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New comment by fghtr in "Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok"

fghtr — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:40:56 +0000

I recommend lecture by economist Dr. Sergei Guriev about how Putin s autocracy works. Most of the material is explained in the first 10 minutes, then come the examples. Based on actual research papers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z66N_oKbs0k

New comment by fghtr in "Verizon Media launches OneSearch, a privacy-focused search engine"

fghtr — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 21:59:08 +0000

I already have my https://yacy.net.

New comment by fghtr in "Ask HN: What's the one simple trick to life?"

fghtr — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 21:57:49 +0000

Volunteering makes your happier.

New comment by fghtr in "DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Android in the EU"

fghtr — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:32:17 +0000

It is still far from being actually useful afaik. We need much more people involved I guess.

New comment by fghtr in "DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Android in the EU"

fghtr — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:43:27 +0000

Here you go: https://yacy.net

List of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel following the Sep 11 attacks

fghtr — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:39:45 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_deemed_inappropriate_by_Clear_Channel_following_the_September_11,_2001_attacks

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22034337

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by fghtr in "I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Why I Left"

fghtr — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:10:51 +0000

>> Also called social benefit corporations

Wikipedia says it's not the same thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_purpose_corporation

>> If the company doesn’t have their values and goals listed in the articles of incorporation, then they have no legal obligation to follow them.

But Purism afaik does have them listed.

New comment by fghtr in "I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Why I Left"

fghtr — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:51:34 +0000

>> are there ways to stay true to values (which in some cases might be in direct opposition to growth and profit taking) with the way our society is structured?

Purism is trying to do exactly this by being Social Purpose Corporation: https://puri.sm/about/social-purpose/. However, I would not call them a "major company" yet.

New comment by fghtr in "Things that I think will be important in the next decade"

fghtr — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 09:51:11 +0000

Tech Luddism has nothing to do with these arguments. I do not want tech that someone else controls, because it benefits 'them', not me. I want tech that I can control. See, e.g., Free Software Foundation and Purism.

New comment by fghtr in "NitroPad: Secure Laptop with Tamper Detection"

fghtr — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:47:09 +0000

See also Librem Key for a free (as in freedom) alternative [0].

[0] https://puri.sm/products/librem-key/

Trying to decide between the PinePhone and the Librem 5

fghtr — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 13:57:13 +0000

Article URL: https://amosbbatto.wordpress.com/2019/12/01/decide-pinephone-vs-librem-5/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21834884

Points: 1

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New comment by fghtr in "#include "

fghtr — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:04:30 +0000

In fact, Qubes is using hardware virtualization IOMMU/VT-d [0], which has been escaped only once in 2006 by the project founder [1].

[0] https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/architecture/

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Pill_(software)

New comment by fghtr in "#include "

fghtr — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:38:10 +0000

Not many if its Qubes OS.

New comment by fghtr in "Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine"

fghtr — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:18:10 +0000

>> Can there exist such a search engine that can stay objective in the long haul?

Yes, if it's distributed: https://yacy.net

Librem 5 Longevity: Solving the Problem of Disposable Technology

fghtr — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:37:41 +0000

Article URL: https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-longevity-solving-the-problem-of-disposable-technology/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21761846

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Security-Enhanced 24K KryptAll K iPhone

fghtr — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:29:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.kryptall.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21738457

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by fghtr in "The Lesson to Unlearn"

fghtr — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 22:30:21 +0000

Perhaps, Purism (Social Purpose Corporation) could fit: https://www.hostingadvice.com/blog/purism-respects-user-righ...

New comment by fghtr in "If the universe is 13.8B years old, how can we see 46B light years away? (2018)"

fghtr — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 22:09:43 +0000

>> - What would prevent you from "cutting" the smallest possible particle in 2 parts?

>Max Planck.

For those who did not understand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_length

New comment by fghtr in "If the universe is 13.8B years old, how can we see 46B light years away? (2018)"

fghtr — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 21:59:58 +0000

"The universe does not expand "into" anything and does not require space to exist "outside" it. Technically, neither space nor objects in space move. Instead it is the metric governing the size and geometry of spacetime itself that changes in scale."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_of_the_universe

New comment by fghtr in "France proposes upload filter law, “forgets” user rights"

fghtr — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 10:26:34 +0000

> Copyright is pretty important to the ... academic publishing

Indeed, that's why "Archivists Are Trying to Make Sure LibGen Never Goes Down".

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21692222