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by nfd 10y ago
Well, tuition costs for even public universities have been rising a lot faster than inflation. Many universities these days are basically hedge funds with a school front. And a lot of universities get state funding. We're pushing a gen
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by nfd 10y ago
That's a new favorite of mine.
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by nfd 10y ago
That's horrifying.
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by nfd 11y ago
Europe?
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by nfd 11y ago
Alright, I parse it, and I blame the post-finals slump I'm caught in. Propositionally, the relationship's fine and it's clearly stated, despite what sleepy-me might've thought a couple hours ago. But what's the usef
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by nfd 11y ago
I... can't parse that sentence.
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by nfd 11y ago
I didn't get regular social interaction for a really long time. Think on the order of 10 years. Turns out that people really need it. I spent most of about 5 years mostly holed up in my room teaching myself about programming, crypto, b
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by nfd 11y ago
Look, I was homeschooled, and it's possible to do it right. Don't get me wrong. The way I was homeschooled, however, wreaked total havoc on my long-term mental health (though you better believe I ran the equivalent of "lock y
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by nfd 11y ago
Weird. If you natively visualize things, I natively reduce them to text. It's damn hard for me to remember the fine details of an image, but I can remember a description. And I zip through most reading material really quickly, unless i
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by nfd 11y ago
A usable, secure messenger is a pretty important niche to fill. Cryptocat is a good concept (usability is important), but its implementation is flawed enough that it's worse than useless. With some TLC, better ground-up design, and thr
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by nfd 11y ago
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that they're going to keep going on that guy, possibly with a bit of delay. Running joke over here is that Fremont is basically TableauVille. Or they're to Fremont as Microsoft is to Redmon
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by nfd 11y ago
Still is heavy on the GTFO, they still know how to tell tell people to fuck off in innovative and superficially polite ways.
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by nfd 11y ago
Most Android phones throttle the rate you're allowed to enter PINs if you fail multiple times in a row (from minutes to hours). You can set the phone to wipe the entire flash memory if too many PIN entries in a row fail.
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by nfd 11y ago
Oh, and watching two video feeds at once? That's "not supported".
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by nfd 11y ago
Raise awareness, spread the word about Tor. If they start running attacks against Tor, start an uproar. And pitch Tor as an elementary security measure; say "do this to make your communications more secure." It isn't perfect,
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by nfd 11y ago
If you're Joe User, it's much easier to install a browser plugin or hosts file than it is to set up a DNS server of your own, route your machines to it (even internally), configure it properly...
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by nfd 11y ago
Slack may have a working IRC bridge, but it still has a closed-source server. You're still trusting a third-party with all your data.
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by nfd 11y ago
Slack and IRC have two different (but interconnected) use cases. I love IRC, and I haunt a couple servers to chill or to ask an occasional newbie question. I'm pretty comfortable with IRC; it's a part of my culture. I often find m
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by nfd 11y ago
I've seen this! I guess it's my best bet. The only thing that was scaring me away was the pretty low resolution (even for other near-eye displays I've seen).
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by nfd 11y ago
Looks pretty good, but it also looks like they're pretty dependent on the software suites and non-display hardware they're shipped with. Got any experience with them? Ooh; I should clarify: I already wear glasses, so I was plannin
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by nfd 11y ago
Yeah, you'd basically need cash or cryptocurrency for that size of microtransaction (nanotransaction?). If I could pitch in 20-50 cents to a project I like in a few seconds, I would.
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Ask HN: Where can I find decent near-eye displays for less than $200?
5 points by nfd 11y ago|4 comments