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by finnw 15y ago
Better still, implement one, assume it is broken, and find out why.
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by finnw 15y ago
I am not convinced by one of the quiz answers: > Our calculations confirm that a relatively short series of truly randomly chosen English dictionary words is secure; many people find these somewhat more memorable. Above we used "In the
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by finnw 15y ago
Another version of the story for non-NYT subscribers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16351377
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by finnw 15y ago
Yes, and it also uses a weak hash function by design (for performance reasons it only looks at a few characters not the whole string.)
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by finnw 15y ago
That's a common question on Dragons' Den ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons%27_Den#UK ) A common answer is "because we have a patent" which may be what they want to hear.
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by finnw 15y ago
I think I'll set the date on my camera to 1911. A human seeing the timestamp on the picture will just assume its a Y2K bug and will guess the correct data. Since that's extremely unlikely IRL, the Facebook algorithm probably won't know to
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by finnw 15y ago
I've found the opposite. LinkedIn has been right only once for me. The other 23 people it suggested I might know were people I have never heard of. Facebook usually suggests people I have met but do not want to be "friends" with.
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by finnw 15y ago
Most likely they will also be pressured into releasing a FireFox update that breaks previous versions as well (just so we cannot keep using older versions of the addon without also being stuck with an old/insecure version of the browser.)
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by finnw 15y ago
I wonder if anyone has tried returning an electronic device to a retailer (could be a console, but also a printer or scanner) claiming it was unfit for its purpose, on the grounds that it would not work without drivers but the customer was
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by finnw 15y ago
https://github.com/elitheeli/oddities/blob/master/rule110-gr...
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32 OpenMP Traps For C++ Developers [2009](viva64.com)
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by finnw 15y ago
Maybe this can still be worked around by copying the target fd first so it can be closed after fdup()ing the source fd, e.g. // Assume x and y are open fds and we want to replace y with a copy of x z = open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY); // Guaran
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by finnw 15y ago
> Apple has Siri, 3 month's later: "Introducing Siri for Android! I mean Majel!" I think it's more like: Google has been researching conversational voice control for several years; Apple releases Siri; Google says "Oh dear they've be
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by finnw 15y ago
On the other hand it would be impressive if they correctly predicted it from 24-millenia-old data.
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by finnw 15y ago
Does that make a significant difference? What have we learned about trolling in the last 3 years that we had not already learned in the previous 15 years?
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by finnw 15y ago
It is your fault if the bigger better icecream shop opens next door and you still persevere with your original plan. That suggests that you personally are a bad investment (not just your original business plan.) I would be more likely
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by finnw 15y ago
If the aim is to maximise news coverage, that would be the perfect time to do it.
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by finnw 15y ago
Or maybe they have, and it has yet to reach us.
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by finnw 15y ago
If they are going to lock it down anyway, yes I would rather rent it than buy it. That might actually be a good solution. I don't want to be told not to "tamper" with my PC on the grounds that it would then be possible to use it for piracy
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by finnw 15y ago
> a fancy academic language which people can dismiss outright for not being practical - like Haskell Actually that could be a good way to filter your audience. Some of those who would be least likely to appreciate this tutorial (and
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by finnw 15y ago
I use backspace as a substitute for ESC. I find ESC awkward to locate while typing, but backspace is easy.
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by finnw 15y ago
I imagine they will say "I've heard that same prediction every week for all of those 5 decades."
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by finnw 15y ago
Having one combined line can increase stress for shoppers too, especially if the line isn't clearly marked by barriers. What happens is, another customer comes along, sees three cashiers and one queue (in the middle) and decides to join the
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by finnw 15y ago
In some stores if you scan alcohol the machine will freeze until the attendant turns the key. In others, it flashes a light to alert the attendant. It allows you to carry on scanning, but the attendant must turn the key before you pay. I ju
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by finnw 15y ago
> ... the real-life Gatekeeper is not actually in any danger ... How about: "I will create a simulation of the person you were in 2011 and have the same conversation with it, except that I will pretend that it is only a game (and I kn
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by finnw 15y ago
That would not be a very good strategy against the real-life Gate Keeper who can just switch off his terminal and walk away.
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by finnw 15y ago
There's a variation of this that allows both participants to stay in-character and does not require lying: 1. Convince the Gate Keeper that a self-improving AI will be built sooner-or-later and that it will be extremely dangerous, especiall
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by finnw 15y ago
And the GK only has to switch off the AI once.
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by finnw 15y ago
I could also reason like this: "I may be the real me or a simulation, but whichever I am, the other me will make the same choice." So I will switch off the AI, and the worst outcome is that I will cease to exist.
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by finnw 15y ago
Yes, because examining the old source code allows you to predict its behaviour, including the rewriting of source code . If line 42 says "never rewrite lines 42 or 43" and line 43 says "never kill humans" you would be more likely to let i

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