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geographomics
12y ago
Just to note that Internet Explorer does this slightly differently, using VBScript to call the local crypto API as it doesn't support <keygen>. It's functionally equivalent though.
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geographomics
12y ago
There's always the danger of this attack, as well: http://thejh.net/misc/website-terminal-copy-paste
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geographomics
12y ago
> It has weird micro-optimizations decided to ensure that Google's front-page and any Google-request with its army of 20000 privacy-invading tracking cookies should fit within one TCP-packet using American ISPs MTU packet-size, to
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Timelapse video of a sunspot
(youtube.com)
4 points
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geographomics
12y ago
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Virgin's Richard Branson offers staff unlimited holiday
(bbc.co.uk)
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geographomics
12y ago
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geographomics
12y ago
Exactly, the accusation is sufficient - no proof is required to discredit someone.
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geographomics
12y ago
I was similarly appalled by this - but reflecting on it further, it was probably the easiest way out. Sounds like at that point, he just wanted rid of the whole project.
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geographomics
12y ago
Surely one could just deny any such assertions on their pornographic habits (or other embarrassing information)? Anything that would be claimed as proof could just as well be a collection of manufactured lies rather than leaked truth.
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geographomics
12y ago
Quite straightforward to find out who runs this, the about page is still up - http://ohlife.com/about
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geographomics
12y ago
The DNA would have to undergo purification beforehand anyway, to extract it from the cell and separate it out from the cellular proteins and RNA. So histone removal would be through modified salt concentrations and protease action. Also I t
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geographomics
12y ago
The alert did not appear on an Android 2.3 device (HTC Desire), or a 2.2 emulator (via BrowserStack.com) - not vulnerable, or not compatible with the exploit test?
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geographomics
12y ago
Although the original paper only described the biochemical analysis they performed, it seems that cultivating the plants in the lab was planned for their future work, with the intent of figuring out the biosynthetic pathway by radiolabellin
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geographomics
12y ago
The article you linked, and Insel's related pronouncements (as detailed in his NIMH blog) do not support your position. His quite reasonable criticisms of the DSM as a framework for categorising and funding mental health research (and
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geographomics
12y ago
Are you sure he's deliberately trolling, perhaps he genuinely believes this? Distrust of psychiatry is not uncommon, and there certainly are some really awful facets of psychiatry to selectively draw an extremist position on, especiall
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geographomics
12y ago
Science is certainly more difficult to apply to psychiatry than other branches of medicine - due to the relatively subjective endpoints, lack of useful animal models, and conflict with profit-based motives within the pharmaceutical industry
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The McCollough Effect
(cheswick.com)
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geographomics
12y ago
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geographomics
12y ago
As a point of interest, there have been some rare cases of mitochondria being passed down paternally, most likely due to incomplete destruction in the embryo.
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geographomics
12y ago
I suspect it was because your comment was quite unconstructive, and comes across as a mildly sarcastic taunt rather than a genuine question. If instead you had explained why you disagree with the parent poster and offered some information o
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geographomics
12y ago
I haven't installed the app, so I don't know if this is part of some alert functionality, but why are there Twitter and Facebook API links in the code? https://i.imgur.com/QPIYUfQ.png
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geographomics
12y ago
Although it's a new technology, I'd eventually like to see VPS hosting built around Intel's Software Guard Extensions (SGX), if at all possible. As it stands now, we have to completely trust that the VPS host isn't going
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geographomics
12y ago
Xerox multifunction printers have a feature to scan to PDF, but does so in such a way that the page image is segmented into lossy colour (DCT/JPEG) and coloured monochrome (JBIG2) depending on whether the area is detected as being phot
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12y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_flies_like_an_arrow;_frui...
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Are UFO Alien Faces an Inborn Facial Recognition Template?
(skeptic.com)
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geographomics
12y ago
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geographomics
12y ago
Yes but I think you'd be better off using it to anonymously purchase a VPS in your desired country of exit. Then set that VPS up to run a web proxy on a secured hidden service, and perform your personal browsing via it. That way - assu
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geographomics
12y ago
If the pain is persistent, medical practitioners would be more likely to recommend physiotherapy than an endless supply of painkillers.
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geographomics
12y ago
To use an analogy, it sounds roughly like the distinction between adaptive and innate immune systems in vertebrates.
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geographomics
12y ago
What does that even mean?