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541.
by Zikes 11y ago
Google builds internet balloons and self-driving cars, a few train stations wouldn't be too terribly absurd for a big tech company. I don't think anyone is saying Facebook et al. should be expected or required to undertake municip
542.
by Zikes 11y ago
That's true, there could be large portions of the story that are omitted or inaccurate. We may never even get the full story. Assuming the story as stated is truthful or even plausible, what options do whitehat hackers have to defend t
543.
by Zikes 11y ago
That's the Catch-22 of whitehat, isn't it? The whole idea is to find breaches and report them, but any worthwhile breach is going to expose sensitive data. How could you possibly know you've found a hole unless you've pe
544.
by Zikes 11y ago
Facebook's calling his employer could be slanderous, possibly even criminal harassment. Between stories like this demonstrating companies' apparent lack of understanding of whitehat infosec, and Weev's incarceration demonstra
545.
by Zikes 11y ago
Ahh, that makes sense. Thanks!
546.
by Zikes 11y ago
Can't recursion do multithreading whereas iteration cannot?
547.
by Zikes 11y ago
Your comment was no thesis, it was a halfhearted attempt to derail the conversation by trying to redefine the accepted usage of a word. His actions were without conscience, therefore he has exhibited sufficient traits for society to treat h
548.
by Zikes 11y ago
"Sick" may not be in a medical dictionary, but that doesn't mean it's not a real word. A sociopath is someone without a conscience. That's the dictionary definition, and it's absolutely applicable in this case.
549.
by Zikes 11y ago
Oh no, the peasants found a soapbox! Good thing there's downvotes, that'll shut them up.
550.
by Zikes 11y ago
Judging by the downvotes, we're just going to have to accept that institutionalized classism is the price we pay for being on HN.
551.
by Zikes 11y ago
I think there are bitcoin escrow payment systems.
552.
by Zikes 11y ago
If everyone has been so far as to do look like, why do you even?
553.
by Zikes 11y ago
If everyone in a research group thinks the same way and agrees on everything, why do you need a whole group?
554.
by Zikes 11y ago
So now they're legally allowed to do what they've already been doing without oversight anyways, which they were legally never allowed to do in the first place and still aren't legally allowed to do due to Constitutional restr
555.
by Zikes 11y ago
This reminds me of the recent discussion about Baidu's expulsion from an image recognition competition. They submitted too frequently, causing their machine learning algorithm to solve specifically for the test, rather than for genera
556.
by Zikes 11y ago
Having money doesn't automatically make someone an expert in all of those fields, either, but that seems to be the only actual requirement to become "accredited".
557.
by Zikes 11y ago
Only the rich are allowed to get richer. We poor people wouldn't know what to do with money if we had it, we can't possibly be trusted with what little we have.
558.
by Zikes 11y ago
I would be interested in seeing how it compares to built-in touch screen technology. It seems like this product's focus is on retrofitting, whereas current laptop/screen manufacturers may get better performance or resolution or re
559.
by Zikes 11y ago
Sounds like a chicken and egg problem to me.
560.
by Zikes 11y ago
Most likely the detectors/emitters are in a diagonal crosshatch pattern, which would also greatly simplify detection and resolution on the axis perpendicular to the air bar: /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
561.
by Zikes 11y ago
What sort of resolution does it offer? How well does it handle multi-touch, especially when some touches are obstructed by others? Does it offer any pseudo-pressure sensitivity options?
562.
by Zikes 11y ago
It's a fine line on PC. There was some recent controversy over a relatively obscure title called "osu!" which did things like take screenshots, upload file contents, and upload a list of running processes, which many gamers w
563.
by Zikes 11y ago
Not so, in the case of Nintendo. They've instituted a strict policy against posting long-form gameplay content unless you agree to monetize the video and send them 40% of the proceeds. If you don't agree, they'll submit a DMC
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by Zikes 11y ago
It was surprising because in between announcements a lot of people were still rooting for Microsoft. Call it fanboyism, brand loyalty, media spin, or maybe even Stockholm Syndrome, but a $500 Kinect-laden console actually seemed to sound ap
565.
by Zikes 11y ago
Plus it's hard to find a major games journalism web site that isn't getting paid by the developers or publishers for good reviews, or threatened with blacklisting.
566.
by Zikes 11y ago
I remember when the console prices were announced, at an E3 conference I think it was. The wild cheering when Sony announced the PS4's price would be $100 less than the XBone was surprising.
567.
by Zikes 11y ago
If Sony cared about game quality they would never have allowed Knack to happen. More likely consoles are locked down because: 1. Exploits may allow cheats in games, most worrying for multiplayer titles. 2. Exploits may allow unfair unlockin
568.
by Zikes 11y ago
That doesn't sound very clear to me. I think a better analogy would be: Google and Oracle both made cars. Google put the gear shift in the same location as Oracle.
569.
by Zikes 11y ago
Criticizing someone for exercising their right to privacy is not going to win you many friends. Also, a simple curtain is plenty. The article's talk about frosted glass pods are obviously a cherry-picked example intended to make millen
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by Zikes 11y ago
Again, that's irrelevant. Privacy is the exercise of the right to one's personal agency. Everybody has the right to choose to whom they will expose their naked self, and that's simply all there is to it. It's not about s

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