tomglynch

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by tomglynch 7y ago
Was the computer stolen or did he actually forget the password?
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by tomglynch 7y ago
That facebook group they talk about is currently getting over 900 posts per day. Difficult to keep up - definitely a firehose of information. Could ML be used to distill this info?
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by tomglynch 7y ago
This is a similar problem to riding a fixed gear bike. When using skidding as a braking technique, specific areas of the tyre will wear faster unless you select a gear (front chainring and rear sprocket) combo with a large amount of skid pa
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by tomglynch 7y ago
I played this game a heap in primary school and it definitely put me on the engineering pathway at a young age. It also really encouraged problem solving and trial and error, which has helped in my software development career.
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Gizmos and Gadgets(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by tomglynch 7y ago|1 comments
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by tomglynch 7y ago
Going backwards.
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by tomglynch 7y ago
We are cool with it.
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by tomglynch 7y ago
'the guy' is our prime minister. Australian's are too easily manipulated by the Murdoch media.
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by tomglynch 7y ago
It's selfish safety. It is safer for the occupants but it is not safer for the other car in the collision.
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by tomglynch 7y ago
Yeah you're not wrong. What a jerk.
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by tomglynch 7y ago
Yeah I was just making a joke
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by tomglynch 7y ago
> "a couple of dudes snooping on animals, taking pictures and analyzing them while on Safari." > I don't think the choice of the photo is irrelevant. Irrelevant. Safari isn't available on windows. Edge, Chrome or F
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by tomglynch 7y ago
To do this for chrome users: 1. Go to medium.com or a medium.com article 2. Click the icon to the left of the url in the url bar, it will probably be a lock or an info icon. 3. Select site settings. 4. Under permissions, change Javascript t
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by tomglynch 7y ago
You might find some interesting examples by going through the websites here: http://brutalistwebsites.com They definitely dont all have weird UI, but some do.
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by tomglynch 7y ago
As a counterpoint, many publicly funded TV stations run without bias.
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by tomglynch 7y ago
This is literally an Airline going out of business, the opposite to the point you're making.
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by tomglynch 7y ago
You've missed the point. It's not that his twitter was hacked, it's that an attacker can get control of your phone number.
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by tomglynch 7y ago
I've run the app through Immuniweb to see if the keys show up. There's quite a few issues but I don't see the private keys. Link here: https://www.immuniweb.com/mobile/?id=hprUh4hL
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by tomglynch 7y ago
In 2015 the Australian Tax Office searched Craig Wright's home due to possible tax evasion [1]. I'm not sure of the outcome though. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/09/bitcoi
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by tomglynch 7y ago
Seems it was proven he doesn't own those bitcoins, so he's meant to be handing over half of nothing, which is still nothing. Edit: My statement is incorrect. The amount of bitcoins Craig Wright has access to was not determined in
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by tomglynch 7y ago
With all the discussion regarding RSS feeds, I would like to know what proportion of hackernews users still use RSS. I do not use them. But with the amount of votes some posts regarding RSS get, I assume quite a large proportion of HN users
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Poll: Do you currently use RSS feeds?
3 points by tomglynch 7y ago|2 comments
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by tomglynch 7y ago
Yes
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No
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by tomglynch 7y ago
Good spot. That system seems very clunky.
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by tomglynch 7y ago
Googling distance between two strings has Lev. dist as the top response.
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by tomglynch 7y ago
Your sample use case in your 'At Google' response is eery. > "At Google, say we had 1 million plaintext passwords..."
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by tomglynch 7y ago
There is no chance a driver would leave their camera running while doing something wrong. And if they did, they would delete the evidence after as it's not feasible for driver's to upload video live from their device to Lyft durin
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by tomglynch 7y ago
Have a read of this article also, it graphs the flight paths of these helicopters: https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/how-the-tour-de-france-go...
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by tomglynch 7y ago
I don't think he meant to offend you. Moving around in many if not most European cities without a car is a lot easier than to do so in the US. The US also has higher cars per capita: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F

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