joshfraser

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by joshfraser 11d ago
The interesting question is how to verify who someone is before issuing them a digital ID. Estonia verifies people using their Estonian ID cards, their mobile devices, or biometric data if they have it recorded. The system is only as strong
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by joshfraser 11d ago
KYC = kill your customer It's time for us to stop pretending that YC checks do anything except provide an illusion of security while putting people's living in danger. AI makes it trivial to generate fake documents, so most KYC ch
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by joshfraser 25d ago
the counterbalance to the AI doomers has always been the fact that everyone has equal access to AI. i hate this new world where Anthropic believe they should be the ones to decide who gets access to super intelligence and who doesn't.
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by joshfraser 4mo ago
wait, how many workers fall outside the 16-65 range??
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by joshfraser 5mo ago
Reinforcement training. Camps that leave too much moop don't get invited back.
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by joshfraser 6mo ago
Bet Claude could build that for you in 5 mins
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by joshfraser 6mo ago
data centers drive up the cost of power. basic supply and demand. instead of blocking data centers, we need to scale up energy production. the solution is to get rid of all the red tape that makes it so impossible to build in America. quali
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by joshfraser 6mo ago
Just cancel your subscription. Resubscribe for a month if there's something you really want to watch. You won't miss it.
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by joshfraser 7mo ago
It's wild to see how much people allow their dislike for Elon to impact their critical thinking skills. There aren't some mysterious or unknowable stats. They're being constantly collected and shared with regulators and the g
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by joshfraser 7mo ago
They do. https://waymo.com/safety/impact/ "90% fewer serious injury crashes for Waymo vs humans" I said "self-driving software" because I was trying to avoid eliciting a knee-jerk reaction from
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by joshfraser 7mo ago
Sorry, 8x not 10x https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-releases-new-fsd-safe...
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by joshfraser 10mo ago
I miss the days when Hacker News would root for startups and brave innovators instead of the stogy old incumbents
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by joshfraser 10mo ago
You're telling us that data centers are more sensitive to downtime than airplanes??? That makes no sense. All of the aeroderivatives were designed in the 70's before we had computer modeling to help optimize the designs. It's
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by joshfraser 10mo ago
We have an abundance of natural gas and a shortage of electricity.
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by joshfraser 10mo ago
What other options do they have? They've been sanctioned to the point where they have few options left but to turn to crime.
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by joshfraser 10mo ago
"creating software for free that largely benefits large corporations" Who cares. The end result of this is that we all get to use amazing software, often for free. Think of your open source contributions as a gift to all of humani
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by joshfraser 11mo ago
I love the convenience of Heroku but hate their predatory pricing. Who's fixing this?
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by joshfraser 1y ago
There are a ton of interesting use-cases for public city data. When I was an Airbnb host, I built an early alert system to send me email if my address was ever reported or under investigation. The government moves at a snails pace, so anyon
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by joshfraser 1y ago
I switched from Slack to Discord back in 2017 and I can't imagine ever going back. Their free offering is better than what you get for $$$$ from Slack. Slack is designed for small groups of people that all know and trust each other. Th
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by joshfraser 2y ago
Modern software is layers upon layers of open-source packages and libraries written by tens of thousands of unrelated engineers. How do you write a spec for that?
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by joshfraser 2y ago
Yes. Except our government is the largest buyer.
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by joshfraser 2y ago
I've seen the invite-only marketplaces where these exploits are sold. You can buy an exploit to compromise any piece of software or hardware that you can imagine. Many of them go for millions of dollars. There are known exploits to get
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by joshfraser 2y ago
It's a classic timing attack. You can detect which Cloudflare datacenter is "closest" (ie. least network latency) to a targeted Signal or Discord user. The speed of light is the main culprit here.
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by joshfraser 2y ago
Back in 2013 I discovered that you could use clickjacking to trick someone into buying anything you wanted from Amazon (assuming they were signed in). It took them almost a year to fix the issue. They never paid me a bounty. https:/&#
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by joshfraser 2y ago
You can change the visibility of the target page so they wouldn't know
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by joshfraser 2y ago
It could be preloaded
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by joshfraser 2y ago
There is no one over 40 playing in the NBA. Is that due to age discrimination as well?
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by joshfraser 2y ago
The original RSA paper is only 7 pages long and is worth reading. https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/359340.359342
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by joshfraser 2y ago
And what about the extra costs fighting fraud now that they've advertised this policy?
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by joshfraser 2y ago
In other words, they are socializing the costs. Servers and electricity aren't free. Wouldn't it be better for the customer if they had no accident forgiveness and passed those cost savings along? Instead, you are paying for other

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