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   by chejazi 11y ago

   T-Mobile got called out pretty hard when it was discovered they were downscaling videos [0] under the guise of their "Binge On" program. But hidden tracking cookies are far more disturbing that (noticeably) downscaled images/
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   WordPress plugin that lets publishers easily create Instant Articles(niemanlab.org)

   1 points by chejazi 11y ago|0 comments
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   by chejazi 11y ago

   For many of the same downsides, I have chosen to sign out of iMessage on my Mac. I used to think "wow, this so convenient!" but the accessibility ruins my focus when I'm working. I think there is a dramatic difference for peo
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   by chejazi 11y ago

   Before reading this comment I thought the strikethrough numbers on the homepage indicated the team got it. I wonder if anyone else thought the same. I'm also red/green colorblind though...
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   by chejazi 11y ago

   Good point, attacks on mining were probably what was being referred to here. Specifically because one of the counterarguments to the blocksize increase was that it promoted centralized mining, increasing the odds of a 51% attack. I'll
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   by chejazi 11y ago

   I imagine a compromise in Bitcoin's cryptographic foundation, such as SHA256, is what is being referred to here.
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   by chejazi 11y ago

   On the flip side, if the perpetrator could cover their tracks, the potential would be much greater than 6.5 billion. The feasibility of this depends on how many wallets are audited by external systems (humans and machines), and the ability
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   My view on the current situation of Bitcoin and the Blockchain(joi.ito.com)

   131 points by chejazi 11y ago|75 comments
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   by chejazi 11y ago

   I don't understand. Why does this not make much sense?
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    If you consider Coinbase a "bank" for Bitcoin, then they have implemented OAuth, quite nicely. Users can review permissions and revoke access in their Coinbase account. The link shortener I run relies on it to transact with my use
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    I checked out the services I use and most of them are OK. I was surprised to find Namecheap [0] did not pass, however. Kind of ironic given they sell SSL certs... [0] https://test.drownattack.com/?site=namecheap.com
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    > The biggest problem is if you're selling b2b to tech companies at all, you can literally bump into your customers here. Why is that a problem? Is the lack of separation a bad thing?
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    ...Or if you can inspire them with your mission. For example, Watsi is a non-profit, yet the caliber of their engineering talent is incredibly high according to pg. I can't find that quote, but here's another quote along the same
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    If there was one picture that sums it up for me, it would be the Cal Hacks [0] one, broken down into either four or six pictures (depending on how many employees you have). The actual "hustle" is quite boring--put a bunch of peopl
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    Introducing AdBlock for Oculus. Keep distractions to a minimum when you travel and blocking all * advertisements. *Excludes Facebook Ads
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    Wolfram Alpha needs better marketing. This tool is amazing.
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    Digital is the new frontier, and the space is (virtually) infinite. I think the peak will be when advertisers compete against each other for your time, not your money. A person only has so much time.
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    DNA 'Trojan horse' smuggles drugs into resistant cancer cells(news.osu.edu)

    2 points by chejazi 11y ago|0 comments
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    Ok. Our takeaway is to start going after customers now instead of punting on it. Thank you!
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    People use us over Bitly because they earn rewards. What we know from the feedback we've received is users don't like seeing blatant ads (ex. banners) on the page. Our response has been to syndicate other content the user has shar
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    Thanks for the suggestion. We considered customizing the destination page, but we decided against it due to a big looming threat: an increasing number of sites can't be embedded. From a technical perspective, a site can block embedding
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    Hi YC partners, We're a link shortener called Credhot and our business model is to syndicate (potentially sponsored) content on an interstitial page. We also rev-share with our users based on the number of visits. The biggest hurdle to
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    He's saying Ethereum does similar things to Bitcoin, but the techniques to do them w/ Bitcoin were not understood from the get-go.
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    No photos stored, just links. Thanks for the suggestion!
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    EFF wasn't much help. They gave me a brochure of their services and told me to email them.
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    Bottom of this page: http://vazor.com/unicode/
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    Thanks. We're working on ways to secure the capital for things like retaining a lawyer. It's not the fault of the space itself; our business model hasn't been fully executed. As to it being an arms race, I'm not sure the
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    Thank you - I'm going to check out those blacklist providers. I have the ability to disable by host; up until now I haven't had the need to exercise that feature.
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    by chejazi 11y ago

    Headed to the EFF branch in SF tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion.
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    Ask HN: Dealing with users who share child porn?

    15 points by chejazi 11y ago|10 comments