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by bdhess 8y ago
Running on a sidewalk is terribly unpleasant, and has its own dangers. Sidewalks tend to be uneven, among other tripping hazards. And there is limited reaction time to anticipate motorists who speed out of driveways, bowling past the sidewa
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by bdhess 8y ago
Executing in OS userspace, for the pedants out there. ;) PS: are EcmaScript binaries actually a thing?
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by bdhess 8y ago
Downloading binaries from the public internet and executing them on corporate machines is likely prohibited at all three of those companies.
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by bdhess 8y ago
After having been written in 1789...
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by bdhess 8y ago
Why should we allocate a scarce public resource (roads) to prioritize the needs of able bodied adults who are driving non-autonomous vehicles?
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by bdhess 8y ago
Yes, and my point is that that is a fringe agenda. There is broad public support for keeping some things secret. That said, I think there is space to debate what the boundaries of that ought to be, and I think there are too many state secre
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by bdhess 8y ago
“Reporting” is absolutely right. They have their own agenda in mind, not a reasonably general definition of the public interest. No real journalist would unnecessarily release the private information of innocent bystanders and call it unfor
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by bdhess 8y ago
> The bulk of TNC trips — 60 percent — either replace transit, biking, and walking, or would not have been made without the availability of TNCs. I feel like those numbers need to be broken out in order to make a cogent policy argument.
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by bdhess 8y ago
That isn’t inconsistent with BoA’s practice. The foreign passport is proof of citizenship. Presumably a French passport would be fine, a North Korean passport would be a problem.
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by bdhess 8y ago
Policy is not a substitute for reasonable technical controls. But it’s also not a concern that can be wished away by saying “well we just do our security the real way, in code.” Any security control implementation enforces some conceptual
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by bdhess 8y ago
How did I know before clicking that the Senator would be Ron Wyden?
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by bdhess 8y ago
Same happened to me with the USB-C key. Meanwhile, my three year old USB-A key that has lived on my keyring continuously shows some obvious wear, but no signs of damage.
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by bdhess 8y ago
If the attackers had gotten the money out via wire transfers, then that would presumably be covered. The attackers likely avoided that route because it would be easy to trace. That’s likely the same reason that the insurance policy has spec
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by bdhess 8y ago
Congress would need to repeal the relevant portions of the CAFE laws, which specifically allow CARB to propose their own standards.
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by bdhess 8y ago
It’s not 49 other states. Over half the US population lives in a state that enforces the CARB standards.
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by bdhess 8y ago
If you buy the one with TouchID, you can use the TouchID element for U2F as well: https://github.com/github/SoftU2F/pull/29
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by bdhess 8y ago
The author is trying to write a concise example. You could achieve the same effect by writing three for loops, but that would take additional code and declarations that make his point less clear.
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by bdhess 8y ago
Commissions are negotiable (it is even possible to complete a real estate transaction without a broker; i.e. 0% commission). And sellers don't pay points.
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by bdhess 8y ago
Brokerage fees cover the costs of a broker's involvement in the transaction (for the seller's broker, listing and marketing the property; for the buyer's broker, finding and showing properties; for both brokers, "event m
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by bdhess 8y ago
> but having a sales tax (more or less) of 6% on homes is completely unheard of As with any tax, depends on where in the US. Per Wiki, it's 4% in Pittsburgh[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_estate_trans
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by bdhess 8y ago
In the actual letter, the EFF staff attorney notes that the complainants would be on the hook for the defense's legal fees in the event that the claims are not abandoned and the patent is subsequently found invalid.
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by bdhess 8y ago
> Google could be more honest and label the permission "this app will make your email public for all intents and purposes". How is offering the worst case hypothetical of what the 3rd party might do with your data _more honest_
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by bdhess 8y ago
This sounds like it would practically work like "enhanced DMCA takedown for search results". Please no. Basically, you're wishing away a number of huge problems, including (1.) that copyright attaches at the time of creation
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by bdhess 8y ago
Most YAML users don't need to look at the source for a YAML parser. I appreciate elegant simplicity, but I don't think parser complexity is the most important metric by which to judge a data interchange format.
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by bdhess 8y ago
> We also have the term Hispanic to refer to folks from Latin America Not quite. Brazil is in Latin America, but Brazilians are not Hispanic.
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by bdhess 8y ago
> Note that it's also least necessary at border crossings. As a non-US citizen I'm already required to give my fingerprints and retinal scan to border control agents. I think your argument assumes that the US government has alr
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by bdhess 8y ago
Facial recognition isn't exclusively a domestic surveillance technology. For example, it could be deployed at national borders, with satellite imagery captured in combat zones, and so on.
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by bdhess 8y ago
I think of H1B— or any immigration that’s tied to employment status—as a form of indenture as well. Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean it’s ethical.
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by bdhess 8y ago
I don’t think those definitions are at all canonical, but are you actually suggesting that Google may have a “privacy issue” per your definition? Even if you assume they’re a bad actor, it’s hard to imagine a rationale for them to let a thi
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by bdhess 8y ago
Bayer is a household brand in the US, for aspirin. I can’t think of any equivalency in GSK’s portfolio.

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