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I was just looking at Asus Zenbook UX31A comparing it to MacBook Pro. It is a nice machine and practically half the weight of MBP.

I have no idea what "dwm" is, though.

From what I have read by searching on HN, I believe Fastmail is really popular.

I can't even work on my regular job or projects without seeing at least 4% packet loss, intermittently spread out across the day. Not only that, I clearly see pings taking too long even with wired connection. Comcast has told me they cannot do anything about it. They say that the 2 MacBooks and a couple of iPads is a lot of traffic for the router+modem they have given me.

Not only this, I know that the moment I start Youtube or Amazon instant (I do not have Netflix), the packet loss starts to go up or at least the ping return times sometimes go up to 4000ms. This also happens when I RDP into my Windows PC at work when I telework.

I have tried resetting the router, use it with other channels, use it with and without all possibilities of encryption (WPA, WPA2 etc.) and I really cannot think of doing anything anymore. The Comcast representation said they will reimburse $30 bucks if I got my own router because the issue is not their fault.

I am not sure how to approach this issue anymore. My apartment building does not have Verizon FiOS or any other service. I have given up all hope. Sometimes I feel like adding unlimited LTE/4G on my iPhone from T-mobile and use that as the main Internet hub.

It seems like a simple generator like http://www.wisdomofchopra.com/

Just for your reference:

1 lakh (or lac) = 100,000

1 crore = 10,000,000

Thanks for your reply. When can we hear about those bodies or organizations? I am highly interested in that because that is one of the things that is keeping me away from PIA at this point.

I used to be a PIA customer and I liked the idea that they do not log anything. However, the lack of a good third-party audits that support their claims, is something that I found weird. Is there a way you can prove that you do not log anything beyond just blog posts?

True. It is a highly corrupt country and there are two good ways to get things done -

1. Have cash ready 2. Know someone in the bureaucracy and 1.

I am yet to figure out a third way.

It will be very interesting to see the criteria for a site to be labeled as porn. Is http://500px.com going to be deemed a porn site because it has a "nude" section?

India has a very bad history in dealing with such issues esp when they involve technology. Remember when they asked Google, Facebook, Twitter et. al. to preemptively delete undesired messages?

Thanks. That's the reason I asked about it. I have stopped reading or at least have not read or heard about any latest NSA news. So, I have no clue whatsoever.

I think I vaguely knew it was about privacy but was not sure why was the question being posed about the number of microphones. So, now I am curious about the story!

It'd be nice to state the intention of the question or elaborate it a little.

Also, add "Ask HN:" in the beginning please.

It seems like a failure of legislative branch too. But I want to ask you what can be done if the judiciary branch fails or is corrupt?

I have always hated the campaign by CRA for HFCS like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ-ByUx552s

I follow this Twitter account and it helps me discover him more - https://twitter.com/DijkstraQuotes

How transparent is DuckDuckGo when it comes to privacy that they claim?

I wonder if it is legal in the United States to visit Wikileaks website.

How'd you move away from Gmail, Google search?

Is it possible to search within the documents?

What are my options if I want to use my own email service on my own domain? Currently, I use Google's app services for the email on my domain.

Agreed. I have my feeds in Newsblur now.

Working on non-technical project is a good advice. I like to paint and indulge in photography and I have often seen ideas jumping from one field to the other. Like working on a project that requires front-end work sometimes gets help from while I am splashing paint on my canvas. Photography on the other hand, lets me indulge in the subject at hand. A developer is someone who developer, an idea, a vision into reality. I just do not associate "being a developer" to "being a programmer" anymore.

I did not like the "work for free" advice a lot but I do think that sometimes the only way to work on something that you really want to work on is to give your time and energy to it, for free. I am sure there are people who will not agree with me but I am a big proponent of non-profits (esp the ones who ask for your services, more than money).

Thanks, I started using the tools you had mentioned and it made things a little better for my paranoid self. I always needed something like Little Snitch.

I just blogged about my chat with them - http://writing.amanjeev.com/2013/06/my-chat-with-private-int...

Does anyone know if there is a laptop or desktop the parts of which are made ethically?

Still, I wanted to give a fair trial.

It is not. Says right in the JS section

/* Mona Lisa with pure CSS Pointless but fun!

  Of course, it's not handcrafted.
  Here is my code:
  https://github.com/jaysalvat/image2css

*/

That I will return from work eventually back to my personal projects, reading and writing.

Where is your VPS hosted?

Absolutely! I second the opinion of them being audited by EFF or similar reputed organization.