CleverLikeAnOx

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by CleverLikeAnOx 5y ago
I posted this because I was completely unaware that there is something of a high powered lasers race in physics right now. The creation of matter via high powered lasers was a possibility previously unknown to me. Thus, this fed my curiosit
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Chinese breakthrough allows physicists to build the most powerful laser(koreatimes.co.kr)
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by CleverLikeAnOx 5y ago
Outsourcing is an attempt to do exactly that.
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by CleverLikeAnOx 5y ago
Putting effort into being obscure is often misplaced and adds a recurring cost in cognitive overhead. Furthermore, it creates a false sense of security when people think that something is unlikely to be exploited simply because an attacker
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by CleverLikeAnOx 5y ago
I had not considered a link between being against binary thinking and political-style management. Thank you for writing it, because I found it very thought provoking. Another way to look at it is that the author isn't attacking concret
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by CleverLikeAnOx 5y ago
Completely agree. All of the incentives are wrong for security rating companies. Rating vendors are incentivized to have a rating for every company regardless of whether or not they have any insight. Rating vendors cannot act like real atta
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by CleverLikeAnOx 5y ago
A lot of comments are dismissing this because it doesn't provide a credential upon completion. But you don't get mad at a hammer for not putting staples in paper, nor get mad at a stapler for not putting nails in wood. This is a t
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by CleverLikeAnOx 5y ago
How does one preemptively cancel oneself?
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by CleverLikeAnOx 5y ago
This resonates with me. A heuristic that often leads to success is learning the rules of our systems, both written and unwritten. Over-reliance on this heuristic shackles one to imagined limits. Many of the perceived "rules" can b
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by CleverLikeAnOx 5y ago
I find it beautiful in part because I have a high tolerance for ambiguity and I enjoy loose association. The wheat section was my favorite. For me, it evokes a feeling of discontent about knowing highly abstract concepts without knowing the
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by CleverLikeAnOx 6y ago
In my experience the hacker usually gives you the exploit for free, but asks for a bounty. Aggressive ones may say that you should pay them with the implication that they may name and shame you if you don't. Others will only agree to
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by CleverLikeAnOx 6y ago
What is an EEE? I am having trouble determining the meaning from context and I am having trouble searching for it.
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by CleverLikeAnOx 6y ago
What is an EEE? I am having trouble determining the meaning from context and I am having trouble searching for it.
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by CleverLikeAnOx 6y ago
I thoroughly enjoyed "Clean Architecture." I engage with all of Uncle Bob's work in an adversarial manner: he is trying to convince me that he is right and I am playing devil's advocate. This helped me gain insight from
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by CleverLikeAnOx 6y ago
I think the 3.5% number is not for low risk investing. Additionally, you would need to make something more like 5.5% to account for inflation. Still a fairly conservative number for investments in equities.
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by CleverLikeAnOx 6y ago
There is an idea called FIRE (Financial Independence / Retire Early). The first half is having enough money to not need to earn again, so you are not dependent on work or others. Once this is achieved, then you can retire early if you