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by j_s 9y ago
I wasn't going to share a link to a barely related discussion from last month, but: Recycling Chaos in U.S. As China Bans 'Foreign Waste' | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15888827 ... China doesn't
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by j_s 9y ago
This is an interesting consideration when it comes to video content as well. Sometimes I wish Netflix allowed sorting by how many accounts "watched more than once".
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> All dependencies carry risk. Agreed, and it is often tough to evaluate to any exact degree or measurement. However, uniquely irreplaceable closed-source dependencies seem classifiable as carrying comparatively greater risk than thriv
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by j_s 9y ago
> 4. It seems totally reasonable (and arguably the smartest thing to do) for Datomic to stay with a closed source model. It is 100% understandable / practical / reasonable, yes. It is the same to recognize using Datomic technol
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by j_s 9y ago
http://microbit.org/guide/features/#light reversing the LEDs of the screen to become an input, the LED screen works as a basic light sensor (only the very tiniest bit related, for the BBC micro:bit)
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by j_s 9y ago
The similarities to FoundationDB (a unique closed source database technology acquired by Apple, no longer publicly available) encourages additional caution. Apple Acquires FoundationDB | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=
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by j_s 9y ago
For the semi-serious there is a pre-made filter "temporarily unavailable" (2018-01-15) for purchase: Raspberry Pi QRP TX Shield for WSPR | https://www.tapr.org/kits_20M-wspr-pi.html the harmonics are filtered by
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by j_s 9y ago
Or take the rails completely off (5 KHz-500 MHz // FM,AM,SSB,SSTV,FSQ): https://github.com/F5OEO/rpitx I have a „Hörmann“ garage door opener. For a long time, I want to use my phone instead of the original s
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by j_s 9y ago
> (However, this is off-topic for this submission specifically.) I think it's on-topic for a database that (in my barely informed understanding) is famous for never deleting anything!
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by j_s 9y ago
Investigate a possibility to support JSX | https://github.com/bridgedotnet/Bridge/issues/808 Bridge.NET translates C# to JavaScript, but JSX is not currently supported.
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Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15611122 (2017Nov:1307 points, 502 comments) #oneofus https://hn.algolia.com/?query=13226170&type=comment (click a &#x2
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> The fanciest tracking trick is I feel like this changes all the time; I was recently surprised to discover 'TLS Client Channel ID' (my nomenclature is a bit fuzzy - an RFC for automatic client certs "for security"
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by j_s 9y ago
Very granularly: simple tools like the Windows Task Manager Performance tab's Ethernet Throughput graph can provide enough of a clue that a network connection is suffering. There are many utilities that show this info in useful form in
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by j_s 9y ago
Separately: client certificate authentication is apparently great for "Internet of Things" (buzzword alert!) device authentication, so some of the rough edges may be worn off as things move forward.
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by j_s 9y ago
I've been experimenting with using the server's public SSL key as a client certificate to authenticate self-hosted and cross-server web service requests since the cert should be available at runtime in common enterprise setups ye
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by j_s 9y ago
SSL client authentication usually winds up authenticating physical devices similarly to SSH keys, but there is near zero infrastructure simplifying/protecting/distributing a single software certificate for an individual user (esp
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by j_s 9y ago
Definitely depends on timeline; PAST is a reasonable recommendation gaining momentum as best practice. The recent Show HN annoucement discussed many caveats of authentication tokens: Show HN: PAST, a secure alternative to JWT | https:&#x2
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by j_s 9y ago
A discussion two weeks ago pointed out that much of the hate Atlassian endures from developers towards their JIRA product is employer-inflicted: >nunez: JIRA is a really nice product, but one's experience with it heavily depends on
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Directory of Pretrained AI(muffintech.org)
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Similar situation to the freetype/harfbuzz all-but-Microsoft/Apple (open source) monoculture. I'm interested to understand more about how some categories of software libraries don't foster multiple strong open source alt
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by j_s 9y ago
There is a Discord started by a small group on Twitch who have streamed mock interviews (mostly last summer): https://discord.gg/ndFR4RF Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdmXDjXz26c
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by j_s 9y ago
Evolving the Dropbox Brand | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15393684 (Oct 2017, 67 comments) > mugsie: Wow. that is (from my perspective - but only mine) terrible. > supernintendo: This is the worst UX I&#x27
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by j_s 9y ago
They're hiring: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16054356
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> Dropbox has been willing to get their hands dirty in their pursuit of user-friendliness since day one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13742251 Props to those for whom this finally pays off!
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Easing Eye Strain with the Right Lenses (2012) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15373992 Exercising for Healthier Eyes | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7480946 Save your eyes, start using f.lux
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by j_s 9y ago
Seconding YouTube -- better than losing video.
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http://water.state.co.us/SurfaceWater/RainwaterCollection/Pa... > 110 gallons of precipitation [...] can be collected and stored With additional restrictions.
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by j_s 9y ago
This is the first time I've seen this suggestion; it is something that could be done relatively easily for systems that otherwise have no updates/mitigations. If performance is better some variant of this (auto-scaling dedicated c
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by j_s 9y ago
How has [edit] T1/T2 device driver support worked out in practice so far for Linux and less-popular alternative operating systems on the new hardware? https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux (T1) not working: au
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by j_s 9y ago
IIRC, the GCE security white paper mentioned alarms triggered by ROWHAMMER, another hardware design defect. Is it possible to reliably detect any of this year's new attacks?

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