rnovak

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by rnovak 11y ago
I get that this is an unpopular opinion, but why does all of society have to have the same priority? As a computer engineer, the likelihood of me contributing to a 'cure for <x>', is very very low. I'd like to focus o
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by rnovak 11y ago
Well, considering I'm in the IT/CS group and I don't use those tools, the idea that "everyone" uses them is demonstrably false. Secondly, the fact that it's the most probable explanation of the link between f
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by rnovak 11y ago
You don't even have to, all you have to do is visit both sites from the same browser, and they can use the ad-network cookies to track you.
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by rnovak 11y ago
Have you not heard of the Facebook ad network? Are you under the impression your dating site doesn't advertise? "how is this possible?"? That's been obvious for a while now. They track you. Everywhere. Same with google.
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by rnovak 11y ago
Two questions (not trying to be argumentative or snarky): > we like using randomly generated identifiers. Why? Why do your identifiers need to be cryptographically secure at all? Why do they even need to be random? Unless you're u
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by rnovak 11y ago
Unless you have security clearance, most likely above top secret, you have no clue what happens (and if you did, commenting on it in a public forum would most likely be a federal crime). We already know there are secret courts that hear sec
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by rnovak 11y ago
I don't have a burden of proof because I have nothing to prove, I'm not making a claim one way or another. The person I was commenting to, however, IS making a claim. Maybe your burden of proof applies to him?
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by rnovak 11y ago
What incentive is that? The only people they have to prove their worth to are the people that have the power to shut them down. We as a society do not have that power, and that should be obvious by now. When a court decided what they were d
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by rnovak 11y ago
Not entirely, it's more of the "that word 'proof'/'proves' doesn't mean what you think it means" argument. My point is entirely aimed at the linguistic use of "proves" than anything els
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by rnovak 11y ago
The only thing that can prove or disprove anything is the abundance of information, which we don't have. We have no idea how many attacks have been prevented (everyone likes to claim this is zero....but they do so without any evide
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by rnovak 11y ago
This is probably going to get super downvoted, possibly flagged, but what evidence does anyone have that they could not have stopped it? I think it's PLAUSIBLE that the intelligence community knew and identified this attack ahead of
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by rnovak 11y ago
Where in the post did it say it was running on windows? It was stated that the User Agent string wasn't identifiable, nor did it send any identifiable headers. edit: thanks for the clarification, I totally missed the file name
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by rnovak 11y ago
Your original comment was a top level comment on the article, and is verbatim: > If we want to have a reasonable discussion about this The "this" in that sentence (to any reasonable human) would mean that you were talking about
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by rnovak 11y ago
Except that if you had read the article, only $140,000 of the defendants money was "allegedly ill-gotten", meaning the government seized ALL of their money, not just the allegedly illegal money. Your #2 is a non-starter because #1
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by rnovak 11y ago
You only have rights as long as your government is willing to respect them. For this purpose, bestowing a right and not taking it away are exactly the same (and you acknowledge below that a government can "take away" rights). Seco
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by rnovak 11y ago
Generally I take a "Trust, but Verify" approach to most everything, and luckily, modern browsers have a nifty "search google for..." context menu option that lets me check anything that I highlight out on google (what a
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by rnovak 11y ago
There are a lot of people on HN, and a lot of people with downvote privilege, and there are a lot of people who just generally downvote because they disagree with something. Even if your opinion is completely positive, if people disag
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by rnovak 11y ago
you mean except for all of the companies that are bootstraped, and never take a dime from venture capital, right?
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by rnovak 11y ago
I don't think that the lack of a "grass roots movement" implies a lack of caring (on any groups part, but specifically "geeks"). Also, I don't think the lack of startups in the (pardon the buzzwords) "sust
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by rnovak 11y ago
Why wouldn't it be easier? Someone who has more discretionary income can take on more risk than someone who can't keep their lights on, and a failed venture doesn't have the same consequences. Just by virtue of taking more
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by rnovak 11y ago
If you want something that runs linux well (I currently have Cent OS running on mine, and it comes pre-loaded with Ubuntu), I'd say System 76 is a pretty good choice. Their 15.6" version is pretty beefy ($1400 base), but even thei
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by rnovak 11y ago
So, I'll give you my thoughts, and maybe some advice, but please take it with a grain of salt. Some of your comments say your in the Chicago area, and I definitely live in a different part of the country, so don't feel like I&#x27
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by rnovak 11y ago
Well, I mean, is he asking for your advice? If not, I really don't see a point in bringing it up, unless maybe you have the type of friendship where you occasionally exchange quips, you might be able to hint at the idea that you&#x
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by rnovak 11y ago
awesome, thanks for the correction, I appreciate it.
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by rnovak 11y ago
Maybe a "Mechanic's Lien" could work for that[1]? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanic%27s_lien
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by rnovak 11y ago
I've really never learned anything well by learning a book, maybe you'll have the same luck (or lack-thereof). Id' start building stuff. Follow tutorials, and then starting looking at API docs and experimenting. After that, I
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by rnovak 11y ago
I imagine the "carbs" label extends to both processed/unprocessed/simple/complex carbohydrates, which I think potato belongs to "simple" and "unprocessed" (according to this[1] website). [1] htt
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by rnovak 11y ago
a carbohydrate refers to a molecule made up of a chain of carbon atoms bonded with hydrogen atoms (if I remember correctly from Organic Chemistry). There are plenty of different molecules, such as Sucrose, Glucose, etc, which are all forms
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by rnovak 11y ago
For mobile-data (LTE/etc) yes, you can go into the "Cellular" section in the settings and disable/enable using cellular data for any app. On wifi, not that I'm aware of. Out of curiosity, what do you mean they need
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by rnovak 11y ago
>Please name a country where selling or buying cigarettes is not legal. There ya go[1]. It would have taken you 5 seconds to google this. The Country is Bhutan. https://www.google.com/search?q=country+cigarettes+illegal&a

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