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by tcgv 12y ago
Since I was at Intel at the time neither one of us expected computers to get 1,000x better than they were at that moment in time Wasn't Moore's law[1] as widespread as it is nowadays back then? [1] http://en.wikipedia
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by tcgv 12y ago
How come they aren't using HTTPS in their login form?
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by tcgv 12y ago
What about encoding messages with numbers, and then filtering the letters that are added to the message when you are drunk at the receiver side, just before decoding it, would that work?
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by tcgv 13y ago
Last year I took part in a similar project in which I had to issue both server and client certificates, signed by another certificate, for a company's sales site. I'm not by all means an expert in cryptography (not even close), an
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by tcgv 13y ago
From my point of view inheritance is a good thing because it ensures your family and loved ones will have a comfortable life once you pass away (kind of a life insurance). Nevertheless it also bothers that people who inherit large fortunes
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So Singletons are bad, then what?(programmers.stackexchange.com)
130 points by tcgv 13y ago|156 comments
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by tcgv 13y ago
- "If you're able to execute your own JS on SUB1.example.com it can cookie-bomb not only your SUB1 but the entire *.example.com network, including example.com" So you've got to be able to execute JS in a subdomain to pl
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by tcgv 13y ago
"Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose." [1] [1]J. B. S. Haldane. Possible Worlds and Other Papers (1927), p. 286
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by tcgv 13y ago
I really liked his definition of consciousness: "Consciousness is the only thing that is fundamental. Everything else is derived from consciousness, including this physical reality."
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by tcgv 13y ago
I agree with you. If you simply turn your keyboard upside down and give it a few slaps you will see a lot of grubbiness comming out!
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by tcgv 13y ago
I searched google for "hacker news similar sites" and ended up on " http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/"
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by tcgv 13y ago
Remember how I have over 14,000 points as of this writing? (...) In well over two years I have contributed nothing to StackOverflow: no questions, no answers, nothing. (...) Any scoring system that allows this to happen is simply broken i
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How Sleep Deprivation Decays the Mind and Body(theatlantic.com)
8 points by tcgv 13y ago|0 comments
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by tcgv 13y ago
Would you care to elaborate how this relates to the "risk of business failure"? How would taking money from investors increase the risk of a startup not being able to develop a successful business model and become profitable?
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by tcgv 13y ago
I believe we're addressing two different things here. On the one hand I'm talking about the "risk of business failure", on the other hand you're talking about the "risk of making less money". Hence, I agre
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by tcgv 13y ago
The title of the article should be: - Investment decreases Expected Return [1] More money won't increase the risk of your business failing, it will simply decrease your share of the profits if your business succeeds. [1] http:/&#
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by tcgv 13y ago
Probably in Bizarro World [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro_World
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by tcgv 13y ago
I really enjoy programming in javascript too. I use it mostly for user interface development in web applications. However, I try to avoid using it in large projects because I personally believe strongly typed languages are better suited for
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by tcgv 13y ago
That's not very hard to do when you're worth billions of dollars, because even if you give away 99% of your wealth to charity, you'd still be worth tens of millions of dollars at the end of the day. Regular folks can't a
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by tcgv 13y ago
This kind of discussion always brings J. B. S. Haldane to my mind: - Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. [1] [1] Possible Worlds and Other Papers (1927), p. 286
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by tcgv 13y ago
I did the same thing, and it is funny cause now that I only drink sugar-free coffee I actually enjoy it much more! And I'm also able to tell difference between good coffee and bad coffee cause there is no sugar in the way hiding coffee
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by tcgv 13y ago
A bit off-topic here, but I would say the same thing applies to stackoverflow. Everytime I want to search something within stackoverflow I use google and specify the "site" operator[1]. Something like: fast string search algorith
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by tcgv 13y ago
I have been using MongoDB every once in a while and I think it is great. The C# driver has linq support which increases productivity to the roof. However, the feature I miss the most while using MongoDB is multi document transaction support
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by tcgv 13y ago
Altruism or selflessness is the principle or practice of concern for the welfare of others. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures and a core aspect of various religious traditions, though the concept of "others" toward whom concern sh
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by tcgv 13y ago
Don't you get it, it is a catch, the sticker contains the phrase "a single english word".
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Software Engineering History Maturity Model(plus.google.com)
1 points by tcgv 14y ago|0 comments
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by tcgv 14y ago
"But the thing is, the exact same thing is true for your brain too!" That is pure speculation. Just because we can observe similarities between two phenomenons it doesn't mean they are the same thing. You're erroneously assuming that the
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by tcgv 14y ago
The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine , J. B. S. Haldane [1] [1] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._B._S._Haldane
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by tcgv 14y ago
I find it very annoying when I try to open a site and it says something like: "Why the hell are you using IE? Please switch to a modern browser and come back later!". It turns out I'm not using IE, I'm using Chrome configured to say it is I
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by tcgv 14y ago
> It makes complete sense. We take number of children and we take the number of times something bad occurs to that population So what you're saying is [deaths of children by gun]/[number of children]. That's not an absolute number, 1

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