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by gervase 9y ago
I would say their use cases are that different from yours; I suspect for most, one of the primary goals is "I can configure these magical boxes using only my phone, preferably without having to type a single thing." which is def
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by gervase 9y ago
I took the parent's suggestion as being targeted for the HN audience; I agree that for most people, it's impossible to use, but for the readers here, I'd say it's an apt recommendation.
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by gervase 9y ago
Note that these are federal prosecutors, not state prosecutors; they have no incentive to respect state law over federal law. In particular, if the Justice Department intended to respect states' rights, then I suspect they wouldn&#x2
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by gervase 9y ago
Project Zero is very well known for things exactly like this. Partially, it's because they are incredibly talented, but there are also talented people in academia and in other security consultancies. The biggest difference with Project
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by gervase 9y ago
I think the best we can do is speculate on this, as China's cyber capabilities are still relatively unknown by the public [0]. However, based on their investment in academics and a generally more positive view of government jobs in gen
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by gervase 9y ago
My doctor prescribed me 10000 IUs/day, which seems to be pretty high based on the values listed in the article. I had a D deficiency at the time, but he suggested that I continue those doses as "preventative maintenance" in t
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by gervase 9y ago
I absolutely believe that this is recognized, and is considered by some to be the precise point of this assault. A poorly-educated workforce drives down wages, speeds automation of low-skill jobs, decreases social mobility, and makes for
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by gervase 9y ago
Although I agree that PHP is an odd choice, I do think there's something to be said for teaching computer science with a language that the students (probably) won't end up using professionally. In some sense, this permits a decoup
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by gervase 9y ago
But 'serverless' has a much nicer ring to it than 'serverfewer'...
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by gervase 9y ago
I did switch banks due to their redesign. I settled on Radius, primarily for their interest rates since their UX isn't totally there either. All the functionality I need is there (unlike the redesigned Capital One), just not intuitiv
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by gervase 9y ago
I'm born and raised in Los Angeles, and it's a homophone for me; you can add me as a data point to your pool.
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by gervase 9y ago
This statement is true (yours): > Only a small minority of lower class people ever go to grad school. But so is this one (mine): > A vast majority of graduate students are from low-income backgrounds. However, this statement is totall
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by gervase 9y ago
Although I don't think the current implementation of electronic voting is needed, some kind of electronic voting may be needed to facilitate novel developments in representation. For example, why do we select our representatives based
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by gervase 9y ago
I don't disagree, but I also don't think that how long something has been done one way is indicative of that way's optimality. By such an argument, microwaves as a form of cooking and airplanes as a form of travel would both
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by gervase 9y ago
I seem to recall that most of these people believe the "edge" cannot be reached by sea or land due to hypnotic waves, or magnetic fields, or something like that; when you get too close, you become confused and turn around, fooling
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by gervase 9y ago
The assumption that they won't simply block VPNs "because China does that" seems naive. "VPNs are only used by {pirates|terrorists|pedophiles|etc}!" could easily be deployed as a smokescreen for this change. And, if
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by gervase 9y ago
They still need access to a (relatively) local backbone. If they started collecting any significant market share from the local mono- and duopolist providers, I suspect that they would simply be banned from those backbones, which are (mostl
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by gervase 9y ago
Although foreign nationals cannot (effectively) write to US politicians, you should feel free to donate to pro-neutrality organizations like the EFF[0]. [0]: https://www.eff.org/
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by gervase 9y ago
My understanding is that it's not that they're "blocked", it's that "you only can access what you pay for", which in this case is only those specific sites for which you pay to access. In other words, they
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by gervase 9y ago
In many areas, there are only 1 ( maybe 2) ISPs, so there is no viable alternative choice. It is also quite easy to detect whether someone is using a VPN, so I don't see why they wouldn't also dictate which protocols are permissi
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by gervase 9y ago
The browser providers have clearly made that decision for the vast majority of users: default safety trumps information access. We've yet to see if users will either (A) follow the on-screen, flashing red prompts, or (B) be trained to
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by gervase 9y ago
As someone who previously worked in this industry, I highly suggest that you consider purchasing your eyewear online (through a wholesaler like Zenni Optical, for example). Premiums or not, you're paying a huge markup for brick-and-mor
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by gervase 9y ago
Is there any way to view the inverse, "Which professions were most likely to switch to X?" I'd be interested to see where most developers are coming from , instead of where they're switching to . I couldn't figure
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by gervase 9y ago
"Minuscule blip: European oil stocks not really affected" doesn't grab those clicks, though. They won't stop using hyperbole for headlines unless the evolutionary pressure (i.e. revenue model) significantly changes for n
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by gervase 9y ago
One thing that I haven't seen discussed, but I think is something that may be a factor in the site selection, is the future of online presence. Specifically, I think it's plausible that advancements in VR over the next 20 years
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by gervase 9y ago
Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15646456 Lots of discussion over there.
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by gervase 9y ago
Given the remarkably shady business practices of the entrenched players (past and present), I don't consider this relentless consolidation to be desirable. Additionally, in other markets where such consolidation has happened, it has hi
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by gervase 9y ago
The laws governing self-driving cars in Arizona are extremely lenient, perhaps the most in the nation. Additionally, it appears as if each ride is being monitored in real time remotely by a Waymo employee, who can intervene if something goe
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by gervase 9y ago
This article from Dec 2016 seems to suggest that's still the case [0]. However, it also looks like those maps can be built by the cars themselves, which should simplify expansion. [0]: https://medium.com/waymo/buil
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by gervase 9y ago
To set some context for those that haven't seen the video in question, he placed a jar of fruit flies into a microwave and turned it on. The flies were NOT harmed due to their size, and he went on to explain exactly why, discuss how mi

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