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by Puts 10y ago
There is actually a name for this. The cobra effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect At the time of British rule of colonial India, cobras where a huge problem and rewards for catching cobras resulted in the
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by Puts 10y ago
I'm waiting for the dadada t-shirt. :D
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by Puts 10y ago
Also note that your browser sends the referer-header even on HTTPS if you dont explicitly tell it to not do so.
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by Puts 10y ago
> swiping through subways, doors, hotels, airports This is not going to happen. We already had a technology that was meant to be this - RFID. But instead of one RFID that you tie to all devices and services, the lack of standards caused
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by Puts 10y ago
> Your reaction freaks me out actually. This is kind of an odd reaction. In most countries hunting is a way to control animal population and prevent the spread of diseases amongst certain populations. I also live in a country where arms
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by Puts 10y ago
It's been actually discussed previously here on HN that it's more common for doctors and medical personnel to wear "No code" batches or tattoos. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/feb/
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by Puts 10y ago
I actually think the right thing would have been to shoot the tortoise right where they found it. These kinds of things are more done for the selfish joy of experimentation then for the actual benefit of the animal.
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by Puts 10y ago
Maybe I should clarify my thinking here. I mean that if a jury are told that the DNA matches the prosecuted with 99% certainty, then most people would interpret that as the person is guilty without doubt. But if you said that theres a 99% s
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by Puts 10y ago
I've always wondered if there's some elements of the birthday paradox with DNA testing?
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by Puts 10y ago
> Recording browsing activity Yes, let's protect users visiting public available information from all the malicious eavesdroppers, while still posting all page requests to Google analytics...
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by Puts 10y ago
The reason nothing has replaced email yet, even tough it's an old and clonky protocol is because it's an open standard and people don't make standards any more. Today you make services (most often based on HTTP because it&#x2
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by Puts 10y ago
The thing that really makes GOTOs feel right for state machines is that you are not wasting any CPU cycles for things that can be made pre-compilation. A transition table solution for example would be a great solution if it was built in to
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by Puts 11y ago
I disagree, the Ipod had the best interface ever! It's pure brilliance that should be held as a school example in UI design.
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by Puts 11y ago
Isn't this the theme for EVERY hackathon?
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by Puts 11y ago
There is already such a standard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKCS_11 And you can already setup firefox or chrome to work with smartcards.
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by Puts 11y ago
Native advertising?
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by Puts 11y ago
I always felt as a child that I had so much curiosity and ability to learn but that I never had anyone around me who saw this. I would have loved to have a parent like this.
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by Puts 11y ago
I was only trying to make a point because d_theorist seemed to only think security is about hiding the message from third party. Secure communication could even mean not to get a electric shock from your phone while using it.
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by Puts 11y ago
I'd say the point of security in communication is being able to verify that all participants are who they say they are. More so than hiding the content from third party. ;-)
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by Puts 11y ago
This wouldn't be to bad if people just put the same critical filters to their own ideas and actions as they put on others.
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by Puts 11y ago
> Please don't assume that because something is easy for you that it must therefore be easy for everyone But I didn't say changing my sleep cycle has been easy, and I didn't even say I've managed to do it by my selves
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by Puts 11y ago
Personally I've had periods in my life where I've went to bed at 9 PM and been up at 5 AM, but also periods where I've been awake til 5 AM and slept til 4 PM. So I don't really believe there is any such thing as morning
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by Puts 11y ago
The interesting question then is why do we have to find another model? Why are people so hell bent on creating content online? If the business apparently does not work, why not trying to make and sell flowerpots instead?
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by Puts 11y ago
"Google his scholarly papers and TED talk with more than 1.4 million views." What happened to hyperlinks? :p
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by Puts 11y ago
I think we are missing one key thing in this debate. Ads and ad-blocking is just a symptom of the fact that you cannot make money in this industry. The only ones making money on IT are companies who's main thing is not technology, but
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by Puts 11y ago
I think the confusing thing is that in a typical unix system we have the same separation for users of processes and users of the physical device. In the physical world, maybe the user-abstraction should be something physical? Maybe the OS s
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by Puts 11y ago
Except you need to be a master of origami to handle "laptops" these days.
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by Puts 11y ago
And on google: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9SNeGBO...
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by Puts 11y ago
The reason a smartphone cannot compete with DSLRs yet is because of exposure settings. With a phone you always capture the light of the subject, while what you really want to do if you want to capture a feeling or atmosphere is to set the e
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by Puts 11y ago
I think No starch press really holds up to their name. :-)

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