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• Post #4024626

  I've seen more than one person saying that "the wrong people are getting rich." It brings to mind the famous saying — the love of money by the wrong people is the root of all evil.

• Post #4024625

  Anarchism is like democracy: An ideal to aim for, not a place we'll ever get to.

• Open Letter: Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access - The Hill Times

  The undersigned civil society organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts, including members of the Global Encryption Coalition, urge the federal government to withdraw Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access. The Supporting Authorized Access to Information Act, will force services to install “technical capabilities” to access Canadians’ communications and sensitive data. The consensus among cybersecurity experts is clear. There is no way to provide backdoor access to encrypted data...

• Civil Society to Parliament: Kill Bill C-22 — OpenMedia

  Letter signatories include the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, the Canadian Association of University Teachers, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC), the Canadian Council for Refugees, Centre for Free Expression, Clinique pour la justice migrante, the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, Ligue des droits et libertés, Migrant Workers’ Alliance for Change, OCASI, OpenMedia, and individu...

• Post #1871416

  I have just noticed that there is a hole in my boots. To test the hypothesis that modern materials science and manufacturing techniques had rendered obsolete Sam Vimes' famous saying about boots, last autumn I bought the cheapest winter boots available at Walmart. They are not fashionable, well-fitting, or particularly warm, but they looked indestructible and waterproof — made of seemingly tough material with good think soles. The soles probably are indeed indestructible, but just at th...

• Post #134173

  How else is Science going to pay the rent? They keep raising it. People ask a lot from Science, and to be fair it's always come through for us in the past, but these days Science is working two jobs just to get by. Science hasn't even had time to relax and play Crysis since last August.

• Post #131706

  In terms of popular baby names, how long before "Rudolph" makes a comeback?