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by rapjr9 5y ago
C and C++ are really versatile, why are there no safe libraries for them (or are there?). If you want to make buffer overflows impossible then add a library that does so and use it. If you want safer memory handling use a library. Or ext
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by rapjr9 5y ago
Will this start a competition to pull water out of the sky before it drifts away to other places? If any country can make it rain, will the countries downwind suffer? When the dryer air moves over the oceans will water uptake from the oce
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by rapjr9 5y ago
I wonder if robots could help. Design some to go through the forests and mulch all the deadwood. They could work in geographic bands to create large fire breaks so the entire forest floor would not have to be mulched. There would be some
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by rapjr9 5y ago
This is having a chilling effect on my use of all digital services. I no longer keep my phone on. I think about whether I should click on links that might contain content I would not want associated with me, even though my interest is in
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by rapjr9 5y ago
This solution has been proposed before in security circles. The reason I have heard that it is not done is that just the act of hacking into a system can destroy things that are important. With a pen tester the company can review their pl
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by rapjr9 5y ago
Oops, thought this was an "ask HN".
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by rapjr9 5y ago
Because you are not using a smoke absorber to pull it away. Anyone that does a lot of soldering should have one: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=soldering+smoke&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 I suspect the actual answer to your question
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by rapjr9 5y ago
I spent two years building an animation system for the Commodore 64, lots of assembly language, a sprite editor, and then someone came out with a product very similar to what I was building so I gave up. Some time later I realized that was
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by rapjr9 5y ago
I can think of one concern about downloading and installing it, the NSA might be interested in who uses it. No need for anything malicious in the code, they just watch to see who downloads it.
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by rapjr9 5y ago
One issue that seems to be missing from the article is discussion of the ability to monitor transactions in other countries using a CBDC. If like dollars the cryptocurrency is used outside a countries borders, then an in-built traceability
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by rapjr9 5y ago
Makes me wonder what affect more freely available pornography had on the world, first with VHS tapes, and later with the internet. Are people generally less frustrated and happier? Surely someone has studied this.
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by rapjr9 5y ago
Note that the first thing this report does is throw away 20 years of data, it summarizes only data from the last two years because only that data was standardized. It also ignores data from some types of observers they consider less reliab
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by rapjr9 5y ago
I put computing clusters on big UPS's to help keep them running during temporary power glitches. Make sure to put all the related equipment on UPS's also (switches, routers, hubs, KVM, monitor). Access control and scheduling com
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by rapjr9 5y ago
I thought software systems would become more and more reliable with continuous refinement over time. Servers would never go down, operating systems would have no new features and would be considered finished, applications would be stable a
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by rapjr9 5y ago
I worked on computer science projects for 20 years. At first we had no source management, everyone did whatever they wanted. Then we used CMS, and we occasionally stepped on each others toes but things were better. Then we switched to SV
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by rapjr9 5y ago
Seems like an area that needs innovation to improve efficiency. Perhaps all transactions could be made electronic and reversible within 30 days? Maybe instead of mailing a check or doing a wire transfer something with two factor authentic
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by rapjr9 5y ago
Is it what is in processed food that is bad for us or what is lacking in fast foods that is bad? If it is what is lacking then supplements (maybe based on blood tests) could help. If it is what is in the food the only thing that would hel
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by rapjr9 5y ago
Talk about a chilling effect, i.e., do not read the news because law enforcement can subpoena the list of what you read. Lawyers recommend never sharing anything with law enforcement because it can be used against you. So the news article
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by rapjr9 5y ago
The article says the ransomware message appeared on a computer in the control room. That seems strange, do the pipeline operators adjust fuel flow based on how much cash is coming in? Is this a common practice? Or maybe it was not the bill
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by rapjr9 5y ago
From: https://sec.report/Form/S-1 "SEC Form S-1 is a registration filing form for companies to complete registration of securities offering under the Securities Act of 1933 [pdf] (see also, 15 USC Ch. 2A, Part 77.
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by rapjr9 5y ago
If I was evaluating a free product I'd be wary of getting locked into it and then discovering missing features that I would have to pay for. That is essentially your business model, but even paying for a product I'd be wary of lo
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by rapjr9 5y ago
After reading that it is hard to believe the USA Justice Department is not corrupt. Maybe there is more to the story? Hard to tell if the Justice Dept won't talk, which of course makes them look more corrupt. Congressional oversight
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by rapjr9 5y ago
Blackmail existed before cryptocurrencies. Maybe it was somewhat riskier, but when you are holding the East Coast of the United States hostage what are the chances they grab your bagman and chance affecting millions of citizens? That risk
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by rapjr9 5y ago
The people who operate and use the system have to be secured also. From phishing, from blackmail, insider threats, infiltrators, spies. With all the data breaches these days, more and more blackmail material will be available. People wou
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by rapjr9 5y ago
Moving running apps across devices is a big security risk. Look up "Mobile Agent" research on Google Scholar. There are some severe security problems with moving running apps between devices. Foremost is the problem of a compromis
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by rapjr9 5y ago
I was once told many years ago that the reason fighter aircraft have pilots is as backup insurance to bring the multi million dollar aircraft home if the computers stop working. It was meant as a joke at the time (or maybe not?) but it may
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by rapjr9 5y ago
From the article: "...without having to undergo the regulatory scrutiny that usually precedes an I.P.O." I suspect this could be where a scam is hiding. What is the purpose of the "regulatory scrutiny" that these SPAC
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by rapjr9 5y ago
>I want real connectivity built into the device Cellular networks don't seem fast/cheap enough to upload thirty 100MP images from anywhere you happen to be (or 4K video). 5G is not going to be there all the time when you are o
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by rapjr9 5y ago
It is my understanding that this is why China is developing their own cryptocurrency, to be able to track all uses (and users) of it. The Wall Street Journal reported on it: https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-creates-i
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by rapjr9 5y ago
Could also be interesting if they do not pay the ransom and data gets released.

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