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Category Archives: EN
“But I have got nothing to hide!”
If you have countered privacy concerns from people like me with that silly statement, you may be interested in reading this article. A particular tidbit: One can usually think of something that even the most open person would want to … Continue reading
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Will we learn from the NSA eavesdropping scandal?
Having used encryption for a long time and having used PGP consequently for more than five years it seems unlikely to me that people will go the extra mile to ensure the confidentiality of their electronic correspondence. Leaving aside the … Continue reading
If you think about it …
… it’s kinda funny how in the second half of the 1990s I was visiting Israel and at one of the many sites of Christianity, near the lake Gennesaret, we were handed a leaflet by some apocalyptic sect warning us … Continue reading
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Land of the free …
… rein for for eavesdroppers. It’s quite unsettling to see that much of what Orwell envisions in “1984” has become true. // Oliver
Pope Francis: “atheists can be good” – oh really?
A short “The Guardian” article “Pope Francis says atheists can be good” discusses this new attitude towards unbelievers like me. That’s a refreshing new view from a person inhabiting a position that’s not known for this sort of “liberal” statements: … Continue reading
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I like Ricky Gervais …
… but the way you, Ricky, lash out against fat people, considering myself still part of that population , is kind of a disgrace that falls back on you, mainly for the weak main point you make. You’re perfectly right … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Thoughts, Weight loss
Tagged fat, fat people, obesity, Ricky Gervais, weight
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Re: “Not a convert” and “Copyleft vs. BSD …”
Almost one year ago I wrote about the GPL and in February last year about the GPL versus BSD license. Today I noticed the following inside OpenSSL code by Eric Young: The license and distribution terms for any publically available … Continue reading
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Reverse Engineering site at StackExchange, yay!
There is a reverse engineering site over at StackExchange in public beta. It is aptly called reverseengineering.stackexchange.com and everyone interested is welcome to participate, ask and answer. The site isn’t limited to reverse code engineering (RCE), but currently seems to … Continue reading
Putin approves …
… of the show Femen put up for him and gives a thumbs up: … and enjoys it visibly: Merkel didn’t join the bare-breasted protest, though. // Oliver PS: The young lady’s back says: “Иди нахуй Путин” which translates roughly … Continue reading
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Hekla …
… dammit … bad news? (photo is unrelated to the text, text is the relevant part) Perhaps it could wait until White Sunday this year. Pretty please? Thanks!
Posted in EN, Thoughts
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Norwalk virus
… it makes for pretty shitty weekends (pun intended)
Posted in EN, Germans have no notion of sarcasm
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Re: Let us hope this pans out for the PSF
Great news: Settlement reached in Python trademark dispute
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Cheeky and stupid bot …
The bot with user agent Linguee Bot (http://www.linguee.com/bot; bot@linguee.com) just downloaded approximately 2 GiB of stuff from a ViewVC-listing on one of my servers. Just because it’s stupid, but also because it’s so cheeky to ignore robots.txt. So be it. … Continue reading
Another one …
Ever since I worked in Göteborg (Sweden) and heard the word “torg” for the first time I wondered: is this related to the Russian root -торг- as in “торговать” ? Turns out my hunch was almost right from the beginning. … Continue reading
How to get English error messages on a localized Ubuntu?
Have you ever noticed that oftentimes people in anglophone forums will almost be offended if someone quotes an error message in their local language? Well, on one hand I can understand it, on the other I see more value in … Continue reading
Clever indeed
Just for giggles and some test I installed Kubuntu in Russian and it turns out that the “Д/н” prompts can also be acquitted with y or n as one would expect. Otherwise I would have been in a kerfuffle as … Continue reading
Bizarre
And I don’t mean the fact that “Kindergärtner” in German describes the kindergarten teacher, not the child. Bizarre is that a five year old girl – in all seriousness – gets suspended for suggesting to another kindergarten child that they … Continue reading
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Imagine this a 1000 years ago …
When I look at the majestic and at the same time scary images of the meteorite fall in Russia (e.g. here), I’m wondering what impression this must have made on humans a thousand years ago. Or imagine something like that … Continue reading
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Let us hope this pans out for the PSF
Read the article over here: Python trademark at risk in Europe: We need your help!. I really hope this backfires so hard that no one else will try similar things on well established names that have been spread by non-profit … Continue reading
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Unimaginable?
The media doesn’t seem to deem it possible that just about any catholic man could rise to the position of pope. Let’s face it, they’re probably right. Only cardinals have been elected for hundreds of years now. Similar to the … Continue reading
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