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kempe··on Google deletes artist’s blog, a decade of his work
Google feels a bit more evil for every day that go by.
kempe··on What media companies don’t want you to know about ad blockers
Security but also readability is why I use addblocker. Sites I like that does not interfererar too much with adds, then I turn addblocker off for that site. However, way too many sties gets unreadable and are annoying to go to because of how adds are used and thus addblocker is very nice.
kempe··on A Basic Income Should Be the Next Big Thing
You could look at Sweden here for a reference. Everyone does not get a fixed sum of money but everyone can get social services to help out if you are unemployed thou the amount of money vary from situation to situation. This and other things like everyone has a right to schools, universities and health care does not come for free however. 25% tax on products, salary tax 30-55% on different salary ranges + ~15% on top for pension plan and state tax that the employee never sees that the company pays. So sure it can work but it's not cheap and it builds on that everyone should get a job. If people lost interest in that and unemployment would raise more, that would be bad...
kempe··on Cello – a programming language for living cells
Very cool. So they later might be closing in to repairing dna and removing some specific decides linked to specific dna. Perhaps also in the future also give option for a higher protection against viruses and bacteria. A little creepy but this could lead to a huge break throu I believe.
kempe··on Does the Database Community Have an Identity Crisis?
RDBMS are great for a lot of situations. Alternatives like NoSql which stands for Not Only Sql, can be handy for other situations like how easy it is there to recursively find relations of x^n that are way more annoying to write in t-sql. Identity crises might be because RDBMS is not the only approach anymore?
kempe··on Feinstein-Burr: The Bill That Bans Your Browser
Herp derp unicorn...
kempe··on U.S. high court approves rule change to expand FBI hacking power
I believed it was CIA and NSA that operated beyond u.s. borders. But of course, patterns that fbi finds could lead to other countries as well.
kempe··on Microsoft stops Google being used for Cortana searches
I usually get better hits when I use google. Wonder what the end result of their change will bring. Perhaps less cortana interest?
kempe··on Infinit announces Project Dropboxe
LOL yes it is, was supposed to go to another article.
kempe··on Infinit announces Project Dropboxe
So when the train needs to break it generates energy for storage that can be used later uphill etc. Simple and interesting, especially for regions with a lot of variation of heights.
kempe··on Infinit announces Project Dropboxe
Dropbox? No thanks, no integrity there. I'm looking forward to protonmails comming equivalent. Security and integrity for the win! It does not matter that I've nothing to hide, nsa etc has no right to prive in my personal life.
kempe··on Dark Patterns by the Boston Globe
Maybe there is an addon or addition to adblocker that simply can stop us from reaching these sites? Would be nice with a global list of dark pattern sites and simply be warned about them.
kempe··on UK spy bill will force tech firms to disclose future products before launch
Sounds like 1984 coming closer and closer each day.

I wonder however about the negative consequences to the tech industry, why would a company purchase a service they can not trust anymore due to weak encryption?

They government probably also will miss their target completely as criminals/ terrorists etc will simply choose other products and services.

kempe··on Curious Link Between the Fly-By Anomaly and the “Impossible” EmDrive Thruster
Would be very interesting to see an actual implementation.
kempe··on The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005)
True. Also I'm not saying people didnt die. But from what I've read, it was not such a huge deal as it has been painted out to be in Sweden. Remember, health care back in those days meant people died from all sorts of things. Perhaps there is a lack of information or it simply was not a big deal. Different people are also more or less sensitive to different bacteria and viruses.
kempe··on The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005)
You are wrong. Read Olle Larsson and Andreas Marklunds book Svensk Historia. http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789175452531/svensk-historia/
kempe··on The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005)
It was not a big deal in Sweden. The government was acting fast to quarantine the areas. Mostly only children bellow 14 died. A few years later however most families had new children. All in all it was not a big deal for that point in time. Remember that back in those days most people had more children per person and death was a larger part of life than now.
kempe··on Job hopping helped Silicon Valley thrive. Why do other states restrict it?
Wow, usa really is controlled by the companies instead of the people.
kempe··on The Elephant in the Room: Web design work is drying up
To only know webdesign is a very limited focus.
kempe··on Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client
Skype always crashes when you log of a windows machine.