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   by redm 5y ago

   I'm surprised YouTube isn't on your list. We having streaming services, but my kids mostly watch YouTube.
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   Austrian website’s use of Google Analytics found to breach GDPR(techcrunch.com)

   9 points by redm 5y ago|0 comments
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   by redm 5y ago

   "Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported" - by any reasonable browser.
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   by redm 5y ago

   Some datacenter failures aren't related to redundancy. Some examples: 1) transfer switch failure where you can't switch over to backup generators and the UPS runs out, 2) someone accidentally hits the EOD, 3) maintenance work make
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   by redm 5y ago

   I think statistics like these tests are easy to sway in your favor, hence why Fastly is responding. Its not clear that Fastly didn't do the same thing, but a good ole' CDN rivalry does make for a good read. Someone get more mud to
6. 126.▲
   by redm 5y ago

   I don't see why IP such as Mickey Mouse should be treated any differently than patented IP. 20 years is a fairly length time to have a monopoly on your creation before it becomes public domain.
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   by redm 5y ago

   I really don't understand all the PHP dismissal on HN. As a language it has continued to evolve in meaningful ways, especially with the latest releases. Companies like Facebook are built on PHP (yes, they extended with Hack, but most o
8. 128.▲
   by redm 5y ago

   PHP has a built in web server you can launch from the CLI and run the script. `php -S <address:port>`
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   by redm 5y ago

   It's interesting how the news cycle goes. Today on the HN homepage: Netlify Raises $105M (netlify.com) Netlify Acquires OneGraph (netlify.com) Cloudflare Pages Goes Full Stack (cloudflare.com) It will be interesting to see how this all
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    by redm 5y ago

    This Newsweek article has a pretty good breakdown: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) email system had reportedly suffered a hack on Saturday morning amid several reports of messages sent from the agency's email infrastruc
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    by redm 5y ago

    Here's the full article for anyone who wants to read it: https://web.archive.org/web/20211021121804id_/https://www.ec... I've been hearing about this coming from my nephrologist for many years
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    by redm 5y ago

    "Government policy is to reduce this to 50% by 2035." I'm no expert on Nuclear power but it seems to me were going in the wrong direction. At a time when we're investing so much money in other fuels, we could be investin
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    How a 64k Intro is made(lofibucket.com)

    1 points by redm 5y ago|0 comments
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    by redm 5y ago

    Geez, and I was surprised to see 400Gbps QDR optics hitting the mainstream. Even if we double the data rate every few of years (as we have been, 10Gbps, 25Gbps, 40Gbps, 100Gbps, 200Gbps, 400Gbps, 800Gbps, I expect it will continue), we are
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    by redm 5y ago

    The technology is neat but I can't help wondering who has a keyhole anymore that you could actually shine a laser through?
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    Coinbase Says SEC Plans Enforcement Action over Crypto Lending Program(wsj.com)

    6 points by redm 5y ago|0 comments
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    by redm 5y ago

    I don't think there is any conspiracy here. Lawn/Gardens have been popular for hundreds of years, at least, for the wealthy. For example, the Gardens of Versailles in France. [1] The United States has more space to person ratio th
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    by redm 5y ago

    The sunk cost fallacy only applies when you can see the likely outcome is no longer beneficial and continue anyway. “ Has the athlete who trained 7 years to get to elite status wasted her time, or is she on the brink of a series of pb’s tha
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    by redm 5y ago

    They provide several other articles for additional context, such as the Concorde.
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    by redm 5y ago

    "Nor are the police blameless. In the fourth quarter of last year, the “clearance” rate for robbery (which measures the share of reported crimes that result in an arrest) was half that of New York City. The police are notoriously unres
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    by redm 5y ago

    Full article: https://web.archive.org/web/20210826152420id_/https://www.ec...
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    by redm 5y ago

    I had the exact opposite result. I've been using DDG for about 2 years and I rarely use Google now.
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    by redm 5y ago

    This was a fun read and a great story. I'm sure this will get downvoted since its not PC (pun intended), but I feel like the title should read "Two Bored 1970's Housewives, and an engineer Husband, Helped Create the PC Indust
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    by redm 5y ago

    Theres a good nat geo article on it too. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/lost-gold...
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    Tesla’s Autopilot System to Be Probed by U.S. Auto Safety Regulator(wsj.com)

    2 points by redm 5y ago|0 comments
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    by redm 5y ago

    Its funny and an interesting read. At the same time, this kind of frivolous litigation drives me nuts.
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    by redm 5y ago

    It was a compelling read up to the end, then It left me wanting. I think its because it reads like an article, which should make a point or conclusion but was infact more like a Quora entry.
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    What is Apples “NeuralHash” exactly?

    2 points by redm 5y ago|1 comments
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    New ‘Jeopardy ’ Hosts Are Mike Richards and Mayim Bialik(wsj.com)

    3 points by redm 5y ago|0 comments
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    by redm 5y ago

    The problem with these one-time URL's is that most people share them in places where the "one-time" is usually a cloud provider. If you share over IM, the IM service will check the URL to provide preview, or virus scan it. Sa