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by Reelin 7y ago
This turned out to be an incredibly interesting (and educational) diversion! It seems these amino acids aren't typically incorporated, but rather appear to serve as defense ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2152
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by Reelin 7y ago
Even then it's an oversimplification. Selenocysteine ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenocysteine ) occurs in proteins and is quite widespread. "Selenocysteine: the 21st amino acid." ( https://
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by Reelin 7y ago
> imprisoned for 8 hours You mentioned this twice, but unless you left out some major details you were never actually imprisoned. If you demand to leave it's almost always a felony to stop you.
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by Reelin 7y ago
> Perhaps other languages could take this idea and run with it. Does Lua-Terra ( http://terralang.org/ ) accomplish what you're thinking of here, or have I completely misunderstood you? Another commenter already menti
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by Reelin 7y ago
> In-building parking is a widely available amenity amply provided by the market. This is an odd claim to make. Regulation has historically required that it be provided in most (American) markets, hence the ample supply. I'm not s
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by Reelin 7y ago
> worse than what Aaron Swartz hacked (not PII) Violation of copyright would appear to be a significantly worse offense according to present US law.
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by Reelin 7y ago
Closely related - instead of looking for something that will make you happy, look for something that will engage your interest or excite you.
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by Reelin 7y ago
> Research code is generally an abomination ... http://matt.might.net/articles/crapl > The CRAPL is an open source "license" for academics that encourages code-sharing, regardless of how much how much R
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by Reelin 7y ago
What's your impression of Lua-Terra? ( http://terralang.org )
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by Reelin 7y ago
> But the whole point is what about 3rd parties I don't hire? What exactly is the threat model you're trying to protect against here? Real life isn't a Hollywood spy movie. If you didn't hire them, then how do they ha
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by Reelin 7y ago
I was skeptical and checked some images. Wow. No number pad on laptops was bad enough (but understandable). Now no super, home, or end keys. Caps lock (probably the only key I never use) seems to have been replaced by a search button. An ex
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by Reelin 7y ago
> How can you verify that the motherboard you sent out is the one you get back Have your TPM cryptographically validate the components it's attached to. Coupled with a robust blinding implementation, you're only really trusting
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by Reelin 7y ago
> If any 3rd party can repair something like biometric hardware, any 3rd party could also compromise said hardware. As pointed out in the article, you have to trust any third party you hire. This isn't unique to electronics. A clean
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by Reelin 7y ago
I was also quite impressed by the construction of Dell's 2-in-1 devices.
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by Reelin 7y ago
I want perfect security, but I don't want perfect "security". Please allow me to explain. I find it particularly frustrating that in conversations about security it's difficult to differentiate between the different uses
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by Reelin 7y ago
The idea expressed in that quote is utter nonsense. If it's so easy to "entirely replace (the key bits of) the standard with something much better and modern", then go build it! Talk is cheap. If people aren't adopting a
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by Reelin 7y ago
> they can't go meddling in foreign [thing] ... GDPR? Granted, extraterritorial enforcement can be quite difficult.
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by Reelin 7y ago
Are you thinking of this recent paper about acoustic side channel attacks on smartphones? Hearing your touch: A new acoustic side channel on smartphones ( http://arxiv.org/abs/1903.11137 )
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by Reelin 7y ago
I attempted to use SMS Gate (a fork) to do backups from the stock messaging app to the SD card. It didn't work. > I did hear of some folks using their own IMAP server ... I ended up syncing to a Dovecot IMAP server on my local Linux
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by Reelin 7y ago
How does one do this? On my desktop I currently use the ddccontrol and gddccontrol packages, but it would be awesome if the backlight slider existed the same as on my laptop.
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by Reelin 7y ago
I think they, along with every other major vendor, are consistently moving towards precisely this model. I don't think they will do it soon, but I think it is likely to happen eventually.
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by Reelin 7y ago
> This same panic has been going on since 10.6 with the introduction of the Mac App Store. And rightfully so! How is this not an obvious trend to you?! It isn't just Apple, it's cell phones and tablets with unlockable bootloade
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by Reelin 7y ago
> Notarization is not “mandatory”. You can still turn it off. For how much longer? I'm not asking facetiously, the trends across the entire industry are quite obvious at this point. > So now it’s a bad thing that rogue apps can’t
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by Reelin 7y ago
This is quite possibly an uninformed question, but is it possible to use multiple allocator implementations simultaneously in the same program? Obviously this would introduce additional creative ways in which to mess up memory management, b
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by Reelin 7y ago
Having worked in a lab, I do not think this is FUD. Cryogenic freezers commonly cost > $10,000. Needless to say, space is very much at a premium. Worse, moving samples between freezers is incredibly time consuming because allowing them t
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by Reelin 7y ago
The article's subtitle is also amazing. > No, Chrome isn’t killing ad blockers -- we’re making them safer Lately I'm skeptical of anything purporting to be "secure" or "safe" due to the prevalence of such do
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by Reelin 7y ago
Mass censorship is indeed a very dangerous approach. I agree that it's a terrible idea. However, the core message of the article doesn't necessarily require censorship. > We need to solve the problem of misinformation during pa
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by Reelin 7y ago
> we've seen more fragmentation in the last 5-6 years due to the brief introduction of Mantle I thought Mantle was what became Vulkan? > Consoles have always used propiertary APIs I certainly don't expect console manufacture
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by Reelin 7y ago
> exceptions are quite rare ... are you sure we speak the same language?
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by Reelin 7y ago
> why is it different with Metal? Because the GPU ecosystem has historically been fractured. Vulkan looks like it has the potential to finally end that, but Apple has a walled garden and doesn't seem to be on board. But I agree, s

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