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by dpifke 7y ago
FAA exams are not open book, see: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/
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by dpifke 7y ago
For Las Vegas, the cost for the first three stops is "about $50 million." https://www.boringcompany.com/lvcc Interesting comparisons could probably be made to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ce
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by dpifke 7y ago
In the US, that would be illegal: https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/19...
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by dpifke 7y ago
I knew someone who was involved in the 1-900 business in the 90's. Apparently back then it was relatively common to DoS your competition by running up a lot of fraudulent calls to their numbers. The hope being that the telco would cu
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by dpifke 7y ago
My understanding is that this is how it's being rolled out, eventually to 100% of users: https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2019/09/06/whats-nex...
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by dpifke 7y ago
How about enabling DNS-over-HTTPS, which routes your entire browsing history to a third party, based on selections labelled "OK, Got It" and "Disable Protection": https://github.com/mozilla/doh-rollo
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by dpifke 7y ago
TimSort—more specifically, Bloch's 9 line "rangecheck" function from his reimplementation—figured into Oracle's claims that Google copied Java code into Android: http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?st
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by dpifke 7y ago
New domains and new IPs are penalized heavily by most services' spam filters. My guess is that a lot of people try it, have poor delivery rates, and abandon the effort before they have enough time to develop decent domain & IP repu
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by dpifke 7y ago
I'm pretty sure they closed this loophole, and banned them altogether: https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/... Also, with regular firearms, they have to be in case specially desig
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Let's talk about killing PGP(pifke.org)
1 points by dpifke 7y ago|0 comments
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by dpifke 7y ago
Is there an equivalent of an ad-blocker (and clearing all browser data on close) for the credit reporting bureaus?
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by dpifke 7y ago
Check out notmuch: https://notmuchmail.org/
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by dpifke 7y ago
Does anyone know if this has a closed coprocessor equivalent to the Intel Management Engine? Or how open the firmware is?
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by dpifke 7y ago
> Imagine a car whose interior looks like one from the late 70s/early 80s, with all analogue controls and indicators, except that it's actually an EV. Something like this? https://www.theverge.com/transportation
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SpaceX Raptor: Methane fueled full-flow staged combustion cycle engine(everydayastronaut.com)
242 points by dpifke 7y ago|27 comments
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by dpifke 7y ago
They'd likely lose the "independent contractor" argument if drivers weren't able to work for both companies simultaneously. It's hard to say someone is an "employee" if they're logged into competitor
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by dpifke 7y ago
In my experience, the convenience of Tesla's mobile service—they come to you for most repairs—somewhat offsets the slow parts delivery time. One of my neighbors took out the passenger side mirror on my model S (knocked the whole assemb
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by dpifke 8y ago
As a pilot who flies "modern" aircraft, this didn't feel much different than the training & procedures we use today. I wonder if future spacecraft pilots will be saying the same thing in 75 years when "old SpaceX tra
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by dpifke 8y ago
Chuck Yaeger still thinks the F-35 is a waste of money: https://twitter.com/GenChuckYeager/status/111111144983590912...
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by dpifke 9y ago
I've stayed at Roam in Miami, London, and Bali. I was at the London location as the same time as the author of the linked article, and am currently at the tail-end of a three week stay in their Miami property. I think to compare the p
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The State of Owner-Controlled Computing as Talos Winds Down(crowdsupply.com)
19 points by dpifke 10y ago|4 comments
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by dpifke 11y ago
There's a DNSBL for that: http://support-intelligence.com/dob/
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by dpifke 11y ago
For those wondering how to protect against a "malware-steals-cookie" attack, see: http://www.browserauth.net/channel-bound-cookies I believe Google does this now for their auth cookies.
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by dpifke 11y ago
I concur. If you're ever in a dispute with your employer and they tell you you're not allowed to hire a lawyer, you should probably hire a lawyer.
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by dpifke 12y ago
The intent of the current batch of legislation is to fix the last attempt, which REMOVED "restrictions on what can be done with existing units." Prior to that, any short-term rental in San Francisco was illegal. By fixing the law
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by dpifke 12y ago
The complaint about the current law is that the city has no way to know whether or not the hosts are present. Along with not requiring hosts to provide any sort license number when offering a place for rent, it basically makes the current
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by dpifke 12y ago
Advice to anyone using Optimizely (or other third-party privacy-busters): please, please, please test your site with Ghostery and other tracking blockers, and make it degrade gracefully! If I have to figure out which of 20 widgets to tempor
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by dpifke 12y ago
One other factor to consider is the (mostly successful) attempt by the grocery industry to differentiate their produce by offering "organic" crops at a 50-300% markup, which almost always lowers the yield per acre and often requir
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by dpifke 12y ago
I just tried and was unsuccessful at installing it on Firefox for Android. (Fails to install silently after download.) That said, Ghostery (and for that matter, HTTPS Everywhere) both work great.
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by dpifke 12y ago
Slander of Title (as seen in the SCO case) is generally codified in state law (e.g. Nevada; see http://www.trucounsel.com/index.php/slander-of-title ). Arguably there may be other causes of action, but for a lone a DMCA

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