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by hwbehrens 4y ago
The best large-scale example of Chesterton's Fence that I've seen so far.
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
It's hard to find contemporaneous evidence, because it was apparently revealed by an internal company focus group, but here's [0] the page from the company themselves with the claim. It wasn't revealed at all until the founde
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
One way that you can influence the situation is by addressing the PHB directly, in a language they understand: NIST 800-63B [0]. To reach Authenticator Assurance Level (AAL) 2, there are restrictions placed on PSTN-delivered OOB verificatio
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
> These are two common scenarios I see: There is a 3rd scenario that I've occasionally seen: Two employees with the same title on the same team. Employee One is unhappy because they are paid 10% less than Employee Two, despite sam
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
> how is this not the default? This is just speculation, but based on a conversation with my partner, there are two types of computer users. The first group makes use of hierarchical storage, consistent naming conventions, and other or
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
There are a fair number of scientists on HN actually, obviously with a bias for more computationally-heavy fields. If you had a specific (sub-)field of science that you were looking for, you might have better luck with your search.
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
I think what made the parent comment "shallow" was because you didn't justify your claim with any supporting context. For example, claiming the APA has a track record of misleading claims (ideally with supporting evidence) wo
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
I suspect that it will vary by field -- perhaps this is normal for psychology, but looking at recent accepted papers from the same journal, they mostly had 60-70 citations. Such a dramatic deviation from the "norms" of the venue i
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
One aspect that other commenters haven't addressed is that, if you do publicly disclose, it's likely (or at least possible) that the company would close the hole and remove the functionality that you're currently using, which
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
My kids were scared of the dark, and letting them control the bathroom and hallway lights by voice (from their cozy beds) saved me from many late-night wakeup calls. A smart home is just a problem solver, and everyone has different problems
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
> * why anyone would * Just to give you some context as a counterexample, I often need to read 10-50 pages of dense, size 10, double column scientific PDFs with many graphs and figures. These documents, which are typically either A4 or l
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
I believe only the Kindle Oasis has physical page-turning buttons, and it (inexplicably) still uses Micro-USB. I suspect this situation is what the parent is referring to.
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
The readability of CMU Serif for high-density text cannot be denied.
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
Are there any devices that fit the bill of an "anti-laptop"? I despise working on tiny (<27") screens, but I often need to work both from home and from the office. Currently I have a docking station in each location and mo
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
> feature complete with no bugs I suppose for simple libraries this might be possible (e.g. left-pad) but how would you know in general that something is bug-free? `units` was introduced in 1979 and is still one of the canonical exampl
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
> there's no brand or product selection decisions > How would this work for cars or couches or headphones? This would be great for many things! I'm sure there are plenty of people who just want a good quality, reasonably
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
Given the context of their message, I think the parent switched perspectives mid-stream: ultra-competitive from the perspective of the employers (very hard to hire) to competitive from the perspective of the employees (somewhat hard to be h
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
I have an ultrasonic cleaner that I use for 3D printing, and they have a similar effect on my AirPods. I wonder what could cause this interaction?
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
This study [0] suggests that depending on adoption rates, the induced demand from commuting alone would be closer to 35-45%. The authors don't address how challenging scaling generation by that much would be, however. Another article [
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
In my experience, it was not nearly sufficient. If your AC is appropriately sized (or undersized) for your house, you can't just drop several degrees in 2 hours during the hottest part of the day. Going from 78 to 72 to 84 in set temp
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
I think the parent's question may be insensitive, but not inappropriate. The core problem OP seems to be facing is a mismatch between their incoming and outgoing cash flows. If we take it as given that they cannot work, e.g. that their
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
> But that's just it: bad choices in the social layer become nearly irrevocable once a self-interested, powerful elite emerges. The bad choices put them on top and they will do anything to stay there. I would argue that this trait
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
> "What makes Chromium the best?" I can't speak for the parent, but when most people say this they mean "least likely to break my websites", completely ignoring that this is a symptom, not a cause, of Chrome&#x
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
> I don't think it's that the C920 is particularly brilliant I used to sit in a cubicle under fluorescent lights, and I often received compliments on my webcam quality when I used a C920e, which I think has the same quality a
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
I feel like the dataset they've chosen is extremely noisy at the tail, but they've obscured this in their analysis. An 11% increase in Portland should be a lot more impactful (in absolute terms) than a big decrease in El Centro, w
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
I can't be sure, but my interpretation of the parent's comment is that the USB-IF would never have thought to work on USB-C at all until Lightning's release two years earlier. The whole forehead-slapping moment of cables that
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
I have tried this site multiple times and never been successful. I find archive.ph to be much more reliable.
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
I want a game that is a spiritual successor to Bullfrog's Gene Wars -- something that builds on an ecological / biosphere motivation. Seeding new plants to change local ecologies, breeding creatures (units) to select for needed ch
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
> Note that this applies to biology PhD. While the article specifically calls out biology programs, at my university the CS department is similarly affected. (Stipends are set at a standard rate for all engineering depts.) If your stip
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by hwbehrens 4y ago
This is not a constructive response (in terms of HN commenting guidelines), especially given that the parent provided concrete examples. If you disagree with their examples, or if you think that the cons outweigh the pros, a better approach

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