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by apeace 8y ago
> if cyclists blasted through red lights without looking we would all get hit by cars within a few intersections It is left up to the drivers and pedestrians to get out of the bicyclists' way and avoid collisions. > of course car
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by apeace 8y ago
I would never yell at a bicyclist, and certainly would never hope one got hit. But I have to say, as an NYC pedestrian, I actively hate bicyclists. They don't follow the rules of the road-- at all . Red lights? Stop signs? Ignored. Ped
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by apeace 8y ago
The Cambridge Analytica scandal was super interesting to me because it reflected an entirely standard and unremarkable data-collection process that I'd seen several times. And yet it filled international headlines. Congress was interes
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by apeace 8y ago
I clicked on a couple of the example sites and they appeared to be down. Any idea what's up? https://cio.gov https://performance.gov/
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by apeace 8y ago
Pilot Fiber | Frontend Software Engineer | NYC | ONSITE Pilot is a fast-growing, modern ISP offering the best internet in New York. We deliver fiber-optic internet with no annual contracts, backed by amazing customer experience and powerful
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by apeace 8y ago
> Apple doesn’t know what you bought, where you bought it, and how much you paid for it But surely many intermediaries do know this information and store it forever? I'm not sure I see the value of Apple not knowing this informati
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by apeace 8y ago
I get that the tennis match use-case is meant to be trivial and an example, but I don't buy it. > Before Streams we needed to create a sorted set scored by time: the sorted set element would be the ID of the match, living in a diffe
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by apeace 8y ago
“I have a slight fascination with sweeteners.” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9440566
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Faster Web(codeburst.io)
1 points by apeace 8y ago|0 comments
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by apeace 8y ago
https://www.newsweek.com/monopoly-man-made-appearance-equifa...
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Testifies Before the House Judiciary Committee(youtube.com)
3 points by apeace 8y ago|2 comments
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by apeace 8y ago
Pilot Fiber | Frontend Software Engineer | NYC | ONSITE https://pilotfiber.com At Pilot, we're building the best ISP in the world. As our first frontend-focused engineer, you'll be building new experiences for our cust
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by apeace 8y ago
The code was not open-sourced. It was only given to one party, and presumably did not come with a license to redistribute the source code. This means all users of the software are less safe. If the NSA can find a bug in the code, they can u
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by apeace 8y ago
Is the following a possible explanation? * Random Apple engineer finds the implant. * Goes directly to FBI without telling boss at Apple. * FBI gags the engineer, says "Do not even tell your boss about this, it's national security
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by apeace 8y ago
So not one of the fifteen Bloomberg sources knew about any kind of gag order or reason for Apple/Amazon to deny these claims? Just saying that seems unlikely.
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by apeace 8y ago
Right. Wouldn't the inside sources also know if Apple/Amazon were somehow gagged? If you're going to leak the whole story, why not leak that part too?
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by apeace 8y ago
Off-topic, here is one of my favorite HN comments ever, about artificial sweeteners: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9440566
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by apeace 8y ago
Program in multiple languages. Try frontend, backend, write random Bash scripts, try multiple paradigms, try every language out there. Try multiple databases too. Don't just write toy stuff, write something substantial that takes you 2
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by apeace 8y ago
1) What's stopping these countries from blocking the hard-coded Google/Cloudflare IP addresses? Doesn't seem like a great solution technically speaking. 2) I wouldn't use this if I lived in China. Companies operating in
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by apeace 8y ago
Which metric do you use which is never wrong? Or do you perform a full-on interview for every person who sends you a resume?
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by apeace 8y ago
I get the sentiment but I have two problems with this. 1) Different stages of companies require different hires. When you're starting out, find the hungry ones. They'll get better at programming if they care, and they'll buil
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by apeace 8y ago
> In theory, competition among PBMs for the business of payers like the jail mentioned in the article would drive lower costs for payers. I noticed that all of the spread graphs in the article were going down and to the right. Even thoug
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by apeace 8y ago
More information: https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x37.html
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by apeace 8y ago
Tor has less than 7k relays[1]. Last time I checked[2], I2P had over 20k. I2P has far fewer users, but every user is a router by default. Tor users have to opt-in to be a relay. [1] https://metrics.torproject.org/networksize
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NASA Just Gave the Opportunity Rover a Survival Deadline on Mars(amp.space.com)
2 points by apeace 8y ago|0 comments
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by apeace 8y ago
> The most hilarious part was when OpenAI paused the game, then resumed it. This illustrates that there is still some unexplainable randomness. I asked about this in a previous thread[1] and received a response that a network blip caused
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by apeace 8y ago
And which operating system does the author expect people to use Matrix on? The one he personally wrote and reviews every commit to? Does he expect everyone to only chat on "trusted" open-source desktop operating systems and not th
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by apeace 8y ago
TL;DR he doesn’t trust Signal because he doesn’t trust the Android operating system, and something about federation. > No doubt these are non-trivial problems to solve. But I have personally been involved in open source projects which ha
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by apeace 8y ago
No, it is more than five.
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by apeace 8y ago
I had a crush in high school. Ended up going to the same college and were semi-close friends during that time. One day I heard she had broken up with her boyfriend, and lo and behold I get a text from her that she wants me to come over urge

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