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by xerophyte12932 12y ago
I don't think Darpa was looking for an algorithm to unshred documents, as the article states, they were assessing vulnerability of shredded documents. In that regard, this team's efforts were most important as they highlighted how
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by xerophyte12932 12y ago
>In any large, anonymous group, there will be a certain number of assholes. Of course it didn't work. Ask anyone involved in running an IRC channel, or an MMORPG, or a factory. My favourite example: Twitch plays Pokemon
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by xerophyte12932 12y ago
> The sort self-importance expressed by the attacker is just awful While I agree that instead of behaving maliciously, the other competitor should have lauded their simple yet effective solution, I can imagine the WTF he must have experi
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by xerophyte12932 12y ago
As I understand, the original is not clear on whether: 1) Any one who seeks to use his blood, must first ask his permission. 2) Donating his blood automatically makes it available to whoever needs it. I think your rewording still leaves tha
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by xerophyte12932 12y ago
I have a question, does it let you read your sms, then type it in? Or does it force you to have the SIM in the device, and insists on detecting the authentication SMS on its own (like WhatsApp does)
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by xerophyte12932 12y ago
I dont see why people downvoted you. You had the best all-round advice. especially this part: "It can't even do X, Y and Z!" stage, you'll realise that: - It can do X, just in a way you didn't recognise because yo
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by xerophyte12932 12y ago
What about Strategy games? They are usually mouse-oriented. i haven't played any in ages, so I don't know what's hot these days. But I have spent countless hours on - Age of Empires Series - Command and Conquer series (aka Re
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by xerophyte12932 12y ago
well a current search result on the term "Cyber Dildonics" returns a lot of "sex toys" and "virtual sex" results. So if your business isn't about that, I suggest you might wanna pick a different name...
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by xerophyte12932 12y ago
On the topic of getting a raise, i wholeheartedly agree with this blog post: https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140908150126-7... TL;DR: The best way to ask for a raise, is to ask your manager&#x2F
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by xerophyte12932 12y ago
From my understanding, all the capital (money) and other assets (equipment etc) all belong to Apple, where Apple isn't just "a group of people", but is an entity in itself. To make it clearer, if apple has $150 Billion cash
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by xerophyte12932 12y ago
Correct me where i am wrong: While cities and residential areas get a lot power cuts, the electric companies aim to provide industries with continuous power. Plus they are setting this up as a new industrial area so i suppose it is conceiva
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Ask HN: Some Job-Seeking advice
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by xerophyte12932 13y ago
Umm... don't they have that very simple (yet pretty cool) "Try it Now" button? they let you play around with the stuff they teach so you can get the hang of it
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by xerophyte12932 13y ago
english is my 2nd language and i am very fluent in it. But have YOU ever stopped to think that why should everyone strive to learn english, or be labeled "lazy" otherwise? Isn't it lazy of the english speaking community to ex
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by xerophyte12932 13y ago
its ok bro, we're all key-board people here. our handwritings SUCK! Heck the best part about a computer science college was that most of the work was on computers so no more writing! :P
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by xerophyte12932 13y ago
I have been meaning to this for years! especially in college when faced with a teacher who forces you to submit hand written work :P PS: Helps copy pasting in those assignments
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by xerophyte12932 13y ago
I considered working on this once. Especially "comeback" generation. If you look at the comments (or replies to comments) on 9GAG, most of them are pretty generic and follow some basic rules. I figure even a computer can learn to