SlowRobotAhead

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   by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

   > Smartvue I don’t understand the difference. It appears you are just trading AWS for Tyco / Johnson Controls cloud.
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   by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

   For those interested in the math; it leaked about 1.5% of one day’s total transfer.
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   by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

   I did it. And it wasn't. Doesn't matter though, the reality for him was that customers saw a Not Secure and that was a problem. All the crypto, certs, forms, probability of issue, technical things didn't matter, just the perc
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   by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

   >Which is fine too, since not all communication needs to be secure (even on the internet). There was just an article on the front page today about "I have nothing to hide" and why it's wrong.
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   by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

   You're right, but didn't have to. This guy when he could get past being mad at me knew that was against the rules. Also even if it was allowed, no one wants to shop at a place that says Not Secure. Side topic, but I've been t
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   by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

   >You may think you have a product but you don't. I absolutely agree with everything. Here is the thing, total side topic - but Fitbit's product is really excellent! The packaging of the PCBs, the operating system, the tech, it&
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   by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

   Pretty much this. I ran into a local store taking credit cards awhile back, no TLS, weird, so I go to the store owner in person. I explain the problem and he insists that can't be the case, he's mad at me. "See! It's got
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   by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

   Have I missed some feature of the Apple Card that exclusively ties with Apple Pay (nfc)? I love Apple Pay, have all my cards in Wallet, don’t have an Apple Card. So I don t see how it’s a lock-in feature.
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   by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

   There are lots of astrology enthusiasts that would care much more about mostest closest than travel path. Also things like “lining up”. You can check with my Aunt Karen.
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    I’m right there with you! I’ve been doing embedded hardware and CE work for 15 years non-stop, and had no idea what OoO meant. Kept thinking “on a”. As in SoC or PoC.
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    No 1/2 decent CEO, PR, Legal or any other department at work here would leave themselves without wiggle room. I’ll reserve the pitchforks for if this comes up again.
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    The among other things is haircut, shave, cloths, boots, shower, shelter, sleeping bags, getting touch with family, basic medical, training, mental health evals, etc. stuff that actually helps today as opposed to the feel good “just build m
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    >>>> Well, a homeless person with a smartphone has a hell of a lot better chance of getting a job than they did pre-smartphone, right? >>>Not that I know the answer, but I would have to see a source on this. Why would a
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    I’ve worked with and volunteered with an org who among other things got smart phones to our local homeless. Yes, it does help quite a bit. It’s a $50-100 setup and even without data they can go to any million places with free WiFi and get e
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    Its almost like most of us still remember life without the internet let alone social media. I just personally stopped. I use reddit sometimes but otherwise I have been much happier for it.
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    Proving what I’ve always said, that bicycles are the chimpanzees of the transportation world. But yea, the overall idea here that this guy had the ANY IDEA of what the internet would/could become when he worked on it is ridiculous. It
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    Is it smug? I didn’t know that. I have spent enough time in Hindu places that I think that’s good to know.
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    > My intense skepticism of cryptocurrencies is probably the issue on which I am most in disagreement with many close friends, professional acquaintances, and some of the smartest people I know. That is part of the reason why the hobby of
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    >Similar to Bitcoin, with the promise of less price swings due to the capability for redemptions and the promised reserve. If you read the article, got to this point and didn't already know what the rest of the article was going to
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    I thought it was going to be Crowdstrike. But I suppose that hasn’t happened yet. Whatever tech, whatever assets, whatever they have, you can do as you will, I would need to have my head in the sand to be doing business with them. Too muc
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    Ah, yea, I got the argument backwards. I thought he was saying if content wasn’t blocked that it proved encryption worked. Can’t prove the negative.
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    Other guy was right. Think about this easy scenario If (E2E_ENABLED) { SkipCrawler(); SkipContentChecks(); }
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    Why do you keep copy and pasting the same post? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21324768 > Find every machine that eats fossil fuels and electrify it. As I replied last time... you’re starting a free lunch fallacy,
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    Because the key, nonce, result, and keyshare or Diffie-Hellman exchange are all done inside of messenger... why would anyone believe this is legit? It might be, IDK, but if it’s all inside their system, how could you audit that?
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    50 year premium traditional roof plus solar panels. Headline is about as misleading as could be.
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    > The guy who is just going to hire some rando non-english speaking guys from the 7-11 and toss on the cheapest possible materials without concern about the underlying structure is going to be like a 1/4 of that price. You’ve met my
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    Side note: I found it interesting to see the discussion from people who have solar panels and learned that without a whole house battery the panels are practically useless when the power is out. I thought it was just worth noting as a time
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    I would assume they aren’t billing for kW/hr when kilowatts aren’t being used. So, they seem to be turning off their income as well as some costs. Their expenses however still exist in the form of infrastructure, employees, etc. I find
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    I’m not defending them... but what are the chances that the state mismanagement of forestry leading to an excess of fuel that WILL eventually burn, and their hefty fines for the previous fire have made the power company cautious to the poin
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    by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

    Exactly right. > Lord knows, you can't actually grab the scrollbar and navigate with the bloody thing. I read those words while actually grabbing the scrollbar and navigating with the bloody thing.