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by nxzero 10y ago
Canaries have no legal meaning as far as I know: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary Archive of the page your looking at maybe found here: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https:/
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by nxzero 10y ago
America had secret cities too at one point; from 1942 until 1949, Oak Ridge, a city of 75,000 people did not exist on maps. http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2012/06/the-secret-city/100...
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by nxzero 10y ago
New York Times coverage, "Seymour Papert, 88, Dies; Saw Education’s Future in Computers": http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/technology/seymour-pape...
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Seymour Papert, 88, Dies; Saw Education’s Future in Computers(mobile.nytimes.com)
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How We Fared in the Cyber Grand Challenge(blog.trailofbits.com)
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Your tool works better than mine? Prove it(blog.trailofbits.com)
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by nxzero 10y ago
While this is truly awesome — imagine how much more this would get done if it was not based on the developers being in Germany.
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by nxzero 10y ago
>> "focus is on how to work to fix these use cases, instead of pointless mudslinging" More than that, within PoststgreSQL I get the sense that while there are serious discussions, all parties try to understand alternative po
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by nxzero 10y ago
Just curious, but what would happen in a country where no one paid any taxes?
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Of course you as a reader of said claims confirm at the very least that they've been independently reproduced, right? (If so, this shouldn't be news.)
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by nxzero 10y ago
Peer review is how most science is defined as science and peer review does not require reproduction of the work.
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by nxzero 10y ago
Real issue is that the way science is funded is broken.
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by nxzero 10y ago
Bounties for security should be valued by an independent party.
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by nxzero 10y ago
"Human drivers, too much autonomy, too long."
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YC Ranks as Top 1000 US Website(alexa.com)
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The network is the legal system which controls them.
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by nxzero 10y ago
If SMS is out, any form of verification or identity tied to phone numbers should be too.
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by nxzero 10y ago
UK is being watched by a network of 1.85m CCTV cameras. EDIT: Curious how stating a fact is worth downvotes. What am I missing?
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by nxzero 10y ago
In the example you've given the group is defining what is best and what is not; you doing what is best for you is defined by only you. Here's a better explanation of the concept: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2
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by nxzero 10y ago
Cults focus on "we/us/them" not you doing what you feel is best for you.
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by nxzero 10y ago
I've automated dating chats too and able to confirm that guys are less picky, though they're also more likely to move on too. Girls are more picky, but if the bot tricks them into believing they're real, they'll stick ar
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by nxzero 10y ago
(Careful, heard this "story" about dcposch, he might send you to jail too.) On more factual note, it's a known issue that as you move from hard to soft sciences that positive results increase: http://journals.plos.
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by nxzero 10y ago
Here's more analysis of the impact of Africa's existing borders: http://m.mgafrica.com/article/2015-01-09-africas-real-border...
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by nxzero 10y ago
At some point there's only so much you're able to do. Once had someone ask me how to send their bank account information to someone. I asked why, and they proceed to show me an email from a scammer. I told them it was a scam, and
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by nxzero 10y ago
Are you referring to a personal experience? The facts you're presenting appear to be randomly pulled and without any context or related reasoning.
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by nxzero 10y ago
Intentionally reporting a crime as an accident is fraudulent and won't change the outcome. Key to avoiding fraud is good security and financial controls by ALL parties involved based on valid threat models and risk analysis.
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by nxzero 10y ago
The SSNs aren't even secret, it's trivial to get someone's SSN using public information: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10394881
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by nxzero 10y ago
In case it's not obvious for some, KYC means "Know Your Customer": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer And this is the whole point of anti-money laundering and fraud detection controls wit
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by nxzero 10y ago
Banks in Europe use SWIFT, which is much faster, often instant. Scammer in this story appears to have received the funds and transfed them out within less than 20-mins of the victim clicking send.
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by nxzero 10y ago
Google for years has tried to offer payments services. Banking requires customer service and is highly regulated - both things that Google dislikes.

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