mc808

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by mc808 11y ago
Maybe there will emerge a common "screenreader toolkit" for sideloading a non-visual interface instead of expecting every designer to remember to interleave ARIA hints at magic places in an otherwise fundamentally visual interface
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by mc808 11y ago
I took it to mean they should use the Linq `x.SequenceEqual(y)` instead (assuming .NET 3.5+) (and x isn't null...).
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by mc808 11y ago
I don't think I would consider the arrangement of paper to be a program because it doesn't change the way the machine itself operates (though perhaps one could argue it does at the level of photons and toner molecules--or that a c
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by mc808 11y ago
A Photoshop "program" would consist of the composition of image layers, adjustment layers, blend modes, styles, masks, text blocks, shapes, paths, and so on. You "run the program" when exporting to a bitmap format. It pr
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by mc808 11y ago
As someone who knows approximately jack shit about hardware and firmware issues, I appreciate the time he did waste explaining why he says the original poster was full of shit.
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by mc808 11y ago
I don't see anyone claiming a backdoor contributed to this breach in particular. It's just a bit ironic (and convenient, frankly) that the news would break on the same day an FBI official calls to further weaken U.S. digital secur
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by mc808 11y ago
I doubt there could be such a database today, but I'm thinking in terms of a scenario where all "secure" communications channels available to the public are required to choose from some list of compromised encryption standard
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by mc808 11y ago
It is relevant in the general sense that it would only be a matter of time before a "massive data breach" included the keys/procedures to open some or all of the backdoors.
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by mc808 11y ago
In context, the most charitable interpretation I can give is that he's saying you shouldn't trust anyone (not even Google) with data you want to keep private. A less charitable interpretation is to replace "not even Google&
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by mc808 11y ago
If I submit my resume to Dice.com, I fully expect them to mail me a baggie of white powder and a coupon for 25% off anthrax vaccines.
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by mc808 11y ago
The only real long-term solution is to keep moving toward decentralization and encryption everywhere, making it close to impossible for anyone to conduct mass or targeted surveillance. Even if we assume the NSA (U.S. National Security Age
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by mc808 11y ago
If the crypto/implementation turns out to be unsound, first you have to 1. learn that the flaw exists, and then 2. take steps to remedy the situation. That's a window of opportunity where "obscurity" can potentially buy
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by mc808 11y ago
The comment makes some sense if you replace "native" with "plain" or "vanilla" JavaScript.
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by mc808 11y ago
Assuming they let you carry an empty bottle and distillation equipment, this should be pretty easy.
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by mc808 11y ago
I'm not sure that plausible deniability has much value if, say, a user's ISP has a policy of suspending accounts that attract too many complaints about copyright, hacking, spam, etc. The account itself is a nuisance to them, regar
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by mc808 11y ago
I would hope not but wouldn't be surprised if they are, at least in the presentation. The ranking and selection of snippets are original but ultimately machine-generated content, so I could see a court leaning either way.
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by mc808 11y ago
A heading in a book is just as much a contract about the content as a method signature is about the content of a method. It takes effort and creativity to produce a coherent outline for a book. And as any (competent) programmer knows, the &
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by mc808 11y ago
Neither one of those is substantial enough for copyright. They should be considered in the context of a whole body of work. Using books as an analogy, an API most closely resembles chapters and headings. Is it copyright infringement to writ
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by mc808 11y ago
Other than the navy wiping out all the pirates, I foresee a couple of other unforeseen scenarios: 1. Within the next few months, a new risk emerges with higher priority than piracy. Implementing this feature will delay the piracy addition,
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by mc808 11y ago
It would also be helpful if they could notify the recipient when my digestive system is below 10% capacity, so they would know that I'm likely to stop for a bite to eat (and maybe suggest a good restaurant nearby if Facebook hasn'
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by mc808 11y ago
I tend to assume any blog about design/typography with article text in a font larger than 15-20px is written by a clueless newbie.
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by mc808 11y ago
I vote for harder to read (and write), except when the variables are so tightly coupled that they should probably be in an array or other structure anyway. But ideally this is something that should be decided by each developer's person
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by mc808 11y ago
Is it possible for amateurs/other space agencies with a big enough dish to capture the raw Dawn data themselves as it comes in, or is that stuff encrypted these days? (I assume outgoing command signals use some sort of authentication s
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by mc808 11y ago
Actually, a useful application of NLP would be to detect this kind of ambiguity before it's published (or written into contracts or laws).
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by mc808 11y ago
Regarding the 6% transmission costs, if you have 17 charged batteries and use 1 of them to power a self-driving vehicle with negligible maintenance costs (and in a future where all vehicles are electric), it would make sense to haul the oth
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by mc808 11y ago
So it sounds like messages are associated with accounts, and accounts are linked to phone numbers, and those phone numbers are easily recoverable from a centralized database. If htat's accurate then it's not simply imperfect anony
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by mc808 12y ago
We could launch 10,000 time capsules into space on trajectories that bring one of them back to Earth every 50,000 years or so. They would have to be designed in a way that makes re-entry spectacularly visible so they would be noticed and it
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by mc808 12y ago
The point you're still missing is that if an activity is only worth $5 to you, then a $10 penalty will make you stop. It doesn't matter if you're Bill Gates. Also, the penalty should be as small as possible to get the desired
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by mc808 12y ago
I thought you had posted broken links because it was just showing a little chart for RNWK. Then I noticed: "For the ubercool interactive charts, you need to install the Adobe Flash Player" Just seemed a bit ironic, given the topic
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by mc808 12y ago
Yet minimally viable.

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