sirbearington

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   by sirbearington 8y ago

   Isn't this the same guy who quit back in September? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17980424 https://theintercept.com/2018/09/13/google-china-search-engi...
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   by sirbearington 9y ago

   I dunno... the polygon the author drew is only about half the area of California. On the other hand it's kinda cheating to put the major cities at the corners.
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   by sirbearington 9y ago

   The US is a net exporter of food.
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   by sirbearington 9y ago

   I feel like 90% of writing software is identifying which "trick" applies to the problem you're trying to solve and applying it correctly.
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   This Chinese Stock Soared 4,500% on Nasdaq and No One Knows Why(bloomberg.com)

   2 points by sirbearington 10y ago|0 comments
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   by sirbearington 10y ago

   It doesn't matter what the password is protecting on any particular site. Password reuse is common enough -- who knows what else the user is protecting with that password.
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   Qualcomm sued by US regulators for anti-competitive practices(theverge.com)

   1 points by sirbearington 10y ago|0 comments
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   by sirbearington 10y ago

   Also, this was way back in 1998, when what we would consider sloppy today was par for the course.