philipn

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   by philipn 12y ago

   You use your backup 2FA codes (which you've stored in a few different locations -- all offline -- including probably your wallet) to get back into your account. From there, you re-seed the 2FA.
2. 62.▲
   by philipn 12y ago

   That's my guess based on a pretty easy to figure out WHOIS. But security by obscurity here only goes so far: if someone really wants your phone number, there's lots of ways to get it.
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   Even with 2FA, Google accounts can be hacked with just a phone number(ello.co)

   274 points by philipn 12y ago|123 comments
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   by philipn 12y ago

   I sympathize with the sentiment expressed by the OP here, but his conclusions -- especially that the VisualEditor project is not worth undertaking -- are, I believe, very much off base. The Wikimedia Foundation did a great deal of research,
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   by philipn 12y ago

   One thing I've noticed these $4 toast stories seem to miss is that toast (though not the same flavor of "artisanal") has been a big, sometimes ridiculous part of life in Southeast Asia for decades and decades now. https:&#
6. 66.▲
   by philipn 12y ago

   Ahah, okay, makes sense. Thanks! And THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your amazing work on this stuff, mdeslaur!
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   by philipn 12y ago

   Possibly stupid question, but won't Ubuntu also publish these as soon as the fix is made available as well?
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   by philipn 12y ago

   I'm living in Indonesia currently and I haven't seen anything being sold in bitcoin or any bitcoin-related advertising anywhere. This also seems like a big drawback: "There is currently no offline way to purchase Bitcoin thro
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   by philipn 12y ago

   I agree. Can an admin edit the link to point to the actual source, http://wolfstreet.com/2014/08/28/how-to-rig-the-entire-ipo-m... ?
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    by philipn 12y ago

    Fantastic work! I'm also really happy that Mapillary decided to make the project CC-BY-SA instead of CC-BY-SA-NC -- gives me a lot more confidence the project will stay alive for years and years to come.
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    JPG Internet(jpginternet.org)

    74 points by philipn 12y ago|16 comments
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    by philipn 12y ago

    I just wanted to say that I've been following your work for a while now. I find it really fascinating! You've got a really active niche (if you can really even call it that!) and an interesting, polished, open-source project. A
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    by philipn 12y ago

    This "30-day for just-cause-only eviction protection" isn't, as far as I know, quite right. Given that AirBnB guests don't really sign any contracts (aside from the website boilerplate), you may be correct in this case.
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    Identifying Attack Points and Surveillance Mechanisms in iOS Devices [pdf](zdziarski.com)

    42 points by philipn 12y ago|2 comments
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    by philipn 12y ago

    Yup, lots have. The Apache Software Foundation has a scientific exemption, and IPython is fiscally-sponsored by NumFocus ( http://numfocus.org ) which has a scientific exemption as well.
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    by philipn 12y ago

    I'm the ED of a 501(c)3 non-profit ( http://localwiki.org ), and when we applied for our (c)3 status we got some flack along these lines, as well. Here's my advice to the Yorba Foundation folks: If you haven't rece
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    by philipn 12y ago

    I don't understand this. You can just define a function anywhere in python and use it (in local scope). I do this all the time, and it's a lot more clear than an unnamed lambda function. What's the use case here?
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    by philipn 12y ago

    SF is a bit different than other communities in that most apartment buildings are really just these large, zany old victorians. Few have tenant associations or real management. My apartment, for instance, is a 4-address building, with eac
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    by philipn 12y ago

    I'm glad there's beginning to be some discussion on AirBnB's impact on the housing stock in SF. I really like AirBnB when I'm traveling or when I want a nice getaway, but it's been incredible to see how how many uni
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    by philipn 12y ago

    Thanks for posting this! Could you add a download link somewhere?
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    by philipn 12y ago

    IO Coop ( https://iocoop.org/ ) is a member-owned tech infrastructure (colo, vps, some other services) cooperative.
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    by philipn 12y ago

    A lot of the work here is parsing contact forms from sites using a bookmarklet. Lots of details here: http://theunitedstates.io/contact-congress/
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    Understanding "satellite pings" on MH370(tmfassociates.com)

    9 points by philipn 13y ago|0 comments
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    by philipn 13y ago

    I don't know much about aviation, but a number of these technologies are being implemented in commercial flights now, including NextGen ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Air_Transportat... ).
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    by philipn 13y ago

    git is licensed under the GPL (== v2), just not GPL (>= v2).
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    by philipn 13y ago

    Here's a great summary of what's involved by askcaptainscott on YouTube: Can I be an airline pilot if I start training in my 30s? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJk9Skxyi84 I'm far from an expert on air trav
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    Burglars Who Took on F.B.I. Abandon Shadows(nytimes.com)

    429 points by philipn 13y ago|88 comments
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    by philipn 13y ago

    If you're curious (as I was) about the estimated cost of breaking RSA-1024 check out this paper: http://tau.ac.il/~tromer/papers/cbtwirl.pdf tl;dr - estimate is ~$10M
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    by philipn 13y ago

    I love your comment, but I disagree with your assessment of LiveJournal in the last paragraph. The reason Facebook beat LiveJournal had nothing to do with their ability to use memcached or other open infrastructure developed by the LJ&#x2F
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    by philipn 13y ago

    There's some more info on the Detroit LocalWiki here - http://detroitwiki.org/Hantz_Farms . When I asked my friend about it, he responded with "long story."