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1. marcuspovey · 2012-06-14

   I'd like to see the death / an alternative to DNS for resolving names to IP. Its become a little too political + an easy target for snooping/censorship (yes, techy people can get around blocks but that's not the point). In terms of web, most people search rather than go to an address, and if they know an address at all it's google.com. Domains are now more for machines than people, so perhaps a different way of reso…

   Comment linking /2012/01/10/dns-is-a-symptom-of-broken-search-sopa/

   on “Why ICANN's gTLD process leaves a lot to be desired”
2. marcuspovey · 2012-04-03

   Submitted Education, Skills & Slavery… and why we’re probably screwed. as a story · 48 points

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3. marcuspovey · 2012-10-09

   As automation picks off the low skilled jobs we need to seriously start to raise the level of skill in the workforce. Trouble is that will take money, motivation and won't see results in an election cycle so I doubt anything will happen. I wrote a little bit about it some time ago: http://www.marcus-povey.co.uk/2012/04/03/education-skills-sl...

   Comment linking /2012/04/03/education-skills-slavery-and-why-were-probably-screwed/

   on “Fast Food Robots Steal McJobs”
4. marcuspovey · 2012-10-04

   Submitted Time is broken, we need to fix it as a story · 5 points

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5. marcuspovey · 2013-06-17

   Submitted Home.API: An extensible Open Source house API as a story · 4 points

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6. marcuspovey · 2012-06-07

   Submitted Seriously, we need to get rid of passwords as a story · 4 points

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7. marcuspovey · 2012-03-19

   Submitted I’m excited about the Raspberry Pi (and you should be too) as a story · 3 points

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8. lucaspiller · 2014-07-30

   Submitted Seriously, we need to get rid of passwords (2012) as a story · 1 points

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9. marcuspovey · 2013-09-20

   Submitted PRISM-Breaking my life, part 1 as a story · 1 points

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10. marcuspovey · 2013-09-06

    Submitted NSA / GCHQ Surveillance: What we have learnt as a story · 1 points

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11. marcuspovey · 2013-08-20

    Submitted Friends don't let friends use cleartext... as a story · 1 points

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12. marcuspovey · 2012-10-22

    Submitted Problems with Ubuntu’s new shopping lens as a story · 1 points

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13. marcuspovey · 2012-10-19

    Submitted Company Culture as a story · 1 points

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14. marcuspovey · 2012-05-01

    Submitted Building the NPPL Pilot logbook: Idea to launch as a story · 1 points

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15. marcuspovey · 2012-04-12

    Submitted Reducing the stress of configuration management with Git as a story · 1 points

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16. marcuspovey · 2012-03-27

    Submitted What happened to all the free Wifi? as a story · 1 points

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17. marcuspovey · 2012-03-08

    Submitted Getting started with Elgg Multisite as a story · 1 points

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18. marcuspovey · 2012-03-02

    Submitted Playing with HTML5 Canvas as a story · 1 points

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19. marcuspovey · 2012-01-27

    Submitted Stop giving me little bits of paper. as a story · 1 points

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20. jashmenn · 2012-01-24

    Submitted Idea: Lets give roads, junctions and intersections URLs as a story · 1 points

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21. benwerd · 2011-11-28

    Submitted Faith in technology as a story · 1 points

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22. bensummers · 2010-05-10

    Submitted The Facebook question: is privacy dead? as a story · 1 points

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