Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

The statement, from Charles Farr, the Director General of the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism, claims that the indiscriminate interception of UK residents’ Facebook and Google communications would be permitted under law because they are defined as ‘external communications’. Farr’s statement, published today by the rights organisations, is the first time the Government has openly commented on how it thinks it can use the UK’s vague surveillance legal framework to indiscriminately intercept communications through its mass interception programme, TEMPORA. The secret policy outlined by Farr defines almost all communications via Facebook and other social networking sites, as well as webmail services Hotmail and Yahoo and web searches via Google, to be ‘external communications’ because they use web-based ‘platforms’ based in the US. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Your move, NSA. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

"Robogenesis is a novel about how regular people might fight and survive in a world populated by massively intelligent artificial intelligences (AIs). Unlike the natural world, members of this new species of AI do not form a natural class – each is radically different from the next, depending on what they were built for and on which datasets they were trained. These AI have different priorities when it comes to interacting with humankind, and we as a species are pushed to the limit of our ingenuity trying to maneuver and survive in this new world." - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

"Our experiment would answer the question: could a passive observer of Internet traffic still learn much about a target in this post-Snowden world?" - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Spoiler: the answer is "yes." - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Seriously. I can't decide if these people are even for real. - Soup in a TARDIS

Oh god, she is real: http://www.nydailynews.com/news... and http://www.sfbg.com/politic... - Soup in a TARDIS

I loved this piece. - Soup in a TARDIS

Brilliant takedown of Google Glass users and Google Glass in general. And, a "hate crime?" Seriously, GTF over yourselves people. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

"I’d just reinstall the OS, but that would be too expensive. Besides, all my Nexus Home® stuff uses proprietary chargers, and I can’t deal with having Amazon drones come in and rip out the drywall again." LOLz - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Not only is the Finder icon different in Yosemite, the smile is bigger - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Is there ANYONE who likes the iOS7 design? Why oh why did they feel the need to continue it? - Soup in a TARDIS

I like it, there are plenty of issues, but I like it. - OCoG of FF, Jimminy

I like it more than I dislike it. I had to turn of the fake-3D stuff, and some of the bright-white screens are eye-strain worthy, but generally I like the changes. - Jennifer Dittrich

Ready for some home design porn? The American Institute of Architects has just announced the winners of its 2014 Small Projects Award, a prize recognizing some of the country's best design and construction on a small scale. This year’s crop of winners features a handful of stunning residential designs that will make you want to pack up and move immediately. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

It smells like deader things if you accidentally leave it around a day or two. - John (bird whisperer)

Or really, really overcook it. - Jennifer Dittrich

BUT IT'S SO GOOD. - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

"Two espionage personalities forced to leave the U.S. brought together by social media? It could be a match made in heaven." - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

That is odd. What are you putting in it? - SAM

This is Google's horrible, dystopian vision for the future. Every device, appliance, car serves you ads. "Don't be evil," my ass... - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

"The subjects cycled through high-gluten, low-gluten, and no-gluten (placebo) diets, without knowing which diet plan they were on at any given time. In the end, all of the treatment diets — even the placebo diet — caused pain, bloating, nausea, and gas to a similar degree. It didn't matter if the diet contained gluten." - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

You were exactly who I was thinking of, Steve - Soup in a TARDIS