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"My weapon of choice is Python." Cool way to put it.

"Now, I love my wife deeply. And she is no fool. On the contrary, she is a graduate student."

No offense, to you or your wife, but this statement is hilarious for several reasons!

This is actually bigger news than most people realize. The powers that be are trying to establish a precedent to preemptively control content transmission by still-to-come technologies in the future.

Aside from that, I love it when a simple, old-school hack (TV antenna) is used to solve a big problem and provide better service than the big corporations.

I hate seeing Yoda on their page. It's like seeing your ex with her new boyfriend.

My response is about your comment and not the topic.

I am going to use your response as a template to use for the rest of my life. It's perfect. Thank you in advance for the time and trouble you have saved me.

Thank you for taking the time to write this. Many of us are thinking it, but are too exasperated to respond. Hopefully, this will change soon.

The NSA's morale is low because shit rolls downhill.

The pressure is increased while blame flows down The Hill through every office and cubicle. New procedures are set in place so that supervisors can tell their supervisors what steps they've taken to ensure there won't be another Snowden. Peons scramble to adopt these new procedures all while under closer scrutiny from everyone around them. Everyone, including the janitors, are pressed to find "traitors" in their ranks. All of this while harvesting/analyzing new data and shredding/deleting evidence. I'm guessing that $100,000+ salary is fast losing it's allure.

Whenever I read something like this, I struggle to formulate a response that I hope will add value to the discussion. I get so disgusted considering the many facets of the issue that, after wasting too much time, I close the page and move on with my day. I suppose that's why we're in this mess.

Perfect.

I can't stop laughing. That was so weird and funny that I almost forgot what I was doing here on HN.

Good job on the site.

I'm not sure if this information is motivational or debilitating. :)

Direct link: http://runnable.com/

Well said.

Good job! Very easy to navigate with lots of useful items. Thank you.

Great post!

Did anybody else have quirks in their vision after reading this?

I went from reading this: http://article.olduse.net/771@mit-eddie.UUCP to this: https://37signals.com/svn/posts/3633-on-writing-interfaces-w... and had some weird focusing issues.

This is an unusual and insightful post for HN. Thank you for it.

"The power of regret," what a powerful force. It's not often that we are able to use it in such a tangible way. The filmmaker's attempt to make amends may help us all to stop ignoring our neighbors.

I'm glad you posted this. It's a much needed reminder.

Your artwork is excellent and I love the sentiment. I signed up and look forward to seeing more from you. Keep up the good work!

BTW, thanks for the free posters!

I agree. Thank you tokenadult!

Interesting concept. Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is how to protect these units from the bad guys.

This is how things worked in the Cold War. Country after country was swallowed up by the "Evil Empire." "Unpatriotic" intellectuals began declaring that something needed to be done to stop the totalitarianism. Unfortunately, by the time the masses were ready to listen to these intellectuals, it was too late. Everyone was frozen in fear and the only thing left to do was assimilate.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Doing something now is the only way to prevent things from getting worse. I just wish there was a clearly defined, nonpartisan plan to fight back (peacefully). The sooner someone can create this step-by-step plan, the sooner the masses will know what to do. It must be spelled out for them and packaged right, and maybe advertised on the Discovery channel (little joke).

I wish the world would stop and think about this.

This truth is incredibly important and it isn't being said loud enough. It's being discussed in forums such as this, but not nearly enough by the media.

Anyone out there who can amplify and repeat this statement should do so.

Wow. It amazes me how people interpret things differently. Not that there's anything wrong with what you thought, it's just interesting.

I see your point and it makes me think of the bumper stickers that say, "LOOK TWICE. MOTORCYCLES ARE EVERYWHERE." It would help if there were an organized effort to make people think about cyclists. I think it also warrants a PSA.

Sad news.

I don't ride my bike out on the roads because of the danger of being hit. I often marvel at the courage, audacity, and sometimes foolishness of those who are brave enough to ride their bikes on our roads. There needs to be a stronger push to makes this safer.

Bike lanes should be in every city in the country. Everyone would be better off if there were bike lanes and bike use was encouraged. I realize that this probably isn't OP's intended point, but it's worth mentioning.

This is more about control of information than hindering pirates. This is one volley of a large scale attack.

This seems a lot like cookie-stuffing.

AdBlock and AdBlockPlus are free to run their company any way they want (within reason). However, this is a serious breach of trust. They should inform me of any change or re-direct they perform - before they do it.

Most people don't realize that the NSA is about ten times larger than the CIA. This allows them to aggregate data on a scale that is unprecedented. Being such a large organization, they still don't have the manpower to process so much data. Thus, the solution is to acquire and store this data for future use. I would imagine that even they don't know exactly what they have.

I think you have a real possibility to make large amounts of money from water cooler jokes alone. This could make big money with office inner circles. Also, the random funny, odd, and cool imgur pic-of-the-week shirt could be very lucrative. Just think of all those college and high school kids wearing the Reddit best-of each week.

Good work!

Thanks.

I'll check it out. Thanks.