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721.
by kbart 10y ago
Well, you can do programming with one hand tied to your back too, but that doesn't mean it's an optimal or encouraged practice. There are multiple papers proving that noisy environment impairs cognitive abilities, so it seems logi
722.
by kbart 10y ago
I can't imagine myself programming in such huge, open space full of people and distractions. Maybe it might work for sales, marketing or costumer support, but not for a type of work that requires concentration.
723.
by kbart 10y ago
There is an article about that famous photo of Elephant's Foot: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-famous-photo-of-che...
724.
by kbart 10y ago
"internet has probably had a massively positive effect on music in general." Yes, I agree with that. There are countless of interesting, unheard bands on the Internet from all over the world, not some clones of most popular band
725.
by kbart 10y ago
Why do you imply that I go inside the building I asked Uber driver to stop by? Actually, most of the time I get out on the corner and walk to my destination (which address I did not provide to Uber), because of traffic restrictions in city
726.
by kbart 10y ago
That's exactly my point. If company is ethical today, it doesn't mean it will be tomorrow, for whatever reasons.
727.
by kbart 10y ago
"There's no room for Nazis in metal." What does ones political political alignment has to do with music?
728.
by kbart 10y ago
"Norwegian black metal gets all the attention because of the church burnings, suicides, and murders, but musically there were much better scenes, IMO. The two that I like are Greek and Czech black metal, each of which had their own di
729.
by kbart 10y ago
"Uber as a company is very ethical and takes the responsibility that we are entrusted with very seriously." Probably every company has said that, yet we know how that usually turns out sooner rather than later (I'm looking
730.
by kbart 10y ago
If enough people use secure communications, then it becomes noise. Take an old, boring door lock analogy: everyone locks their home door, but nobody thinks that they have something to hide or illegal in their home just because of that.
731.
by kbart 10y ago
It's not fair and responsible (from a government point of view) to burden teens with decision that might lead to a debt for the big part of their life imho.
732.
by kbart 10y ago
It depends on your threat model: what do you want to hide and from who? If you simply want to avoid someone reading your messages (payload), using https everywhere, end-to-end encrypted chat clients (ie. Signal), encrypted mail (ie. PGP), m
733.
by kbart 10y ago
They key part in my answer is "properly encrypted data". I don't anything about your op sec or crypto tools you are using, so I can't answer if your texts are read by the government. The problem is that soon "prop
734.
by kbart 10y ago
"Can the government read my texts now?" It is impossible to read properly encrypted data. However, this law enables government to require tech firms to deliberately break cryptography in their products.
735.
by kbart 10y ago
"All that said, 3 and 4 are still quality games. There's nothing all that wrong with "Oblivion + guns" in my view ;)" Actually, I can't help but feeling that Bethesda games treat me like an idiot and hold my
736.
by kbart 10y ago
If somebody here had played it, I'd love to hear opinions before risking to lose few weeks of my life as it was with the original game.
737.
Fallout 1.5: Resurrection(resurrection.cz)
302 points by kbart 10y ago|146 comments
738.
by kbart 10y ago
You can still purchase and connect "shitty batteries" (aka power banks) to your phone's USB plug with, potentially, same consequences. The only difference is that responsibility using external batteries shifts from a phone ma
739.
by kbart 10y ago
"Any suggestions on what I should apply C to as a way to learn it?" If you are into hardware as well, get microcontrollers and do some home improvement projects. The easiest way is to get Raspberry Pi or similar, but if you also
740.
by kbart 10y ago
"I'm always amazed how nice tomatoes taste in Italy." It's pretty much in any southern country, mainly because they are grown naturally there while in cold climates tomatoes are often grown hydroponically in greenhouse
741.
by kbart 10y ago
"For one week buy no food where you have to throw away packaging after." What would that be? Where I live, you can't even buy lettuce without a package. The only things I can think of that goes without packaging are potatoe
742.
by kbart 10y ago
Microsoft already had their market segmented, so it was not hard to implement. I really doubt that some no-name Chinese router maker would bother to keep few versions of firmware vs disabling default admin password (yes, even that would be
743.
by kbart 10y ago
What war was USSR in during eighties? Yes, they were invading Afghanistan, but it didn't have much effect on domestics (much like recent Iraq war for USA). It was already a failed state then and everyone knew it. Disclaimer: I was bor
744.
by kbart 10y ago
Car industry is very competitive, so you can assume that decrease of the expenses will result in lower price. Maybe not directly price in currency, but better car for same money. Compare any new car to cars made even 10 years ago - they are
745.
Kenyan Startup Uses the Sun to Turn Human Waste into Cooking Fuel(spectrum.ieee.org)
2 points by kbart 10y ago|0 comments
746.
by kbart 10y ago
"I asked him a pointed question about how this scaled to the _international_ level, which he decided mostly not to answer (focus on domestic policy first, and such)" He did answer that on his blog however: "It's true
747.
by kbart 10y ago
"Yep, the thing that's going to scare the United States government out of killing its citizens is them armed with arsenals of M-16's against their… F-22s, B-52s, carrier groups, and tanks." Do not underestimate guerril
748.
by kbart 10y ago
That's the problem, but on the other hand, "move fast and break things" doesn't work very well in military. Some middle ground solution is needed here.
749.
by kbart 10y ago
You might, but we are talking about broad circle of ordinary people here, most of whom spend considerable time on Facebook and will not leave it unless you give them a very good reason (privacy concerns, ethical reasons won't fly h
750.
by kbart 10y ago
How do you check if password is salted and hashed correctly afterwards? There's not much use of strong passwords if they are stored in plaintext anyway.

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