Once the US has its own Reichstag fire I'm sure we'll promptly follow suit.
We can only hope.
Readit NewsUnbelievable! I wonder which motherless record company executive is responsible for this.
This is a huge loss. WCD will be sorely missed.
copperheart commented on Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut' bbc.co.uk/news/technology... · Posted by u/dharma1
And yet he won't release it so we can be sure of that, while we just have to know Podesta's risotto recipe.
The importance of the leaked Podesta emails is much greater than simply learning about a recipe.
copperheart commented on BASIC gaming-dev app for iOS lowres.inutilis.com/... · Posted by u/gattilorenz
It's deja vu of the classic TI99/4a, complete with the wonders of GOTO and GOSUB! What great times. Hunt the Wumpus, anyone?
copperheart commented on Mars Explorers Wanted Posters mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/... · Posted by u/mariusavram
It would be thrilling if the current state of our space exploration was on a level suggested by these posters. Are we sending people to farm Martian soil or explore the Martian terrain anytime soon? Obviously not. So, honest question: what is the point of these posters?
So this seems to be the "Dr Strangelove" scenario playing out, but with (fortunately) exploits rather than nuclear weapons. It sounds like many countries have other significant exploits into other countries, but this isn't "admitted"; it's not an unignorable public fact (+). The Russian destabilisation plan is to get Western countries to see NSA attacks on them and lose trust in the US - plus an attack on the concept of democracy by getting enough people to lose faith in the US election.
(+) "unignorable public fact" is a clunky way of expressing it, but I mean something that you can bring up in a news report and politicians discuss what the appropriate reaction is, rather than challenging the fact itself. This is getting increasingly rare.
What is this 'Russian destabilization plan' you are talking about?
As in paper.
Woosh!
copperheart commented on Chrome removes Backspace to go back bugs.chromium.org/p/chrom... · Posted by u/ivank
Big thanks to the Chrome devs for this, I applaud and personally appreciate the decision but wonder why a navigation shortcut like this couldn't be made into an option for others to enable or disable based on their preference?
copperheart commented on Isaac Asimov: Man of 7,560,000 Words (1969) nytimes.com/books/97/03/2... · Posted by u/jeremynixon
I read all of his SciFi books and short stories. They are still my absolute favorites.
I'm still searching for similar authors. I have read many other SciFi books but none has impressed me so much as some of the work and ideas by Asimov.
Maybe someone has some other recommendations for me?
Ray Bradbury comes to mind since he, like Asimov, tends to focus on the human element in his stories.
I would also like to express my appreciation for the ability to save/import/export files instead of locking those functions behind in-app purchases.
Overall, great job! Thank you for creating this.