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by gnode 7y ago
> that can be used without refining It has to first be separated from the rest of the actinide waste, which is very challenging, as they're chemically similar elements. Previously this had to be done with a centrifuge (separating by
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by gnode 7y ago
> power density is inversely proportional to half-life It's not that simple. The energy per event varies by orders of magnitude depending on the specific transition (even within given particle decays, the energy of the emitted parti
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by gnode 7y ago
Except they don't believe it was a mistake; they go as far as calling it "hacking". That the accused claims it was a mistake means little.
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by gnode 7y ago
My understanding is that the conviction was for deliberately (disregarding the accused's claim to the contrary) publicly sharing his employer's proprietary source code and private keys. Assuming this is actually true, then it&#x27
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by gnode 7y ago
> for... what? revealing the war crime of the US? They're trying to get him for being an accomplice to specific computer crimes related to the acquisition of that information. Of course, the motivation is retribution for embarrassin
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by gnode 7y ago
Personally, I feel like if I didn't develop software outside of work, I would start to see software development as work, rather than a skill, just like being able to write or play a musical instrument. I think, for your own sake, if yo
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by gnode 7y ago
Most personal coding is done (at least initially) for personal use. Those specialisms you list are not ones most people regularly consume. Software is something virtually everyone in developed countries consumes daily. I think for that reas
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by gnode 7y ago
A vulnerability is not as damning if it wasn't intentionally inserted to be a backdoor. It being easily discoverable suggests that there was no intention to hide it, and thus it was not intended to be a backdoor. If conversely the vuln
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by gnode 7y ago
I won't deny it's bad, but it's more of a smoking crater than a smoking gun. A genuine vulnerability existed, and it wasn't swiftly remove (apparently due to it being crucial to their manufacturing operations). Notwithst
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by gnode 7y ago
The desire to use Huawei is that they're a major player in the telecommunications infrastructure market. The governmental advice / requirements not to use Huawei equipment is because China is not trusted, and diplomatic relations
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by gnode 7y ago
While this is being touted as a smoking gun, calling it a "backdoor" may be reaching: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/30/huawei_enterprise_r...
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by gnode 7y ago
Maybe the reason they didn't is that doing so is expensive, should have already been done by the supplier, this was for an unmanned mission (which have significantly looser safety requirements), which was insured (I assume), and costs
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by gnode 7y ago
> I'm not seeing the incentive for someone in testing to fake results on their own. There's a lot of missing details, so it's hard to know. From the description of what he did, it seems the interest was not so much in gene
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by gnode 7y ago
> As I understand it, if a company actually goes to trial and is convicted, they are not allowed to operate anymore, hence the plea deals and fines. This isn't true (a counterexample: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndc
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by gnode 7y ago
It may be that actually fully stressing the parts is avoided, as it may risk weakening the part. I've heard of various non destructive testing methods being used to check the integrity of metals in aerospace, such as ultrasound and rad
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by gnode 7y ago
> it’s shocking nobody is going to jail in relation to a fraud guilty plea. They are though. From the justice.gov article: "Dennis Balius, the SPI testing lab supervisor, led a scheme to alter tests within SPI’s computerized systems
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by gnode 7y ago
I have more experience in reading analogue schematics, and I imagine this is less challenging in purely digital electronics, but to me understanding a schematic is really more about identifying the causal flow of information / signals,
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by gnode 7y ago
I'm not exactly sure what it is you're decrying. That we'll lose a significant quantity of Earth's hydrogen to space, leaving the atmosphere with too much oxygen? That we'll suffer a water shortage because we'r
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by gnode 7y ago
Another missing piece of information (that confused me), is that immigration judges are direct employees of the DoJ and thus part of the executive branch. They preside over administrative proceedings conducted by the DoJ, rather than judici
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by gnode 7y ago
Helium is expensive and practically non-renewable on Earth. It forms slowly by beta decay, with most of it escaping into space (because it's molecular mass is so low, its velocity commonly exceeds Earth's escape velocity). A small
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by gnode 7y ago
I think music has appeal because it's information, albeit processed at a low level, not because it's a mood-altering drug. As with all media, consumers want to feel it's "true". When consuming new information, we ne
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by gnode 7y ago
> H2 is dangerously explosive. Does it matter for an unmanned vehicle? Such a thing could be inflated at a safe distance. In some cases, being able to self destruct is a safety benefit (to prevent crashes when control is lost) and a secu
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by gnode 7y ago
This use of a solid for refrigeration reminded me of the elastic band refrigerator: https://hackaday.com/2016/08/25/a-refrigerator-cooled-by-rub... a not practical but still interesting use of elastic solids
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by gnode 7y ago
DMCA doesn't just cover distribution of copyrighted material, but also distribution of software / secrets intended to break copy protection measures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-circumvention#Distributi
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by gnode 7y ago
This is an interesting point. The attacks probably did have a significant financial cost to the banks and their customers, but harm is not the only factor that goes into sentencing. Judges often recognise that young people are less deservin
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by gnode 7y ago
This seems to me to be detecting how "snarky" a comment is, rather than how salty, as it seems to include snappy, sarcastic, and impertinent comments.
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by gnode 7y ago
This webpage is very inaccessible. The links aren't proper links, so can't be easily opened in a new tab.
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by gnode 7y ago
> Do readers gain something more from watching fellow humans have their lives stolen from them? I'd say so, yes. Humans are not good at emotionally responding to descriptions of things we've never witnessed. Museums covering at
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by gnode 7y ago
1. Linux (usually Ubuntu) 2. Install Emacs. 3. Install Git. - Set git's core.editor to Emacs. 4. Install Chromium and Firefox. 5. Write JavaScript.
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by gnode 8y ago
> developers would push the user to make their software trusted I don't see it going this way. This is comparable to virtual memory and MMUs. When there is support in hardware, the speed benefit of not using it is negligible (as sho

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