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Facebook exec to testify at Senate hearing about Instagram harming mental health(cnbc.com)
10 points by noptd 5y ago|1 comments
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by noptd 5y ago
>If the car detects a problem in power supply circuit, it's perfectly rationale action to engage the electric parking brake as "last wish" when the car has stopped Perfectly rational as the default action perhaps, but Tesl
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by noptd 5y ago
Along with a solid bit of resume building for SecEng, I'd say yeah exactly that.
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by noptd 5y ago
>This is a good return for Cybellum’s investors, which included Blumberg Capital, Target Global and RSBG Ventures (the venture arm of German industrial giant RAG). Cybellum had raised just over $14 million prior to this. Wow, that's
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LG is acquiring automotive cybersecurity startup Cybellum in a $240M deal(techcrunch.com)
3 points by noptd 5y ago|2 comments
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by noptd 5y ago
With Google's eventual transition to Fuschia OS, the skeptic in me sees this as little more than an easy PR win before they begin to wind down new Android development.
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Microsoft and an army of tiny telecoms are part of a plan to wire rural America(bloomberg.com)
83 points by noptd 5y ago|101 comments
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by noptd 5y ago
Sounds reasonable. I wonder whether Apple would comply to a USB-based standard or move directly to only supporting wireless charging. Thinner iPhones anyone?
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by noptd 5y ago
After a certain point in their careers, it really does feel like a large percentage of people stop asking "why?" when faced with new requirements, standards, etc. Maybe it's just a natural part of getting older, as habits and
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by noptd 5y ago
> Never go over-fancy with inheritance and whatnot. So much this. Personally, I've grown to prefer object composition for bucketing and sharing reusable functionality across classes over the years. Testing with mocks becomes far eas
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by noptd 5y ago
>are not full of farts. Naturally - it'd be infeasible to hold them all in.
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by noptd 5y ago
Hard agree. For many, I wonder if the denial stems from imposter syndrome and a lack of self-confidence in their own performance at work. I suppose in that scenario, the idea of 10x-ers would be quite uncomfortable if I felt like everyone w
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Agile Is Dead, McKinsey Just Killed It(terem.tech)
60 points by noptd 5y ago|104 comments
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by noptd 5y ago
The article seems to argue that you shouldn't focus specifically on hiring 10x engineers, not that they don't exist at all. Bad/clickbait title? Some people seem really uncomfortable with the idea that individual performance
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by noptd 5y ago
> Gould’s previous miscarriages meant her pregnancy was considered high-risk, so Zachman ordered tests for hCG, an important hormone in pregnancy. In a normal pregnancy, its value doubles every 48 to 72 hours, Zachman said. Gould first t
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Google Chat will force you to upgrade to its updated PWA from September 27(androidcentral.com)
3 points by noptd 5y ago|0 comments
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Blizzard Executive Overseeing Hit Game Is Leaving(finance.yahoo.com)
2 points by noptd 5y ago|0 comments
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The Curry-Howard Correspondence(youtube.com)
3 points by noptd 5y ago|0 comments
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Everything you ever wanted to know about building a secure password reset (2012)(troyhunt.com)
4 points by noptd 5y ago|0 comments
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by noptd 5y ago
The author makes several great points about why it's beneficial to document your accomplishments. I've been following a similar approach for the last few years using Sublime and the PlainTasks[0] plugin to break apart projects and
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by noptd 5y ago
Wow, the linked article about the Lancet letter which shutdown debate on a potential lab origin back in March of last year is pretty damning as well - https://archive.ph/dXc0n Excerpt: > All but one scientist who penned
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by noptd 5y ago
>These types of training tend to be very specific, and certainly do not involve questioning chain of command. True, but this excerpt was describing his initial interview process with CyberPoint. I agree with the general sentiment though.
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by noptd 5y ago
> There were no red flags because I was so naive. But… there’s a ton of red flags [in retrospect]…. [For example] when you’re in the interview process and you’re talking about defending [the UAE] and … doing tracking of terrorist activit
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by noptd 5y ago
Naturally - how else would their ML models personalize the default value for your TP subscription upsell?
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by noptd 5y ago
Yeah, that's correct.
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by noptd 5y ago
Ephemeral runner support has been highly anticipated for our organization - I'm excited to see it go live! However, GitHub Enterprise admins may want to take caution - some users have reported that the changes are not currently compati
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by noptd 5y ago
Do you disagree with that view or are you supporting it?
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by noptd 5y ago
>But honestly, it does not matter. What matters is that there is a whole culture who allows shutting down narratives, as it pleases for whatever failed reflexes control it. I disagree - they both matter.
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by noptd 5y ago
The parent already addressed this concern: >The worldwide community is large. We can do many things all at the same time. Investigating the source is not a distraction.
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>Who cares if it came from a lab, there are zero consequences to anyone whether it did or not, and it's the least impactful detail of what has happened This is a nonsensical argument for reasons ISL pointed out in their reply (among

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