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by kevinpet 12y ago
There's one thing I'm curious of from the perspective of a lawyer, which is the part I didn't describe clearly. If someone were to post some piece of software online with a description saying, "go ahead and use it for an
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by kevinpet 12y ago
I'm suspicious of anyone who seems to have trouble understanding the FBI's claims. It's clear to me that what the FBI is claiming is that some part of the CAPTCHA was linked to the server directly, rather than its TOR address
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by kevinpet 12y ago
I think the game is the following: 1. Bukkit is GPL, developed without help from Mojang, but with a questionable use of the decompiled source. 2. Mojang likes Bukkit, hires some of the devs and buys name. And I'll assume the these core
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by kevinpet 12y ago
The political benefit politicians get out of buying something is much lower than creating their own program.
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by kevinpet 12y ago
They're not porn, people pointing it out aren't whining about nothing. You are misusing a word in a way which completely changes the interpretation. Calling something "porn" generally implies nudity, if not actual sex, o
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by kevinpet 12y ago
Technically, he did not file a complaint with the office of civil rights. He should file a formal complaint with health and human services since he discovered a HIPAA breach, and since they decided to be assholes about it. They aren't
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by kevinpet 12y ago
> Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find anywhere where he explains what he means by “the sequential nature of debugging” It's clear to me that what Brooks is referring to is the sequential process of: 1. Let's try to use t
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by kevinpet 12y ago
What's the proper response to those handful of restaurants that scam tourists who fail to read the menu charging outrageous prices? If only there were some online site I could find out of a business is a rip off before I patronize it.
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by kevinpet 12y ago
Utilize is "use" but focusing on the thing being used rather than what it's used for. I utilized my calculus textbook to prop up my monitor. I used my calculus textbook to prop up my monitor. In the first, I'm looking fo
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by kevinpet 12y ago
Maybe, but the implied behavior from what the buyer sees is that they are verifying a specific amount on Paypal's (trusted vendor) site, not on marginally trusted random internet vendor. The difference is that if I want to order some t
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by kevinpet 12y ago
How's that? He claims that there are more than enough STEM graduates already. If he thinks that, then two consequences are: 1) why do we need more H1-Bs? and 2) why do we need to subsidize college more? I think he's wrong, but he&
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by kevinpet 12y ago
Title invented here is grossly misleading. The full quote from the thread is: > I think this quote ["Operating Systems will be removed from the realm of competition."] says it all. I'm glad that I don't think RMS wil
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by kevinpet 12y ago
The problem is with the reporting, not the race. You can't write an article about "wow look at this 70 year old boat that's winning races" and bury "oh, did I mention that these races use a handicap system?" te
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by kevinpet 12y ago
Other crap? Probably DNA. If you suspect someone for various reasons, and then get a DNA match, it's almost certain that you have the right person. If, on the other hand, you have a DNA profile, and you search the 10,000,000 entry FBI
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by kevinpet 12y ago
Looks like a death trap to me. My problem when cycling is the j-hook when cars pass me and then turn right. That's killed at least two cyclists in the bay area in the past couple years. This intersection makes the problem worse -- it m
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by kevinpet 12y ago
As originally designed, HTTP was envisioned as much more an application level protocol rather than the transport layer we now use it as.
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by kevinpet 12y ago
A friend sold some custom highly specialized software back in the day. He said his secret was whenever a client reported a bug, make them do some work before addressing it. Something as simple as including a log file will weed out the ones
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by kevinpet 12y ago
Interestingly, the article makes clear that it's easier to predict "her" age than "his" age given their name.
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by kevinpet 12y ago
Common core invents new arithmetic techniques that no one knows. It's the worst idiocy of reinventing the world.
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The difference is that past performance is a good predictor of future results for college education.
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by kevinpet 12y ago
"Donation of text is irrevocable" seems to be the only thing that implies a license from contributor to TV Tropes. It's pretty vague and I certainly wouldn't want to sue claiming a license with that to back it up. It&#x2
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by kevinpet 12y ago
Wealthfront -- Palo Alto, CA The largest and fastest growing online financial advisor. Our technology is awesome and the product does not involve tricking people into clicking on ads. https://www.wealthfront.com/engineering
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by kevinpet 13y ago
Insufficiently cynical. Voters just have to believe that politicians believed it would create jobs.
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by kevinpet 13y ago
Consider the possibility that he's right. The best thing for the company may be that you stop writing code. There also may not be another place for you at the company. Most of the posters seem to assume that whoever posts to HN first i
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by kevinpet 13y ago
In California: 1. A bicyclist does not need to stay to the right of the road when approaching a place where right turns are allowed (i.e. can leave the bike lane). 2. Vehicles are required to merge into the bike lane before making a right t
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by kevinpet 13y ago
With a title like that, I'd hope that somewhere along the way terms would be defined. Maybe ... write out the term the first time used? Call the Fortune 500 by the full name? There's some interesting bits, but not generally useful
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by kevinpet 13y ago
Prop 8 was entirely a terminology war. Prop 8 is not magically the entire concept of gay rights. It only addressed the issue of whether California would have same sex marriage or civil unions with identical treatment.
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by kevinpet 13y ago
It's irrelevant what's possible in 2/3 of the US. The California status quo until the court case, which Eich was implicitly trying to restore by supporting prop 8, was civil unions with identical treatment to marriage under s
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by kevinpet 13y ago
Thinking that marriage is by definition between a man and a woman is not the same as thinking there's anything wrong with being gay. You can't claim someone is oppressing someone's rights by participating in the public debate
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by kevinpet 13y ago
A halo product is something that isn't there to be the real flagship that's driving the revenue, but instead to be the ultra-cool item that people really lust after, associate that with the brand, then buy one of the lower end mod

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