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11y ago
WotC owns the IP, so they could do any number of things: 1.) Make a derivative work for the new D&D version (everyone loves retro) 2.) Make a new video game off of the old content. 3.) Rerelease books are part of an XXst aniversary edit
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11y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if WotC didn't actually have access to the older reference materials anyways. Stuff is lost all of the time. That said, this definitely sounds like "We'll give you $50 bucks so that we can start
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11y ago
IPNS https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ipfs-users/fr6dlQ8we...
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11y ago
https://github.com/ipfs/faq/issues/28 may help out in understanding where they are going as far as dynamic content, authorization, etc. From just a quick look (I'm not IPFS expert): IPNS is used as the m
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11y ago
It certainly would be interesting to see a "Software Freedom Law Center" vs "Free Software Foundation" legal battle. But if no one wants to fight over a clearly more egregious graphics blob, then why would they go after
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11y ago
It strains reason to argue... So then the question is, why is "nvidia.ko"'s binary blob not a derivative of Linux? What's the logic that says one binary blob is a derivative work, and the other is not when they both a
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11y ago
What threat model do you work under that an attacker would have physical access to the device long enough to replace an entire sensor, but would not have the resources to just take your fingerprints off the physical device?
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11y ago
If 'best' means most compatible with varying types of systems large and small, then yes.
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is different from passing a multiple choice exam Some of the classes did just have multiple choice tests that would have been easy enough to 'Cliff'. Though it's not really relevant to larger discourse. That still doesn&#x
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11y ago
Waste of effort, too? As an air defense base, yes. As a FOB for non-wartime activities, no. As a defensible base in an all out war, yes. That said, I can't imagine Diego Garcia's primary role is to act as a buffer/barrier
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11y ago
That's good for Netflix + html5, but doesn't help with every site (ex: fox/cw/etc). So it probably isn't a good solution for 'Grandma' since she probably wouldn't have the knowledge to understand why
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11y ago
You can't just pass tests to get an undergrad degree Yes you can. Almost every school has a procedure for taking a test or convincing a professor that you have the knowledge the class provides. You still pay the cost of the course,
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11y ago
it just kind of has the wrong connotations, because it's used rigorously in mathematics And the original use was in Philology[0]. Just because a word has two different meanings in two different contexts doesn't means it's
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11y ago
shitty silverlight drm, doesn't even work in a vm. I've had good success with pipelight[0], including DRM'd sites (Netflix, etc). The biggest issue being user-agent sniffing (so I just set it as IE9 and leave it). [0] - h
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11y ago
On twitter[0], he is suggesting that since the binary module is a derivative work (of the linux kernel due to linking to it), according to the GPL, the source code to ZFS must be licensed under a GPL compatible license. However, since Canon
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11y ago
but I'd think the point of a js KDF is to run on the client, not the server. bcrypt is used on the server (node.js) to hash a user's password before storing it in the database. Then later, when a login is done, the password fro
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11y ago
Under extraordinary circumstances, compelled expert witness testimony has lots of precedents, Can you name some of them? IANAL, but the Federal rules of evidence section 706 explicitly states, "But the court may only appoint someone
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11y ago
if done correctly, the purchase of a house should have zero effect on the buyer's net worth. What is the hedge here against falling home prices? In other words, if you purchase a home a reasonable price of $500k, but changes outside
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11y ago
The option to change the rental growth rate is located under the section titled "What Does the Future Hold?" with a title of "rent growth rate" and a default value of 2.5% (with a range of -5% to 15%)
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11y ago
The New York Times buy vs rent calculator[0] can help determine which side of the rent vs buy is better (from a financial standpoint only, not including factors like 'freedom') depending upon various factors. For example, here in
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11y ago
Note that bcrypt.hash just calls bcrypt.hashSync anyways[0]. So there it's still going to stall exactly the same amount. edit: Looks like it depends on which version you use. 'npm install bcrypt'[1] gives a version which sup
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11y ago
Luckily they open source their operational and smart status for all of their drives[0]. This means that you can do this additional analysis (and more). Which is awesome. [0] - https://www.backblaze.com/hard-drive-test-data
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11y ago
You SHOULD be checking permissions on each node and edge, but the details are entirely in your hands. I agree 100%. However, that's not what the GP said above, which was "It is a view model abstraction on top of your database wh
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That's certainly possible, but it cuts against his argument which is that "It is a view model abstraction on top of your database which includes permissions checks for each node and edge". That's maybe what FB's int
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11y ago
The contents of the GraphQL working draft[0] do not include any of the following words: permission authorization authentication role [0] - https://facebook.github.io/graphql/
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but Polynesian sailors crossed the Pacific without a compass or sunstone. I wonder if the types of ocean weather present in the Polynesian triangle vs the viking routes would have made it easier or harder to navigate without additional ai
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_computing
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is doing it really "voluntary"? Of course. Most utility companies have a large number of lawyers. Lawyers which advise them on actions. Sometimes those lawyers are going to say "just do it, it'll be easier", bu
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FTA: "at the direction of the ATF and without a warrant, the utility company installed a surveillance camera on a public utility pole located roughly 200 yards from Leon’s trailer." The utility company installed the camera volunta
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11y ago
As long as its a webcam-per-suspect-per-place-of-business basis and not a mass grab to do this across entire geographical areas it seems fine. That's the problem right there though. The FISC has already ruled that if there is no con
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