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by pdkl95 9y ago
> The client echoes the complement of the last seen bit when sending packets to the server. Since neither the client or server care about this big, there doesn't appear to be anything that forces the client to actually implement thi
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> nobody wants to waste time reading them How about a law that requires the party presenting legal paperwork to show that the recipient could have read the document. Use an algorithmic method to estimate the reading time, take off ~33%
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> evil Hollywood et al popularize the misconception that evil is fantastic and done with intent . Most of the time evil is banal [1]. The larger problems happen when the unremarkable, small deviances from acceptable behavior becomes
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> a lot of pop is made by knowingly and deliberately copying elements from various source songs One of the defining characteristics of "pop" music is the reuse of major structural elements like the primary harmonic progression
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> We don't need redundant brakes & steering or a fancy new car; we need better software," wrote engineer Anthony Levandowski Any engineer with this attitude needs to learn the lesson of the Therac-25. The issues in the Ars
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> almost definitely won't get done. While I believe "almost definitely" is a bit too strong, one of the most important lessons undergraduates need to learn asap is learning how to learn effectively. Homework is only a too
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Dealing Cards with Cryptography (with Ron Rivest)(youtube.com)
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by pdkl95 9y ago
Over the last ~decade, far too many episodes of Max Headroom have changed from "metaphorical warning about growing social issues" to "literally happening today". However, for what I believe will be the most prescient f
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> I do strip all the possible identification "Anonymizing" data is a myth; stripped or hashed columns can usually be recovered by correlating the remaining data with other data sets. > until someone's effort to pin poin
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by pdkl95 9y ago
One of The Onion's best skits is a about a very "Kafkaesque" business. > Business Week rated Franz Kafka International among the worst airports in terms of customer service, calling the employees completely indifferent to
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> it's a short and murky step ... to outright fraud. Staying vigilant against the normalization of deviance[1] is difficult even in ideal situations. Choosing to normalize deviance as a business strategy is practically guaranteed
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by pdkl95 9y ago
TIS-100 in Infinifactory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMnOEgbm2fE
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by pdkl95 9y ago
From the section [7] of the conclusion (your link, last page): > The procedure is geared towards detection and deterrence of airborne terrorism [...] This was a limited search, confined in its intrusiveness (both in duration and scope) a
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> Terry stops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_v._Ohio A narrow search for weapons is permitted without probable cause, if the officer has "specific and articulable facts" that someone "may be
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by pdkl95 9y ago
Not consenting to a search isn't really about preventing the search. The police are, by definition, they application of force; if they want to search you, they will. However, not consenting forces them to make up some sort of justifi
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by pdkl95 9y ago
I guess they didn't read Riley v California[1]. In the opinion of the SCOTUS: > Modern cell phones are not just another technological convenience. With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans “the priv
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by pdkl95 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downgrade_attack
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by pdkl95 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-cadet_keyboard Also, if you have a 104/105 key keyboard with "windows" and "menu" keys, you do & have a keyboard with four modifier keys. From my .Xmodm
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by pdkl95 9y ago
When I was first learning emacs and trying to figure out a sane way to type double bucky [1][2] commands, I happened to read about a project like this for using pedals as modifier keys. However, instead of using the obvious hardware approa
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by pdkl95 9y ago
I should mention that Blyth specifically discusses the recent German election in the above talk. He agrees that yes, the rise of extremists is still limited, but also points out the huge drop in support for traditional parties, which is a
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by pdkl95 9y ago
It's limiting who can even enter college. Blyth specifically recommends "Free College Tuition". I (perhaps unwisely) mentioned the milder goal only addressing current student debt with the goal of avoiding being dismissed a
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by pdkl95 9y ago
Mark Blyth has been trying to explain this situation ever since his warning about economic policy leading to a rise of populism, "Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea"[1]. For a very good overview of the problem - and some s
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> there should Or, we could accept that different people learn better in different ways. It's wonderful that a variety of learning resources are being made, so more people have the opportunity to learn complex and interesting topi
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> “People tend to trust each other in machine learning,” says Biggio. “The security mindset is exactly the opposite, you have to be always suspicious that something bad may happen.” It's not just machine learning; far too much tech
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> relevant Either you don't understand that FB isn't trying to target your relevant interests (they target you based on the categories[1] advertisers choose to target), or ... > I spend >30min of my time on FB [...] wh
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by pdkl95 9y ago
You're being shown the content (ads) that people pay FB to show you. If that's what you consider "best", I suggest that you might want to do more research into how modern advertising works. Hint: ads represent marketing
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by pdkl95 9y ago
Yes, that's included in what I said. Facebook already decides which posts it will actually show you from the feeds you have explicitly subscribed to. Do you really believe they don't do the same for ads? You are not their custom
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> Would you rather less ads which are useful or those which are completely disconnected from what you want? You're making the common mistake of assuming "targeted advertising" means targeted to what you want. The point i
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> would use so much data You shouldn't assume that and actually do the math. GSM-HR (an early 90s codec that is fast to encode and designed to be low-power) combined with a trial noise gate will only require[1] uploading <100 kB&
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by pdkl95 9y ago
> does not do this Do you have the hashes to prove that what you tested matches what is actually installed elsewhere? No, I'm not actually claiming there actually are different versions in the wild. I just find it strange that anyb

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