mplewis

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by mplewis 8y ago
Here's a story about media manipulation from a reporter who Theranos tried to sell on the story: https://khn.org/news/reporters-notebook-the-tale-of-theranos... I don't want to go full Elon "the media is
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by mplewis 8y ago
How will you decrypt the data once the key has been erased?
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by mplewis 8y ago
I'm waiting to see what happens in the class action (COOPER v. SLICE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., https://www.leagle.com/decision/infdco20170920f18 ). "UnrollMe does not adequately disclose its true business model to u
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by mplewis 9y ago
Sometimes installing Ghost is a better tactical choice than migrating an entire running system to a new RDBMS.
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by mplewis 9y ago
I think you misunderstand the goals of this community-run mesh. The FAQ has some info on why they don't charge, who runs routers, and what they're trying to accomplish.
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by mplewis 9y ago
Low-risk individuals subsidizing high-risk individuals? We just call that "insurance."
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The Shortest Path Is the Scariest(medium.com)
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by mplewis 9y ago
The type system and standard library.
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Eliminating flaky Ruby tests(engineering.gusto.com)
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by mplewis 9y ago
Did you read the article at all? This applies to places under 50% humidity, not just deserts.
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by mplewis 9y ago
It shows declining growth quarter over quarter.
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by mplewis 9y ago
This approach looks really similar to the VueX approach: synchronous reducers are mutations, and async effects are actions. Can't wait to try this out in my next React project.
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by mplewis 9y ago
It's a ripoff when they disobey the trunk project's licensing, remove all AGPLv3-required attribution, and overwrite commits to imply that their work is completely original.
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by mplewis 9y ago
Your site's CSS makes it unreadable on wide screens: https://imgur.com/a/WlYOA
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by mplewis 9y ago
Can you tell us more about the trouble you ran into with Metamask?
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by mplewis 9y ago
Hyperloop is another private service for the wealthy. It won't help connect communities like locally-owned public transit does.
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by mplewis 9y ago
They illegally obtained medical records of a rape victim. If that's not morally reprehensible, I don't know where you draw the line.
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by mplewis 9y ago
Equifax is government-mandated extortion.
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by mplewis 9y ago
On that note, it'd be nice if Apple were more user-friendly about battery cycle counts. I don't think there's a way for me to see battery health without installing an app, and I've never seen a message asking me to repla
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by mplewis 9y ago
Anyone who's mining Bitcoin could switch to Bitcoin Cash and work to perform a 51% attack. > BCash shares hashing algorithm with Bitcoin. That means any hashing power on the Bitcoin network can work on BCash network. And there is ty
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by mplewis 9y ago
Yes, in a capitalist system, money comes from somewhere, and there's no ethical consumption. It's possible for that to happen and Mr. Robot to still carry strong anti-capitalist, anti-1%, pro-digital freedom messaging.
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by mplewis 9y ago
Please be civil. From the HN guidelines: Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.
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by mplewis 9y ago
The banking crisis is a very different situation from a bad product launch. The banking executives knew exactly how bad things could be if the subprime markets failed.
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by mplewis 9y ago
You don't see utility in hoarding wealth? Plenty of rich people do when they keep their money in the Cayman Islands.
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by mplewis 9y ago
Answer: No. No one gets the secret sauce. They pay for your results.
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by mplewis 9y ago
If Tether is garbage, the only way to get your money out is by converting Tether to something worth real money. We saw this in Mt. Gox. When USD withdrawals failed and people suspected Mt. Gox was insolvent, the only way to get money out wa
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by mplewis 9y ago
As whb07 said, "Its the same thing as a bond, which its feared they will default on." I don't know how Venezuela expects anyone to take this seriously after they defaulted on their bond payments in November.
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by mplewis 9y ago
Part of hiring is finding out if someone can work well with a team. Lots of teams need everyone to be able to communicate well during collaborative problem solving sessions. I've worked with the strong, silent type of coworker who has
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by mplewis 9y ago
I'm not so sure. If Apple came out tomorrow and said "no more battery swaps, ever," they'd have a consumer advantage over Samsung and Google phones.
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by mplewis 9y ago
This is huge! This is now the easiest way to show someone how powerful Jupyter Notebook is for data analysis.

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