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by nepthar 5y ago
Other comments have explained what happened, so I'll explain that the "pound of flesh" demanded appears to be quite reasonable - assistance with finding all of the known bad bits of code that were submitted as part of this pr
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by nepthar 5y ago
Why do you think it's satire? I didn't get that read.
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by nepthar 5y ago
I'd like to kindly point out that your dismissive comment doesn't add much value to the conversation by itself. Check out the guidelines here to help craft expressive comments that add to the discussion: https://news.yc
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by nepthar 6y ago
I think that’s a right of passage! https://twitter.com/nepthar/status/1324812161479311360?s=20
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by nepthar 6y ago
Probably worth a bug report!
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by nepthar 6y ago
In the current use case of FIDO keys, it's in the user's best interest to ensure that the hardware is genuine, not tampered with, etc. In this proposal, it's the reverse: the user benefits from tampering with/simulating
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by nepthar 6y ago
I agree. There is nothing to suggest that something can't both behave in a regulatory environment and exist if that environment fails. Cars, for instance - They require registration so long as the body enforcing registration exists. If
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by nepthar 6y ago
Using studies like this irks me. Science doesn't just stop there. When citing a study like this, it would be wonderful to see something like "Based on this research, we expect to the economy grow by X additional dollars in this ar
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by nepthar 6y ago
Congrats to you and everyone else! Really cool stuff here :)
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by nepthar 6y ago
That's really fascinating. I was indeed reading headlines instead of actual research. Lesson learned.
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by nepthar 6y ago
The unexamined life is not worth living - Socrates
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by nepthar 6y ago
I believe the author suggested QR codes as an air gap method
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by nepthar 6y ago
Can you provide an example of an app that does this? I'm just curious to see how to looks.
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by nepthar 6y ago
Something strikes me as out of place with this kind of post. On one hand, I want to encourage people to write posts about common concepts, but on the other hand, this is a fairly commonly written about concept, posted by the author, on a si
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by nepthar 6y ago
This comment is a great answer to the originally posed question :)
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by nepthar 6y ago
Depends on your system of ethics.
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by nepthar 6y ago
> Without another lockdown it's almost assured at this point that we will reach the breaking point of our healthcare system. It's inevitable unless a miracle vaccine arrives very soon. What sources of information lead you to th
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by nepthar 6y ago
Re: "nonsense like "unlimited vacation" - I've worked at a few companies with unlimited vacation and felt no such pressure. I not only took more vacation than the typical American two weeks, but it gave me flexibility to
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by nepthar 6y ago
I'd be grateful if one of you product design folks could explain the rampant use of emoji. I notice that most things incorporate emoji extensively these days. Has that been shown to boost engagement or something?
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by nepthar 6y ago
My one particular stand out accomplishment was back in the Lumatic (RIP) days. We were a small app that provided pedestrian navigation in cities that included public transit. When we expanded beyond a single city we quickly learned we had t
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by nepthar 7y ago
You know, I've always wondered why there are so many stories about these middle management types who seem to pay so close attention to things that are _not_ employee productivity. I guess on first glance, it may appear that "looki
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by nepthar 7y ago
I'm a bit of a privacy advocate, so I turn all of the voice assistants off when possible. I have found precisely one situation where they make my life better - cleaning out the fridge and asking how long various items last.
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by nepthar 7y ago
Could you please explain why you think you'll have to move out of it soon?
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by nepthar 7y ago
Hi olibaw, could you provide a bit of context here around what you found interesting on this post and perhaps the kind of discussion you had hoped to spark here? I thought it was neat, but I think I'm missing some connection.
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by nepthar 8y ago
I hadn't heard of NoRoot firewall, thanks for mentioning! Is the 31.13.. the range of addresses owned by FB?
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by nepthar 8y ago
FWIW, I'm an engineer and creating a stable financial environment in which to (hopefully) one day raise family is definitely a goal, but maximizing total comp sounds like a miserable way to go through life. If I wanted to maximize tota
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by nepthar 8y ago
Based on reading a few articles like this, I think my understanding of blockchain-related tech is different from other folks and I'm kinda confused. Could some kind soul help clear things up? When I think "blockchain", I basi
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by nepthar 8y ago
Many of twitter's services use this: https://github.com/twitter/finatra
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by nepthar 9y ago
Hey now, we're a scala shop :)
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by nepthar 10y ago
When someone shows me their new Alexa or Google Home, I ask it to add ingredients to make thermite in to its shopping cart. Then I ask it to look up flights to Syria.

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