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by russfink 7y ago
>replaces the text with gibberish. ... similar to the outcome of a ransomware attack (gets backed up, archived, overwrites old legit data): brilliant!
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by russfink 7y ago
This. There are embedded systems running XP including sonograms, dental xray units, and the like. Not to mention dedicated patient scheduling systems. Many turn key systems that have no easy upgrade path.
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by russfink 7y ago
Just how was this discovered? "Hey, no food or drink in the lab. DARN IT - look what you did now!"
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by russfink 8y ago
Another reference, from 2004. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Boolean-Neural-Network...
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by russfink 8y ago
Besides owners, what about creeps that rent a place then leave devices behind? This affects hotels as well. That's my big fear.
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by russfink 8y ago
In the U.S. as a kid, they aired some of these programs. On one episode, they showed a computer playing tic-tac-toe (naughts and crosses) and claimed that it learned as it went. To this day, I don't know how it did that - maybe build
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by russfink 8y ago
How much operational weight (fuel, power source) is there compared to other technologies? What about range?
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by russfink 8y ago
> comes with its own host of problems https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/21/african-grey-parrot-rocco-wa...
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by russfink 8y ago
There are a lot if ones it should not be (self hosted infrasTructure) but ones it could be: private cloud stack, private cloud infrastructure, self hosted SaaS, hosted SaaS. I'm eager to see other answers, too.
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by russfink 8y ago
Then systemd is the equivalent of the zombie apocalypse...?
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by russfink 8y ago
That graphic on inheritance programming - is that why it's called a web "browser?" (This graphic is a great explanation of object oriented programming!)
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by russfink 8y ago
I love your idea. Could someone please make an app that incorporates training, both to benefit the user and to compensate for the specific device that is running the app? Like many others here, I work in a technical professional capacity. W
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by russfink 8y ago
If they make a discovery, do they have to cite the specific book?
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by russfink 8y ago
How might one do speaker (voice) recognition?
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by russfink 8y ago
Well, me, too. Apparently the Soviets adopted the blocky, "science is the progress of mankind toward a brighter future for you!" theme from us and used it so well, that I attribute such design elements to the Soviets exclusively.
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by russfink 8y ago
Same problem with Brave on Android (Galaxy Tab E).
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by russfink 8y ago
Because of the metaphor used in the opening sentence, I cannot assign it as reading for my high school students. Too bad!
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by russfink 8y ago
I think the problem is that most of us do not currently have chauffeurs; issues like this can be resolved by asking WWMCD (what would my chauffer do)? Likely, he/she (they) would drive up to a few miles away to a vacant parking lot an
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by russfink 8y ago
So what does one do with all this hot water? Would it not be better to power a desalination system that produces a useful byproduct rather than just bleeding off excess joules into a water tank?
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by russfink 8y ago
Can someone put into rough terms the probability of encountering a Carrington event within the next 10 years? E.g., you're more likely to be killed by a swarm of killer bees in Maine than be hit by a Carrington event.
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by russfink 8y ago
Why is this on HN?
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by russfink 8y ago
Well written, but the last sentence kind of trails off. (Perhaps there was a homicidal bunny in the room.)
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by russfink 8y ago
What about Google Sets? It was on their Labs page until about 2010. Sets let you type in some words, and then it would return additional words that fit with the previous words. Now there is a Google Sheets feature that does it, but I like
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by russfink 8y ago
I was about 14 at the time and had to save my own money to buy a computer. I bought a Timex, and then a Commodore 64. I often wished for the Texas Instruments, because it looked more like a grown up or professional computer, while the Commo
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by russfink 8y ago
I had a Timex Sinclair 1000, and then bought a Commodore 64. I used a vic-20, and for the life of me, I cannot see how a vic-20 compares to a Texas Instruments 99 / 4A. I honestly would have preferred my Timex over a vic-20 just becaus
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by russfink 8y ago
Knowing b1, we find b2 such that b2 = b1 \oplus s; Knowing b2, we find b1 such that b1 = b1 \oplus s. Do you mean, b1 = b2 \oplus s in the second bullet? I also cannot follow the example right below it: XOR s5 and s6 gives b3
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by russfink 8y ago
This. Thanks, I forgot about SVN!
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by russfink 8y ago
I started with SCCS, then moved to RCS, then to CVS for a long while. I'm now an occasional Git user. The number one problem with SCCS is a locked checkout paradigm: one person gets to edit at a time. Also, it doesn't manage dir
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by russfink 8y ago
What you really want is the LOC National Screening Room, to stream a lot of this from the web. https://www.loc.gov/collections/national-screening-room/
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by russfink 8y ago
Go to 1913, click "blackout," click more information... says first use was 1824. Click "black light," not invented until 1935. Maybe I'm missing something?

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