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by _wldu 6y ago
I think the Einstein picture is from the campus of Georgia Tech.
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by _wldu 6y ago
They do it a lot. That's how they learn. Whether it's fixing cars, writing programs or installing electrical wires. When you do something a lot. You quickly become an expert at it. When you do something a lot and you also study th
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by _wldu 6y ago
Ken has been retired for years.
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by _wldu 6y ago
While I agree with you, I also know that sometimes, people just want to talk and they just want you to listen to them. They don't want your advice and they don't want you to 'fix' their problems. Just listen to them.
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by _wldu 6y ago
IMO, this is why ISO standard programming languages are so important and will be around forever. One can always compile with --std=c++11 (or whatever) and be certain it will work.
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by _wldu 6y ago
We sometimes refer to a public university as having a museum-like security posture. They have to be open to the general public, have to allow in visitors, yet guard things at the same time. It's not at all like strict corporate IT secu
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by _wldu 6y ago
Before the 90s and Kevin Mitnick, there weren't nearly as many computer crime laws.
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by _wldu 6y ago
I have an old Sun netra. I occasionally compile software on it just for testing. It's the only real big-endian system I have anymore. It sounds like a jet getting ready to take off, so I don't run it much.
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by _wldu 6y ago
You know algorithms (not leetcode). Most people struggle a lot with algorithms. It's the reason a lot of people flunk out of CS programs. That's why they hired you. If you can solve these problems on a white board, you can write t
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by _wldu 6y ago
I agree with her that lots of libraries on the internet are bad. But expecting companies to write their own is worse. I remember years ago that everyone wrote their own C string libraries. There were hundreds of them. Most were bad. Then C+
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Show HN: Cracking Passwords with Cheap Hardware at Defcon(github.com)
1 points by _wldu 6y ago|0 comments
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by _wldu 6y ago
Since you are shooting for modern C++, why not use Botan rather than OpenSSL? https://botan.randombit.net/
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by _wldu 6y ago
They are for integrity checking, not security. PGP signatures are better for the scenario you are describing.
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by _wldu 6y ago
GTK3 and Go work pretty well. Nice article about it here with example code: https://sudonull.com/post/12576-GUI-on-Golang-GTK-3
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by _wldu 6y ago
Gemini ;) https://gemini.circumlunar.space/ I'm only half way joking.
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by _wldu 6y ago
I would not cringe at this. It's just his preference. They have the exact same meaning. Other than personally preferring one way or the other for readability, there is no difference.
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Ask HN: Why so many Contact Tracing Apps?
2 points by _wldu 6y ago|2 comments
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by _wldu 6y ago
A USENIX LISA conference a few years ago in Seattle. Before the conference, I thought/assumed that Facebook was a joke. I thought that they lacked technical talent and good design. I was wrong. They had the best presentations, technolo
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by _wldu 6y ago
DoT is easier for network admins to block. I prefer it, but that is a downside to DoT IMPO.
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by _wldu 6y ago
Covid antibodies seem to fade quickly (similar to other cold family viruses). Some people only keep them for a few months after infection. - https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/07/15/
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RustScan – Fast Network Scanner(github.com)
3 points by _wldu 6y ago|0 comments
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by _wldu 6y ago
Computer scientists are not developers. They are mathematicians. Some of them write software, but many do not.
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by _wldu 6y ago
The point is that many statistics are worse than 'damned lies' because they are made-up to prove a point. It's like a tobacco company paying for research that shows nicotine is not addictive in 66% of people tested. I just ma
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by _wldu 6y ago
I'm not sure. I posted that to point out the danger of these statistics. We have to be careful. People can tell whatever kind of story they want to tell (at either extreme) and cite the same statistics. Mark Twain made this quip widely
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by _wldu 6y ago
Almost 40% of homes in America are owned free and clear (no mortgage). https://www.forbes.com/sites/brendarichardson/2019/07/26/nea...
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by _wldu 6y ago
Good idea. I did not think of that.
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Ask HN: Allow Gemini URLs to be sumitted to HN?
2 points by _wldu 6y ago|3 comments
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by _wldu 6y ago
It's way better than hard coding them into the code.
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by _wldu 6y ago
If you did have COVID-19. You may have no antibodies after three to four months, but T cell immunity. "Our results indicate that roughly twice as many people have developed T-cell immunity compared with those who we can detect antibod
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by _wldu 6y ago
The market can't discover this when consumers are misled by the delivery services. 10% is reasonable. Let the delivery service add a fee to recover their cost rather than take the food provider's profit. Otherwise, these food prov

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