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• On the post: Trump Muzzles Federal Employees; Reporters Start Asking For Leaks

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2017 @ 10:29pm

  Re: Re:

  So is the Theory of Gravity, the Theory of Electromagnetism, the Theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun, The Theory of Evolution, Black Hole Theory, String Theory, Atomic Theory...
  
  My God there's nothing there it's all just a Theory.

• On the post: Trump Muzzles Federal Employees; Reporters Start Asking For Leaks

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2017 @ 10:36pm

  Spamgourmet

  Strips the metadata.

• On the post: US Is Officially Out Of The TPP, Though Not For Any Of The (Many) Good Reasons

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2017 @ 04:03pm

  Our PM might be pretty upset

  But I don't care what Trumps reasons were, the TPP is dead.

• On the post: Red Cross Claims Makers Of 'Prison Architect' Violated The Geneva Conventions By Using A Red Cross

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2017 @ 04:19pm

  Geneva Convention

  Perhaps the Geneva Convention should chastise the Red Cross for cheapening and Diluting the Geneva Convention of War Crimes, for using it in this way

• On the post: Microsoft Sort Of Addresses Windows 10 Privacy Complaints With New Privacy Dashboard

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2017 @ 03:54pm

  Re: Re: Re: Even better

  Precisely why I don't use Windows, or OSX for that matter, and have not done so for personal computing since 2000. On the other hand I have no problem using either, when I'm paid to do so.

• On the post: Microsoft Sort Of Addresses Windows 10 Privacy Complaints With New Privacy Dashboard

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2017 @ 04:37pm

  Wow Ads

  I've got to run out and buy a copy of Windows.

• On the post: Surprise: President Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2017 @ 02:57pm

  What Obama did

  is better than nothing, and a lot more than I expected. They could transfer her to a women's prison to serve out the remaining time. That would be nice.

• On the post: Tanzanian Farmers Face 12 Years In Prison For Selling Seeds As They've Done For Generations

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2017 @ 06:06pm

  Bill to Mellinda

  "Do you think anyone will notice we helped screw a bunch of African counties?"
  
  Mellinda "Even if someone does, it won't be anyone who matters."

• On the post: Dutch Regulators Demand T-Mobile Stop Zero Rating, Remind Users That Free Data Isn't Really Free

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2016 @ 03:41pm

  We in Australia have never enjoyed "Net Neutarlity", welcome to my world.

• On the post: DHS Now Asking Visa Applicants For Their Social Media Account Info

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2016 @ 02:42pm

  Re:

  I can imagine the United States, a country that has invaded other countries on very slim pretexts, would find a reason to invade Pacifica to bring it back into the Union. I'm pretty sure the pretext would include words like Fighting Terrorism, and Stopping Drug Cartels and ensuring Global Security.

• On the post: DHS Now Asking Visa Applicants For Their Social Media Account Info

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2016 @ 02:35pm

  Re: Re: That creates a bit of a problem for me

  It might if they check the date the account was created.

• On the post: DHS Now Asking Visa Applicants For Their Social Media Account Info

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2016 @ 08:14pm

  That creates a bit of a problem for me

  I don't use "Social Media", at least to the extent that I actually have any "Social Media" accounts, all I use is email, and [somewhat] anonymous posting on various sites that still allow comments.
  
  I don't use Facebook or Twitter or Imagr or LinkedIn or Reddit or Google Plus or any other "Social Media" system.
  
  Perhaps I'll have to create some accounts before heading to the US. But that in itself will likely cause suspicion, because those accounts won't have anything in them.

• On the post: Cuba's Telecom Monopoly Banning Text Messages Containing Words Like 'Democracy'

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2016 @ 10:09pm

  It just shows how insecure and paranoid the government is.

  Sounds pretty much like any government I can think of.

• On the post: News Sites Realizing That Relying On Facebook For Traffic Might Not Have Been Wise

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2016 @ 09:39pm

  As many before me have said

  Just keep doing what you're doing.

• On the post: Is The DNC Hacking A New Cold War… Or Just The Continuation Of What Every Intelligence Agency Does?

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2016 @ 04:17pm

  Chickens, Home, Roost

  Given US history of spying and interference in foreign governments' affairs...

• On the post: The Rise Of More Secure Alternatives To Everyone's Favorite Chat App, Slack

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2016 @ 06:41pm

  It's yet another proprietary app

  where we have to trust, the corporation that owns the code, that there are no backdoors. That security issues are actually dealt with, and where we have no means of validating the code.

• On the post: How The Olympics Bullshit Ban On Tweeting About The Olympics Is Harming Olympic Athletes

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2016 @ 03:25pm

  Re: grant their wish?

  I agree, in fact lets encourage them to make even more draconian, stupid rules, and maybe enough athletes will ignore the Olympics, and they will go away forever.

• On the post: After Multi-Month Tone Deaf Shitshow, Microsoft Finally Lets Users Control Obnoxious Windows 10 Upgrade

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2016 @ 05:43am

  Re:

  Can anyone be blamed for not trusting Microsoft. They would have to be the least trustworthy company I've seen in the last 25 years.

• On the post: You're Entitled To Your Own Opinions, But Not Your Own Facts About Copyright, NY Times Edition

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 23 May, 2016 @ 04:42pm

  So true.

  the most disturbing thing about this is that it perpetuates the myth that it's "content creators" v. "the tech industry." This is nonsense. Technology has been a major force in enabling more content creators -- including myself -- to create content, to promote it, to distribute it, and to monetize it.

  
  
  This is so true. The Internet, and these companies like YouTube and SoundCloud etc are the only way I can have an audience. There is no way I can play live. A thumb that was broken in the past, that now, at my age, causes me grief after a very short time playing my guitar has seen to that. So publishing my musical creations on line is the only way I can be heard by anyone.
  
  I may never become rich or famous, but I know with certainty, that won't happen if I have to go through a legacy gatekeeper.

• On the post: Homeland Security Wants To Subpoena Us Over A Clearly Hyperbolic Techdirt Comment

  

  tracyanne ( profile ), 06 May, 2016 @ 03:16pm

  Dear Homeland Security

  An Internet threat: I will write nasty things about you, and if that doesn't stop you I will turn the caps lock on. So there.

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