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by kator 13y ago
Stupid question, if everyone does this do we expect that these loans will still be available? Maybe it was the "best Decision of (YOUR) Life" but every time this happens it hurts these programs even more. Congratulations on a perf
422.
by kator 13y ago
There are chips on both sides of this board, is there a chance you could re-flow them off because of gravity on the other side of the board?
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by kator 13y ago
I've started several businesses over the years and they get to see the good and bad sides. I'm also very frank about mistakes I've made in my life and about things that went well. To me it's less about preaching and mo
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by kator 13y ago
I have six kids, my goal in life is to teach them to make good decisions. I always tell him to embrace originality in mistakes. Make them big, creative, interesting mistakes. Learn. Move on.
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by kator 13y ago
me Too.. I was thinking "Huh, why would they try that"..
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by kator 13y ago
I lived most of my life in Los Angeles, having a car was a right of passage. I moved three years ago to New York City and I sold my car (finally) last year. It's amazing how liberating it is, no insurance, parking, gas, maintenance.
427.
by kator 13y ago
Stop reading HN?
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by kator 13y ago
Looks like he walked right through a legal loop hole (for now).
429.
by kator 14y ago
Clarke's third law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. If it feels like magic then you don't understand it well enough. I always push myself to understand the "magic". I've been at it for 30 years
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GIGTANK - Accelerator for living with Fiber(thegigcity.com)
1 points by kator 14y ago|0 comments
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by kator 14y ago
Funny I read the title and thought: TVM but then realized it was the age old quest for time keeping and dreaming of ways to track it with reasonable sanity.. :-) Bonus points for anyone who knows what I mean by TVM and can describe why ever
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by kator 14y ago
Add a delay so say can keep up: ping -i 5 8.8.8.8 | perl -ne '/time=(.*)/ && system("say", $1)'
433.
by kator 14y ago
Best part is the source is in a SHAR.. Wow that brought back memories. I doubt most people here even know what a SHAR is. The other day in a group of engineers at my work I made a joke about SHAR and NOBODY even knew what a SHAR was. It's l
434.
by kator 14y ago
I have a 254 column terminal :-) That said you will want to use code to analyze it.. You're very close..
435.
by kator 14y ago
Oh you are soooo close.. And I'm not offended at all. I like puzzles but I like this have some sort of relationship to real life if possible.. :)
436.
by kator 14y ago
If you are trying to say I created a puzzle only I can solve you would be wrong. I have someone who solved it but they're into protocol analysis and crypto.
437.
by kator 14y ago
If you decoded it then you should have the next steps??
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by kator 14y ago
If you decode it you will know. :)
439.
by kator 14y ago
No it's designed as a challenge not designed to be frustrating. Think of reasons you think you see cipher text in it.. And there is nothing 'armored' about this thing, it's so plainly in your face I'm stunned nobody had figured it out yet.
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by kator 14y ago
Updated to hopefully make it a bit clearer. Also there is an alternate challenge at izhack.com port 12346 but you can't read it in a browser. :)
441.
by kator 14y ago
See above for hits, it can be solved without any knowledge of the internal process used to display the free text.
442.
by kator 14y ago
The instructions are not encrypted they are interspersed at repeatable intervals.
443.
by kator 14y ago
Funny but this is a real challenge and it's solvable.
444.
by kator 14y ago
A couple hints: 1) You most likely won't solve it in a browser 2) The actual text is NOT encrypted 3) It will take 4 to 5 connections together to solve the problem
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by kator 14y ago
If are attempting it please post your thoughts here. I will give more hints if nobody pops it.
446.
by kator 14y ago
OK then add something to the link request.. Just make it clear you're not spamming and who you are.. :)
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by kator 14y ago
yes because I can write Perl that will make your eyes burn. So can Larry Wall.. So What.. How does that work towards the longer term goal of writing code that I can DIE and it still lives on? If nobody understands it then it will die... If
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by kator 14y ago
Working on a number of "gateway" challenges for a client. Not sure if this is too hard with zero hints. It's so hard to measure when you're the one who created the puzzle. I came up with a couple solutions but again how do you separate the
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Too hard?(izhack.com)
7 points by kator 14y ago|26 comments
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by kator 14y ago
> This is an honest question: why would you care about that? My goal is to write stuff so I can DIE. In 30 years can you imagine how much I've written. I don't want all that code following me around the planet. I want to move forward

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