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by provost 9y ago
> our section of the rail to beyond 2040 Whoa, what's their explanation for it to take 23+ more years? That seems unreasonable.
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by provost 9y ago
Headline is exaggerated and does not reflect the tweet's update. Google says that it was a code mistake that identified it as "abusive" and has reverted the change. Still interesting, but the headline here is misinformation i
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by provost 9y ago
> This means that currently no funds can be moved out of the multi-sig wallets. Wait, am I reading this right? All multi-sig wallets are frozen due to this? This is surely concerning, as I've seen others recommend multi-sig wallets
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by provost 9y ago
Wow, I thought this was normal. Didn't consider it disturbing until now that you and the other comments mentioned it, and reflecting on how little I think about driving.
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by provost 9y ago
Because we simply can't trust computers & systems engineering 100%. Go read about Flight QF72: http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4659526/the-untold-story-o...
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by provost 9y ago
> nuclio runs faster than bare-metal code So I'm staring at the high-level architecture [1], and I don't see how this claim can be true. Is this claim explained somewhere? [1] https://github.com/nuclio/nucl
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by provost 9y ago
A very similar scenario is described in the fictional work, "The Phoenix Project", is it not? There is a smart character who handles every escalation, but nothing is documented, he was the bottleneck, and his stress level was high
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by provost 9y ago
> Forcing would be done via a military operation leaving little choice. Blackmail, threats, deceit, etc are other ways to force. Not saying that occurred here, just that your definition has a narrow scope.
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by provost 9y ago
As others have said, the option to disable telemetry is in the other stores. Read the article, it says it too: ================== You can turn off the anonymous data collecting of Firefox Focus by tapping on the settings icon, and flipping
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by provost 9y ago
Reminds me of the "Nmap In The Movies" page: http://nmap.org/movies/
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by provost 9y ago
In addition to what you've described, there are likely "Privileged & Confidential" conversations between lawyers and those within the org seeking counsel. Those emails are likely the most sensitive in nature.
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by provost 9y ago
That's really incredible. What's more fascinating is their 100% promise [1]: > We send 100% of all donations directly to hire local workers and buy local materials so you know exactly where your donation is going. Considering
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by provost 9y ago
> approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. This was only a matter of time. We can rotate credit card numbers, but sadly not a SSN. I wish I could rotate my US social security number when significant exposure happens (this would be the 4
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by provost 9y ago
Interesting... Is it a social experiment?
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by provost 9y ago
> to whoever accepts Bitcoin Double_a_92 is pointing out a distinction -- USD is pure legal tender, that is mandated by the US government to be accepted for payments of debts. Bitcoin is not.
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by provost 9y ago
The web page is receiving the "hug of death" right now, and is having difficulty loading. Pasting the content here in case it goes down (I did not include the in-paragraph hyperlinks though). However, here is the leaked document t
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by provost 9y ago
Not sure why this is relevant?
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by provost 9y ago
Have you tried calling the local Estonian embassy/consulate? Not sure which country you're in..
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by provost 9y ago
I actually had these thoughts when reading the bitcoin whitepaper. It seemed to me that the author had surely written other research whitepapers, and thus there should be definitive artifacts and writing styles that can be used to attribute
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by provost 9y ago
> She definitely excelled at keeping tech out of her daily life. I'm curious -- what was she managing? Did she excel in her role?
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by provost 9y ago
Whoa, I have two FireTV sticks and didn't know it had Kodi or Sonic 2 apps. Going to have to look at that when I get home
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by provost 9y ago
@barmstrong is a co-founder there .. not sure if the @ notifies on HN though
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by provost 9y ago
If it really bothers you, a simple Greasemonkey script can fix that.
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by provost 9y ago
Camels were used during WW1, WW2, and are even used today for peacekeeping missions in parts of Africa. The following picture is of Dutch peacekeepers on camelback: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_cavalry#/medi
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by provost 9y ago
I haven't read the works of Ayn Rand, but this quote makes her sound like a cult leader. Does the author of this documentary have a bit of a disdain for her, or is he merely saying that her readers/followers are misguided in some
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by provost 9y ago
It doesn't hurt to publish, and others will benefit. Make the fork public (and be sure to document the breaking changes), then reach out to the upstream owner that you'd be happy to advise on your changes if they want to consume t
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by provost 9y ago
> Credit scoring companies in the US and China are already experimenting with data from social media profiles. Counting how many times someone says “wasted” in their Facebook status can help to predict whether they will repay their debts
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by provost 9y ago
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14986617
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by provost 9y ago
There are ISPs that have tools to inject arbitrary code into HTTP webpages. For example, My ISP injects notification banners into my web browser sometimes. Even if the ISP means well at the beginning, the tool can be abused (ISPs injecting
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by provost 9y ago
I'm not familiar with Go, but was looking through the source code and saw this: encrypted = secretbox.Seal(nonce[:], chunk, &nonce, &key) Is secretbox [1] a standard Go library? [1] https://godoc.org/gola

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