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enigmaticPhysicist

19:00

then if the NSA ever used that information, the foreign security agency would know it must have been kept illegally.

Bob

@enigmaticPhysicist for all the good that does them

Darth Android

@enigmaticPhysicist the CIA does illegal things all the time.

enigmaticPhysicist

abroad, yes.

Bob

bit of an uproar over the ASIO/ASIS here right now, actually

enigmaticPhysicist

I'm not saying they wouldn't do it.

allquixotic

19:01

telling the NSA to caesum spying is like telling a dog to stop weeing on a fire hydrant

Darth Android

No, not just abroad.

Bob

(that's the Aus equivalent of the FBI/CIA)

enigmaticPhysicist

I'm saying it is possible in principle to know if they do.

Bob

@enigmaticPhysicist pretty sure they've spiked a water supply or five in the US

amongst other things

Darth Android

@enigmaticPhysicist And, by the way, they did review/audit the data collection that the NSA was doing, and found over 700 violations (contractors spying on Ex's, etc.).

That Brazilian Guy

19:01

@DarthAndroid Well, I do believe a certain three-letter agency is listening to everything, everywhere. But the mere mocking suggestion that a certain public person might hipotethically enjoy non-orthodox activities be enough to trigger a visit from a crew from said organization... Do they have all the time and staff? Are we so important?

Darth Android

The NSA somehow managed to violate the already overly permissive data collection laws

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek what is your relationship to fire hydrants? ;)

enigmaticPhysicist

look I'm not disagreeing with you.

Darth Android

And... they got a slap on the wrist (not even...) and then the FISA or whatever the oversight court is renewed the data collection laws.

Braiam

@allquixotic that's mean! the dog goes to the bath like intelligent creatures do!

enigmaticPhysicist

19:02

I'm just saying it is possible to find out what kind of information the NSA is gathering.

And therefore, with reform (substantial reform), it is possible in principle to curtail it quite a bit.

allquixotic

@enigmaticPhysicist so you think the RGS Group might succeed ultimately?

enigmaticPhysicist

And therefore, with reform (substantial reform), it is possible in principle to curtail it quite a bit.

Darth Android

Now if only I could pool all my stars, I could start work on the 10 comments with more than 10 stars badge.

enigmaticPhysicist

Though not without the help of a trusted foreign security agency...

you'd need several

Darth Android

Well, the german and british security agencies are in bed with the NSA, who did you have in mind?

allquixotic

19:04

@enigmaticPhysicist you'd also need proof that the "TFSA" wasn't actually in league with ours

enigmaticPhysicist

yeah, you see that would be a problem.

Braiam

@DarthAndroid that one is taking me forever :P

enigmaticPhysicist

but if there were a whole bunch of such agencies all saying the US has information it shouldn't, then it could be done.

Braiam

wait, I'm lying, I have it D: superuser.com/help/badges/105/outspoken

Darth Android

Wait, I have it too

Bob

19:06

lol

Darth Android

when did I get that? I don't think I've ever had a message reach 10 stars

enigmaticPhysicist

OK, I've gotta go work on an assignment now. BTW this was my first time in the third space. I kind of like it.

Bob

> Outspoken

silver; awarded once
Receive stars from at least ten different users for at least 10 different messages in chat
Each message is only counted once, and each user is only counted once. So it's not enough if one message is starred by nine people, and a tenth user stars nine other messages.
If you want to know, here's the precise definition: Consider the bipartite graph whose vertices are all your messages and all the users, and whose edges are the stars you received. So a user (vertex) and a message (vertex) are connected by an edge if and only if the given user has starred the gi…

A: List of all badges with full descriptions

Participation Badges Return to Top Autobiographer bronze; awarded once Enter something in every field of your user profile Caucus bronze; awarded multiple times Visit an election page while an election is in progress You must have the minimum reputation required to be able to vote in ...

Darth Android

Ah, thanks. That makes that a bit more clear.

Braiam

> Each message is only counted once, and each user is only counted once. So it's not enough if one message is starred by nine people, and a tenth user stars nine other messages.

?????

how I got that medal?

allquixotic

19:16

@Braiam you've had at least 10 (messageid, userid) pairs where messageid X was starred by userid Y and neither X nor Y are used twice in the calculation

meaning, as soon as either X or Y is used in the calculation, it's removed from the pool

Boris_yo

19:32

allquixotic

20:26

@Bob palemoon.org/technical.shtml :D

allquixotic

20:51

I really like this browser (PaleMoon)... it seems faster than Firefox

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Boris_yo

22:36

@allquixotic Where can I see screenshots?

Bob

@allquixotic well that's kinda the point :P

I suppose it could be even faster if you compiled it yourself with all instruction sets enabled

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