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9 years agoCurrent Event thetompain
Assange: TPP is Backdoor to Regulating Internet in Developing World
Only five of the 29 chapters are about traditional trade. The others are about regulating the Internet… This bombshell is the real reason for secrecy behind the TPP. Media outlets across the globe have been increasing their coverage of the... #assange #internetregulation #tpp
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9 years agoLevel Up thetompain
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thetompain is now level 5 with 10,450 XP.
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9 years agoAchievement thetompain
Worth a thousand words
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This is what you see when you turn your porch light on in Arkansas
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9 years agoImage thetompain
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Optimizing your large GIFs...
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9 years agoAchievement thetompain
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9 years agoVideo/Audio thetompain
Bloodsport Mentos Commercial
This scene from "Bloodsport" [1988] works so well as a Mentos commercial, I feel like the actual commercials in the 90s could've been based on it
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9 years agoVideo/Audio thetompain
THE SIMPSONS | Couch Gag from "Mathlete's Feat"
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9 years agoCurrent Event thetompain
The Future of Wind Turbines? No Blades
IT’S NO LONGER SURPRISING TO encounter 100-foot pinwheels spinning in the breeze as you drive down the highway. But don’t get too comfortable with that view. A Spanish company called Vortex Bladeless is proposing a radical new way to generate wind energy that will once again upend what you see outside your car window.
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9 years agoCurrent Event thetompain
Microsoft will bypass carriers, push Windows 10 updates directly to phones
Microsoft's update policy for Windows 10 mobile devices is a break from the fragmentation of the Android world.
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9 years agoCurrent Event thetompain
Kim Dotcom: Assange Will Be Clinton's Worst Nightmare. 'He has access to information'...'She is an adversary of Internet freedom...
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom comments on Julian Assange and Hillary Clinton during an interview with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on
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9 years agoLevel Up thetompain
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thetompain is now level 4 with 6,370 XP.
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9 years agoAchievement thetompain
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9 years agoAnalysis thetompain
Next Big Future: Lab grown meat thirty thousand times cheaper than 18 months ago
Coverage of Disruptive Science and Technology
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9 years agoCurrent Event thetompain
The New NSA Reform Bill Would Give the Government Even More Power to Spy on Your Smartphone | VICE | United States
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a bill to rein in the NSA's dragnet phone surveillance programs. But as the debate moves to the Senate, it's not clear whether we're debating a phone dragnet or an Internet one.
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9 years agoCurrent Event thetompain
MIT says solar power fields with trillions of watts of capacity are on the way
The MIT Energy Initiative wants changes in U.S. government policies to better support a much-needed "massive deployment" of solar in the decades ahead.
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9 years agoAnalysis thetompain
Amazon's latest move suggests cord cutters don't go for reality TV
It seems cord cutters might have more discerning tastes in TV, as Amazon has decided to cut reality shows from its latest licensing deal.
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9 years agoUnspecified thetompain
MPAA Complained So We Seized Your Funds, PayPal Says | TorrentFreak
Developers considering adding a torrent search engine to their portfolio should proceed with caution, especially if they value their income streams. Following a complaint from the MPAA one developer is now facing a six month wait for PayPal to unfreeze thousands in funds, the vast majority related to other projects.
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9 years agoLevel Up thetompain
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9 years agoAchievement thetompain
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9 years agoCurrent Event thetompain
Should the government be allowed to spy on you?
Congress is deciding this week. Ask your lawmakers to take a stand!
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9 years agoCurrent Event thetompain
5 Reasons the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a Bad Idea
Do you think the public should be made aware that writing DVD ripping software may become illegal? Is “preserving negotiation strength” really a legitimate excuse for hiding a proposal to make it easier to patent plant genes? #TPP #AgainstIP #bigag #bigpharma #drm