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   by sbr464 8y ago

   Devices like the Curta are beautiful, as a deleted comment mentioned, but how would we move past those? Distributed systems, databases (written journals?) etc? What value do these have outside electricity?
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   by sbr464 8y ago

   But didn’t they rely on vacuum tubes or other electronic assistance? Forgive my ignorance.
3. 573.▲
   by sbr464 8y ago

   But how would you execute or run said functions? Or to clarify, outside of theoretical execution? To do actual work or perform tasks, that would provide value to a lamen/normal person/small business etc?
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   by sbr464 8y ago

   Genuine question, would concepts of Ransom Olds, or more familiar, Henry Ford’s assembly line, be more valuable than software if not for electricity? (Random example)
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   Ask HN: Does programming have any value outside of electronic systems?

   8 points by sbr464 8y ago|27 comments
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   by sbr464 8y ago

   Is it possible to chain DNS servers or do multiple lookups for one request? For example, a dns server that specializes in malware/antivirus checks, and one that blocks ads etc? I realize it's not performant, but it makes it hard t
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   by sbr464 8y ago

   I agree. I'm not concerned with Google's vulnerability, but for most of my own usage, it's pretty low hanging fruit to recreate the basics. Will be interesting to see how things progress.
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   by sbr464 8y ago

   Thank you.
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   by sbr464 8y ago

   Definitely, I meant that they were only able to circumvent the Play store because of the settings/admin/root access etc intentionally left open by the core product team. To clarify, the article doesn't mention that they were
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    I was thinking more in terms of replacing traditional desktop apps that work with USB like sensors, single-board comp dev, and hardware diagnostic tools (protocol analyzers etc) it’s nice to be able to quickly update a webapp and have nativ
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    I wouldn’t say very. Didn’t Fortnight bypass the play store by using a direct/side-load install? Those things can only be done with design level decisions being made in a product.
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    From a monetization perspective, why not just charge $99 for chrome vs charging $0.00005 * x-thousand and being seedy via ads? Not going to pay now, since trust is blown, but here’s to anyone in the future.
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    I do wish Web USB would be more supported in Firefox/safari etc. not sure why Chrome is so far in front there.
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    Honestly I don’t think I even do that many actual searches any more, maybe I work too much, or am just odd? The most frequent services I use, after thinking about it, are: - local business/food/bars (hours, reviews) - driving dire
15. 585.▲
    by sbr464 8y ago

    I agree and disagree. They didn’t get to where they are now by playing games and leaving major design decisions to seemingly the intern marketing dept. I think it’s safe to assume that information/sentiment moves much more quickly in t
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    I feel that once you’ve passed a certain size you should move the domain to a more professional service, no matter the cost. MarkMonitor etc.
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    Interesting, didn’t know that
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    LastPass Enterprise supports Duo, which then allows you to use FIDO/UTF there if you enable in the DUO admin panel.
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    I had a similar face palm recently using Chase online banking. I was exporting a csv of transactions from a business credit card. They didn’t escape the business name colum, so any name with a comma caused the total column to push over. Was
20. 590.▲
    by sbr464 8y ago

    You are right, making that change will sort a few things out.
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    I actually took a few moments today and thought about what it would take to launch a new browser. Obviously it’s a lot, but since the browser is becoming so important, almost like an OS itself, it is only going to become more important that
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    That’s a good link, thx
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    I know a few large apps that use jsPlumb.
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    Also meaning you need to manage two piles of bookmarks, on new devices, add the second profile, go through 2factor login processes twice during setup etc. There doesn’t seem to be a central, personal identity any longer, separate from googl
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    This update really broke a lot of things. There are a lot of services that rely on the first logged in google account. I used to log into chrome with a personal account, and log into gmail/etc first with my business account. That way,
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    Have you checked out LimeSDR? There are a few software defined radio platforms that also have an open source community. I was thinking along those lines.
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    The regular VMware vSphere Hypervisor is free, and works on most hardware. You could go used, or check delloutlet.com. (sub $1k) It doesn't need high specs at all. The reason I mention is that usually you end up needing other small ser
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    I like bear, it’s my current note app besides .git. I wish they’d improve their code formatting.
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    Here’s a tldr on the subject, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2396593/
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    by sbr464 8y ago

    You aren’t alone. Younger me is a scary person.