benhirashima

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by benhirashima 11y ago
Some of these tactics are contradictory. Tactic 2 says to add cents for a "rational" purchase, i.e. 19.86 verus 19. This contradicts tactic 3 which says to use fewer syllables, i.e. 19 versus 19.86. How do you prioritize these tac
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by benhirashima 13y ago
It's great to see mobile 3D scanning receive validation from a major player like Google. My company, RealityCap, is working on bringing 3D scanning to mobile devices without the need for specialized 3D cameras. We use the sensors alrea
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by benhirashima 13y ago
Neat. How many letters per minute?
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Does sales tax apply to downloadable software in California?(quora.com)
1 points by benhirashima 13y ago|0 comments
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by benhirashima 13y ago
i think it's ridiculous that in order to get a prescription for a simple low-risk medication, i have to call my doctor, make an appointment, wait 45 minutes past when my appointment was supposed to be, and have a physical meeting with
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by benhirashima 13y ago
your site doesn't load at all if javascript is disabled. i recommend fixing this. otherwise, good looking site.
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Want to fix US inequality? Begin with worming tablets(google.com)
2 points by benhirashima 13y ago|0 comments
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by benhirashima 13y ago
I made an Android app, Unlock With WiFi, three years ago. It has brought in about 64K over that time. The app unlocks your phone when you're connected to your home wifi. I'm currently working on a complete rewrite that will suppor
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by benhirashima 13y ago
i found this collection of photos surprisingly illuminating. i feel like i have a better understanding of north korea just from seeing them.
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by benhirashima 13y ago
"There are relatively effective checks on large scale corruption through independent layers of law enforcement agencies and a separate judicial system." ...unless you have money. then you're untouchable. i.e. the financial in
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by benhirashima 13y ago
unbelievable. some people.
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by benhirashima 13y ago
good looking website. one small typo: at the bottom, it says "be one of 250 proud member". should be members.
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by benhirashima 13y ago
thanks for the link. it was a good read. however, i see nothing in there that suggests that using a pepper is necessarily a bad thing. i think the answer from rory mcclune puts it well: "Another add-on I've seen to this is to also
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by benhirashima 13y ago
one strategy that has occurred to me is to use a secret "master" salt, in addition to random public salts for each password. that way, an attacker would have to obtain the secret salt, as well as the public salts. the secret salt
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by benhirashima 13y ago
from wikipedia: "A public salt makes it more time-consuming to crack a list of passwords. However, it does not make dictionary attacks harder when cracking a single password. The attacker has access to both the encrypted password and t
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by benhirashima 13y ago
there's a great book in the same vein, How to be Idle. http://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Idle-Manifesto-ebook/dp/B00DB3F...
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by benhirashima 13y ago
i make around 1300 USD a month from this android app i made two years ago. i have to update it every time a new version of android is released, and i spend maybe 5 minutes a day on email support. https://play.google.com/stor
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by benhirashima 13y ago
Yep, that's pretty accurate. I'll let our PhD guy come explain a bit more himself. Sorry, we're a bit busy with our exhibit at Disrupt, bit we'll be able to answer more questions later.
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Show HN: 3D sensing SDK for iOS – Produces point cloud and 6DOF device motion(realitycap.com)
42 points by benhirashima 13y ago|20 comments
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Ask HN: Need tax help for CA LLC selling iOS/Android apps
2 points by benhirashima 13y ago|1 comments
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by benhirashima 14y ago
looks like a good idea. i could use something like this for native mobile apps.
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Show HN: Touch Pilot - Control PC games from your tablet(touchpilot.net)
1 points by benhirashima 14y ago|0 comments
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by benhirashima 15y ago
agreed. web developers have been dealing with different sized monitors for years. yes, it's a pain, but they manage. mobile is no different. coming from a web dev background, it was natural for me to consider varying screen sizes, but i gue