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by davidgh 8y ago
Segmentation can help. For example, you can use envelope encryption[1] that keeps your keys on an isolated, dedicated key management server that prevents even the admin from exporting the master keys. Therefore, decryption of the data keys
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by davidgh 8y ago
I’ve been attached to the “shareware” industry since the 90’s, providing platforms to software developers to sell their products. It’s given me an angle of the industry that few get, namely, I’ve seem the sales number for literally thousand
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by davidgh 8y ago
When I was in high school I worked at Kmart as a temp job during the holidays. They trained us on the first day to help fight shoplifting. They told us that for the longest time they were losing large electronics and couldn’t figure out how
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by davidgh 8y ago
I was in the AWS control panel yesterday and it popped a modal at me and I habitually swatted it so fast before I realized “Oh snap, I’m in my AWS account - that might have been something important” and had no way to get it back. Page refre
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by davidgh 8y ago
This is a fascinating topic. I’m very curious to see how it evolves. I’m trying to think about how V2V systems could improve traffic without introducing a huge element of risk. As I think about drivers, they make “offensive” and “defensive”
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by davidgh 8y ago
Agree. I hope someone comes up with a “Netflix for online content”. I’m not going to subscribe to a dozen news sites individually and I also don’t want to make a purchase decision, even if tiny, every time I visit a site. For me a bundle of
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by davidgh 8y ago
My fear is less about people being “duped” by a fake video and more that fake videos will serve as feedback loops for misguided or false beliefs that people already “cherish” and “love”. Most will make little effort to research the legitima
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by davidgh 8y ago
I’m curious your native language so I can better understand your perspective. Articles convey meaning to me - relatively, perhaps, or specificity. How to use “a” vs. “the” is not taught in schools to native speakers of English. It’s not som
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by davidgh 8y ago
That definitively depends on the role you’re in. I often find my most productive hours are those when others are not pinging my by Slack, email, Skype, phone. I absolutely must have overlap time with others to keep things moving forward, bu
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by davidgh 8y ago
> As a native speaker of Slavic language, I've never understood the need for differentiating between "THE table" and "A table" This was a common sentiment I heard from Russian students when teaching them English.
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by davidgh 8y ago
I agree it would be interesting to know more. Top line revenue is difficult to compare across companies in different industries. The top line revenue at a small car dealership may be much higher than a similarly-sized software company, but
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by davidgh 8y ago
When coming into the USA from an international location, the reason you have to go through security before catching your connecting flight is that the US won’t accept “implied screening”, meaning, screening that was done by another authorit
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by davidgh 8y ago
While I appreciate the simplicity of “tax-inclusive pricing”, I think that “tax is added” vs. “tax is included” pricing is highly important for transparency. Frustrating as it may be for other reasons, I like that a buyer is reminded every
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by davidgh 8y ago
Some state sales tax rates are destination-based and others are origin-based. Since sales tax was not designed to consider the internet, things get complicated fast.
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by davidgh 8y ago
It was a holiday weekend nearly two years ago. I decided to take my family into the downtown area about an hour from our home to get away for a bit. I have a large family and hotel pools are always a draw. After an hour or two at the pool,
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by davidgh 8y ago
Compliance with GDPR for an existing small business might be tricky. But... I’ve been in the “online payment processing” space for decades. When I first got involved, there were no central guidelines for handling sensitive credit card data.
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by davidgh 8y ago
I recall a time when a company I had association with lost their main domains due to a failed renewal. In this case it was a long-term employee who left the company that had loads of company bills going to his card. He cancelled the card so
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by davidgh 9y ago
The AP recommends this so a reporter can describe the event without casting judgement on the cause of the event. This is similar to the reason why reporters say things like the “alleged” robber when there were perhaps many witnesses and may
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by davidgh 9y ago
Profit or gain may be measured in USD, but a transaction does not need to include USD to generate a taxable gain. The IRS has all sorts of rules involving barters, meaning trading one asset for another without USD being involved in the tran
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by davidgh 9y ago
One of the tax implications I’ve often thought about is those that heavily trade among different cryptos. If I buy $10k of Intel, it grows to $15k and I sell it to buy $15k of Google, I owe tax on the $5k gain. Now, perhaps one could argue
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by davidgh 9y ago
One place you can start that is not so far away is making a transition from code to the product. The good news is you don’t really need anyone’s permission to do this since you are close to the product already. A lot of developers focus on
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by davidgh 9y ago
Address line 1 in AVS is still used, however, only the numeric portion of the address is checked. The AVS results will generally tell you the individual match results for the address line and the postal code, so you can have a full match or
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by davidgh 9y ago
No doubt. Add some spaces to to the title. Give those letters some air to breathe.
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by davidgh 9y ago
My thoughts are this: even at 100x, the service credit is probably not that significant to the recipient. But the amount at 100x is significant to Slack. As the recipient, I don’t think too much about the money I receive back, but I know th
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by davidgh 9y ago
This is why my respect for Bill Gates has gone up so much over the years. It’s cool when folks like Warren Buffett pledge to give away their personal fortunes when they die. However, his personal sacrifice is actually quite small, as he onl
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by davidgh 9y ago
I travel to China frequently. You don’t think too much about how often you use various Google services until you land in a place where they just don’t work. For me, it’s like the internet is completely broken. For the locals, no big deal be
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by davidgh 9y ago
Sorry, a bit off topic. I travel a fair amount and some years ago I came to the conclusion that I needed to put together a “kit” of adapters, chargers, a portable battery, etc. that never leaves my travel backpack. While it seems a bit wast
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by davidgh 9y ago
“...if a laptop [battery] catches fire in the cabin, it will be noticed immediately and steps can be taken to put it out. And though there are fire safety systems in the hold of an airplane, they aren't well-equipped to deal with the t
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by davidgh 9y ago
I’m not sure of the guide referenced, but I traveled in Russia extensively not long after the fall of the Soviet Union. Based on the advice we received, don’t do stuff like take pictures of government facilities, bridges, airports, etc. Don
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by davidgh 9y ago
The argument against copyright sounds too simplistic to me. A lot of things that are subject to copyright are not as simple as scratching out a poem on a rainy afternoon. If I was to spend my resources to design and build a building, most r

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