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by thealig 5y ago
that was my first reaction on reading the title..that's how retro computers back in the day displayed circles on sparse pixel displays
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by thealig 5y ago
well, was referring to the research indicated by the title of the article- honeypot setup to detect malicious exit relays. yes thats the one. interesting, seems they caught 15 unique relays harvesting logins. There seems to be scope to impr
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by thealig 5y ago
the article talks about the research stumbling upon exit nodes performing MITM and other sniffing but does not refer to the exact details. is there a paper for this? only found this paper going over systematic process of exposing bad relay
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by thealig 5y ago
well, setting blanket labels in that way is bound to be inaccurate and even inflammatory, as on the surface it sounds like bait to disparage groups around one specific language. or, a more better term would be 'Atleast it works'
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by thealig 5y ago
the "mentality" you are referring to is not limited to JS at all, and has less to do with the particular language. Market dynamics, company incentives and a larger pool of developers among other reasons contribute to that more.
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by thealig 5y ago
think there should be a separate 'browserVersion' field that is numeric which should be checked. then again, browsers are such complex beasts with multiple components mixed and matched together by different vendors, it would be gr
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by thealig 5y ago
It will massively help you to be a perfectionist when preparing for an interview, but once you get the job, becomes unnecessary or even counterproductive to pursue perfectionism on the job. (for the most part IME)
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by thealig 5y ago
The good part is you already had a topic you knew you are experienced in. I'm not sure what to focus on currently, only kept a list of topics potentially interested in. Probably I can focus on one and two and move forward.
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by thealig 5y ago
thanks for the tips. what would you recommend to prepare as in get familiar with the topic area before you try to fish for opportunities? Usually students with more experience are more likely to work in that area, but then I think trying ou
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by thealig 5y ago
thanks for the advice. I could use these questions to get some inkling of the research area.
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Ask HN: Choosing interesting topics for CS research
10 points by thealig 5y ago|6 comments
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by thealig 5y ago
thanks for the useful pointers. personally i had started with an electronic beginner kit with 555 ics, analog components, breadboard. worked through a few projects but eventually i kept it to the side due to other commitments. planning to g
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by thealig 5y ago
reminds me of the demonstration of hyperbolic geometry in VR by Henry Segerman ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztsi0CLxmjw ). there is a browser demo too where you can 'fly' through the small world ( http:/&#
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by thealig 5y ago
i'm getting 'we're having trouble finding this site' in my browser, not sure if this has been blocked in my jurisdiction
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by thealig 5y ago
bit off topic, which torrent websites have a good collection of media (movies, shows,music, anime )? IME it takes a while to search up good torrent files in the usual contenders.
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by thealig 5y ago
yes, there are a lot of half baked guides and blog posts out there about JS. there are a couple which are really good: https://javascript.info/ - explains good ES6 practices https://github.com/getify/Y
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by thealig 5y ago
Do note that the Coinbase business account was created by him fraudulently in the name of the subsidiary of the company (Sony Life) , but actually he had no authorization to do so. [0] [0] - https://www.documentcloud.org/docu
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by thealig 5y ago
Treemaker link [0] - https://langorigami.com/article/treemaker/ (missed updating the link)
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by thealig 5y ago
I think its a combination of software and prototyping from what I've read about origami artists. (software like Treemaker [0] for making crease patterns etc) (Not an expert though)
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by thealig 5y ago
Mental health conditions (like clinical depression, especially personality disorders etc) more often than not tends to be due to multiple factors, dominated by genetics and environmental/traumatic experiences. - [0] Medicinal treatment
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by thealig 5y ago
same, prefer shorter shows for that reason. thanks for the rec, will check
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by thealig 5y ago
Agreed, to clarify - the Heros' Journey is prevalent in effectively every movie/TV industry I'm familiar with - part and parcel of the mainstream. There are some good creative movies, but most of them are typical rehashes wi
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by thealig 5y ago
I watched few episodes of FMA and came back unimpressed and bored. The plot devices as you mention is not much different than the usual hero saves world anime. Probably because I've watched enough of 'starter' anime that I&#
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by thealig 5y ago
Another interesting property from which I learnt about quaternions is that all the proper subgroups of the quaternion group are normal and commutative, but the quaternion group itself is non commutative. [0] [0] https://www.cs.ca
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by thealig 5y ago
yup, same, the plane design was great as a glider which floated for quite some time in the air
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by thealig 5y ago
interesting. Are there any resources to get in depth into browser security, specially for a relative novice? also what is the best way to contribute in the sub projects of Mozilla Firefox for example?
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Posix thread (pthread) libraries (2004)(cs.cmu.edu)
1 points by thealig 5y ago|0 comments
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by thealig 5y ago
does WWR work in India also? seems to be US based.
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by thealig 5y ago
impressive, the tenacity to stick to project euler since it becomes very difficult and mathy. I have solved a few here and there, plan to come there some time in the future.
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by thealig 5y ago
very nice, enjoyed playing around the game examples. Is there a repository where such kind of puzzle games come from?

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