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werid··on Google Fiber now allows servers for non-commercial use
Lots of ISPs does this. They require you to relay via their SMTP-server.
werid··on Dropbox opening my docs?
There was a case awhile back where Google docs helped a guy rack up a huge AWS bill.

http://www.behind-the-enemy-lines.com/2012/04/google-attack-...

werid··on Kevin Spacey on the potential of Netflix to disrupt traditional TV [video]
the problem is that these people tend to enjoy discussing "this week's episode" with their friends, and that's hard when they've watched the entire season/series.
werid··on GNOME Developers Hate the Mouse, Remove Middle-Click Paste
> What the Gnome devs did was just inverting the setting without providing an option for it, which is a pretty awful idea.

Gnome devs don't like to give the user options.

werid··on Security Community Raises Money for Researcher Snubbed by Facebook Bounty
it might be technically correct, but people don't behave like machines, so the expected outcome in the future is not clear.
werid··on Lavabit.com owner: 'I could be arrested' for resisting surveillance order
those "other court orders" could have been for accounts that were not encrypted, like the free accounts.
werid··on Happy 20th birthday Debian
debian.net projects are unofficial. sometimes they graduate to official debian.org projects.
werid··on Meet the Dread Pirate Roberts, the man behind Silk Road
> Then, last month, the FBI exploited a vulnerability in Tor to capture the alleged administrator of a child pornography site in Ireland.

Freedom hosting now reduced to being simply a child pornography site.

werid··on Website Screenshot Of Every Two-letter Domain
I bet tvrage.com (started in june 2005) eventually stole a lot of traffic from tv.com, i have vague memories of a redesign by tv.com which broke old links, and was not very usable.
werid··on Uruguay moves to legalize marijuana
> My party decided not to vote the whole bill, but only some parts

how does this work? if some parts get enough votes they are turned into law, but the rest of the bill scrapped?

werid··on Tumblr responds to complaints about censorship
The logical thing to do in this situation would be to block those search terms when they come from ios-devices.
werid··on Tumblr responds to complaints about censorship
instagram blocks certain hashtags. will just silently return zero results.
werid··on A Hacker's Replacement for Gmail
Why must this be pointed out every time? There's enough of us weirdos out there.
werid··on Facebook Android app sends phone number to Facebook servers without consent
facebook comes pre-installed on a lot of phones. can't even remove it without rooting the phone.
werid··on Facebook Android app sends phone number to Facebook servers without consent
in case you didn't read the article

"The first time you launch the Facebook application, even before logging in, your phone number will be sent over the Internet to Facebook servers. You do not need to provide your phone number, log in, initiate a specific action, or even need a Facebook account for this to happen."

so an accidental launch is all you need.

werid··on Snowden given safepass to Ecuador [pdf]
indeed, the reason Hong Kong gave for not extraditing him, was that USA didn't specify what the J. middle initial stood for.
werid··on Edward Snowden whereabouts unknown as US presses Russia
Considering they claimed one of their sources was within wikileaks, it's likely it's part of a wikileaks/Snowden plan to obfuscate his real travel plans.
werid··on Ecuador has received asylum request from NSA leaker Snowden
Mossad kidnapped Vanunu from Italy. With or without local help, you can be kidnapped anywhere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Vanunu

werid··on Norwegian backup provider promises NSA-free data storage using Norwegian laws
Norway gets to implement many EU directives, thanks to being part of the European Economic Area.
werid··on Norwegian lawyer had visa withdrawn after private chat with client on Facebook
This lawyer is a known figure in Norway and not some guy looking for his fifteen minutes of fame. He has defended people on terrorism charges in Norway before, and gotten them acquitted on those charges (while other lesser charges still stuck).

On his twitter, he claims that the US embassy doesn't know why his visa was revoked, only that "Homeland security's computers" are telling them it's revoked.

This is then connected to NSA leak by journalists. He is still waiting for a proper explanation from the US embassy.

werid··on Opera Mail – standalone mail client
Loaded up my gmail in it. Then went to attachments, documents. Lots of hits from my gmail spam-folder. This needs work...

edit: the basic mail function looks okay. looking forward to testing the linux version against exchange.

werid··on Hetzner Servers Compromised
they haven't been doing this forever, so if you've been a customer for a while, you might not have been asked.

they also don't ask business customers (might not be true for all countries) if they supply certain details about their business.

werid··on Tarsnap – Online backups for the truly paranoid
They would all be channeled through your local law enforcement though.

If swedish police comes to you directly, you don't have to comply, but if they go through the proper channels, the request to you, comes from canadian police.

werid··on The NewsBlur Redesign
for over 15 years i've scrolled down webpages using the arrow keys. can't do this with newsblur. everything else about newsblur excites me and i want to explore it, but having the down arrow go to next story just breaks my usage so hard...

sure i got a mouse. i try to avoid using it too much.

werid··on Firefox, Heal Thyself
This is why I use Firefox and not Chrome. If shit hits the fan, I can still get my data (history/bookmarks/tabs) out via the sqlite and json files.
werid··on My former employer Opera Software has filed a lawsuit against me
there's no such thing as $3.4 million NOK. it's either $ or NOK.

lawsuit is for 20 million NOK which equals roughly $3.4 million.

werid··on Donating my Xbox
just what every g+ post needs. a signature with all the information you've entered into your profile!
werid··on Aaron Swartz
how many of these petitions have led to anything besides a little more than a standard response?
werid··on How do I cite a tweet?
"[...] and the medium of publication (Tweet)."
werid··on Show HN: Hacked Hacker News - new comment highlighting and keyboard navigation
reddit gold has that feature.
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