nxzero

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by nxzero 10y ago
>> "We believe the startup ecosystem should be open for all." If so, then why're two of the three available dates filtered by the demographic profile of the founders?
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by nxzero 10y ago
What did I say that's conflicted?
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by nxzero 10y ago
Strange that you believe any science that's not reproducible is science. Or assume that if the science is not reproduced, it's sciencifically valid. Science is not a singlar effort, nor is peer review without replication. Please q
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by nxzero 10y ago
Seems like for a non-GPS tracker that these would be pretty effective based on their footprint.
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by nxzero 10y ago
Is there any research that show being peer reviewed in fact makes a difference? General speaking, I would think research should just speak for itself.
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by nxzero 10y ago
Equality between genders is unlikely, there will likely always be imbalances one way or another. Studies like this to me help counter myths related to gender though, which is important; aka science is good.
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by nxzero 10y ago
More important questions is not if AI is able to be ethical, but if humanity is able to respect the rights of AI.
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by nxzero 10y ago
At this point, no idea why anyone would except uproar over any invasion of privacy, security, etc.
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by nxzero 10y ago
Right, another name for a canary is a heartbeat, which are used in systems to know if a system is still up: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_(computing)
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by nxzero 10y ago
To me, it's still not clear if there is any legal basis for canaries via laws, case laws, etc. Anyone able to provide info on this?
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by nxzero 10y ago
Surprising that Wikileaks doesn't do this too.
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by nxzero 10y ago
My understanding is that this was deployed internally first, so the calm that "people" don't get passwords seems like a stretch. (Meaning I assume that the average person working at Google is smart enough to know how to use p
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by nxzero 10y ago
I'd heard this was in the pipeline, but didn't believe it given how invasive (aka no privacy), problematic (you can't backup how you behave), and insecure (given a motivated attacker, I've yet to see a biometric control
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by nxzero 10y ago
>> "Submitted to a NASA competition for students, the design for this electric aircraft had to meet certain requirements, the most important of which was that it could be manufactured within five years." Is this plane going
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by nxzero 10y ago
Be a stretch to call this an urban legend, unless you're saying the people referenced in the story don't exist. That said, this is lazy & irresponsible reporting on what is at best a singlural event. If it was reproduced, this
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by nxzero 10y ago
Where would the funds to run the servers come from? Why do you believe these "cheap" servers would be secure?
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by nxzero 10y ago
>> "RSA BSAFE is a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptography library offered by RSA Security. From 2004 to 2013 the default random number generator in the library contained an alleged kleptographic backdoor from the American National Sec
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by nxzero 10y ago
Given to my knowledge they still have no way to insure the exit nodes are not control by a single majority, no idea why this would be any different.
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by nxzero 10y ago
There will always be loopholes, but given there's been countless examples of abuse and times where what happened will never been known because data was intentionally deleted, this needs to stop. In fact, currently, it's standard o
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by nxzero 10y ago
Unless by law all data collected has to be written to a public blockchain that's able to be reconciled to data collected and released -- the FBI, DEA, etc. will always be deleting information; number of reasons why they would be deleti
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by nxzero 10y ago
This is about hiding what they have, how they got it, how they used it, etc. For example, if you discovered the FBI had data that made no sense for them to have, such as an iris scan, you'd not only know they had it, but they they had
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by nxzero 10y ago
>> "Having access to your own records would help avoid detection or apprehension, the draft posting said." So, basically security through obscurity? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscuri
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by nxzero 10y ago
Reminds me how if you ask someone why something is and they lack the knowledge to know why, they'll still try to give an answer based on what they do know. We may never know why people have allergies.
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by nxzero 10y ago
Privacy should be measured not by source and method of data, but by the data's ability to indentify and profile the parties.
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by nxzero 10y ago
I'm not assuming that it did happened, I'm assuming that if you're going to kill hundreds of thousands of people, that every attempt to reach a outcome that does not require it should be tried and documented.
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by nxzero 10y ago
Really dislike the IBM meetups, they're full of marketing speak and people they have no idea what a load of bs the "sponsor" heavy presentations are. Meetup should ban groups like this.
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by nxzero 10y ago
Infrared: Most amazing experience I ever had looking at the average clear night sky was wearing a pair of night vision goggles. Seeing all the extra stars (100x more) in the sky as I turned my head around allowed me to see the sky in a way
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by nxzero 10y ago
The two bombs killed hundreds of thousands of people. No idea what your point is, please explain.
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by nxzero 10y ago
Question should not be how well it is documented, but why it is not well documented.
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by nxzero 10y ago
Aside from the NSA, who would have a need to have 80 (likely very old) homes on a 122 acres on the middle of nowhere with an RF ban. Homes make the property worth less, not more. Demolition costs alone would likely be in the millions and qu

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