lixtra

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by lixtra 5y ago
She advocates to „Limit spread of [scientific] misinformation on social media“ [1] yet uses social media to attack published and peer reviewed science (the gold standard used by fact checkers). [1] https://mobile.twitter.com&#x2F
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J&J agrees to stop selling opioids nationwide in settlement with New York state(cnbc.com)
4 points by lixtra 5y ago|0 comments
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by lixtra 5y ago
If you prefer to read what this is about: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/06/game-boy-advance-game...
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by lixtra 5y ago
When is a file so large that it is no longer considered a number ? If it is larger than 16 bytes? If I remember correctly its also not so difficult to take an arbitrary zip file, append some noise so that it becomes prime (and will still d
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by lixtra 5y ago
> Opaque SQL: Encrypted data analytics on Spark SQL using hardware enclaves Doesn’t this just boil down to “trust us”. How can I know through the cloud that the enclave was not tampered?
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by lixtra 5y ago
What happens if the tent catches fire? Does it burn?
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by lixtra 5y ago
Have some mercy with the ultrafinitist[1]. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrafinitism
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by lixtra 5y ago
The title and the fact that they calculated the damage down to the dollar are good signs that the value of the paper is in learning from its flaws, not the conclusions.
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by lixtra 5y ago
What about placing a Pokémon in the gym? This can be done while driving by.
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by lixtra 5y ago
Same here. They could send out a daily e-paper though (and some do!).
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by lixtra 5y ago
I have difficulties to come up with current examples. Maybe some could argue that pre Soviet Afghanistan (in the ‘60) was such a place. But today?
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by lixtra 5y ago
Of course it could be argued that the second company is also making the money in the first country where it’s IP, trademark etc. gets used and has to be taxed there. Tax authorities already try to control for arbitrary cross country bills t
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What precisely where they using it for? Beware of the dog here?
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by lixtra 5y ago
Please forgive me the stupid question: How do people use this? What role does it play in your projects?
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by lixtra 5y ago
The author already gave it away in the abstract, though. Up to two digits is a good indicator of bullshit (by both author and review). [1]: >> score of up to 93.30% [1] https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/D16-1254
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by lixtra 5y ago
Champagne bottles popping in some advertising company! Huge reach!
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by lixtra 5y ago
> It‘s done basically to tease the EU, saying „look at how obviously fake our pretense to hijack your plane was, and you still won‘t do anything about it!“ At least EU closed their airspace. https://mobile.twitter.com/fli
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by lixtra 5y ago
Working link https://theintercept.com/2021/05/25/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-s...
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Belavia flight B2869 from Minsk to Barcelona not entering EU airspace(twitter.com)
1 points by lixtra 5y ago|0 comments
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by lixtra 5y ago
The perpetual motion machines are indeed a bad metaphor. But the question which fork will prevail a valid one. If you had stake in ETH and ETC, why would abandon one over the other? How many forks till trust evaporates?
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by lixtra 5y ago
That’s the difference between theory and practice. In practice the snakeoil may prevent you from using your computer more frequently and therefore result in less infections. In practice I observe a lot of people fumbling out unwashed pieces
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Association of Vitamin D Level with SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity(jamanetwork.com)
2 points by lixtra 5y ago|0 comments
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by lixtra 5y ago
If masks turn out to be ineffective, the cost of having them recommended is reduced reputation and authority. Would you take security advice from Bruce Schneier after he proposed you to cover your keyboard in snakeoil because it might prote
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by lixtra 5y ago
> With relatively few exceptions, if your program hits undefined behavior, then your program was already doing something pretty wrong to begin with. The author claims: “We have the absurd situation that C, specifically constructed to wri
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by lixtra 5y ago
The same design goals that make them a good docker distribution may have made them to stay away from systemd. Meanwhile others claim that systemd makes docker redundant anyway[1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=264
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by lixtra 5y ago
Nice https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ekd2MeDBV8s
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by lixtra 5y ago
I agree with you that it’s bad practice to enter your login date into an arbitrary app. However, you and the gp should complain to your bank because it’s their job to provide a secure confirmation method. My banks push the confirmation to t
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by lixtra 5y ago
Can we change the title to something less flame bait like: Java implementation currently most competitive in gRPC benchmark
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by lixtra 5y ago
> Teaching in general is best done by "peeling the onion". My experience is that best way depends on the student, the thing you want to teach and probably even on the time of the day. The best teachers are able to adapt to that
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by lixtra 5y ago
Both guards survived. https://satrucker.co.za/cash-in-transit-robbers-beaten-hands...

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