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I accidentally built a spying app(withblue.ink)
176 points by akeck 6y ago|60 comments
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Ask HN: How would you go about rebuilding Arecibo?
6 points by akeck 6y ago|2 comments
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by akeck 6y ago
Also: http://bofh.bjash.com/
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by akeck 6y ago
As a fellow fan of Kondo, I've come to realize there's a spectrum with absolute minimalism on one end (one each of a few things) and hyper-resilience (hoarding) on the other end. I now think it's reasonable to find a comforta
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by akeck 6y ago
PTSD in healthcare workers is going to be a silent secondary "pandemic" for years to come.
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DAIN (Depth-Aware Video Frame Interpolation)(github.com)
2 points by akeck 6y ago|0 comments
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by akeck 6y ago
Also, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52955/the-end-and-the...
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The iOS Covid-19 app ecosystem has become a privacy minefield(arstechnica.com)
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The intelligent monster that you should let eat you(bbc.com)
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Cheating-detection companies made millions during the pandemic(washingtonpost.com)
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by akeck 6y ago
It's awesome that you figured this out even though the circumstances aren't great. I hope your health keeps improving.
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So, Should We Recycle? (2019) [audio](npr.org)
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by akeck 6y ago
Unfortunately, people often file lawsuits over lack of accessibility (at least in the US).
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by akeck 6y ago
A friend of mine has a teenager who developed perfect pitch in middle school. Their first language is English, but they are learning Mandarin very rapidly (along with 2-3 other Chinese dialects).
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QAnon/8Chan Sites Briefly Knocked Offline(krebsonsecurity.com)
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by akeck 6y ago
Whether folks want it or not, public schools will probably require it of all students. That will at least help reduce the pool of asymptomatic carriers in that age group.
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SoundJack – Tech from the 1990s Is Helping Musicians Play in Time While Apart(wbur.org)
4 points by akeck 6y ago|1 comments
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by akeck 6y ago
One thing I've been wondering about is RSI liability with WFH. Some companies spend a significant amount on workplace ergonomics to prevent/manage RSI. WFH, though, is a much less controlled environment. E.g., a particular worker
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by akeck 6y ago
An older person we knew in Florida died of a fast moving acute pneumonia on 12/24/2019. Their symptom progression almost exactly matched the severest COVID-19 symptom progression that began being described in February and March. I
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by akeck 6y ago
Shades of Project 2501 from Ghost in the Shell...
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Wanted: ‘Friendly’ human face for global army of humanoid robots. Apply within(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by akeck 6y ago|0 comments
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by akeck 6y ago
That's insane. When he zoomed in to machine level and then out to show different functional units, I felt like I was looking at "the real world" from The Matrix.
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by akeck 6y ago
I've decided that I'm going to replace our decade old workhorse Toshiba with a 43" "gaming monitor" (e.g., Phillips) when it dies. We'll just get a stand alone digital tuner or use MythTv et al.
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Amazon Restricts How Rival Device Makers Buy Ads on Its Site(wsj.com)
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PagerDuty to Acquire Rundeck(rundeck.com)
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Kubelet/Kubernetes should work with Swap Enabled(github.com)
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As info flows through brain heirarchy, higher regions use higher-frequency waves(news.mit.edu)
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by akeck 6y ago
This is a failure mode I sometimes fear - a relatively quick complete industry shift that renders all my marketable skills moot. Can you talk more about what happened in your case?
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by akeck 6y ago
I don't know if Likes are the root of the issue, but they certainly don't help. Newsgroups had no such signaling and they could get really toxic.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, August 2020 Edition(krebsonsecurity.com)
1 points by akeck 6y ago|0 comments

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