the current electoral system. Don't get forced into a "lesser of two evils" choice. Think outside the box. Think outside your current broken political system.

presidentxon Sergey Brin, et al. to U.S. Government: Do Not Emulate These Oppressive Nations

I'm stuck on the word "productive". Productive to what ends?

presidentxon Americans to be held without trial: House passes bill as President retracts veto

Do Americans feel like their liberty is under attack by their own government? If not, they should, because it's happening.