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by dan1234 10y ago
Slightly OT, but a group in the UK actually recently built a steam locomotive and operate it fairly regularly[0], so steam is kinda back from the dead… [0] https://www.a1steam.com
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QuadRooter: New Android Vulnerabilities in Over 900M Devices(blog.checkpoint.com)
10 points by dan1234 10y ago|0 comments
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Black Hat: Chip and pin hack spits out cash(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by dan1234 10y ago|1 comments
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Apollo astronauts dying of heart disease at 4-5X the rate of normal humans(arstechnica.co.uk)
1 points by dan1234 10y ago|0 comments
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by dan1234 10y ago
The numbers on the keypad appear in a random order so you’re touching different parts of the screen each time, even though you’re entering the same code.
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Ben Heck's Raspberry Pi Point and Shoot Camera [video](youtube.com)
2 points by dan1234 10y ago|0 comments
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by dan1234 10y ago
I got so sick of Spotify randomly taking up 100% of a core that I switched to Apple Music. Yes, I actually found iTunes to be more stable…
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by dan1234 10y ago
And, if you're picking up one on eBay (approx £15), be sure to get the standalone version which comes with an external power supply.
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Apple fights call to block Facetime and iMessage(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by dan1234 10y ago|0 comments
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by dan1234 10y ago
iD-Mobile (operate on Three’s network) have some pretty good prices for data users (1GB: £5.00, 2GB: £7.50; 4GB: £10.00). All 1 month contracts. I switched to their 2GB plan after Three announced their price increases. https://ww
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by dan1234 10y ago
You could probably use an online pdf-to-text converter[1] or view the PDF from within a virtual machine. [1] http://pdftotext.com (no affiliation, first search result)
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Second bank cyber-attack detected by Swift after Bangladesh raid(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by dan1234 10y ago|0 comments
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by dan1234 10y ago
FTA: But why couldn't the main vessel itself have carried the name? Here's one reason: imagine the ship were to get into trouble at some point in the future. Imagine the headlines. Remember, the places it will work are e
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International bank transfer system hacked, Swift group admits(theguardian.com)
5 points by dan1234 11y ago|0 comments
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123-reg struggles to restore data six days after site deletion fiasco(arstechnica.co.uk)
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123-reg flaw 'deletes customers' websites'(cloudpro.co.uk)
1 points by dan1234 11y ago|0 comments
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by dan1234 11y ago
Bought in 2011 for £90,000. Current Zoopla estimate is £110k
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by dan1234 11y ago
My mortgage is £350/month but the house next door is rented out at £750/month so it does happen, but then I had a reasonable deposit and got a low rate.
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by dan1234 11y ago
Is it really appropriate as a "Show HN" though, or should it really have been a more general submission? Feels like a link to a 'paid only' project goes against the spirit.
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by dan1234 11y ago
That is quite an advantage, especially given how quickly Swift is being developed!
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by dan1234 11y ago
In the UK, at least, it's cheaper the buy the paperback book (£27.32) than the digital edition ($46.80; ~£32.50). Presumably this is because VAT is charged on ebooks but not on physical books.
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by dan1234 11y ago
This seems to an incredibly basic error for a company trusted to issue SSL certificates. How long has this vulnerability existed? Can we trust any StartSSL certificates? Will they charge for revocation, as they did with Heartbleed?
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Powa: The startup that fell to earth(bbc.co.uk)
190 points by dan1234 11y ago|65 comments
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by dan1234 11y ago
You're right, I hadn't considered Siri. But, I don't think it would be much use as I'd assume if the system software was about to do something nefarious it would just disable the notifications. Best assume if you have He
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by dan1234 11y ago
It already does! The menu bar turns red, with the name of the app using the microphone, as shown in this example[0] where Shazam is backgrounded but listening for songs. [0] https://imgur.com/a/OzS4Z
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Facebook is a growing and unstoppable digital graveyard(bbc.com)
102 points by dan1234 11y ago|53 comments
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by dan1234 11y ago
I'd say this less a Bootstrap problem and more of a 'every site based on a cheap theme' ever. Sometimes clients are unwilling to pay for real design and see more value in that $20 theme forest theme, especially with cheap Wor
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Pi Day: Western Digital Releases 314GB Hard Drive Just for the Raspberry Pi(arstechnica.co.uk)
2 points by dan1234 11y ago|0 comments
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by dan1234 11y ago
The site won't work if an adblocker is enabled (there's a Javascript error when Google analytics fails to load).
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Chrome Music Lab(musiclab.chromeexperiments.com)
2 points by dan1234 11y ago|1 comments

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