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721.
by shabble 14y ago
I suspect the much bigger issue in the UK at least is the availability of ammunition. It's been really quite easy to manufacture weapons (which, at their simplest, are just a tube strong enough to stop the cartridge walls bursting) It seems
722.
by shabble 14y ago
I think I know the thing you mean, but I can't find it either. I did find 'flippers' from Flickr[1] which sounds like a very similar "keep it all in master and turn stuff on and off" methodology. [1] http://code.flickr.com/blog/2009/12/02/
723.
by shabble 14y ago
Maybe future gun designs will include a EURion[1] mark? The problem is you're building a utility item that can be constructed in literally an infinite number of ways, and defining some sort of 'Is this a gun?' test seems to me like verging
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by shabble 14y ago
I know modern CNC toolpath generators can be pretty complicated beasts, but I'm not sure to what extent they can use the sorts of constraints or tradeoffs you mention to optimise their flow. The optimiser for a deposit-then-machine type wor
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by shabble 14y ago
I think for at least a while the fab technology is going to require quite a few integration/finishing steps, which will still require specialised machinery which prevents them from being easily deployed in neighbourhood Fab4U scenarios. I h
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by shabble 14y ago
As mentioned in the reddit thread[1], the occasional mentions of 'Python' refer to the SBCL compiler[2] rather than the little-p python language. This confused me for a little while as I tried to figure out how they were running on the pyth
727.
by shabble 14y ago
at the least you can be sending multipart/alternative to include both a text/plain and html body, so you don't have the horrible situation of people getting html source dumped at them. Most webmail clients these days support 'rich content'
728.
by shabble 14y ago
In places where insurance is required, how do genetic tests interact with preexisting/ongoing condition exemptions? Is a hereditary disease considered to have started at birth, or at the first (approved/licenced) diagnosis? Would a patient
729.
by shabble 14y ago
I wonder what might happen if you tried to wear them when going to the cinema to watch a film?
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by shabble 14y ago
From the original kickstarter[1] app: What about key bindings? I'm a VIM guy myself, but since we'll be using the awesome CodeMirror[2] editor, this is something that is easily adapted. If you're looking for a way to contribute, help impro
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by shabble 14y ago
Isn't this essentially the same basic principle as rotating yourself in an office-chair without touching anything[1]? I'm not sure how the friction of the seat bearing or air resistance contributes, but my understanding is it's negligible.
732.
by shabble 14y ago
So much so that the classic (spinning platter) disk scheduler is named 'The Elevator Algorithm'[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator_algorithm
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by shabble 14y ago
For a short while they were used in implantable pacemakers as 'lifetime' power sources[1] The main issue is that they're really rather inefficient. The efficiency of the thermocouple at converting thermal->electrical is only about 5-10%
734.
by shabble 14y ago
Another useful setting is -g Allows remote hosts to connect to local forwarded ports. if you want to allow non-local connections.
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by shabble 14y ago
Are you aware of the SC2 interface/render hooking system[1] by Matthew Fisher? I've not actually had time to play with it, but I believe it uses a software-emulated display buffer, and then parses the raw directx drawing primitive stream to
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by shabble 14y ago
For those taking this seriously: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forer_effect
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by shabble 14y ago
It seems that the API bizarrely expects: [URL]/matching/ssh/c3No - Search results for the query 'ssh' (note that the final segment is a base64-encoding of the search query) So it's passing the command args through 'openssl
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by shabble 14y ago
I'm using zsh-syntax-highlighting[1] for that, which requires 4.3+, so it will work here. It's pretty great as a starting point, but it really could use more people writing highlighter plugins for different things. It's on my list of things
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by shabble 14y ago
There was a usenix paper I recall from last year: Why (special agent) Johnny (still) Can't Encrypt [1], which I think includes some of the issues of trying to run these sorts of ad-hoc radio networks securely. [1] http://www.crypto.com/bl
740.
by shabble 14y ago
As the story goes, when John Shepherd-Barron[1] was working on the original ATM system, he originally planned 6 digits, but reduced it to 4 because his wife wasn't able to consistently recall a 6 digit random number. If true (and it sounds
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by shabble 14y ago
Does the repeated MD5 protect it from the common MD5 attacks? (I recall there being something especially dangerous about just md5($salt . $pass), but I forget the details - Length Extension attack maybe?)
742.
by shabble 14y ago
From the link: > If you still want to do it by steam, for a new user you just need to generate a 3 character salt randomly ... I can't see the code example, but assuming char is 8 bits (which isn't unreasonable for ascii), that's at b
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by shabble 14y ago
Are you referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Format ? I'd not heard of it before, and a quick poke at the internet doesn't really show anything beyond a move to 4k sectors (and therefore presumably less efficient storage for
744.
by shabble 14y ago
It seems like there's a much greater scope for casual/ad-hoc delivery than production, based on the safety/certification issues. Of course, there are still potential risks with poorly trained/equipped transport workers letting your food ge
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by shabble 14y ago
I came across something about this a little while ago, specifically the Dabbawalla/Tiffin[1] industry in Indian cities. The organisation and effectiveness of the system is quite astounding, especially given how ad-hoc and decentralised it a
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by shabble 14y ago
Other than probably historical reasons and interface definitions, is there any reason why this is the case? I can't immediately think of any sensible argument against allowing the binding of a value into a limit/order field. In fact, it s
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by shabble 14y ago
That figure is almost certainly the peak pulse power, not the actual supply requirements. Modern radar almost all operate by firing very very short pulses at relatively low repetition rates[1] I don't know about the system in question (and
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by shabble 14y ago
I wonder how suitcase-full-of-truecrypt-disks compares to pgp/tls transport of data over the internet in terms of probability of detection, interception and access. I recall the US now has a relatively free hand in confiscating storage medi
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by shabble 14y ago
Nah, I found it because I generally browse with Firefox + NoScript which disables most javascript, including the little snippet that this spamblob uses to hide itself with css. So it appeared black and bold in the middle of the page footer
750.
by shabble 14y ago
This is off-topic regarding the actual article, but has anyone else noticed the keyword stuffing spam in the page footer if javascript is disabled? I sent a quick email to the site contact address describing the problem, but I'm curious if

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