barryaustin

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by barryaustin 3y ago
Yes, that's why I said "needs trials and replication". That small clinical study is useless for insurance companies and standard medical practice today. But it is very useful to point the way toward promising areas of further
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by barryaustin 3y ago
For anyone generally curious about the ME/CFS patient experience and state of medicine, there are a couple good articles in The Atlantic[0][1]. For those interested in latest research, Dr. Bhupesh Prusty presented[2] a very plausible h
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by barryaustin 6y ago
Excellent article - still I can't resist a rather large quibble. The commonly stated assertion that spectrum is a limited resource is not quite accurate. Spectrum is technically defined as a range of frequencies. That's all. In bu
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by barryaustin 7y ago
There's no straightforward fix because this behavior is something that emerges from mass psychology, like war. In a sense this is war, with new platforms to amplify and direct weaponized ideas. If war is politics by other means (Clau
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Use iPhone as FIDO Security Key with Google Accounts and Advanced Protection(security.googleblog.com)
1 points by barryaustin 7y ago|1 comments
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Google's Advanced Protection Program for G Suite, GCP and Cloud Identity users(cloud.google.com)
3 points by barryaustin 7y ago|0 comments
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by barryaustin 7y ago
Disclosure: I'm an engineer with the Advanced Protection Program. Thanks for your work securing campaigns! I forwarded your post to my team because a major goal of ours is to be useful for this purpose. Advanced Protection has improved
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by barryaustin 10y ago
It's a common part of human nature. Assigning bad moral character on the basis of group identity, rather than on individual actions, is the essence of tribalism and bigotry. Sure, the DoD has an outsized impact on people's lives a
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by barryaustin 12y ago
Hyper-aggressive lawyering by a powerful entity can be an early indicator of how they treat people and use power. The important thing is to actually read and understand the agreements that employers expect you to sign. Some examples of what
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by barryaustin 16y ago
Since the target audience is mostly non-hackers, I'd make these points instead: - For people not using a library or framework, use one! - For people who build libraries and frameworks, consider bcrypt! - For people who aren't cryptography d
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by barryaustin 16y ago
LivingSocial didn't skip server-side validation - they delayed it. Now they can identify cheaters who were suckered by false reports of a loophole. Doesn't look so dumb to me.
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by barryaustin 16y ago
This is a protocol flaw. The design assumes that proximity (signal) implies authorization, but the researcher proved this isn't always the case. The protocol should at least provide assurance that authorization really comes from the person
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by barryaustin 16y ago
I avoid this by keeping my core apps in Chrome/Chromium and by browsing everything else with Firefox+NoScript+ABP.
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Launched: Managed & Securified WordPress (@asmartbear, @technosailor, @cullenw)(wpengine.com)
1 points by barryaustin 16y ago|0 comments
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by barryaustin 16y ago
"The ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the answer." - Thomas J. Watson "A problem well-defined is half solved." - John Dewey
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by barryaustin 16y ago
It's a basic function of leadership to communicate a sense of purpose and to convince a team to buy in. It amazes me how often supposed leaders neglect this.
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by barryaustin 16y ago
Strong idea and well executed so far. I know the pain point well. Not so sure you're appealing to the right target market. It's hard to see this within the HN echo chamber but your site still comes across as very techie. It's clear how yo
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by barryaustin 16y ago
Knowledge is useful only as an input to action. Otherwise it's a dead end or it might have non-useful value such as entertainment.