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   by jcrites 13y ago

   There are more possible moves, and so I think more "outs" for a long time in the beginning of the game. I think the game has a more gradual difficulty curve. When the board is empty, you'll start and gain 1, 2, 4, 8, etc. pie
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   by jcrites 13y ago

   > Nester explained that before staff can work on an issue that involves a company, they have to sell any holdings of stock in that firm. As a result, he said, there shouldn't be any surprise that a sale would precede the announcemen
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   by jcrites 13y ago

   Employers are always obligated to pay at least minimum wage in the US for tipped employee jobs. The employer can set a baseline like $4.00 per hour plus tips, but if the resulting wage is not at least minimum wage, then the employer must pa
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   by jcrites 13y ago

   That's a great point! It's also what makes refactoring so much easier. If I need to rename a method obj.f() to obj.g(), then I can do so safely knowing that no lingering references to f() remain in my code base (else they would fa
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   by jcrites 13y ago

   I'd argue there's one more criterion for horizontal scalability: an increase in hardware capacity (number of nodes N) must yield a proportional increase in system throughput. In other words, horizontal scalability means being _abl
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   by jcrites 13y ago

   The discussion about whether products are better when made by an artisan reminds me of the essay called "What Colour are your bits?" http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/lawpoli/colour/2004061001.php The article dis
7. 517.▲
   by jcrites 13y ago

   > American companies dominate the internet space even more now than they did before Snowden I am sure that is true in many countries, but it is not true in all of them, e.g. China. China has its own tech giants and market leaders. > U
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   by jcrites 13y ago

   Yes, it was my impression that some companies participate voluntarily (other than by court order), because the government pays for access or otherwise awards them contracts for access. One discussion: http://www.usatoday.com&#x2F
9. 519.▲
   by jcrites 13y ago

   Interesting to see the way that change is playing out: 1) Person blows whistle / leaks information about government surveillance 2) World trust in US firms is damaged, especially internationally. Foreign firms and governments hesitate
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    Would you mind sharing an example query string that injects and passes validation? I'd be interested to see what technique enables it to be valid. (It's obvious to me that the site is under high risk since user-provided strings sh
11. 521.▲
    by jcrites 13y ago

    Is there really a SQL injection vulnerability? Can someone describe the specific vulnerability in more detail? All the example URLs in the article yield an SQL syntax error, which definitely puts the site at high risk for such vulnerabiliti
12. 522.▲
    by jcrites 13y ago

    Does LightTable have autocompletion for Clojure or might it in the future? How does autocompletion work for Lisp-like languages? I'm wondering if the verb-subject ordering makes it more difficult to build effective autocompletion. In l
13. 523.▲
    by jcrites 13y ago

    Is there something to read about how Dark Mail will work? I'd be interested to contribute, help build an implementation, or add support in products I work on.
14. 524.▲
    by jcrites 13y ago

    If you're referring to an MITM attack, then the attacker could intercept the connection (establishing SSL under its own certificate) only when attacking the specific target. The target himself would need to notice that the certificate
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    I don't know if this is a great example, but: http://www.leavenworth.org/ It's sort of a Bavarian themed down-town and city in Washington state. Its allure and attraction to tourists depends on its theme. I say I
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    > But there's not much gentrification going on, since Twitter keeps hundreds of staff inside, with free gourmet meals, plus a slew of free services, dry cleaning, even cleaning staff apartments. It is competing with local businesses
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    I can't read this article. It requires an account of some kind.
18. 528.▲
    by jcrites 13y ago

    They're talking about people who replied years later (i.e., today, apparently as a result of this post on HN or other sites).
19. 529.▲
    by jcrites 13y ago

    The loss of those blobs may have been more than just calories. The blobs, of a composition such that they accumulate at the top in this way, may have been /all of/ some particular nutrients in the mix. I'm just speculating, b
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    > Lisps where only lists/pairs are syntactically first class There are several types of first class syntax in Lisp: http://amitp.blogspot.com/2007/04/lisp-vs-python-syntax.html
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    There are technologies being developed to simulate a feeling of touch in the air: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/21/siggraph-disney-research-... "AIREAL pumps out tight vortices of air to simulate tacti
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    I think it's because communicating is improving even more drastically than crime is decreasing, so the average person hears even more credible stores of crime and violence than they used to (think of the local evening news). It may fue
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    Hi Vorporeal, May I contact you with a Google question? I've encountered a technical problem which I would like to report, but I am having trouble finding an appropriate communication channel. The technical problem itself is interferin
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    The mainstream news reported on this: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-car-apple-ceo-li...
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    Regarding a Berkeley DB equivalent, how about Tupl? https://github.com/cojen/Tupl > Tupl is a high-performance, concurrent, transactional, scalable, low-level database. Intended to replace BerkeleyDB, Tupl supports
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    In particular, prices will rise gradually over time, which will encourage investment in cost-lowering research and development, as well as into energy generation. The market is what helps the world adjust. Unless a dramatic event causes a s
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    Potentially relevant: "How Complex Systems Fail" http://www.ctlab.org/documents/How%20Complex%20Systems%20Fai... I think the people operating complex systems are regularly making mistakes and then correcting
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    Furthermore, it seems difficult to examine the situation at all without considering how much the workers are paid, and how much the company or government service earns or loses, and in the case of the government, how effectively it provides
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    By "the moon landing" do you mean the first? There have been six manned moon landings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing#Manned_Moon_landi...
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    by jcrites 13y ago

    I'd really like to know whether Google shared its SSL/TLS certificates with government agencies. I asked the author (Yonatan Zunger) a short question and he replied to say he doesn't know anything. I followed up with: > It