ShorsHammer

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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
Find it incredibly hard to believe they will allow an intra-bank transfer of $1B for free, even just going to another Canadian bank all bets are off and they certainly would want something in return. Do have any proof of this claim or is it
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
I can prove the existence of X with zero-knowledge proofs without exposing X. Obviously there's more from there for elections but the cryptographic groundwork certainly exists.
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
While you are right and certainly most if not all prominent infosec people would be highly sceptical of any online voting I really don't think that's a reason to dissuade people from trying. It's utterly absurd to say everyon
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
Slavery is at all time highs and those in Western democracies who supposedly rail against such things benefit immensely from it. Removing a word from a codebase does absolutely nothing to help this. Most of the people claiming they are agai
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
Gmail is under US jurisdiction though which provides far more protections depending on circumstance. I wouldn't consider them equivalent. Australian laws are some of the most intrusive on the planet and are shared amongst the 5/14
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
Something which happens everyday. In $currentyear, I don't see how even the most tech illiterate employees can't get lessons in phishing prevention along with having sysadmins who are ahead of the curve. Getting reasonable levels
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
The mitigations are hilarious too: - Update - Use 2fa
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
From the Australian Signals Directorate advisory: > The title ‘Copy-paste compromises’ is derived from the actor’s heavy use of proof-of-concept exploit code, web shells and other tools copied almost identically from open source. Surely
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
You would hope the ACSC has been working furiously behind the scenes before anything got announced. There's nothing sophisticated whatsoever about these attacks, it's quite strange to make a vague political announcement where ever
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
Timelocked multi-sig is another alternative in some systems. As time goes on the number of signatures required goes down, this setup can be reset every X blocks as needed. Provides additional security against key loss or malevolent actors a
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
Have barely looked at explore that often, generally has little that interests me despite being fairly accurate with topics. Following a range of people and checking the main feed from github.com now and then has always worked fine. Apart fr
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
Some google products have a worse experience with FF. Some websites straight up tell you to use chrome instead. Not saying it's right, just saying there's certainly a tradeoff. Firefox has made claims before about changes that spe
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
That's awesome, saw in the bio that it was actually your name too which was even cooler. I spent some time going through {X}.ai domains, surprised many are actually on sale. Find it impressive because I always feel as though I missed o
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
Completely Offtopic: How does one get a single letter domain name? Especially with a premium tld, and even moreso for a personal blog it just seems unreal.
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
> Switzerland seems odd on the face of it to me - what explains low turnout They have a large number of single issue referendums multiple times a year. There were 10 in 2018: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Swiss_
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
> warehouse people https://www.reddit.com/r/supplychain/
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
Not sure if that's entirely correct. I don't remember seeing that clause the last time we bought some servers off Ebay.
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
May I recommend a great article by Paul Graham? http://www.paulgraham.com/fh.html
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
"For the average person using consumer products..."
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
Mobile phones are the poster child of planned obsolescence as insinuated in my comment.
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
There's a universe of uses for batteries. Really depends on what you want it for. For the average person using consumer products they are usually concerned with energy density and cost. Apart from electric cars most companies don'
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
Tracking with lasers should be manageable for low level flight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_power_transfer#Lasers
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
> Functionalism Interested what exactly isn't functional about the suits? Most of this post seems to be entirely about looks and outward appearances alone.
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
People who think democracy is a good idea for China really have no idea what they are lining themselves up for.
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
HN readers are probably the most likely to copy and reproduce your product then spend 5x more on marketing and drive you out. In true cynical form: Unless you are trying to either sell products to developers or are working on getting into y
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
There's so much potential there, Malaysia has a lot going for it from a startup perspective it's just getting the talent, not just in tech either. Energy, rent, taxes are all incredibly low. I guess the same applies to startups bu
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
> among some of the most complex pieces of engineering Do you think it will end up in the "20 years from now" category like many other technologies? I'm on the fence regarding how fast we can actually advance, QC is tough.
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
As a citizen you might not see it but Malaysia is tough for foreign developers and foreigners in general. I mean it's tough even for decent local developers, all the good ones get out asap. The only acceptable foreigner workers for mos
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
How do you work remotely from Thailand for any reasonable amount of time? They are incredibly strict about these things. Sounds like an extended holiday and no stable way to live. Apart from applying for an education visa and learning Thai
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by ShorsHammer 6y ago
> someone's gonna have to pay that Ignoring the fact that's going to occur in 2140, what you've stated is simply not true, users decide what fees to pay, no one else determines the price. I send zero fee tx's regularl

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