jkaunisv1

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by jkaunisv1 10y ago
Yea, I don't think even Heartbleed is a household name. Maybe among nerd households. I didn't even hear about Stagefright.
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by jkaunisv1 10y ago
So Elon would be one step closer to Bond-level supervillain?
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by jkaunisv1 10y ago
After having a swordfight with a skeleton warrior in VR, moving around the room, dodging, swinging, parrying...it may not be the future but it's part of the future and I want it badly. Being able to merge exercise and escapist fantasy
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by jkaunisv1 10y ago
Short of using something like cash...for buying something off Craigslist? What else would you use? Why do you make it sound so difficult to use the most easily accessible form of currency around? Joe Craigslist isn't going to have a de
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by jkaunisv1 10y ago
Why do you think Patreon-esque models don't scale? I don't have info one way or the other but I'm curious why you're so strongly of the opinion that they don't.
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by jkaunisv1 10y ago
And maybe the widespread adoption of burqas for everyone?
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by jkaunisv1 10y ago
The thing is, if they're tracking your gait they're also tracking a bunch of other details about you. Even if you learn a new walk, if you don't change anything else they'll realize that's your new walk. You'd
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by jkaunisv1 10y ago
Gait is pretty hard to spoof. Maybe people could do it for a short people of time but eventually you fall back into your normal way of walking.
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by jkaunisv1 10y ago
This is what co-op programs address. 5 year degree, learn all the fundamentals from silicon to applications, with 6 co-op placements of 4 months each interspersed throughout. That was the Waterloo formula when I went through their CS progra
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by jkaunisv1 10y ago
I had to google it, seems like it's a term for DDOS-for-hire services.
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
Definitely possible. The ones I've heard about foreign languages heard in background seem easiest to test.
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
Sorry, no. I've just read a couple anecdotes about it online recently. One was about a TV show in a foreign language playing in the background causing ads in that language. Another was about a guy talking to a friend about an upcoming
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
Also the mobile app listens to what you say and targets ads appropriately (and who knows what else they do with the audio).
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
Different reasons for different users, but here's a few possible ones: dosage control is really hard with edibles (and they take a while to take effect), vapes are more expensive/slower, can be less portable, and I think the bigge
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
You'll have to convince China
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
It's good for things like "who wants to do <X> tomorrow?" where you're looking to get a crowd together that includes people beyond your close circle of friends. It's good for tracking what photos are uploaded
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
I usually get the impression people aren't really trying to match an accent. They're just trying to pronounce the letters and syllables as they would in their native language. Hence the stereotypical cringe-inducing "bonn-joo
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
That place is a boardgame nerd's dream. Final Fantasy Tactics LARPing?
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
Guess it depends what tests you run. And it's not really about the specific result. Once they have the result, they talk over it with you, using that as a template to identify and understand behaviors/motivations in your coworkers
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
It blew my mind that his example of helping a single mom of EIGHT was her getting trained as a long haul truck driver. Who's taking care of that many kids while she's gone? Truck driving is not that well-paid, and the length of ab
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
Someone I know well used to work at a place that does personality tests, but not for hiring. More as a training thing. My friend said it was really effective - the person running the test told him a bunch of stuff about his personality and
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
You're mostly right, but there are enough differences between strains of cannabis that while not quite the same, it's more like a doctor talking over whether Lorazepam or Xanax would be better for you. Dispensaries do probably tak
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
I think he means "feels like a spaceship from a sci-fi movie"
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
I think the meditation/therapy angle is going to be a big one. Being able to get away to a happy place of your choice, maybe with a guided breathing exercise, could be very powerful.
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
TiltBrush came close to this for me. Particularly the dress form scene. As soon as I found it, I picked the widest brush and started sketching an outfit around it. There's no fabric simulation, though no reason there couldn't be e
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
How do you reconcile that with the fact most electronic components are made in China? To me the odds of something coming out of China being backdoored are a lot higher than well...anywhere else. Where do you get your gear?
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
I thought it was pretty standard operating procedure to use throwaway phones & computers if you're travelling to China and there's any concern about espionage, whether it's corporate or political.
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
Well, the lack of oversight is a big one. But I remain concerned about the overly broad usages/references to terrorism, "promoting" terrorism, and phrases referring to actions that undermine "the economic and financial s
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
Have you heard of Bill C-51? We're just a lot quieter about the surveillance. Also Canada is pretty extradition-happy with its big bro down south.
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by jkaunisv1 11y ago
I think it's wrong to think of VR as another gaming system. It's more like a new type of computer, in that it's multi-purpose. It will be used for business meetings, design, art, sex, games and a whole lot more. So it's

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