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Fantastic Timers: High-Resolution Microarchitectural Attacks in JS (2017) [pdf](gruss.cc)
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Difficulty of learning a new language for a native English speaker(qz.com)
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Indian IT will add 180-200K jobs in 2018: AI, Blockchain in high demand(qz.com)
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by jhatax 9y ago
Though there is a long way to go, the findings are encouraging. From the press release [1]: “A drug developed for diabetes could be used to treat Alzheimer's after scientists found it "significantly reversed memory loss" in m
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Experimental diabetes drug shows promise for Alzheimer’s(sciencedirect.com)
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Google’s Ian Beer releases tool to exploit tfp0 in iOS 11.1.2(motherboard.vice.com)
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by jhatax 9y ago
Edit: Fixed a typo in the title.
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Apple HomePod – a missed opportunity(bloomberg.com)
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by jhatax 9y ago
You can also restore the New Tab behavior you liked pre-Quantum by clicking on the gear in the top right-hand corner.
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The final paragraph of this piece sums up the challenge Walmart is facing with this change: “If you look at Walmart, over its 50 year existence, they’ve always prided themselves on saying our employees are going to be the lowest paid,” says
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Walmart making changes to bridge the income equality gap(work.qz.com)
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Curiosity, passion and related qualities of a great VC(hackernoon.com)
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by jhatax 9y ago
Minus the fact that the WebExtensions API isn't as capable as the legacy extensions API, there are a number of compelling features and significantly improved quality (reliability, performance, security rolled into one) in the next few
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Nifty and New in Firefox: Send Tabs, Screenshots, Form Fill(blog.mozilla.org)
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by jhatax 9y ago
Base-8 encoding: ... 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, ... :-)
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by jhatax 9y ago
Firefox 57 has its share of detractors among the HN crowd, particularly those who want XUL extensions to continue to live on. I am not in that camp; I think Firefox is fighting for its future, and I like that my browser of choice is closing
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Firefox Quantum DOM Cooperative Threading Design(docs.google.com)
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by jhatax 9y ago
If you hit Backspace in error, you can disable the “Go Back” action associated with the backspace key using about:config like so: browser.backspace_action = 2 Read [1] for more instructions. If you explicitly used the mouse to click the Bac
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Firefox 55: WebVR and more(hacks.mozilla.org)
245 points by jhatax 9y ago|67 comments
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by jhatax 9y ago
As a vegetarian, I hope this is a roadblock that the team can overcome. Umami Burger outlets in the Bay Area (likely everywhere) now feature the Impossible Burger patty as an option, and I found the new option delicious. Tastes differ, of c
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The Impossible Burger Runs into the FDA(arstechnica.com)
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GreenVPN shut down; China’s great firewall gets tougher(bloomberg.com)
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This. I have started using Prime Now a lot over the last few months because the prices for non-perishable groceries are cheaper than Target/Safeway consistently. The gap has been fresh food, and to fill this gap, Prime Now partners wit
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Apple's Homepod Prediction: Likely DoA(jhatax.blogspot.com)
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Last I checked, one of Garmin's key mapping data providers is Here Maps (formerly NavTeq). "Here" is owned by a consortium of companies (primarily VW, BMW & Daimler) and licenses its data to a number of companies. Apple c
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Wanakiwi: Unlock some PCs infected with WCry without paying ransom(arstechnica.com)
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Apple's India Problem(jhatax.blogspot.com)
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How many prognosticators among us think that Google will end up buying one of the big ad-blocking companies out there? If acquired, this would be a coup for Wladimir Palant and folks like him. Currently, Adblock Plus allows us to uncheck th
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by jhatax 10y ago
I like both these experiments - especially Pulse for when my friends complain that Firefox feels slower on a particular website. If someone from the Test Pilot team is on this thread, can you let us know if "Suspend Tabs" is being
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by jhatax 10y ago
A lot of research has gone into what makes people behave this way. Read about "Tragedy of Commons"[1] and "Diffusion of Responsibility" [2] for more insights. The net-net is that people rationalize their actions using wh

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