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crishoj
12y ago
Not working for me. I still get redirected to google.co.th
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12y ago
In my experience, internet access in Hong Kong is completely separate, and not restricted by the "Great Firewall".
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12y ago
For those using Safari, there is a preliminary version of µBlock here: http://chrisly.me/0B0s2Y2Y3b0R Note: No automatic updates with this unofficial build.
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12y ago
The remarkable delay in reporting these findings is deliberate?
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12y ago
Perhaps going as an expatriate for a western-based company would be a viable option for you. This way, you would be employed on western terms, with western salary, and in all likelihood have your relocation and accommodation taken care off.
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12y ago
HDR is provided as an additional, alternative photo by the iOS camera app, if the scene is deemed to benefit from HDR processing.
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12y ago
I wouldn't bank on it, though. It seems possible for a rogue screen-shooter to simply capture a few frames with alternating fence positions and recombine these to obtain a completely unobscured image.
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Yovo photo-messaging app promises privacy through optical trick
(yovo.me)
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The headline sort of nails it: In China, doing electronics is not a movement, but a livelihood, done out of necessity or ability rather than curiosity or idealism.
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12y ago
Not completely wrong, they actually do not make them like they used to. There is evidence that lightbulb manufacturers forged a coalition and agreed to artificially shorten then mean lifespan of their products, a classic example of planned
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12y ago
http://justgetflux.com/
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...where by "not being secure enough" means that location data ends up on US servers. I'd be surprised to see the same sort of statement if location data was collected and kept nationally. Nonetheless, Apple's relationsh
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12y ago
Here's an observation, and an idea for testing Apple's claims on iMessage privacy: China seems quite determined to block IM systems which do not cooperate with the authorities and permit monitoring of communications. Most recently
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12y ago
Simple solution: Host JS libs on a HTTPS domain that China cannot afford to block, e.g. GitHub. See https://greatfire.org for a practical take on this approach.
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12y ago
Another viable — and possibly more enjoyable — approach would be to use C# for the full stack, irrespective of platform. See http://xamarin.com
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12y ago
Not surprisingly, Yosemite is littered with bugs. In fairness, it's still beta, but it feels exceptionally far from a production quality OS.
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12y ago
Earlier this week, NATO agrees cyber attack could trigger military response. Today: http://map.ipviking.com
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Would NATO Go to War Over a Cyberattack?
(nationalinterest.org)
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12y ago
The Android browser is not devoid of bugs, some of which leave the device vulnerable. E.g.: http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/02/e-z-2-use-attack-cod...
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12y ago
Have you made the transition from playing with ML in your spare time to actually sustaining a living from Kaggle income?
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12y ago
While certainly a neat tool, it doesn't shed a lot of light on the client side stack, and apart from revealing the hosting service and web server, doesn't say much about the server side stack either.
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12y ago
Another issue: The page at 'https://blog.hboeck.de/archives/851-LibreSSL-on-Gentoo.html' was loaded over HTTPS, but displayed insecure content from 'http://vg07.met.vgwort.de/na&#x
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12y ago
Rationale being? – Validate the integrity of the device from looking at the screen? – Obtain an electronic record of the device entering the country?
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I post this in case any language learners out there haven't discovered the app yet. Having an offline dictionary on the go is invaluable, and while most other Thai dictionaries for iOS are based on the LEXiTRON resource ( http:/&#
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Show HN: Free Thai-English dictionary for iOS
(itunes.apple.com)
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I submit this in the hope that some sharp minds here can cast light on what seems to me like a rather unlikely proposition: That the human eye is better at detecting the shifts in "copy number" shown in the article. While I applau
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Can the power of the public help personalise cancer treatment?
(scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org)
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The lack of high-quality bilingual corpora is hardly the primary obstacle to considering automatic translation a solved problem. Even for language pairs for which plenty of "bitext" exists, the current approaches to machine transl
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13y ago
It's noteworthy that you actually have the option of upgrading, several years after you purchased your device.
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Would you expect to see the same resolution on a secondary, externally connected screen? Obviously, this design has to be able to accommodate to a wide range of screen resolutions and formats.
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