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hulahoof
10y ago
I recall WWII PoW stories of 'foxhole' radios[1] made from rusting razors and paper clips, I always thought replicating that would be quite fun. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxhole_radio
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hulahoof
10y ago
I can't even begin to comprehend a country whose citizens don't want the dirt on their government. There is exponentially less incentive to lie to citizens of other countries than your own.
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hulahoof
10y ago
A blockchain spam attack is exactly like trying to shut down Starbucks by planting a million stooges at every store to purchase lattes so that regular customers can't shop there. Starbucks gets rich from all the money the attacker is
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hulahoof
10y ago
I generally find I use FP for services/API and non-returning methods and OO for methods that require a specific type of input (where possible)
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hulahoof
10y ago
I think it is clear the "more fake" source is the one that is "more questionable". The audience of a source doesn't lend or take credibility.
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hulahoof
10y ago
You are ashamed of your own education? The only part of the education system you can control? .. endowing me with intelligible enough English so that random commentators on the internet are able to identify my first language. .. This read
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hulahoof
10y ago
Anyone recommend any introductions to Xamarin?
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hulahoof
10y ago
The other side of this is it is likely if the engineers are optimising for a metric that is important enough to be tied to compensation, the companies' non-engineers are likely to place a high value on that metric too, exacerbating the
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hulahoof
10y ago
In this scenario WebAssembly is analogous to bytecode, which is also less debuggable and modifiable than the Java source
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hulahoof
10y ago
Wikipedia most definitely does NOT require the donations they ask for every december to continue day-to-day operations. In fact, they can survive quite comfortably on the standard donation rate they receive each month outside the December d
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hulahoof
10y ago
From my experience doing a bit of both the bootcamp was focused on getting the results using technology X, Y and traditional study was understanding the paradigms that allow technology X, Y. To me it is the difference between learning to bu
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hulahoof
10y ago
Does it count as hacking if you own the network? I think it still does, the outcome is different but the methods are similar.
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hulahoof
10y ago
A forced end to fraudulent business' would work wonders for the economy (IANAE).
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hulahoof
10y ago
“Anyone who claims that automated spam accounts that tweeted about the U.S. election had an effect on voters’ opinions or influenced the national Twitter conversation clearly underestimates voters and fails to understand how Twitter works,
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hulahoof
10y ago
I disagree, while some may buy samsung as they see it as the top 'android' choice, I buy them because the displays look the nicest to me. I could care less what OS it was running, and I can't be the only one. (Why do you thin
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hulahoof
10y ago
I believe they're referring to a babelfish-like device of the namesake, though it would be a nice touch if they could get the copyright for such a device.
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hulahoof
10y ago
Thank you for the link to comment, I had heard all the pieces individually but it was really something to see the timeline. Hope JA is alright.
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hulahoof
10y ago
we aim to rededicate ourselves to the fundamental mission of Times journalism. That is to report America and the world honestly, without fear or favor While they are not alone it's a shame the MSM led itself down this path, I don
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hulahoof
10y ago
I do most of my work on a cheap, light Toshiba because the battery last me all day and carrying my metabox everywhere was hurting my back.
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hulahoof
10y ago
I just checked, they still do for core members of open source projects: https://www.jetbrains.com/buy/opensource/
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hulahoof
10y ago
Jetbrains are my IDE of choice, I started with phpStorm when I was doing webdev and have used most flavours during my studies - I recommend anyone studying to give this offer a try it is incredible value. Edit: I'd like to add all that
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hulahoof
10y ago
It is a crime to willingly and knowingly violate regulations in a position where you have legally sworn to abide by said regulations.
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hulahoof
10y ago
If they were going to beat you anyway, another layer of encryption was not going to help.
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hulahoof
10y ago
IIRC they are supposedly locked in a 'trust' until ~2020 (See: Tulip Trust)
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hulahoof
10y ago
By the same token, sending the message to launch is not the same as sending a confidential message.
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hulahoof
10y ago
So the developers are scammers because you use an alternative?
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hulahoof
10y ago
I have been reading through and also noticing this. I was looking for a better explanation too - from what I understand basically: Monero uses ringCT algorithm on transfer to mix the payments and obfuscate the sender Monero has a private
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hulahoof
10y ago
Considering what we ended up with, Apple would probably be in serious financial trouble if they didn't disrupt themselves.
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hulahoof
10y ago
Twitter lost it's value the second they silenced their users.
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hulahoof
10y ago
When I first read this I chuckled at what I thought was the absurdity. I am now laughing manically with you...
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