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by mankyd 11y ago
> If they allowed all bots but disallowed all non-bots, that would raise questions of what defines a "bot". Maybe, but I think its a pretty easy distinction. They aren't even allowing all bots - they're allowing a wh
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by mankyd 11y ago
There are sites that can use keys to authenticate. They're usability is miserable. Key based authentication is difficult for a layman to manage and understand. May mother can memorize a password and use it across computers. Asking her
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by mankyd 11y ago
That seems like a correct conclusion. They chose to try it out. It didn't just "happen".
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by mankyd 11y ago
I actually failed my poly - several times :) I should of course mention that not everyone uses these tools correctly. I suppose that could be harmful. But then again, if an investigator is simply looking for a reason to find someone guilty,
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by mankyd 11y ago
> Are there typically countermeasures in place for this? The cost of the zip car + the hassle of booking the zipcar, walking from to it to grab the card, driving your car out and finding parking, then walking back to the car. I would emp
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by mankyd 11y ago
Because this fixes a cavity; it doesn't prevent it. Even with treatments like this, we'll still be going to the dentist. And further, I'll go to a dentist that offers this treatment before I'll go to one that doesn'
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by mankyd 11y ago
"Liespotting" by Pamela Meyer http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/liespotting-pamela-meyer/110... http://www.amazon.com/Liespotting-Proven-Techniques-Detect-D... I won't oversell it and
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by mankyd 11y ago
You would never convict someone of deceit based on any liar-detection methodology. They're simply tools used to warrant further investigation. There will be truth-tellers who fail this test, but you find nothing conviction worthy. They
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by mankyd 11y ago
Certainly. It's not a perfect or fool proof method. Nothing is. It's simply a piece of evidence to look for.
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by mankyd 11y ago
Read a book on this and this seems to corroborate much of what I read. One of the most interesting and simple techniques discussed was the order in which people recounted their stories. The example given is an employee who is consistently l
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by mankyd 11y ago
> On the other hand, I have a hard time blowing up those skinny balloons for balloon animals, but the pump thing they sell with them does it like a champ. I think this is the real issue. Your lungs simply aren't very strong. Even pr
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by mankyd 11y ago
As of 13:33 EDT, it has. Just have to refresh.
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by mankyd 11y ago
The article states that it was "some recently written data [...] located on storage systems which were more susceptible to power failure". Perhaps it hadn't made it to a backup.
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by mankyd 11y ago
Usually, when jumping another car, you are supposed to leave the car running, getting power off the alternator rather than the battery.
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by mankyd 11y ago
Python doesn't require Apache either. The submission doesn't suggest that it does. It only mentions Apache in reference to PHP. In face, Javascript _does_ (until Node came along) generally require a browser, and some HTML to go wi
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by mankyd 11y ago
Hash your existing hash with a more powerful algorithm.
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by mankyd 11y ago
What do the rings on the controllers offer that could not be put into the base of the handle?
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by mankyd 11y ago
> The best satire is the one that doesn't rely on slinging obvious jokes in your face, Except that this is satirizing a style where obvious jokes were regularly used. Just watch the first 60 seconds of this: https://www.y
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by mankyd 11y ago
I really like these two paragraphs towards the end: Being kind isn’t the same as being nice. It isn’t about superficial praise. It doesn’t mean dulling your opinions. And it shouldn’t diminish the passion with which you pres
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by mankyd 11y ago
For quite some time we've been grilling our candidates about dirty corners of TCP/IP stack. [...] I'm joking of course, [...] They don't need know these. These aren't interview questions, they
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by mankyd 11y ago
I get the impression he's not just talking about coloring, but also about what labels to show, how to space and lay them out, etc. He mentions this explicitly: > [...] the real challenge for a map service is to decide what they sho
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by mankyd 12y ago
Nope, though I'm sure many would love that, and many more would benefit. The provided Mobile Friendly Test does not penalize redirects, currently: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/
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by mankyd 12y ago
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/ https://developers.google.com/webmasters/mobile-sites/refere...
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by mankyd 12y ago
It's explicity limited to mobile search: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2015/02/finding-m... > This change will affect mobile searches in all languages worldwide [...]
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by mankyd 12y ago
Yeah, HTTP/2 smoked HTTP/1.1 for me: HTTP/1.1: Latency: 57ms. Image load time: 7.69s HTTP/2: Latency: 30ms. Image load time: 0.97s
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by mankyd 12y ago
Not quite "stealing". Rather, both computers are running special software used to transmit information between them using heat. The bandwidth is also incredibly low: > [...] currently, the attack allows for just eight bits of d
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by mankyd 12y ago
Sort of. I've called DropBox about missing data before. They actually were quite helpful and even helped recover most of it, despite the fact that I wasn't even a paying customer at the time. A more likely scenario is that the dat
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by mankyd 12y ago
> the last excuse for not using self-hosted, secure backup tools like Arq[1] disappears. Hardly. I pay for support. I pay for liability. If something goes haywire with my backups, I have a phone number I can call. A number that's no
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by mankyd 12y ago
> Given the choice between frying an employee's USB / computer (small monetary loss) That's a good way to start a fire and have a _large_ monetary loss on your hands.
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by mankyd 12y ago
Interestingly, a long commute is one of the most highly correlated factors with regards to people's happiness: http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2011/06/perils-commu... You may be happier livi

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