mcnemesis

One solution I see (though not optimal), is to install only those extensions you really can't do without, and then have them disabled by default. When you need to use its function though, enable it (only for that short session), and then disable it later.

Otherwise, I have inspected many seemingly innocent extensions like JaSON and REST Console (both meant to run in own tabs, without need to read/modify data on sites I visit, but which nevertheless request for these permissions!). I quickly noted that many other extensions did request for these perms as well... So, for now, for the ones I can't uninstall, I'll just disable them, and only opt-in (maybe in incognito), when I need to use them.

The modern version of misfits are already crafting the brothels of tomorrow - check how this porn site disguises itself amidst today's ignorance of psychology.

Am thinking devoting our focus on such privacy-focused projects as :

Tent [ https://tent.io/ ] : the crypto-social network protocol

or

BitMessage [ https://github.com/Bitmessage ]: crypto-P2P message protocol

If more people can join these efforts (even as early adopters), it would do us all (the entire internet village) a great benefit in fighting back against the System.

There are times when I've taken it upon me to believe that if I post something I've worked on to HN and it doesn't draw any attention (good or bad), that what I'd assumed to be 'important' in the judgement of my 'peers' is actually no. That way, I get myself simple, but effective feedback...

To hell with all yo other stale licensing- other than have none, the Fcking License included in this project just makes me want to frk this project!

The attitude is ill ;-)

Thanks, gave me a chance to peek at which sites/apps have been running experiments on my box (web db stuf,...).

The thing I still find disturbing is that unlike cookies, it seems not easy/direct to view the contents of a localstorage (other than its meta-data).

Is there a means to inspect (and or modify) what apps are putting into my local storage? something similar to cookie inspection?

Am in and converted!

"OTHER characteristic features of “depressive” Internet behavior included increased amounts of video watching, gaming and chatting."

Well, then I guess G+ users are on the better side of things given that games are being scrapped off of the platform - sorry for all you depressed FB users :-)

>I'll happily sit in front of the computer the whole day, and if the kids distract me when I'm in the middle of something, a certain amount of cursing might happen.

Hahaha I love that Linus :-)

GMAP3 (http://gmap3.net/) is the killer ;-)

Actually, this feels and looks like a ripoff of J.B. Demonte's work (https://github.com/jbdemonte/gmap3), or is it a fork?

just got me ipython (a ~few minutes back), and bpython (like a ~minute back), and this feels damn awesome! I mean bpython!

I just avoid Facebook all-together. am content with IRC and HN-style sites. when i really need to chat, I use Gmail's Chat or use Skype.

For me, anonymity and control are the reasons

interesting, was able to scroll Canibus's music as if it was a DVD menu! lovely. Using apis, scraping or pattern mining?

Personally, I prefer not to have my conversations with other people on such platforms persisting beyond the conversation - the reason I hate twitter and Facebook (with some other reasons of course). I prefer IRC or specialized communities like HN or SO and the like, interaction on these doesn't hurt.

And don't forget to perform a diff too, it helps me lots before or after backups.

In this case, even the dumb chinese-dup phone can't save me much!

What is one to do in this Big-Brother world? Can we entirely avoid it?

Thanks eggbrain. I've also been feeling it might be wrong to present such a thing before him, but then I have to now hunt in an even darker jungle for a potential investor.

If I had enough money, I'd do this on my own (I can already do the dev part alone, but I need test gadgets, legal, accounts, etc).

Anyway, thanks for the tip.

I actually once asked the StackOverflow community where the software we make isn't so dear to us as "one's own child" - at least I feel that way so often.

I(){ _just_love_code;} I();

makes me wonder whether Einstein could safely be called a "hacker" too?

first, i'd congratualte you on acknowledging competition, as this means you aren't locked in your comfort zone.

i probably don't have the best advice, but i'd think that try not 'run' after their features, instead, identify the things that have made you successful previously and think up ways you can push them to new heights - master your niche, before rushing to spread out.

by doing this, i believe your service will standout, and who knows, you might kick 'em out! most important? don't relax, though avoid panic too. think and then implement.

The ones called 'Doctors of the Church'; Aquinas, Augustine and Anselm. Those three hurt me, how I wish they had devoted their inquiries in anything other than Theo-philosophy.

strange you ask, but i guess just like most will admit here, productivity is at peak for me in the cold hours of the night. It's like darkness brings with it some aura of heightened awareness and gravitation to creative work - code at least.

I support this cause, I just don't know how to start.

For me, a 'rockstar' programmer is a kind of hacker that I look up too (or other programmers look up to).

It's just like how maniac teens (or just any 'metal-heads') patronize or look at some favorite rockstar as their icon / model (or something close to this).

To demonstrate my point, I'd say people like Linus Torvalds, Richard M. Stallman, Donald Knuth, Ray Kurzweil,... are RockStars! Even Jeff Atwood could pass for one to some extent :-)

I think, people are skeptic to vote / comment on technical issues than is the case when stuff is for 'real' people :)

Ideas are expensive, but unless you are very confident of their worth, and are able to milk value from them on your own, it's not worth keeping them locked up in a cellar.

Personally, if I think i have a brilliant idea, that's when I actually want to share it, so I can quickly learn how to milk value from it as I analyze they way others receive it.

Knowledge not expressed is void!

Maybe am a bit selfish at times, but who is not?

The US's 'mammoth' military budget and research endavours might seem like a safety wall with its 'competition', but it looks like they are fast climbing over, and probably, some are short-circuiting right 'through the wall'!

Will the 'real' Cold War ever end?

Am very delighted by the news; some of computer science's mot problematic problems stem from the space complexity issue - the need for enormous amounts of space / memory to realize a solution. But with such innovations as these, such hurdles will continue to be overcome, and who knows what problems might then become tractable? Talk of brute-forcing into previously feared domains!

This is a beautiful advance for us all :)

3 years back, the old TV that I owned slid from a table and cracked, that was the end of 'normal' TV for me.

I soon got a TV card into my computer and have never looked back. Now all i have to often do is upgrade software and mess with the antennae once in a while.

I don't crave for smarter TV, as none can beat my TV+PC combination. Feel a bit sorry for those rushing for these 'Smart' TVs :-{