Chirael

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by Chirael 8y ago
Since the Tor browser uses a version of Firefox, I don't see this as unrelated. https://blog.torproject.org/tor-heart-firefox
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by Chirael 8y ago
I've encountered several cash-only restaurants over the years. Some in NYC and even a few in my area. The local one that stands out in my mind is a combination of the restaurant being extremely good and reasonably priced, so there&#x27
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by Chirael 8y ago
Listening to the first episode, very well done. Just subscribed via Overcast so thanks for that RSS feed URL. Will fill out the survey when I've gone through all the episodes. Nice work!
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by Chirael 8y ago
I keep it mainly to try to track people down for my real estate work. Also I have a couple of friends who seem to insist on messaging me through FB instead of email. So when I go onto FB I always go directly to facebook.com/messages&#x
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by Chirael 9y ago
I did this by following the instructions I found at https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smar...
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by Chirael 9y ago
You may find this interesting, if you haven't heard of it before: http://musicforprogramming.net/
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A history of Fingerprinting protection in Firefox(ghacks.net)
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by Chirael 9y ago
Yes, some of the "dark web" marketplaces are starting to accept Monero now in addition to Bitcoin, for the reason you mentioned. I looked into buying Stellar but it was surprisingly difficult to buy, and the Stellar Desktop client
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by Chirael 9y ago
I agree, this might be "good enough" for now; thanks for the tip
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by Chirael 9y ago
I love Firefox and switched back from Chrome with FF 57, but I really wish they had a Task Manager like Chrome does, so I can spot and kill misbehaving tabs rather than have all my tabs seem to steadily slow down. It's the only feature
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by Chirael 9y ago
It's also often possible to set up low balance alerts including text and email. It's one of the first things I look for when setting up a new bank account (at any bank) - right after turning on 2FA of course.
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by Chirael 9y ago
I think the idea of accredited investors is that those investments are very risky, and it limits them to people who can "afford" the risk. An accredited investor may be able to bear the brunt of 9 investments being a total loss, t
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by Chirael 9y ago
It also seems to conflate online access to land records with bitcoin. It's possible that the same folks that pushed MERS (trying to move land records out of county systems and into a private, mortgage industry-controlled system) may be
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by Chirael 9y ago
Because tech companies want to be in the tech business, not the real estate business. And investors would rather see slightly higher salaries for employees who then fend for themselves, instead of the business getting involved in real estat
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by Chirael 9y ago
I think recruiters would be covered under the "through an agent" part, especially as most/all are compensated by the employer. When asked about salary I say that I consider my previous/current employer's salary info
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by Chirael 9y ago
I've used this once or twice a week since it was announced a month or two back here on HN, and love it. It's my go-to way to send any file that's > 10MB. I remember doing some mortgage applications last year and being frus
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by Chirael 9y ago
I would define social media as having "friends" or "followers" - something that could be used to construct a "social network" or "social graph". IMO HN is just a "message board" (for those w
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by Chirael 9y ago
Yes, society rests on compartmentalized information, which to people outside the compartments are "secrets"
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by Chirael 9y ago
Besides search-ability, one thing I love about email is that I know the sender isn't going to be notified when I read it. Contrast that with FB where I know the sender will see a little "read" notification, and then I have pr
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by Chirael 9y ago
Perhaps startups should send email from replieswelcome@startup.com to encourage customer feedback and iterate faster? As pg wrote in Do Things that Don't Scale, "The feedback you get from engaging directly with your earliest users
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by Chirael 9y ago
Not likely, unfortunately: "Our proprietary pattern recognition algorithm efficiently detects even the latest web technologies and plugins used on websites." ( https://www.whatruns.com/about )
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by Chirael 9y ago
Absolutely. I just checked and vue.js uses the MIT license which would seem to be much more startup (and investor) friendly than the React license.
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by Chirael 9y ago
When I go to google.com with a browser other than Chrome, I see a pop-up "Switch to Chrome, a smarter browser. Google recommends using Chrome. Try it? [Yes]" Each company leverages what they have to try to push you further into th
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by Chirael 9y ago
Also for travel purposes, being able to "do" email offline with Thunderbird is very nice as well.
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by Chirael 9y ago
Day to day I use my email provider's regular web interface but I use Thunderbird every few months when I need to do a massive email cleanup - there is no other tool I'd rather use and it's indispensable to me for that purpose
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by Chirael 10y ago
This is great to read/hear. I'll put my vote in for two things. 1) Performance, performance, performance; this is what originally caused me to use Chrome a lot more, the perception of quick-to-open tabs and snappy responsiveness.
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by Chirael 10y ago
And all the "gourmet" items to be found in the discount aisle of the grocery store.
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by Chirael 10y ago
One of the Krebs articles mentioned an idea of a certification (similar to UL) which could be on products like DVRs and web cams. You can't ever certify something as completely secure of course, but the certification could indicate &qu
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by Chirael 10y ago
Not a stupid question at all. I refuse to install the app on my phone for both privacy and productivity (distraction) reasons.
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by Chirael 10y ago
Here's a link to the Greenspan interview: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2016-08-18/a-closer-look...

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