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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Similar in theme to that trick of sending strangers that "link to your facebook page" ( http://facebook.com/profile.php?=73322363 )
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Not Google, but apparently one way some malware tries to hide edits to, say, the hosts file is to create a duplicate hosts file with the cryllic homoglyph for 'o' and then hide the real hosts file. Presumably this would trick user
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not... But the "research" is literally just concluding "Hey, there may be a simple way to test for this incredibly hard-to-diagnose disease".
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
So what? The "info"graphic just lists some basic nutritional info without much context. It also highlights a few choice ingredients and makes weird comparisons like "this is used as a blowing agent in yoga mats!" or &quo
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Isn't this just how taxes work, essentially? Retailers sell you an item for $x then charge you $x * (1 + tax%) at the checkout to cover local taxes. If you live in an area with high tax, you'll pay more. So in the app world, if yo
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
I think HN just prefers when the comments are on-topic, not "on-message". This topic is "racism in tech", not "let's discuss binary gender roles and what is 'men'".
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
The "kill yourself" comment is the least inherently gendered one, you're right. The thing is that it appeared on a blog about sexism, therefore it is sexist. If it appeared on a blog about homophobia, it would be homophobic.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Discrimination on the basis of group (gender, religion, ethnicity, etc) is always more pronounced when it's performed by a member of one group towards a member of another. It's especially pronounced when the group the perpetrator
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
I got 170 vs 7. Also, what's your point?
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
This topic was on HN a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10413563 In that article the hacker claims he found sensitive material, and even flagrantly taunted the CIA director with it...
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
>"If an infinite set can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers (N) it is called a countable set. Otherwise it is uncountable."[1] This paradox hinges on the strange notion of cardinality of infinite set
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Not to mention it's just plain dehumanizing.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
>"The most important thing is that we try to get really really simple solutions for complex problems," Dr Freudenthal told the BBC. I still think the coolest part is that this knitted thing is inserted into your groin and it en
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Would you like me to explain the joke?
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
It's black humour and has it's place in our culture. >The purpose of black comedy is to make light of serious and often taboo subject matter; some comedians use it as a tool for exploring vulgar issues, thus provoking discomfor
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
A lot of the "negativity" is more like blunt constructive criticism. I think a founder could post a "Show HN", get blasted with "negativity" in the comments, and then address any issues he thought had merit, an
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Maaaaybe there would be heuristics that would interpret such wild movement as unhealthy and trigger a medical alert.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
As an extension to your concern it struck me that this would be amazing for certain types of disabilities but completely useless for others. I don't think it's meant to be a one-size-fits-all wheelchair.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
There's an XKCD for this, actually: https://xkcd.com/1497/
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
You'll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Spitting venom is only going to drive a wedge between people, not help them see eye to eye.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
I use CSS quite a bit and I still barely grok the myriad interactions between display, position, and float and nested variations thereupon. That's why I love Bootstrap.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
I think the second big take away is that this was only made possible because the scientists willingly shared their "dark data"-- data and lab notes from failed experiments. I wonder how much data is hoarded privately and never ope
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
>First, the drivers aren't even Romani. This makes your argument worse, not better. The term "gypsy cab" derives from a racist stereotype of the Romani[1]. How can a term with a racist etymology not be racist? Imagine any
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
That Gladwell article is a good read, it offers a perspective I hadn't come across before. Not that it really "solves" the problem at all, just casts a different light on it.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
>referring to themselves that way Apply this logic to any other ethnic slur and see how well it works out for you.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Isn't it more likely that they just load the ads over those "we noticed you're using an ad blocker..." placeholders, so if you block the ads you see the ad blocker message?
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Think of how many apps you've installed which request permission to a whole laundry list of phone functions. "Oh, it's reasonable that this app wants access to my text messages, that way when it sends me a confirmation code i
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
I browsed through the email thread briefly and it looks like a lot of "political ideology vs technical purism" drama... Seems high stress. Looks like after some hearty back and forth it settled down: https://lists.gnu.o
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Forget legal costs for a second, the man hours required to digitize a sizable collection is no trivial matter. From what it sounds like, the collection this guy was looting from was huge. I doubt the organization had such a generous budget
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
"On tonight's episode of Punked: watch as we add a second floor and backyard porch to this man's bungalow while he's away for the weekend! You won't believe his reaction!"

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