notelonmusk

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by notelonmusk 7y ago
There was a game that got progressively harder like this. But it didn't use AI, or space invaders. Your ship was a blue triangle and the enemy was the green triangles. Every new turn, the enemy would be a set of copies of all your move
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
An invisibility cloak makes a much better analogy for encryption.
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21438792
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
Is there something like this for digital clutter?
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Is It Safe to Download/Use Code from GitHub?(stackoverflow.com)
1 points by notelonmusk 7y ago|0 comments
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
Sorry, but how is that a proof? It's not clear whether there is a number A with decimal expansion (a_1 a_2 ... a_k ) such that there doesn't exist a positive number X for which X ! = (a_{1} a_{2} ... a_{k} x_{k+1} x_{k+1} ..
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
> I'm not sure what you're getting at I'm sure what I'm not getting at, which is the proof. I'll think about it. Processing ...
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
The article's opening sentence: "Any positive number can be found at the beginning of a factorial..." is a strong statement but no proof is given. Missing: "... with high probability, and supported by analysis of the dig
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Modifiers of the Human Sense of Taste(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by notelonmusk 7y ago|0 comments
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Why Y Combinator(paulgraham.com)
2 points by notelonmusk 7y ago|0 comments
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D. R. Kaprekar(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by notelonmusk 7y ago|0 comments
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Play the L-Game(hwwmath.looiwenli.com)
1 points by notelonmusk 7y ago|0 comments
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
> Despite the prominent stream of thought on this site, no particular technology is in itself "inevitable." And what's your argument? If the technology represents a big advantage to a group of people, history shows that is
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
> what's the moral justification for making this illegal? You got a number I can send you the answers to? \s
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Degeneracy(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by notelonmusk 7y ago|0 comments
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
https://youtu.be/OnWolLQSZic
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N-Th Fibonacci Number in O(n)(kukuruku.co)
2 points by notelonmusk 7y ago|0 comments
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
Annoyance is one thing. Weaponization is another. Can Ads Read My Password?: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20638662 for example. Malvertising for another. Fingerprinting...
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
In my days they called these Cheval de frise [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheval_de_frise
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FotoForensics(fotoforensics.com)
1 points by notelonmusk 7y ago|0 comments
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The Russian Peasant Algorithm [pdf](lafstern.org)
2 points by notelonmusk 7y ago|1 comments
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
Devil's advocate. Maybe it doesn't seem like a big problem to those you mention since most of people scammed don't report it? But the prevalence should speak for itself, and this cancer feeds itself. Who takes care of a crime
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
The only way in my mind to grant your wish would be if you owned the storage of your credentials. Otherwise you're just moving trust to another entity. I'm not an expert. Either way that clause showed a hint accountability from Am
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
I think I had read that Amazon TOS said employees wouldn't have access to your data if you closed your account. I'm sure they have some right to make temporary (we hope) backups but I thought it was a fair clause.
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Real-Time Flight Tracker Map(flightradar24.com)
3 points by notelonmusk 7y ago|0 comments
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A Guide to Legal Loitering(citylab.com)
2 points by notelonmusk 7y ago|0 comments
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
Interesting how we use "more environmentally friendly" now instead of "less environmentally hostile". Language skewed towards marketability.
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Imminent Global Sand Shortage(npr.org)
3 points by notelonmusk 7y ago|0 comments
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Fred Shotton, War Geologist(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by notelonmusk 7y ago|0 comments
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by notelonmusk 7y ago
The perceived impact is much less noticeable than deaths. When the bodies pile up you invest in seatbelt regulations, and may even create jobs making them. What if there's no bodies to count?

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