February 2012
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Forwarding IPTV Traffic with PF →
Any machine in my LAN is now capable of watching IP TV with VLC and a correct playlist - if your pipe is fat enough, even all at the same time!
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The Business of Bookmarking →
Risks:
Jack-Booted Thugs
This would not ordinarily figure high on my list, but the FBI confiscated a Pinboard
server in the summer of 2011. Turns out they were interested in someone else using the
same physical enclosure, but that didn’t make the server any less gone.
The lesson here is not so much to fear the FBI, but rather that there’s no such thing as a
‘cloud...
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Right versus pragmatic →
It’s unrealistic and naïve [of the media industry] to expect everyone to do the “right” thing when the alternative is so much easier, faster, cheaper, and better for so many of them.
The pragmatic approach is to address the demand.
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“Why would VEVO pirate content? Because it was easier than getting it legally....”
– MG Siegler: To Catch A Hypocrite
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“I did a quick survey of 15 developers of popular iOS apps, and 13 of them told...”
– Stealing Your Address Book by Dustin Curtis
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Do You Like Online Privacy? You May Be a Terrorist →
A flyer designed by the FBI and the Department of Justice to promote suspicious activity reporting in internet cafes lists basic tools used for online privacy as potential signs of terrorist activity.
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Fredrik Strage: Särskrivningar skrämmer mig mer än... →
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Why are software development task estimations... →
The line is about 400 miles long, we can walk 4 miles per hour for 10 hours per day, so we’ll be there in 10 days. We call our friends and book dinner for next Sunday night, when we will roll in triumphantly at 6 p.m. They can’t wait!
Amazing parable from Michael Wolfe. Please read.
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WatchGod Bless America