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by albertyw 13y ago
I hope all they've discovered is a technicality allowing for partial decoding. If they can break PGP/SSL in a way that isn't just brute forcing the hashing algorithm, then we'll have a lot more trouble than just the gov
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by albertyw 13y ago
My guess is this is because of the separation between engineers and product managers (PMs). Engineers are supposed to focus on development and PMs (and more businessy folks) are supposed to focus on the competition.
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by albertyw 13y ago
Out of curiosity, which division were you in? Given the size of Microsoft, I'm not surprised there would be some major differences between different teams.
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by albertyw 13y ago
I think the creativity argument is bull. I would bet that the reason why there's a difference between the groups of diagrams is the depth of knowledge in neurons. Undergrads, who I believe we can safely assume have less in depth knowledge
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by albertyw 13y ago
Totally love jEdit, especially the search functionality. I've been using it for more than 7 years now, though development of jEdit and plugins have slowed in recent years. I've tried using Sublime and Notepad++ but both of them don't feel
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by albertyw 13y ago
One thing that I think would be amazing would be using gps and/or cell radio signals to do a very rough estimation of atmospheric conditions. Having done a bit of research with in geodesy at MIT, I remember using Trimble GPS receivers to t
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by albertyw 13y ago
I'm pretty sure the barometers are meant to be used for predicting height (i.e. as an altimeter) so that the phone can get a GPS lock more easily.
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by albertyw 14y ago
And searching for "Buy" redirects to "Best Buy". Right.....