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by canistr 13y ago
Totally agreed. I started out trying to learn and build using Django but it degenerated into exactly what the author claimed about automagic frameworks. I switched to Flask/SqlAlchemy and was able to grasp MVC much quicker. It was mor
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by canistr 13y ago
The map comparison tool is quite excellent. I'd love to use this tool for testing generic sites. http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/?lon=39.7203&lat=43.58538&zoom=...
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Schneier - CSEC Surveillance Analysis of IP and User Data(schneier.com)
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by canistr 13y ago
Is this really surprising? It's to really hard for me to take this article seriously without the release of said PowerPoint documents. All we have to go on, is that CSEC had access to device IDs and was capable of tracking their locat
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by canistr 13y ago
Graph search is a solution in search of a problem.
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by canistr 13y ago
But the oversized slots don't actually fit all oversized items. And depending on how Amazon, Dell, etc. packages the boxes, it can be bigger than it needs to be or multiple items are put in one box requiring you to go pick up at the ne
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by canistr 13y ago
I agree that it is completely deceptive that it is titled "Now you can use..." and then you must sign up your email to join the waiting list for the beta. Ridiculous. At least change the HN title.
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Chamath Palihapitiya offers two $40k prizes to UWaterloo capstone projects(uwaterloo.ca)
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by canistr 13y ago
To echo this point, there are many people who take the PS2 approach of buying a console at the end of its lifecycle to take advantage of buying all used games or old games and rock bottom prices.
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by canistr 13y ago
What I'm pointing out though is that their point about "national security" really came down to "we don't trust China"/"we don't trust america". And it passed through Parliament fine because
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by canistr 13y ago
Is this really the case in the US? Because in Canada, there have been numerous cases of the Canadian government vetoing purchases by foreign companies in the name of protecting Canadian interests and security (e.g. MDA selling to an Americ
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by canistr 13y ago
What does the Y axis mean on these graphs?
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Amazon Wants to Ship Your Package Before You Buy It(blogs.wsj.com)
135 points by canistr 13y ago|121 comments
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by canistr 13y ago
Fascinating given the attention that FreeBSD was given (and was able to raise) when posted on HN about their own funding problems.
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by canistr 13y ago
Interestingly enough, FastCoDesign also had an article about a bunch of these guys. One person in particular, Ivan Poupyrev who is cited at the bottom of the above Teslatouch article, is slated to move to Motorola (furthermore Google). ht
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Bitcoin ATM comes to Toronto(thestar.com)
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by canistr 13y ago
I feel like the cost is always overblown about this building if you consider the fact that they are currently housed in a building originally designed for the CBC in the '60s and not for actual security work. Given the expansion of th
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by canistr 13y ago
+1 Snow Crash The interesting part about Snow Crash is that I feel that the dialogue between Hiro (the protagonist in the story) and the Librarian (an artificial intelligence in the metaverse but more advanced than either Siri or Google Now
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by canistr 13y ago
Same. And the Try CoffeeStrap button doesn't help.
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Margaret Atwood: Virtual Reality, Real Spies(nytimes.com)
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by canistr 13y ago
Is anyone elsed appalled at the fact that this Wikipedia article was amended to include a mention of Bruce Schneier? Bruce Schneier ties it in with a belief that all security systems must be designed to fail as gracefully as possible: Is
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by canistr 13y ago
42 * $40M * 6% (average stake YC gets in company) = $100M According to http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/25/y-combinator-13-7b-valuatio... : - YC company valuations total $13.7 Billion - 511 companies total $11,00
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by canistr 13y ago
David Marcus basically wants the IBM RFID payment solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eob532iEpqk
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by canistr 13y ago
I disagree considering that in Canada, we already have PayPass (by Mastercard) and Interact Flash for simply tapping and paying on the go. It's faster than logging into my phone and keeps the simplicity of credit cards. And the risk
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by canistr 13y ago
While it's true as engineers we must be ethical, try to ask the question of ethics with regards to what we do, and do stand by those ethics in the face of adversity, the reality is that we are but only engineers. Without a historical
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by canistr 13y ago
So while Silicon Valley screams of sexism, we're still far short of diversity with the lack of representation from an ethnic minority (racism).
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by canistr 13y ago
Then what you're proposing eliminates the fundamental purpose of using Bitcoin over existing currency. Why pay transaction fees to an exchange if I can pay zero fees with cash or use a service like Dwolla in which the fee is significa
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by canistr 13y ago
Which is precisely my point. What incentive is there for the buyer to spend their BTC if the future value will dwarf the present value of the good they are spending it on?
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by canistr 13y ago
The idea of using Bitcoin at this point in time to physically purchase goods and services is ridiculous given the speed of speculation. Hypothetically, why should I pay someone 0.5 BTC at $1000/BTC if in a couple of days I know it&#x2
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by canistr 13y ago
I agree, the title is more link-bait of an individual's situation with one particular agency than any form of generalization of the recruitment process. Flagged for title change.

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