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by cguess 6y ago
Having spent a bit of time in Vienna... I imagine it was a lot more vibrant 100 years ago.
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by cguess 6y ago
If a hacker can modify the firmware on your Macbook to somehow turn on a hardwired camera without turning on the LED you're so beyond screwed it's not worth mentioning. This means they already have full sudo access to your entire
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by cguess 6y ago
When I was in college I dropped an almost-finished comp-sci degree to switch to the humanities exactly because it was harder. I was damn bored in those classes studying interrupts and recursion. Arguing about ideas was way more fun (I kno
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by cguess 6y ago
A degree says something about the student. I completely understand why universities would not want to accept credits from school below their own qualification level. If they confer a degree to a student that student is representing the univ
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by cguess 6y ago
Liking science or math should require you to be awkward and unsocial? What... the hell.... are you talking about?
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by cguess 6y ago
None of which come close to replicating the random occasions of running into a fellow student in the cafeteria and them asking you for a quick question. Or discussing the ideas you're studying over beer at the campus bar for hours. Asy
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by cguess 6y ago
Also could imply where you're going to. Looking up the weather in London (if I don't normally) almost certainly entails a trip. This is pretty deep down the threat modeling hole though, and no, normal people don't need to car
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by cguess 6y ago
People also get multiple passports for things such as traveling to countries where having a visa from one in your passport would preclude you from entering the other. Military service or diplomatic service often means you get a "black&
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by cguess 6y ago
I feel you with the pain. It was horrifying. RE: DDT, I didn't mean to imply it's the only way these days, just that there was a very good reason it was so popular in the former part of the 20th century. I love the tune to "B
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by cguess 6y ago
I was on cholorquine. It was four pills, twice a day, for three days. They do have one-and-done pills that are MASSIVE, but they, from my friends' advice really screw with you even more than the normal stuff. Note: DON'T drink whi
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by cguess 6y ago
In my experience (since I was living there, not really "traveling" at the time) it's not really tied to the travel. For instance, I mostly was stuck in laser rock shows, but like flying through them at high speed. Not particu
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by cguess 6y ago
I caught it in Arusha (back in 2008, when Arusha was much less built up than it is now). Got sick about two weeks later outside of Dar. At the time I was a journalist working on some freelance stories. I've actually gone back and worke
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by cguess 6y ago
As someone who doctors once put "12 hours from coma" due to malaria (and I was in rural Tanzania, so coma == death out there), this is straight up the best news I've heard in a very long time. Seriously, don't get malari
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by cguess 6y ago
Perhaps they're big in SF, but they exist basically nowhere else in numbers that matter in any way (aside from those super weird Segway tours in like D.C.). Sometimes the tech itself just isn't that good, and sometimes it's a
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by cguess 7y ago
Sample size is just me, but I have both a strong monologue, and also love audio books and podcasts. Though sometimes my own thoughts will distract me and I'll miss pieces, especially if I'm on a walk or something.
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by cguess 7y ago
It's for carry on. Checked luggage goes through WAY more radiation and you should never put undeveloped film or anything else that's radiation sensitive in your checked luggage.
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by cguess 7y ago
Seconded: I just finished this last week, really great historical piece, doesn't leave much out.
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by cguess 7y ago
> My guess is that it's regulated like crazy, so maybe simplifying those regulations would be a good idea Most of those regulations are in there for either a.) FDIC compliance to make sure there's enough liquidity in the case o
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by cguess 7y ago
Rails is like Django, it's boring because it's predictable, well documented, safe and stable. All of which, for me, is a huge plus. Version 6 was released recently, it's always being updated and it's stunningly easy to u
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by cguess 7y ago
> Microsoft "owned" the browser market with Internet Explorer not that long ago And monopoly regulation put an end to that and allowed Netscape to come in and make it a competition.
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Show HN: FactStream, live fact checking from PolitiFact, WashPo, FactCheck.org(reporterslab.org)
1 points by cguess 9y ago|0 comments
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by cguess 9y ago
Cambodia, where the last independent newspaper was just shut down: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-devastating-shu...
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by cguess 9y ago
These countries' leaders would like nothing better than for people to boycott Facebook. The less information the "voter" has in these places the better for them. It's not West where we can assume benevolence or at least
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by cguess 9y ago
I'm not even sure that Serbia has "free basics". It's a fairly well developed country with a 110% mobile penetration rate (last I checked, probably higher now), 4G and the prices are dirt cheap and affordable for the vas
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by cguess 9y ago
"Shut down and get off the internet" is what the leaders in these countries want people to do. The question isn't for individuals, it's for distribution. If you're in these countries essentially the only way to
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by cguess 9y ago
Damn, I thought I checked too. My apologies.
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Show HN: Recry, a simple public info SMS and voice system for post-disaster(github.com)
1 points by cguess 9y ago|0 comments
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by cguess 9y ago
What are you trying to say? That insurance companies shouldn't have to cover drug treatments? Perhaps, instead, this is an issue with lack of regulation and inspection. Fund treatment, but also fund inspections and required standards (
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by cguess 9y ago
Photography is a tough job. It's wracked with internal politics, people playing favourites and in general just a lot of work. Honestly, it's easier to get $250k in VC funding than to sell your first break out photo essay (even if
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by cguess 9y ago
With an estimate loss of $7.4 billion in tourism dollars. This is a nightmare most major cities in the US. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/afte...

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