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by Defenestresque 7y ago
You mentioned WaPo. Here is an article[0] about WaPo publishing a story about "Russian hackers infiltrating a US electrical grid." In addition to the article being inaccurate, WaPo edited the copy several times to correct major er
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
People had the exact same concerns when digital image manipulation software became popular, including the "we will never be able to trust an image again" question. To answer your question, I think the biggest step we took in adapt
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
You are correct that the walled garden contributes to security by creating "another hurdle" for attackers to overcome. Nobody is arguing that Apple's approach isn't more secure; they are arguing that the tradeoff (an add
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
Having trouble writing my comment, but a couple more: >34:7 What man is there that knoweth not how to go about doing arithmetic on polynomials. >It is good practice to have your program poke around at runtime and see if it can be used
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
>5:5 And, behold, I will deliver you up to the programmer tendency to build overelaborate castles of abstractions Amazing.
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
Here's the thing, I know exactly what rules I'd ordinarily need to follow in order to enter the United States. It's a mental checklist when coming from Canada: 1) am I carrying any contraband? Drugs, guns, undeclared currency
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
Excellent sources!
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
This is very interesting to me. Does anyone know if there are material differences between Apple's and Android's implementations (in the battery savings sense)?
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
What a fascinating page! It's amazing how many technologies were invented to solve the same problem until the playing field was winnowed down to the survivors (telegraph, telex).
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
Reminds me of Mathias Rust, when at the age of 18 and with 50 hours of flying experience he flew a Cessna from an airport in Helsinki and landed it in Moscow's Red Square at the height of the cold war. He wanted to reduce tension and b
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
I was curious about the stark discrepancy between your numbers and the parent's, so I did some quick research. I think you're both kind of right. Reuters writes: >In 2015, Uber passengers were paying only 41 percent of the actu
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
The Idea Factory was excellent and really delves into the nuance of topics many of us see as black and white (government regulation vs. laissez-faire capitalism, monopolies vs. competition, pure vs. applied research) The author also does a
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
Or impersonate indeed [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WKZNGisSqM
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
There are a couple of very interesting articles on GPS spoofing. Not only is it doable [0] but there are some interesting cases that most people don't really think about. Consider that GPS is often used as a timing signal by various
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by Defenestresque 7y ago
>Raising minimum wage will definitely force low end wages up but my worry is will it also raise prices by the same percentage (within some small timeframe) such that the employees buying power remains the same. Fortunately the recent inc
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by Defenestresque 8y ago
Oh yeah, that's this one [0] I believe. I just realized its age-restricted. Definitely NSFW/L! [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBiLXp5Uj8
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by Defenestresque 8y ago
Check out this video of a Komodo dragon eating a monkey whole [0] or this video of a Komodo dragon killing a deer by ripping open its jugular [1] I'll be honest, they are pretty fucking murderous [3] [0] https://www.youtube.
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by Defenestresque 8y ago
>just a scratch from a bite from a Komodo can be deadly That's incorrect. >In 1969, Walter Auffenberg came along and made his detailed study of Komodo dragon behaviour. He made two critical observations: >1) Komodo dragons can
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by Defenestresque 8y ago
As a bit of an aside, I posted a comment [0] on Reddit when this was posted yesterday. It links to a gallery with a lot of interesting info about Komodo dragons. Like me, you probably have at least a few false beliefs about Komodo dragons (
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by Defenestresque 8y ago
It is a lengthy slog for sure, but I found it a great way to kill some time. Maybe you just have to be in one of those reading moods.
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by Defenestresque 8y ago
There is a really, really interesting breakdown of this document on kitchensoap.com [0] The writer breaks down why this document is not a post-mortem despite superficial similarities. >Again, the purpose of the doc is to point out wher
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by Defenestresque 8y ago
I see a sleeper cabin for two listed for $1558 (discounted from $2428 reg price) and there are often even steeper discounts available. [0] You can get an "upper berth" sleeping ticket with meals for $968.50. Considering that'
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by Defenestresque 8y ago
Clearly you had a bad experience, but considering that Amtrak obviously kept an eye on the issue, determined a fix and resolved it to make sure it doesn't happen again -- wouldn't that make you more likely to take Amtrak in the
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by Defenestresque 8y ago
A few months ago I ordered a book on a whim called "The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation." [0] I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it and how much I learned. There were amazing minds at Bell Labs
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by Defenestresque 8y ago
The point the articles continues to make is actually the opposite of what you're implying, the very next sentence says: Consequently, the court (and the public) take the view that mere confession of guilt alone is never any sufficient
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by Defenestresque 8y ago
While we don't have a lot of information about the China incidents yet, I found this journal article about the Havana attacks interesting: >Results Of 24 individuals with suspected exposure identified by the US Department of State,
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by Defenestresque 8y ago
Unless I'm mistaken, they actually achieved 720p at 10fps/16ft not 480p.
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by Defenestresque 9y ago
The linked article is fascinating. "They found that, on average, a typical participant’s cognitive scores dropped 21 percent with a 400 ppm increase in CO2." If this result is reproducible, this is quite concerning considering: &q
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by Defenestresque 9y ago
You're both right. While it's extremely unlikely that OP would have any kind of injury at the hands of police in the U.S. (just like in any other country), it is not a secret that the U.S. suffers from an exceedingly disproportion
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by Defenestresque 9y ago
You probably missed it, but the nature.com article that some commenters have referenced [1] has more details, including information on the charge rate. > A full-cell incorporating graphene balls increases the volumetric energy density by

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