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Submission + - An Open Source, DIY Space Suit Is About to Get Its First Life or Death Test (reddit.com)

Submitted by dmoberhaus
dmoberhaus writes: Pacific Spaceflight is a small group of volunteers that has spent the last decade developing an open source, DIY spacesuit in their members' living rooms. This fall its creator will fly to over 60,000 feet in a hot air balloon, known as the Armstrong Limit, the point at which exposed body fluids will boil away if not protected in a pressured vessel. This is a deep dive into the story of Pacific Spaceflight and how to build your own spacesuit.

Submission + - CNN critic who posted on Reddit may have been threated with revealing identity (theintercept.com) 16

Submitted by evolutionary
evolutionary writes: CNN appears to be giving veiled threats at a Reddit user who posted critical comments about the media giant. After an apology was given by the Reddit user (possibly under fear upon discovering CNN had his identity) CNN stated "CNN reserves the right to publish his identity should any of that change."
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Journal Journal: Lies of Omission 6

Journal by chill

This is a duplicate of a post I made in one of the recent topics. I'm copying it here for easier reference as I send it to a couple friends.

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So what exactly is metadata?

Many years ago I was a telecommunications engineer for a large company and worked CALEA. For the uninitiated, that is law-enforcement wiretapping.

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