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by whyme 13y ago
The scale of the attack had me thinking the PINs were taken from a server. I feel much better with the answers provided here, but yeah, I'm still going to start changing my PIN periodically. At what frequency I'll have to see... T
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Ask HN: Why is Target storing PIN numbers?
8 points by whyme 13y ago|4 comments
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by whyme 13y ago
I'm surprised you're so confident considering how many experts were shocked to discover how far the US govt had been able to go.
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by whyme 13y ago
There are un-marketable features to consider, which make it quite compelling and emotional.
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by whyme 13y ago
Correct me if I am wrong, but Godwin's law does not apply. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law "Godwin's law applies especially to inappropriate, inordinate, or hyperbolic comparisons of other
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by whyme 13y ago
So things are much more sinister than I had originally believed, and this does explain why the US is not genuinely worried about the national debt!
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by whyme 13y ago
"I honestly don't have the time to get more involved" So don't. It sounds like you have quite a bit of work landing at your door to make the above claim. If that's the case then choose to work on the projects that y
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by whyme 13y ago
Everyone should just use some form of a Pig Latin user name. Maybe then add some spice to the name as well. This way we can reasonably claim our good reputation if the result of our actions turns out ok, but if not we can borrow from each o
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The tech start up that's going to save the chicken from the egg.(bloomberg.com)
2 points by whyme 13y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Which countries rank best investment for internet freedom and privacy?
5 points by whyme 13y ago|2 comments
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by whyme 13y ago
"I have a lot of respect for the authors of the report, and I trust their integrity" Respect and trust are lost much more easily than gained.
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by whyme 13y ago
Lol,... Me too.
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by whyme 13y ago
What I'd like to see is a link to their policy supporting transparency for clients.
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by whyme 13y ago
What's surprising is the lack of alternative services (even outside the US) that clearly state any service they provide will in fact shut down before not being transparent. I have cancelled quite a few services over the last few months
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by whyme 13y ago
If it's anything like the last 6 months stock market volumes well it doesn't mean shit; it's probably intended to mislead everyone from the mega volume spikes that often do occur. 5 years data might be worthwhile.
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by whyme 13y ago
Well Page and Zuck may not be able to tell the truth about the action, but they have enough clout to fight the Gag law itself. i.e. They could lead publicly rally's/protest against the gag laws and they could be really effective i
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Canada kills Internet surveillance bill(theglobeandmail.com)
2 points by whyme 14y ago|0 comments
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Let's all move to a resource based economy(thevenusproject.com)
1 points by whyme 14y ago|0 comments
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by whyme 14y ago
1. Lawyers incur more liability with their work. 2. The quantity of workload they provide per job is less, thus pricing is more dense (i.e. companies realize programmers work thousands of hours for a project and that the project viability w
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by whyme 14y ago
Am I the only one looking at the image and imagining chain grease flicking onto the burgers... Yuck. Afterthought: I suppose that might be better than humans handling my food.
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Why Politicized Science is Dangerous(michaelcrichton.net)
1 points by whyme 14y ago|0 comments
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by whyme 14y ago
Too costly to transport/store it, plus doing so would slow them down getting to all that Oil (and we all know Oil is king). Really governments should mandate that we convert to NG or dual systems such that we can make use of both (I.e. incr
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by whyme 14y ago
You would be correct. Gasoline comes from Oil using a process called cracking which separates out the heavier components from the lighter ones used to fuel cars. Natural gas (not from oil) has prices that are still extremely low in North Am
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by whyme 14y ago
I didn't intend to say Arc died, rather I thought I was stating that your effort died, but i can certainly see how it may come across that way. FYI... I still use arc for certain projects and still have hope that one day it will get the att
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by whyme 14y ago
Would it be fair to say that if Arc had more success when you first released it that you would have been less willing to let the effort die? If so then the full analysis could still have merit.
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by whyme 14y ago
I have struggled with the same issue for so very long that I have, just this week actually, negotiated with my employer to move to a 3 day work week. 2 full days are now going to be dedicated to my start up. So maybe this is an option for y
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by whyme 14y ago
I don't see how the number of tags/projects translates into a worthy popularity metric. Maybe some of these popular languages have more tags because they're POS languages that cause grief and consequently many more questions/posts that ar
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Ask HN: fixing the annoying iPad-safari handling of back button?
1 points by whyme 15y ago|0 comments
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by whyme 15y ago
> THE MORAL OF THIS STORY The OP missed: When given a project that has high visibility and a very short timeline, don't wing it and choose a technology that 1. you have no experience with and 2. you've done no testing on. Sorry, but I f
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by whyme 15y ago
hmmm... so the author is using today's understanding of technology to substantiate future outcomes. No can do - I say!

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