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by ricree 7y ago
The problem itself was interesting, but a compromised compiler is absolutely a nightmare. It took that long to figure out even with blatant evidence of something fishy. How long does it persist when the vulnerability is subtle?
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by ricree 7y ago
>So then is esports really the artificial bubble industry, and not pro sports? I'm not totally convinced it isn't. Franchise valuations and player salaries have been increasing at a very fast pace, all of which are propped up b
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by ricree 7y ago
So far as I can tell, none of the Apollo 11 ever flew another mission, so it may well have been worth it. (Though the 10 astronauts all did at least one more, with two of the three eventually getting their turn on the moon)
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by ricree 8y ago
>Surely, someone would have eventually invented the stirrup, given ridable horses. Perhaps, though the stirrup as we think of it shows up a lot later than horseriding does. Although the stirrup seems obvious at first glance, it requires
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by ricree 8y ago
The idea behind three strikes and death sentences, as I understand it, is that some people have proven unreformable, and therefore must be removed from society for the sake of everyone else. Of course death and permanent incarceration isn&#
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by ricree 8y ago
Only one of whom was governor when he was arrested, though.
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by ricree 8y ago
Good feelings are bad because they are a warning sign of bad faith criticism. While honest feedback is unquestionably important, there are a great many people who criticize more for their own self indulgence than for the sake of others. It&
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by ricree 8y ago
Crowds feed of one another, especially when it comes to outward reactions. At home, you're usually either alone or with a small group at most, which tends to limit how enthusiastic people get.
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by ricree 8y ago
That was largely the point of the Fabian strategy, was it not? Similar to the concept of a Fleet in Being[1], maintaining a functioning force is protected, but still able to threaten the other side constrains their options and makes it hard
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by ricree 8y ago
I disagree. There is absolutely nothing wrong with users saying: "I have enjoyed this use case that is currently allowed. I dislike the fact that this use case will be going away. If it does happen, I am much less likely to use the sit
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by ricree 8y ago
I personally have at least one Truecrypt volume whose password I've forgotten. It contains a year or so's worth of journal entries, so I keep it around in case inspiration strikes, but so far I've had no luck opening it. Were
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by ricree 8y ago
If nothing else, it probably is/was a fairly good marketing tool for YC.
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by ricree 8y ago
UK currency was decimalised in 1971. Before that it was 12 pence per shilling, 20 shillings per pound. Not ideal to work with (there's a reason they switched), but still pretty straightforward.
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by ricree 8y ago
Looking at the notice of retraction[1], "immortal time bias" seems to be a particular subset survivorship bias, in which there is a distinct delay between two events, and by definition one facet of the study only looked at those w
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by ricree 8y ago
I don't know. Even when we account for people who have made it past 65 and 75, there is still a several year gap. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2010/022.pdf
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by ricree 8y ago
>Do women tend to get older than men At the very least, this is pretty well supported at the upper end of lifespans. Looking at the list of oldest people recorded in modern times[1], the list is predominantly female. There is only one ma
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Ask HN: How to Find Part Time Remote Work Suitable for a Student
3 points by ricree 8y ago|1 comments
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by ricree 8y ago
From what I can tell, wild Polio cases have been in the low double digits the past couple years. Hopefully it will be gone by the end of next decade.
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by ricree 8y ago
Does that make much difference? In my experience, the cost of cheese is by far the biggest determining factor in overall cost.
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by ricree 8y ago
Even before that, there was a case where the federal government had limited the amount of wheat a farm could grow (to control prices), and came after a farmer who exceeded those limits for the sake of feeding his own livestock. This is, to
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by ricree 8y ago
>Commerce clause means that if something moves from state to state, that sure does seem like a Federal matter To clarify (as you no doubt know, but other readers might not), this has been taken by courts to mean that any type of good tha
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by ricree 8y ago
The full text reads: >The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. What, exactly, this means has been a matter of ongoin
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by ricree 8y ago
Because the 10th provides little that is particularly concrete, and because the prevailing interpretation of other clauses has been fairly broad. That is to say, by and large the federal government has been acting withing the powers granted
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by ricree 8y ago
Multicellular life seems to be one of the biggest stumbling blocks. Life appeared very soon after it was possible, but a pretty huge chunk of the time since was limited to single cells.
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by ricree 8y ago
Linux Mint with Mate does this fairly well by default.
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by ricree 9y ago
Please remember to set the evil bit properly when you do.
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by ricree 9y ago
It's worth noting, though, that many forms of actual "free" legal advice still come with serious professional obligations on the part of the lawyer. Pro-bono work, public defenders, contingency basis, etc are free to some ext
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by ricree 9y ago
I've been too far more second run showings than full priced films, and I can't say that I noticed much difference in people's behavior between the two.
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by ricree 9y ago
> Reddit wont be around in 4 years. Why not? It was around 4 years ago, and seems to be more or less as healthy today as it was then.
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by ricree 9y ago
Plus, it's pretty similar to registering r/username, which is something that a lot of these "power users" already do. My biggest complaint (and something I worry about when they talk about redesigning/reimplementing

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