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by mrmaddog 13y ago
For other interested HNers who visit the comments before clicking on links, what you're missing by not visiting this site is: a) a bootstrap splash page which asks for a title b) a HTML/CSS/JS dump of the NYT snowfall article [1] with the t
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by mrmaddog 13y ago
I really like how the code + images enhance the post, but I think this model is a little simplistic for how analytical minds actually cross roads. The post assumes that my discomfort level is a constant, but in reality I become more comfort
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A New 'Smart Rifle' Decides When To Shoot And Rarely Misses(npr.org)
6 points by mrmaddog 13y ago|1 comments
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by mrmaddog 13y ago
Are there any legal implications about publicly admitting that you are knowingly violating a site's Terms of Use? It is surprisingly hard to search for existing precedents if you don't already have a decent knowledge of legalese.
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by mrmaddog 13y ago
You're right: it is meant to be tinkered with! Reading this [0] was one of the most encouraging pieces of documentation I've read in a long time: "Read the source. Flask’s code is written to be read; it’s documentation published so you can
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by mrmaddog 13y ago
If neither silence nor the truth are options, the third best approach is to wait until there is a larger story in the industry that you can hide behind. Perhaps that was what EA was attempting, but unfortunately no larger scandals have occu
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by mrmaddog 13y ago
And, since there seems to be interest in these notes, here are my paraphrased notes from the second half on the interview (once again, only including the parts I found especially thought-provoking): - Systematic crime/injustice requires a p
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by mrmaddog 13y ago
This is incredibly fascinating. If you are trying to figure out whether this is worth a read or not, I don't think you'll be disappointed spending an hour or two following along through the interview. For those of you that are tight on time
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by mrmaddog 13y ago
Perhaps they did filter messages on the server as well. The client side word-list could be used for display purposes only, so if the user typed a censored word, the client could update the display with that word redacted and without waiting
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by mrmaddog 13y ago
Exactly. Per Wikipedia it is about 12 deaths per 100k on average from the period of 2004-2012. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_...
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Partnership, Choice and the Hybrid Cloud(blogs.vmware.com)
1 points by mrmaddog 14y ago|0 comments
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by mrmaddog 14y ago
If you liked reading this post, I highly recommend Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. One of my favorite quotes, "So it goes," is repeated often throughout the book, and though it usually refers to tragic circumstances, it too hints that life
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Explanations of common Java exceptions(rymden.nu)
3 points by mrmaddog 14y ago|0 comments
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by mrmaddog 14y ago
And there's definitely a lot of great reading material there. This earlier piece has a great exposition, though it is on the long side: http://www.popehat.com/2013/03/06/what-prenda-law-is-facing-... . I do recommend reading it—it is just
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by mrmaddog 14y ago
This post was enthralling, but could have used some context. Here's a quick background I've picked up from a brief read-through of Ars Technica's extensive coverage [1]: - Prenda Law is a law firm that filed many lawsuits against individual
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Control music playback within Chrome using native keyboard keys(chrome.google.com)
2 points by mrmaddog 14y ago|1 comments
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by mrmaddog 14y ago
And here's a reply from Allan: https://news.layervault.com/stories/1992-layervault-whats-up... Looks like the pitchforks are out over on HN. It was pretty straightforward. Our reaction was "Cool, a flat UI theme" to "Wait, this looks fami
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Creating Voxel Volumes Quicky in Python(twistedpairdevelopment.wordpress.com)
3 points by mrmaddog 14y ago|0 comments
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by mrmaddog 14y ago
I certainly hope the engineers their are staying on top of the recent deluge of Rails patches. Tesla's database has a huge amount of private data; mostly containing information about rich and influential people. A black hat could undoubtedl
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Outbox: A beautiful inbox for your postal mail(outboxmail.com)
3 points by mrmaddog 14y ago|0 comments
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Facebook to pay $20 Million in 'Sponsored Stories' Settlement(fraleyfacebooksettlement.com)
1 points by mrmaddog 14y ago|0 comments
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by mrmaddog 14y ago
Slightly amusing, but this parody of The Atlantic's sponsored Scientology debacle doesn't really add much to the conversation. The one thing it parodies correctly is "Hey look, we too can publish things that aren't up to our normal editoria
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by mrmaddog 14y ago
I believe this is the link you are talking about: http://www.fifth-estate-online.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011... It also references a number of other papers that discuss the current relevance of the propaganda model.
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PacketShader: A GPU-accelerated Software Router (shader.kaist.edu)
3 points by mrmaddog 14y ago|0 comments
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by mrmaddog 14y ago
It looks like this "Show HN" post wouldn't have a high "gag" score [1], so either the post has been flagged multiple times (unlikely), or, most likely, the majority of those early votes came from the same location, causing the voting ring s
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by mrmaddog 14y ago
Doing a naive dictionary lookup would also help your algorithm, i.e. limoship.com should rank higher than leonadare.com in my opinion. Cool website though! I've always wondered how often decent domain names lapsed.
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by mrmaddog 14y ago
2580 seemed like a fairly obvious PIN choice to me, but I'm completely baffled on the significance of 1004 in position #6. It is neither easy to type, has no good geometric representation, and doesn't seem like a year/date/zipcode or any co
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by mrmaddog 14y ago
Some good choices. Limbo is currently on sale in the Humble Bundle [1] (along with a bunch of other great games), if you want to try it. FiftyThree (iPad app) looks really polished and fun to use, though I don't have a stylus. Is it still a
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2012 Apple Design Award Winners(developer.apple.com)
1 points by mrmaddog 14y ago|1 comments
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by mrmaddog 14y ago
If you don't particularly trust the included click.js script, you can generate your password's SHA-1 via python fairly easily python -c 'import hashlib; print hashlib.sha1("PaSSw0rd").hexdigest()'

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