graedus

9 ms·

31.
by graedus 7y ago
(This post is for paying subscribers)
32.
by graedus 7y ago
Layman here. To your second bullet, yes, the universe can be infinite but also be expanding. A rough analogy I've heard is that there are infinite points on the surface of a balloon, but if you blow it up more, the distance between any
33.
by graedus 7y ago
I was struggling with your use of "opportunistic". That word typically implies unethical behavior. Is that what you meant?
34.
by graedus 7y ago
Yes, that's worth a read. Lots of thinking about how to deal with people moving to cash and how to deal with that or prevent it. The section on "Using Communication Tools to Overcome Political Challenges" is interesting as we
35.
by graedus 7y ago
Yes, it's mentioned in the first reply to the linked tweet. https://twitter.com/taylordotbiz/status/1172260257613123608 Last week another member of the organizing committee, @ClarissaRedwine was also fired
36.
by graedus 7y ago
3blue1brown has an excellent and concise video explaining this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0YEaeIClKY
37.
by graedus 7y ago
Discussion of Part 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20912380
38.
by graedus 7y ago
Lanny Breuer and his then-boss, Eric Holder, both returned to Covington & Burling following their stint at the DOJ. JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and UBS are clients of the firm. Breuer was estimated to take home $4m
39.
by graedus 7y ago
I've always understood user-scalable="no" to apply only to mobile/touch devices and their pinch-to-zoom functionality. I can't remember an instance where Ctrl + scrollwheel and Ctrl + -/+/0 didn't wor
40.
by graedus 7y ago
I think there are laws stating that certain kinds of German institutions must buy German bonds, but I'm not sure.
41.
by graedus 7y ago
> Good book on how things went down and my who is Crashed: Incredible book. Tooze's interviews and lectures on the subject can only scratch the surface of what the book covers, but they are worth a listen too. I can recommend his ap
42.
by graedus 7y ago
A chain of video rental stores in the US edit: US and elsewhere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_LLC
43.
by graedus 7y ago
> I can't imagine how many people are stuck in jobs they hate just because they are afraid to be without insurance. It can't be good for anyone. It seems like it is good for employers for employees to be more precarious and dep
44.
by graedus 7y ago
In theory, yes. But IMO a job search and all the accompanying tasks (resume updates, cover letter writing, studying for technical interviews, etc) takes a significant investment of time and energy that people don't typically have durin
45.
by graedus 7y ago
http://archive.is/l3TYw
46.
by graedus 7y ago
In theory, yes. In practice, many people will flinch and sell, maybe even near the bottom. edit: (But also, you should probably not own a ton of stocks near your retirement date)
47.
by graedus 7y ago
100oz or 3L most days.
48.
WhatsApp voice calls used to inject Israeli spyware on phones(ft.com)
7 points by graedus 7y ago|1 comments
49.
by graedus 7y ago
> Let the computer you used for encryption and uploading at home.. Take an empty/new notebook/smartphone with you to show at the border? This is certainly safer, though maybe not possible on the return trip (where you're r
50.
by graedus 7y ago
If I'm understanding vbezhenar correctly, the implied step after uploading the encrypted file to a cloud storage service is to securely delete it from the computer you're carrying. Then, the authorities won't know that there
51.
by graedus 7y ago
Certainly, but let's not forget that there exist other places to live :)
52.
by graedus 8y ago
Normalize end-to-end encryption, increase the amount of encrypted target traffic for attackers. And I think it's not so binary as care/don't-care about being hacked. You might care a bit, but how much do you care? Just as
53.
by graedus 8y ago
> It takes less time to decide where to put print statements than to single-step to the critical section of code, even assuming we know where that is. Stupid question - did their debugger not have breakpoints? Not that that would make us
54.
by graedus 8y ago
This seems to be relevant background: https://www.thenation.com/article/wikileaks-haiti-petrocarib...
55.
by graedus 8y ago
Urgent care might be a good option where it's available. Even here though, I've been told I just need to pay my copay, which I did up front, then been billed a couple months later for some additional amount. I was lucky that the
56.
by graedus 8y ago
Warning: this hard locked my MBP. More detail after I’m back at my machine. Edit: System details Retina Mid-2015 15" - MJLT2LL/A - MacBookPro11,5 - A1398 - 2910 Firefox 65.0.1 (64-bit) The hang occurred when running the benchmark
57.
by graedus 8y ago
The appeal of the Warrant Canary design is that the operator simply has to take no action (i.e. not update the page) to signal that they've been contacted by law enforcement, in theory making it safer. It's still a risk though.
58.
by graedus 8y ago
> I think Flightradar and Flightaware dropped the 5 minute delay they used to have I was using Flightradar yesterday and visually tracking planes, seems like about a 10 second delay.
59.
by graedus 8y ago
Why is the computational and speed overhead sometimes negative for HTTPS?
60.
by graedus 8y ago
I just happened to listen to that episode yesterday, it's a good one. I didn't know Hickel before, but he's one of the best guests they've had.

More ›