Nrsolis

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   by Nrsolis 14y ago

   NFW. I'd build a new machine from scratch, at a different datacenter, using pristine code and data from backups. Once a machine has been in an adversary's possession, not even the data is safe. That said, the FBI probably just imaged the dr
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   by Nrsolis 14y ago

   Of course, the big question is whether the firmware in the EKG machine was open or not.
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   by Nrsolis 14y ago

   I've seen a sudden flurry of articles on the "broprogrammer" meme. I'm starting to wonder if this is a carefully choreographed hoax that the MSM has fallen for.
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   by Nrsolis 14y ago

   http://www.fastcompany.com/node/28121/print
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   by Nrsolis 14y ago

   There was actually a great story of the Space Shuttle software engineering team and their development practices. Generally speaking, they wrote code with zero bugs. Like...NONE. For 25 years. They did it with an almost insane level of at
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   by Nrsolis 14y ago

   Thanks for doing this. I thought about doing exactly this but was worried I'd come off snarky. Sometimes I'm a little too much of a grammar snob for my own good.
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   by Nrsolis 14y ago

   Google "vigorish." It's a fee most commonly associated with gambling.
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   by Nrsolis 14y ago

   Well I've lived here all of my life and in many different parts of the US. I've also lived for short periods abroad. Let me address your points one by one: 1. Comparing us to Japan is really a poor choice. Japan is a highly uniform societ
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   by Nrsolis 15y ago

   What makes you think they don't?
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    HFT is a badly abused term that gets applied to any firm that uses computers to trade. In reality, there are many other strategies that use automated techniques to model the values of securities using internal metrics and then trade when th
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    Sales is still a very person to person thing. To date, there is no substitute for direct personal interaction when it comes to relationship building. Which would you rather have: Dinner with $FAVORITE_CELEBRITY or the equivalent Skype sess
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    "Security through obscurity" has ALWAYS had a purpose in the spectrum of techniques used to defeat the enemy. The term is just misapplied in the context of cryptographic systems to denote a system where the algorithm isn't published. e.
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    I don't believe that this kind of technology can't be limited in practice and in the law to protect us from the downsides while giving us most of the upside. We were able to develop a framework to protect telephonic communication (against t
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    There are already problems along these lines. Here in CT there was a minor kerfuffle over the storage of license plate information (gathered by automatic number plate recognition systems on cruisers) long past the stated purpose of ident
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    Or maybe we feel like its reasonable because there is less chance that something we did in the past might be made illegal (and therefore prosecutable) in the future. Here is where I tend to disagree with strict constructionists: the frame
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    And again, I go back to REASONABLE. Cops following the guy is fine. Reasonable. But your argument falls apart if the cops can go to Verizon or AT&T and pull your cached GPS data without a warrant. I certainly feel like that would be
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    Aren't you being a little disingenuous here? The whole point of getting a warrant is to justify to a competent legal authority (judge) that the specific right (reasonable expectation of privacy) is outweighed by the states interest (upholdi
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    Read the whole case and consider these salient points: -The cops did in fact get a warrant to place a GPS device on the subjects car, but did so outside the terms of the warrant. -The argument that the actual installation and tracking didn'
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    So, a bit of a layman's guide to Constitutional Law: The Constitution specifies that there are rights that are not enumerated in the Constitution (or the Bill of Rights) that are yours nonetheless. The SCOTUS has found that this includes "
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    The benefits of having an on-your-person radiolocation beacon are somewhat muted by the possibility of having the government use that same technology to undermine your Constitutionally protected privacy. If there is anything that history ca
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    The common wisdom for comics learning is that your first 100 sets don't count. You basically count as a win any time you are able to stay onstage for the required amount of time. To paraphrase: your first 100 jumps off the board count if y
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    I don't think its a question of oversupply. Getting up on stage is a terrifying experience for most people. I think the biggest factor is the mechanics of the showbusiness industry. The top people earn most (90%) of the potential revenue.
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    I did stand-up comedy for a while. Allow me to offer my own experience about the entrepreneurial streak you're seeing from the comedy sector: 1. As a comedian, you have no choice BUT to get creative. Nobody is going to give you stage time
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    There's better reporting out there on how we found ourselves in this situation. Try "All The Devils Are Here" which is a much better accounting of the circumstances that led to the financial crisis. In short, there isn't one player, or eve
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    My apologies. What I meant to say is that jamming a CDMA signal is TRIVIALLY easy. It's been done, it doesn't require a lot of equipment, and it's very very effective. There have been MULTIPLE attacks against supposedly jam-proof wireless
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    To suggest that jamming a CDMA signal is impossible is BEYOND ignorant. It is trivially easy to jam a CDMA signal. Hell, when Qualcomm was trying to get CDMA off the ground, they used to do it to themselves ALL THE TIME. For the interested
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    I'm not the biggest fan of Taibbi. I find his writing style to be just too close to tabloid style sensationalism to be worthwhile reading. He pollutes his reporting with far too much personal judgement. The facts pretty much speak for the
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    Cool man. Thanks!
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    Got a link? I'm in NYC and i can't find a way to register.
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    by Nrsolis 15y ago

    http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ibg/main.php http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/pagemap/pagemap...