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As long as they are an American 501(c) they are obligated to follow whatever directives given by the NSA. Any public disclosure of this will be handled in secret courts and they will probably be found guilty of working against the national security.


Just buy a system76 and be done with it.


Can you do thailand-style re-entry runs every 90 days?


It used to be that way, but Ukr border control has instituted a '90 out of every 180 days' rule. You can get around that with a proper business visa (usually granted for 1 year), or by using two passports, or by paying a fine upon leaving the country if you overstay.


How much is the fine roughly? Sorry for the persistent questions but this is the most interesting one so far.


No worries at all - sooooo, I've never been fined myself but the stories I hear vary from expat to expat. One refused to pay and got a 'black stamp' in their passport barring them from reentry for 6+ months.

Not wanting to speculate, I've looked up one source and it looks like the fine is between 850-1700 Ukrainian Grivna, which is currently trading at around 25 to the dollar: http://www.frishberg.com/index.php/en/newsletters/196-ukrain...


Very interesting, thanks


I meant to say, mild


Yea, mild is good :)


You have to understand that little things make a difference. You don't have to be the next Julian Assange.

For example, who was the guy who convinced the WhatsApp folk to implement E2E encryption?

Small actions can have large, positive consequences.


Anyone reading this from the UK: don't lose hope. You can change things. The recent uptick in fascism in the UK is really disheartening but your voice needs to be heard.

For example, they tried to bring in censorship in Australia and failed. Change is possible. Don't be a pushover. You must fight.



Careful, those will sound like terrorist words to someone like Theresa May


They already do. And have been for a long time. No, it didn't get any better either.

https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/nsa-linux-journal-extre...


Easy, she will be banned once porn is banned too, she fucks entire nation after all.


Isn't there already an opt out porn filter in the UK?


Only on mobile devices usually. I had to opt out to look at the thinkpad wiki so you can see how well that works.


And I thought it was just me for thinkwiki.org... why on earth is that an adult website?


Probably a shared host. All the other sites are porn.

Which makes the point about how ridiculous recording an IP address is.


I some how doubt that thinkwiki is on a shared hosting.

Tons of developer/security websites are blocked on O2 "hacking tools"....

They are using the same nonsensical lists that some web gateways use, anything that is even remotely objectionable is blocked.


Same on freebsd forum.


Even worse as that's about as legitimate as it gets.


And as always, England Prevails!


They're not looking for actual terrorists or criminals. They're looking for people like Occupy Wall Street protesters, who actually pose a threat (ie. redistribution of wealth) to those in power. Then as soon as they do something like pirate a movie, they can be thrown in jail (ie politically neutered).


Democracies can fail, for example the recent rise of Erdogan. Asshats in power want democracy to fail because when it does they will be the ones in power.


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