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by oretoz 2y ago
There is an API available from many mobile operators called SIM Swap that can be called to find out if the SIM has been swapped. Often these calls are made by Banks to an aggregator (such as Telesign or Twilio) that finds out the mobile op
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by oretoz 2y ago
As others have mentioned, SIM Swap attacks are very common where the attacker impersonates the victim and convinces the mobile operator to transfer the victim’s phone number (known as MSISDN in telecom parlance) to the attacker’s SIM. If yo
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by oretoz 3y ago
After trying to reach out to several of their key people on LinkedIn, I tried to reach out to them via a form on their site. This was to GIVE THEM SOME BUSINESS. Never heard anything back. This was for Telco related product that we have so
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by oretoz 3y ago
Exactly same for me too. I watched his interview with Aarthi and Sriram of a16z yesterday and the more I tried to understand him, more he seemed like not just a BS peddler but deluded as well. May be it is just the two of us?
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by oretoz 3y ago
ccache is used together with distcc at the current place I am working at. Started digging at how these two work as I thought there is still room for improvement in our build times that can vary between 10 minutes to 1 hour. It is a huge cod
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by oretoz 3y ago
Brings back memories. Fresh out of college, I was given the additional job of being the Clearcase and Unix admin for my team. Not that I had any special skills but others didn't know a few Unix commands (System V) that I did. But Clear
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Beatrix Potter’s famous tales are rooted in stories told by enslaved Africans(theconversation.com)
2 points by oretoz 3y ago|0 comments
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Building your own private 5G is as easy as Wi-Fi(theregister.com)
16 points by oretoz 3y ago|2 comments
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by oretoz 5y ago
Here are the key differences between 5G and Wifi: 1. Dedicated vs shared spectrum. Though all big countries have shared spectrum initiatives for 5G too but it is still not a free for all like Wifi. So interference-wise 5G might be better fo
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by oretoz 5y ago
https://www.saylor.org/
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by oretoz 5y ago
Very interesting indeed. You seem to know about this. Do you have any links where I can find more details (which is not easily Googleable?
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by oretoz 6y ago
Rich Roll discusses this barrier in his podcast with Andrew Hiberman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwQhKFMxmDY
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by oretoz 6y ago
What an amazing quote! Thanks for sharing.
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by oretoz 6y ago
Thank you for these wonderful resources. I had no clue.
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by oretoz 6y ago
Thanks. Sounds interesting. Will google it.
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by oretoz 6y ago
Great. I had read about it but wasn’t sure if it was a better option than Scratch for younger kids. Mine are 6 and 7 and I they use something similar to Scratch. Does anybody know if younger kids use Snap! ?
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by oretoz 6y ago
Thanks
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by oretoz 6y ago
I have a big snoring problem. Did yoga help you with that?
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by oretoz 7y ago
There is documentary called General Magic which used old footage and interviews to describe their rise and fall. In one scene, Bill is said to have written a big chunk (don’t remember exactly what but I was in awe) of it very quickly. I saw
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by oretoz 7y ago
Thanks for the detailed response. Point about treating math notation as a compact way of writing makes complete sense.
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by oretoz 7y ago
Such a detailed answer. Thank you. Unlike you, I registered for an MRes. (Masters in Research) degree at a UK but found that due to lack of taught courses I couldn’t plug the holes in my mathematical foundations. For the very few courses th
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by oretoz 7y ago
Interesting. Do you have sources for that? Genuinely interested to know.
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Ask HN: How is tracking done across devices?
7 points by oretoz 8y ago|3 comments
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by oretoz 8y ago
Do you have an example writeup of how you used Plotly output in PPT? I would be very interested to learn that. Thank
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by oretoz 9y ago
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by oretoz 9y ago
"In our times" is great too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/37pR8YxRMhVwwZvX93r...
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by oretoz 9y ago
Key feature of cellular networks is mobility and if the user interaction is needed it would make it unwieldy
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by oretoz 9y ago
I have not really followed the fintech much but understand the Telecom side of things. You seem like an expert on this space in India and hence my questions: 1. Do you think making everything Aadhar based is a good idea? 2. How much aware
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by oretoz 9y ago
Excellent summary. Covers all the key points that I wanted to take away and put it so much better. For me, the theme that runs through his work and talks is this: (Constantly ask) How to make use of computers to learn and create in ways bet
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by oretoz 10y ago
You have a valid point. Do you have pointers to learning Design for a programmer? I know about book 'Deisgn for hackers' and there are many resources on Photoshop/Sketch etc. but I haven't found nifty little projects lik

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