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by maayank 5y ago
> Keep this in mind, and anyone reading HN should know that circumcision is quite possibly the least effective way to reduce HIV transmission Not knowing why it works != it doesn’t work
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by maayank 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_and_HIV#Mechanism...
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by maayank 5y ago
What timespans are we talking about here? 30 years until reinforced concrete starts failing? 100?
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by maayank 5y ago
> * Breaking courses into useless 2-minute chunks and constant unhelpful quizzes. I really just want to hear the lecturer speak for 20-30 minutes at a time uninterrupted, especially if I'm listening while doing dishes etc. That&#x27
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by maayank 5y ago
> Zkps are just hashes that can hash the execution of code rather than hashing static data ("dynamic hashes"?) That's actually a great intuitive explanation. I'm stealing that.
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by maayank 5y ago
Wow, interesting suggestion with Shadow PC. How does it work exactly? Do you install Virtual Desktop on the shadow pc instance? Do I need any "interim" physical computer on my home network to proxy?
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Flink vs. Kafka: A Thorough Comparison(confluent.io)
1 points by maayank 5y ago|0 comments
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by maayank 6y ago
How do you go about having such quality reproductions? What are the costs?
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by maayank 6y ago
The difference between multi-sig and no private key is that the former is an implementation of the blockchain protocol (e.g. different in Stellar and Ethereum) while the latter is a generic algorithm/service. Different layer.
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by maayank 6y ago
Disclaimer: I work for a competitor. Multi-party computation (MPC) enables you to participate in public key cryptography with shares ("parts") of a private key divided between multiple participants from the get-go, i.e. without ev
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by maayank 6y ago
Really liked Hypernormalization by Adam Curtis on the phenomena: https://youtu.be/fh2cDKyFdyU
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by maayank 6y ago
How is SEV compared to SGX?
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by maayank 6y ago
> There's no guarantees what you're getting even if it's open source, unless you read and understand the source code :) Obligatory reference to Reflections on trusting trust [1] [1] https://dl.acm.org/doi&#
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by maayank 6y ago
If you could find this analysis later I'd appreciate is as well, because I have OP's intuition that retail couldn't cause this
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by maayank 6y ago
> Sorry, what are you trying to say here? The Dutch had the pleasure of hosting what exactly? Hosted a party! In seriousness though, s/he refers to the German occupation of the Netherlands in WW2.
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by maayank 6y ago
When you say exhale, do you mean from the mouth or nose? Does it matter?
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by maayank 6y ago
I really enjoy my Pilot Metropolitan, even more than pens costing x5 the price.
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by maayank 6y ago
Anyone knows of anything similar for portfolio websites? Aimed at front end developers
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by maayank 6y ago
If anyone thinks of implementing this, don't forget to guard against reflection attacks[1] EDIT: revisiting my comment (and the wikipedia article linked), a reflection or amplification attack in this context is sending traffic and gene
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Israel linked to a disruptive cyberattack on Iranian port facility(washingtonpost.com)
6 points by maayank 6y ago|0 comments
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by maayank 6y ago
I'm intrigued by actual use-cases for it except exploring, i.e. where it would give better result for a query than the common search engines. Anyone reading this, please post if you find any
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Neumann accuses SoftBank of abuse of power over WeWork deal(on.ft.com)
1 points by maayank 6y ago|0 comments
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by maayank 6y ago
Let's assume there is no technical way the contact API can be misused. You've still conditioned massive swaths of the population to be electronically tracked, boiling frog and all.
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SoftBank pulls out of last year's WeWork 3B USD stock deal(cnbc.com)
3 points by maayank 7y ago|0 comments
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by maayank 7y ago
These are extreme times, so Amazon the mega-corp that it is should probably not nickel and dime customers of money that can be used towards more immediate needs.
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by maayank 7y ago
Probably international. I see this kind of gap regularly when comparing buying from Amazon v.s. directly from the supplier. Internet stores are surprisingly bad (for whatever reason) at pricing international shipping competitively.
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by maayank 7y ago
I did and I loved every moment of it :) Also in meatspace, enjoyed Bletchley Park in the UK. Re: books, I liked Robert X. Cringley's Accidental Empires, but it covers only until 91 (or 93 if IIRC for the 2nd edition) of the PC industry
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by maayank 7y ago
I LOVE this kind of technical computer history! Anyone knows of other recommended resources?
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by maayank 7y ago
> and smokers are less likely to get serious illness from COVID-19. Source? Genuinely interested
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by maayank 7y ago
They cite “family values” and have an illustration of a heteronormative family on the “morals” page. Does that mean they filter gay-related results? Gay marriage related results? Would you prefer them to filter it? I have no idea if they do

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