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by kbart 9y ago
True, but Google Glass is more like camera pointed directly at you. If somebody kept pointing smartphone camera at me constantly, I'd sure get annoyed.
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by kbart 9y ago
"Try buying plain TV (without YouTube and Internet), try buying non-smart phone..." Disable data connection for both and you have "dumb" counterparts. Of course, you still pay for unnecessary features, but it's th
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by kbart 9y ago
"IoT ecosystem will be one of the biggest holes in cyber security and a heaven for black-hat hackers." I think you meant "is" here.
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by kbart 9y ago
Water is not the only problem. You'd also need soil as not much can grow in a sand.
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by kbart 9y ago
Sorry to hear, but this sounds like you friend's fault. How does he really knows that driver took these devices? Maybe he lost them somewhere else (he was intoxicated, after all) or maybe the next passenger took them? If this has happe
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by kbart 9y ago
We call such vehicle "a sponsor", because it would get fine instead of those driving behind.
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by kbart 9y ago
UK is, arguably, even more immigrant unfriendly. One of the main reasons for Brexit was to limit immigration and immigrants' rights. And nobody knows where UK gonna be in few years time, after Brexit procedures are completed..
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by kbart 9y ago
"A lot of them are obviously fakes" Amazon is even worse, because sometimes there's no way to tell if items is original or fake and end up getting fake for same price as original. On eBay you can mostly safely assume it&#x2
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by kbart 9y ago
Do you have any examples? I use PayPal (even on Chinese sites) for many years -- never have been scammed yet.
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by kbart 9y ago
I don't think Uber can go much lower, negativity around it was simply overwhelming. Desperate times require desperate measurements - kicking CEO is like saying: "ok, we did some wrong things - sorry, but we will try to change for
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by kbart 9y ago
"How do I follow conflicting laws? One country says "keep all data for 90 days to aid law enforcement" the other says "delete it immediately" which is it?" GDPR is EU wide regulation that trumps national priv
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by kbart 9y ago
They have keys, they have data - the end of story (and security).
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by kbart 9y ago
"Finding how to code securely or comprehensive list of insecure patterns is much harder." The problem is not only secure coding, actually, I'd argue that it's not even the biggest concern. You can produce the most secu
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by kbart 9y ago
It's not nuclear bomb that is the biggest concern in Korea conflict (as of now, North Korea's nuclear capabilities are more of show-off kind, not real, tactical threat), but the insane numbers of conventional artillery in range of
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by kbart 9y ago
A lot of smart North Koreans study abroad, especially in China. There are smart people all over the world, don't underestimate them just because they were born in some awkward country.
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by kbart 9y ago
Calling Arduino "open hardware" is a bit of a stretch. That's like calling Windows an "open source" because you can create and run your own programs on it.
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by kbart 9y ago
That's bad when have tons of connected buggy, unsecured devices powering botnets. Not that I blame hobbyist for that, but such mindset that "hardware is easy" should not prevail.
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by kbart 9y ago
To stay hyperfocused, you would have to keep your sight focused on a certain dot (probably between sights and target), so it would be extremely hard to align iron sights without focusing on them as our eyes/brain automatically focus on
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by kbart 9y ago
"The store reps are not government officials or police officers, nor do they scan ids." Neither they are here (in EU), but nobody is going to talk to you unless you provide an ID anyway. Asking for ID doesn't seem too hard,
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by kbart 9y ago
Gmail didn't mandate phone number the last time I created dummy account (~1 month ago). I don't have phone number linked even with my primary account.
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by kbart 9y ago
"Apparently after I had left, someone went into a T-Mobile store and somehow convinced the associate that my number was theirs." How that can happen? When I visit my cell provider's store, nobody is going to talk about any
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by kbart 9y ago
"What is better? Authenticator apps/hardware devices?" Mobile signature (SIM-based)(0) is the most secure method as far as I've seen in banks. Citing wiki: "supporting the authentication on the Internet with a pa
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by kbart 9y ago
Maybe because everyone, who had any clue, knew since the begging what was ME intended for. The only news here is that "wrong" guys used this backdoor (again, nothing unexpected).
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by kbart 9y ago
"We often seek patents for technology we never implement, and patents should not be taken as an indication of future plans” So, basically, WhatsApp story all over again(0)? 0. "No, dear EC, we won't and can't link What
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by kbart 9y ago
Oh yes, Amazon is the king of this type of annoyance. I've bought a laptop on it once, so it kept nagging me for buying another one for few years ! I don't get such logic -- if I've just bought something, what is the probabi
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by kbart 9y ago
Heh, my first idea too was "these portraits would look awesome in RPG". Furthermore, automatically generated art could help indie game creators, as such games often suffer from generic looks and hiring real artists is usually over
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by kbart 9y ago
Of course they can. The only drawback could be slight increase in food prices, for which Americans pay too little anyway (compared to the rest of the world)[0], but it's a small price to pay for abolishing slavery. 0. https:/&#x2
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by kbart 9y ago
"I like working somewhere where ethics are taken seriously." Objecting people just because they've worked for a company-turned-toxic without getting into details seems damn unethical to me. That's no better than racial
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by kbart 9y ago
I imagine a lot of people would be tempted to commit a crime for $75k then. A better alternative would be to spend at least some of these money on prevention programs to create alternatives for young offenders with the poor background.
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by kbart 9y ago
And the house wasn't even in particularly bad condition as the new owners try to imply. Sure, it was neglected, but taking out trash, hiring a cleaning company, getting new paintjob and furniture would make a place livable, and as a bo

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