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by an27 9y ago
Privileged users usually have BIOS access. BIOS's are often designed to be configurable/flashable with vendor-specific tools that your run on top of your OS.
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by an27 9y ago
That doesn't really do it for me. Isn't the level of government mistrust and "dissent in speach" you regularly encounter on HN, extremely high on HN compared to the average US visitor? Like, at levels only seen in 1 out
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by an27 9y ago
Could be manual or because it contains shitpost-attracting keywords, it's a Trump post after all. (Not implying Trump or his followers are shit, just that partisan issues attract shitposts and unfruitful emotional discussions.)
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by an27 9y ago
Pretty inaccurate copy, claiming Google doesn't make money off your attention when they mainly subsist off ad revenue.
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by an27 9y ago
GP disputed SHR is used in the snippet you highlighted.
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by an27 9y ago
What does "zero-knowledge design"[0] mean? I don't understand the link between "zero-knowledge proofs" and the storage of genetic data. [0]: https://serotiny.bio/notes/applications/car&#x2F
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by an27 9y ago
I'm not sure what it is but the screenshots make me feel itchy. I take it privacy means privacy except from your boss, your company and the Govt.? So far fewer guarantees than with self-hosted FOSS alternatives?
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by an27 9y ago
What if you bought a copy of a person's mind from him, and put it into a few clones and/or robotic bodies. Would it matter to you if the conscious entity was organic or mechanic? Would it matter to you that the copy was from a hum
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by an27 9y ago
I suppose you could do that and then wait for the C&D notice? I can't imagine you'd get sued for putting online a copy of this if you comply with C&D notices, then again I'm very narrow-minded. Regarding Name Authorit
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by an27 9y ago
Would anyone here have resources on writing similar highly-responsive GUI frameworks? I'm considering writing a Rust-based one with Linux, BSD, macOS, Windows and Android backends.
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by an27 9y ago
This reminds me very much of the tension between conservatives and liberals, where the liberals are generally higher in openness (-> creativity) and the conservatives higher in conscientiousnes (-> accuracy). Here's an interview