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by msravi 4y ago
So it probably would have been better to give them an excel-like frontend connected to an sql server?
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The Toothpick Problem(acutebar.in)
1 points by msravi 4y ago|0 comments
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by msravi 4y ago
I bought a Canon MF4150 laser printer about 15 years ago for around $150, and am still using it. I think I've changed the laser cartridge twice since then, and they've not been "original" cartridges. The cartridges cost
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by msravi 4y ago
The Destruction of Nalanda, as chronicled in the Tabaqat-i-Nasiri by the Persian historian Minhaj-i-Siraj written a couple of decades after Bhaktiyar Khilji's death [1]: "There were two brothers of Farghanah, men of learning, one
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by msravi 4y ago
Or you can use LaTeX with Beamer. You have the goodness of plain text search and git and a nice pdf with slide controls when you want to present. https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Beamer
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Use cscope and ctags. It's very intuitive
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by msravi 4y ago
Oh, didn't know that. Thanks! Which is the app?
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by msravi 4y ago
Can you link to this please? Everything I see seems much more expensive...
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by msravi 4y ago
Yes! That's what I use - it's very convenient. The first line of the pass file needs to be the totp string, that's all. But you can also use oathtool at the command line with the secret. oathtool -b --totp <otp secret>
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by msravi 4y ago
I used Authy initially. I then exported all the TOTP tokens out of Authy and imported them into unix pass and Aegis. So on my laptop I just use pass, and on mobile it's Aegis.
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by msravi 4y ago
> It says he must, among other things, “immediately refrain from using your university position or university resources in connection with your outside engagement and activities for the personal gain of yourself or others” How does this
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Why We Should Abolish the Family (2022)(currentaffairs.org)
14 points by msravi 4y ago|30 comments
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by msravi 4y ago
Wow. These are the free-speech rankings for colleges in the US: https://rankings.thefire.org/rank Of the top 6 that are rated "Good," L=Liberal to C=Conservative ratios are telling: 1. University of Chicago, L:C =
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by msravi 4y ago
Previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34703626 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34660938
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Simulated footage of FedEx-Southwest Austin-Texas airliner incident(twitter.com)
2 points by msravi 4y ago|1 comments
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Several methods of solving linear equations of several unknowns are described in Hindu literature, dating from about 200CE onwards. In particular, Brahmagupta's method seems very similar to Gaussian elimination[1]. And then there are s
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by msravi 4y ago
> It is a common occurrence to find people with multiple Aadhar or Voter cards This is false. Voter cards perhaps, but not Aadhaar cards. It is technically not possible because the cards (identities) are tied to biometric data (fingerpri
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BBC still taking money from sanctioned Huawei (2022)(spectator.co.uk)
4 points by msravi 4y ago|0 comments
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by msravi 4y ago
I have ports 80 and 443 open on my WAN and forwarded to the server on the LAN. My websites are static (apart from an isso commenting server), so I guess the risk of someone taking control of the server is low... But I'm not sure if tha
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by msravi 4y ago
I use a mid-2010 macbook pro (with the screen developing large splotches of black) as a home server after installing linux mint, and it's been working flawlessly. Been up now for 192 days without a reboot. It runs a webserver for two l
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The Unsolvable Math Problem (1996)(snopes.com)
1 points by msravi 4y ago|0 comments
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by msravi 4y ago
I haven't used the others, so I can't compare. But I like the keys on the prime - they're hard rubber and make a satisfying click, and don't wiggle too much. Apparently the Prime-G1 had a contrast issue that affects visi
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by msravi 4y ago
The HP-prime, which is I think the latest version of the HP line is also very good and supports both RPN mode and algaebraic mode (apart from a symbolic mode). There are also android, mac, and pc emulators available (and the pc version work
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by msravi 4y ago
The vps can be encrypted by a customer supplied key. In google compute, for example: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/customer-supplie...
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by msravi 4y ago
> Same way that dropbox can be compromised: your account gets hacked or the provider gets hacked. Nope. My account on my vps is protected with a strong ssh key and password-logins disabled. Also fail2ban is set up to forever disallow ips
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by msravi 4y ago
Yes, I do a git pull between my vps and various devices. Works perfectly well. But my threat model does not include 3-letter security agencies, so I'm completely ok with that. Beats having my passwords stored on the cloud controlled by
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cat, grep, awk, sed, cut, paste, column
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> and there's what feels like a lot of algorithmic optimization of engagement going on It's pretty easy not to see these algorithmic optimizations. (1) There's a link on the top right of the home feed that allows you to tu
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by msravi 4y ago
> In particular, I don't see how 2FA is possible with this Umm, why not? First, you can use a different app (like aegis) to generate OTPs. Second, pass has an extension ( https://github.com/tadfisher/pass-otp )
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by msravi 4y ago
Best to just use pass ( https://www.passwordstore.org/ ) with your own gpg key rather than rely on any 3rd party service. Then set up a git repository on a (free) google cloud instance, (or even use github/gitlab), and y

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