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Prevent automatic footer insertion with Adobe Acrobat HTML to PDF conversion

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I often make HTML files that I drag directly into Adobe Acrobat in order to convert them to PDFs. The program inserted a very annoying footer each time that showed the location of the file on my hard drive. Something like “file:hardrive/folderfolder/etc/etc.lah…”. I could delete it manually, but never was there an option in the … Read more

Making surveillance prettier is not a fix. XKEYSCORE, PRISM: Obama ignores latest surveillance revelations at press conference.

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http://mobile.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/08/09/xkeyscore_prism_obama_ignores_latest_surveillance_revelations_at_press_conference.html We are not talking about the content of our communication, so ignore any “I’ve got nothing to hide” arguments. This is about the arena in which we play. An indiscriminately surveilled society’s freedom is illusory. Today’s civilian is tomorrow’s terrorist, if someone with authority say so and there is no consequential scrutiny of that … Read more

Money is prereq for everything now. Is New York Only for the Successful?

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http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/08/10/us/10iht-currents10.html?smid=tw-nytimes& Essay too general to be that effective. You can still be poor but you will have a huge commute. Still, NYC will drive out those with nothing eventually, part of a broader cultural trend: those failing to meet the society machine’s strict demands for participation will find it harder to survive and thrive.