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by declan 11y ago
> By back filling history... Yep. That seems plausible. Given means, motive, and opportunity (including a few months of time), could some of the folks here on HN have backfilled history this way? Register an email address one character o
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by declan 11y ago
Likewise--our recommendation engine ( https://recent.io ) runs on App Engine and we weren't affected, as far as I can tell.
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by declan 11y ago
Let's assume for the moment that everything you say above in criticism of OKWU is correct. The difference is that OKWU markets itself as a Christian university; its stated vision is "to provide a thorough and sound education withi
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by declan 11y ago
Let's not forget about Microsoft's Techpolicy.com, which it describes as "a forum for academics." Note this is not funding, say, basic research in computer science; it's a pure policy focus. I'm not sure if thi
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Read News the Smart Way with Recent News(killerstartups.com)
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John McCain wants to outlaw encryption that the US government can't crack(businessinsider.com)
285 points by declan 11y ago|188 comments
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by declan 11y ago
The FBI's apparent courthouse or near-courthouse tapping took place in California. If you placed microphones in random public places in CA, the question would be whether there's an expectation of privacy in a conversation that too
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by declan 11y ago
It's true that the NYT pulled (or dramatically rewrote, close enough) an article claiming: "The attackers are believed to have communicated using encryption technology..." You can see the original version here thanks to Archi
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by declan 11y ago
Thanks! That MV police blog post says the traffic officer stopped the car to "educate the operators about impeding traffic per 22400(a) of the California Vehicle Code." That section of the vehicle code says, emphasis added: "
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by declan 11y ago
Thanks! Good luck with Svven. It's an interesting approach and different than the path we've taken with Recent News. I just went to the site and was about to try it but saw Svven wanted permission to: "Post Tweets for you.&qu
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by declan 11y ago
Wait, you're calling a DeCSS gallery that has been cited (favorably) in multiple legal briefs and sworn testimony in federal district court "irrelevant technical wanking?" Just wanted to make sure we're talking about the
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by declan 11y ago
This reminds me a little of [edge|base|corner] cases in programming. It's easy to handle normal parameters. But if you're at or beyond the limits of expected parameters, then what? If you ignore [edge|base|corner] cases, you run t
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by declan 11y ago
>Sort of like making a fire is trivial Yes, but demonstrating the practical difficulty in trying to regulate 102-byte sequences that can fit on a T-shirt (or in a tweet) has a utility of its own. It's what Prof. Dave Touretzky did i
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by declan 11y ago
Thanks for your interest! Prismatic made a beautiful app but took a very different approach toward recommendation. They tried to build, as I understand it, their own social commenting layer on top of news--an effective competitor to Twitter
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by declan 11y ago
>I wonder if anyone is building an app that recommends articles that provide a variety of perspectives different from your own. When building Recent News ( https://recent.io/ ) we considered adding the options of seeing ne
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Recent News now has improved iOS 9 support and reader view(recent.io)
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by declan 11y ago
Well, yes, but HN often links to blog posts and news articles about a court opinion rather than the opinion itself. A summary (that links to the opinion) tends to be more useful to non-specialists than a document beginning with: "Unite
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Federal judge puts limits on FBI use of “stingray” cell site simulators(plus.google.com)
114 points by declan 11y ago|22 comments
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Why Obama did not stop NSA domestic surveillance(politico.com)
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by declan 11y ago
Silver and gold and other coins, without serial numbers, have existed as a store of value for far longer than pieces of paper or linen with serial numbers. People have used anonymous money in the form of coins for millennia. It wasn't
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by declan 11y ago
Not only are you right, but Google realized you're right. They've removed some of the overdone animations--tap on some of the buttons on iOS Hangouts and you'll see. And the color blocks aren't quite as searing anymore (
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by declan 11y ago
>Admittedly it might look a bit out of place on iOS Since last year, Google's iOS apps have gradually adopted more and more elements of Material Design, including the color palette, the app bar menu, the MD iconset, the floating act
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by declan 11y ago
What struck me from the FAQ is this: "Flutter is optimized for 2D mobile apps that want to run in both Android and iOS. Apps that use Material Design are particularly well suited for Flutter." Which means that, if Flutter succee
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Trans-Pacific Partnership bans requirements to access source code of software(keionline.org)
5 points by declan 11y ago|1 comments
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by declan 11y ago
You might like a pair of CNET columns I wrote 13 years ago calling for a PAC for tech issues: http://www.cnet.com/news/is-it-time-for-a-geekpac/ http://www.cnet.com/news/perspective-dont-get-m
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by declan 11y ago
I'm not sure why you were downvoted for a reasonable post citing original sources (I upvoted you to try to correct that). I expect I will disagree with you about the desirability of CISA, just as we disagreed years ago about CISPA, but
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by declan 11y ago
I never used Google Maps Engine myself, so I'm not really familiar with it. But it looks like Google was trying to consolidate and improve its paid maps offerings, not discontinue them: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog&
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by declan 11y ago
It would not be a surprise if this is true and Facebook was lobbying for CISA. Facebook supported an earlier version of the bill called CISPA; here's a letter on Facebook letterhead saying we "commend you on your legislation"
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by declan 11y ago
Well, it's testimony to a lawmaking body. Congress drafts laws, not technical standards; the FBI is there to talk about laws. :) If you keep reading, you'll see the FBI is not demanding new encryption-related laws "at this ti
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by declan 11y ago
What popular paid service has Google terminated? Any? We built our recommendation engine for Recent News ( https://recent.io/ ) on Google App Engine in Python. There was some tricky engineering involved in making sure that

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