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721.
by wepple 9y ago
I’ll happily never click another levels.io link again, knowing that the author is fishing for clicks and likes with content that only has a half chance of actually being readable. It’s a pity, as the author looks like they’ve got interestin
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by wepple 9y ago
Claiming that people who don’t love tether are “Paid comments” is especially weak coming from a 27-day-old HN account. They’ve taken a lot of regular folks money and provided no confidence to date that they’re solvent.
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by wepple 9y ago
> 2. For most users, the domain name already leaks in the DNS request, does it not? That is, SNI provides no less security. This is true, although you can use something like dns-crypt to give you some degree of shielding. There are two a
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by wepple 9y ago
One person dying in a aircraft that is being used as a science/engineering trial for a new technology is absolutely not the same thing as a hundred startups bursting on to the scene and amateurishly slapping together some code to try a
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by wepple 9y ago
This is interesting. I guess then you’d want to focus not on a single pixel but a collection that will still retain some value once filtered. It would be an interesting experiment.
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by wepple 9y ago
This may be highly anecdotal, but I’m a Dropbox user, live in the US, read HN probably daily, and still don’t know much about Condoleeza Rice or why it would be good or bad having her on the board. Very much installed it to solve a problem
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by wepple 9y ago
The new tokens are completely independent of other tokens. Buying at ICO, you’re acquiring tokens that you hope will have value once the system is up and running. I’m sure you could do that somehow, but I don’t believe anyone has done it.
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by wepple 9y ago
Thanks! It definitely seems popular on the subreddit. Totally agree, CW seems attractive given the possible range, and also being able to clock up contacts while avoiding awkward political chitchat I often hear.
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by wepple 9y ago
I’ve pulled apart router firmware plenty of times, and am never surprised to see nbtscan, nmap, and all sorts of other tools on there. A lot of ISPs will perform remote diagnosis by connecting into your router and scanning your internal hos
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by wepple 9y ago
Any recommendations for a fairly inexpensive HF CW rig? Happy to build it myself
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by wepple 9y ago
They may not realize, but they really badly reinforce why people leave. If you try and deactivate, there’s a horrible series of hoops to jump through which just make the service feel so desperate. If you minimize your usage, you get flooded
732.
by wepple 9y ago
Really, it surprises you? A website tailored to typically well-educated people with a strong interest in science and technology who all speak or can communicate in English and put some kind of value in online discussion. That’s already 0.00
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by wepple 9y ago
Really interesting question to think about. My gut instinct is both: HN can spot a tech product in decline faster than the majority of people, and I believe we’ll slowly see more and more people move away, along with a lack of younger folks
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by wepple 9y ago
property markets still collapse. Towns turn into ghost towns, it’s not bulletproof. The absolute safest thing is cash in a bank. It’s an absolutely terrible investment, and you’d be an idiot to do it, but it’s safe.
735.
by wepple 9y ago
Social media is not a mirror of society. When I go and spend time with friends or family, I’m doing it fairly unrestrained and of my own will. Sitting around a dinner table chatting about whatever only involves the people at the dinner tabl
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by wepple 9y ago
You start with “the safest thing is..” then suggest property, only if they have knowledge of what prices are reasonable. Doesn’t sound safe. Index fund would probably be safer. Or savings account.
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by wepple 9y ago
If difficulty decreases substantially, it may convince some to re-enter, but no where near as many as exited; otherwise they’ve wouldnt have exited? Still a huge net loss. Also, more of a natural equilibrium than checks and balances.
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by wepple 9y ago
Or any other trade off you make on the assumption you have more defense than you really do, surprisingly common.
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by wepple 9y ago
Yeah, can someone change title to [2017] ?
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by wepple 9y ago
Yeah, I think you nailed it. I remember taking the footage from a mountain biking trip and excitedly looking through it only to realize it was painfully boring. I forgot for a moment that I’m not a professional mountain biker, and can’t eve
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by wepple 9y ago
To be honest, this is very standard tradecraft to security folks. If this kind of thing is interesting, I’d recommend a read of Kim Zetters “countdown to zero day” about stuxnet. A piece of malware potentially as old as 2005, but an order o
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by wepple 9y ago
I actually think gopros gorgeous videos may have contributed to its downfall. They’re all shot on GoPro, and they make a big deal about this. So everyone who buys one assumes they may be able to make videos that are also awesome. Then reali
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by wepple 9y ago
The benefits are that Medium is now more of a social network than a writing platform: you can follow people and give them digital applause (claps) if they’re doing some fine thought leadering. The downside, as you’ve pointed out, is that co
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by wepple 9y ago
I’m surprised how it can’t even stop advertising a you-only-need-one product like an ironing board to me a week after I definitely purchased one. This isnt even machine learning level problem space.
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by wepple 9y ago
I opened this link thinking “finally, someone will explain why blockchains are great, with some solid practical examples: ycombinator themselves” Nope. Still hype and noise.
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by wepple 9y ago
I don’t know a single person who uses the desktop client, and there’s the rub: it’s fine if I can perfectly render a 1000 word essay on my huge monitor, but not one of my friends will want to read it on their mobile screen.
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by wepple 9y ago
Yep, do it. You’re interested enough to write it up, you should take a look at the home mini. There are a fair number of people in this thread saying they prefer the dot, which is really interesting to me because I thought the home was the
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by wepple 9y ago
Correction: it’s all proprietary, so the answer is: yes; you could reverse engineer firmware
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by wepple 9y ago
Ok, I’ll bite. How does Alexa/home/whatever differ from your laptop? your laptop has a 10x more dangerous attack surface with a full featured web browser and a load of internet-connected apps, and yes it has a microphone too.
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by wepple 9y ago
Yeah totally do that then. And get a copy of burp and hack some web stuff. Have a crack at bug bounties to test your chops.

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