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Ultimate physical limits to computation, Seth Lloyd (2000)(arxiv.org)
2 points by jwfxpr 9y ago|0 comments
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Well, climate scientists have been predicting it for years, but the evidence is finally in: the mercury is definitely rising.
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
One will make different VPN/proxy choices depending on one's priorities and threat models — here, for example, the tension between anonymity , which is most likely to lead you to choose a commercial VPN with a large number of use
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Wreck of HMAS AE1, Australia's first submarine, found off PNG after 103 years(abc.net.au)
3 points by jwfxpr 9y ago|0 comments
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
So, I probably shouldn't have been surprised, considering it's HN, but the number of people who reached out to me on this was surprising and touching. I think I've responded to everyone directly, my apologies if I missed you.
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
I have friends who work in the IT section for an under-resourced cultural institute focused on the preservation and recording of disappearing cultures and ethnic groups, including the preservation of speech and utterances in languages that
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Broadband without wires? Preposterous.
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
There is, as of me writing this, only one reply to the original post in support of its complaint — mine. Perhaps those willing to post comments here should consider also posting them there.
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
How is that not 'very few people' in a sample that includes the population of the Earth?
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Honestly I just feel like you may have wielded judgement too hastily at the expense of your sense of wonder and shared joy in someone exploring territory that is well trodden only to relatively few. Very few people have a solid grasp of mus
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
The author clearly and good-humoredly declares that he comes with no knowledge of music or music theory at all, and is clearly documenting his process of coming to grips with enough of those basics you may have known as a 6 year old with 1
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Manifest destin-E.
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Understanding the risks of stolen credentials(research.google.com)
1 points by jwfxpr 9y ago|0 comments
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Firstly, I really appreciate the thoughtfulness and thoroughness of the reply, you've clearly invested significant thought into these issues, which in and of itself is a good sign. Secondly, I do agree that the threat model for 2FA lac
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
IANAE in identification & authentication systems, but doesn't using a browser plugin for the 'something you have' portion of 2FA negate the principal benefit — that which, the algorithm/app/token providing the O
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
This gets into slightly pedantic definitional arguments, but broadly speaking the assertion is true that all known earliest writing systems were logographic (where a character represents a word, not a sound), though it is also true that no
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
To be fair, it makes no predictions that the global population of fish will be >0 in 2100.
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Having lived all over the world and choosing to live in Aus now, it's most definitely a price worth paying ️
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
It's not exactly a low-cost build, but Tabletop Simulator has very acceptable RPG mods in the workshop, and is compatible with PC gaming VR gear if you've got a bottomless budget. My gaming group has used TTS + Skype to regularly
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Some shameless self-promotion, please. Link?
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
This looks really interesting — the only reason I don't run more games more often is the time burden. At a glance it appears to be focused on the various D&D editions + Pathfinder, and was published pre-5th (though I can't fin
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
> If you don't count the _____ that [survive] today, _____ has killed almost all its [members]. Aside from the logically redundant phrasing, this seems to me a fair description of how selective pressures lead to evolution in populat
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KRACK was in plain sight for 13y behind a paywall(privateinternetaccess.com)
5 points by jwfxpr 9y ago|0 comments
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
> I didn't find the reply especially convincing, or the arguments for the likelihood of small numbers raised in the main essay. The author isn't trying to convince you of her counterargument to doctrine. The author is trying to
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What happens to your Steam account when you die?(eurogamer.net)
3 points by jwfxpr 9y ago|1 comments
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Neither. If any of us curl/wget/whatever that file, we gain no usable, plain text, human information. We then have to, manually, notice the redirect, take a manual action to follow up, and then those two further objections would a
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
> If it would work, and the cost benefit ratio were there, people would adopt it quickly. That's what happens with just about everything else. Great point! Just like: * Betamax * HD DVD * Minidisc * Hoverboards * IPV6 * DNSSEC * PGP
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
(2011)
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
I was impressed by a 25% return rate, and then I saw Tokyo's 60%. Why are we not funding this??
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Really whipped the llama's ass?

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