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by guan 13y ago
My favorite chapter is the Principle of Least Action: http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/II_19.html
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by guan 13y ago
CVV1 is the code that is embedded in the magnetic track and allows you to swipe the card. CVV2 is printed on the back and used in many, but as you correctly point out not all, online stores.
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by guan 13y ago
From the screenshot in that article, it looks like Target stored not just the credit card number, but also expiration date and full magnetic track information, including CVV1. Why in the world would they do that? I would lose a lot of sleep
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by guan 13y ago
It depends on how many Tor users there are on the Harvard wireless network. If he was the only person using Tor that year, or one of only a few dozen that could all be questioned, maybe not.
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by guan 13y ago
much attention. very legitimate.
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by guan 13y ago
If you decide to use Gmail, Google will already know what you’re doing and where you are, for better or worse. The choice is between Google having access to everything you do in connection with your email, or Google having access plus tho
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by guan 13y ago
Overdraft fees up to $150 are waived. Very generous of the Fed.
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by guan 13y ago
Fedwire and other real time gross settlement services (RTGS) are almost instantaneous. SWIFT transfers usually are not: SWIFT is a way to communicate messages about transfers between banks, but they would still need a way to do the actual s
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by guan 13y ago
As far as I can tell, the $50 million limit only applies to the Fedwire Securities Service for transferring Treasury and certain other securities, and there is no such limit for the Fedwire Funds Service that transfers money.
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by guan 13y ago
Remember those magic years in 2005 and 2006 with Connexion by Boeing, when we had Wi-Fi on several airlines over the Atlantic and from Europe to Asia?
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by guan 13y ago
As far as I can tell they still do: va. 3600 IN MX 100 raphaelmx3.posta.va. va. 3600 IN MX 10 raphaelmx1.posta.va. va. 3600 IN MX 10 raphaelmx2.posta.va.
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by guan 13y ago
It lists nameservers (which are also in whois in many TLDs) that start with name.com. In your example, name.com.someother.com is not an actual domain name that has been registered.
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by guan 13y ago
Travel agencies also sell a product that’s often delivered much later, when the agency or a supplier (hotel, airline, etc.) may no longer exist. This increases the risk of chargebacks.
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by guan 13y ago
What happens when you request a non-existent URL at that site?
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by guan 13y ago
He could also distribute encrypted versions to a bunch of confederates, and have the dead man switch send them the encryption key (but not release it to the public). That way he both has to be dead and the confederates have to be satisfied
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by guan 13y ago
This guy doesn’t seem to know much about really existing supercapacitors. Assuming that 1200F is enough, you can get a 1200F supercap (Maxwell BCAP1200 P270 K04) rated for 2.7V that’s 60.7 mm in diameter and 74.30 mm tall. He’s assuming 6V,
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by guan 13y ago
Here’s a discussion on Stack Exchange: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/38945/what-is-wro...
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“Performant” is not a word(boulter.com)
4 points by guan 13y ago|5 comments
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by guan 13y ago
As others have noted, you can sort out the worst garbage and install filters, and modern filters are very good. It’s still worse for the air than putting the garbage in landfills, but landfills have their problems too.
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by guan 14y ago
RAR archives are hugely popular in China, for both legitimate and (presumably) illegitimate reasons. All my Chinese friends constantly send me RAR files. I’ve long wondered why that’s the case. All operating systems these days have built in
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by guan 14y ago
It refers to the practice of wearing a brown paper bag over your head if you don’t want people to see your face. In this case, the developers are (figuratively) doing this because they are embarrassed over some aspect of version 2.0.8.
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by guan 14y ago
> I know the article repeatedly talks about employees paying additional tax, but at glance such taxes would seem to be paid by employers? It would be paid by the employees. Such expenses are tax deductible by employers regardless of whe
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by guan 14y ago
In fact, if the seller paid more than $1 for the house, he can take a nice deduction for the “loss.” In this example, in the US, it will be obvious to the IRS that the transaction is not arms-length, and they might levy gift tax on the fair
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Radiolab Cicada Tracker (Northeastern US)(project.wnyc.org)
1 points by guan 14y ago|0 comments
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by guan 14y ago
Most oral contracts can be enforced in most countries, including Germany. It might be hard to establish that it was part of the contract. For example, if you spend a lot of time negotiating a contract, and both parties put a bunch of stuff
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by guan 14y ago
Most private sector employees in the US are employed at will, which means that they can be fired for any reason or for no reason. There’s a specific set of reasons that you can’t fire an employee for, including some kinds of discrimination
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by guan 14y ago
I don’t like social login, but I do like not having to create yet another account.
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by guan 14y ago
I wonder why there isn’t more roaming competition. Roaming users actually have a choice of carriers: my AT&T phone will never connect to a non-AT&T network in the US. In other countries there are usually 3 or 4 networks different ne
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by guan 14y ago
You shouldn’t really depend (too much) on paid web services either. They could get bought out, acquihired, go bankrupt, decide that your service is not worth the trouble.
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by guan 14y ago
I don’t think this is true for all visitors to Apple Stores. A good percentage of Apple Store shoppers do come in knowing exactly what they want to look at or buy—the category you’re describing—but I’ve seen a lot come in to browse and taki

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