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by xkiwi 11y ago
This is something very similar to the Seniority in government system. The one who been there longer has more power, even they do not have brilliant idea nor ability to perform.
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by xkiwi 12y ago
Push API and Notifications API I wonder what Google will do with this two.
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by xkiwi 12y ago
Haven't been to Hackathon but Defcon. This is just my personal guide upon arrival: 1>Turn OFF wifi 2>Turn OFF bluetooth 3>If someone touched me, check immediately if something strange attached. 4>Never connect to Defcon Wif
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by xkiwi 12y ago
Great Firewall is not there because NSA is.
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Why Don’t Makers Have Higher Social Status?(techcrunch.com)
3 points by xkiwi 12y ago|0 comments
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by xkiwi 12y ago
I recently purchase a Dell Inspiron Laptop which gave me a nightmare to install Windows 7 on it. The "secure Boot" isn't to secure the boot against rootkit, but secure from "unauthorized" or "unsupported"
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Yahoo and Mozilla Form Strategic Partnership(blog.mozilla.org)
54 points by xkiwi 12y ago|16 comments
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by xkiwi 12y ago
It rise privacy concern for me. If real name and email validation is mandatory, I will wonder what Google will use that data for. Is that some kind of monitor tool which want to know REAL NAME, EMAIL ADDR whenever you want to use a website?
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by xkiwi 12y ago
#3 iTunes users http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/04/24/itunes8... . 800 Million, #4 ipod users http://www.statista.com/statistics/276307/global-apple-ipod-... . 201
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by xkiwi 12y ago
Finally those numbers of iPhone activation and mac sold are useful. #1 Mac unit sales http://www.macworld.com/article/2062821/apple-by-the-numbers... 2010 @ 13662k 2011 @ 16735k 2012 @ 18158k 2013 @ 16341k Total =
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by xkiwi 12y ago
I don't usually click EXE, But when I do, I do it on my production computer with 200 VM running. ====== and none of my firewalls pop a warning.
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by xkiwi 12y ago
Why SHA-2 instead of RSA 4096 or SHA-256? Even the RSA is compromised but 4096-bit will take a lot more(maybe few more hours) resources to decrypt. ==edited== Thank you for the reply.
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by xkiwi 12y ago
Https is to prevent wiretapping and man-in-the-middle attacks. The problem now is even you established HTTPS connection, the weak SHA-1 encryption will not protect you.
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by xkiwi 12y ago
I use compressed air to clean the fans every 6 months, also applied new Arctic Silver 5 cpu paste. I have fans controlled not to run unless CPU or GPU over 52C. Looking for a replacement like Thinkpad is extreme hard.
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by xkiwi 12y ago
I have t42p, t43p, t60 and t61 running CentOS and Ubuntu. #All of them has up time for more than 500 days. #T42p been on since 2007. #I am missing old IBM laptop, almost everything are serviceable. I believe in "user-serviceable"
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by xkiwi 12y ago
"most users don't care about the type of login" Majority of the population get paid, minority of the population go pay. Same theory works here.
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by xkiwi 12y ago
I am implementing imperial system on our currency. 12 cents = a dime. 12 dimes = a dollar, 12 dollars = a thousand dollar. 12 thousand dollars = a million dollar. 12 million dollars = a billion dollar. can you tell me how much is a billion
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by xkiwi 12y ago
One thing I want to point out immediately when I saw this post: Chrome makes virus-like auto-update, It just freak me out. Google keeps their product auto-update and gave a reason: better services, but ALL I CAN FEEL is FINFISHER is coming
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by xkiwi 12y ago
Right way. Driving on the right makes so much more sense than driving on the left. If you're driving a manual transmission car on the right side of the road, you'd steer with your left hand and change gears with your right. This w
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by xkiwi 12y ago
#1>Obama bans wind-farm purchases by Chinese company http://money.cnn.com/2012/09/28/news/economy/obama-china-win... #2>Huawei, ZTE Banned From Selling to U.S. Government http://tec
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by xkiwi 12y ago
thank you for the reply, this is very interest to know.
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by xkiwi 12y ago
#1 Almost all games are created by PC, and port to console, not the other way around. #2 Almost all games can play on PC, maybe just with lower setting. #3 PC games are for people who like to discover => example how someone found out how
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by xkiwi 12y ago
I wish there are more pictures like these available on internet. Anyone know where to look for?
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by xkiwi 13y ago
As a founder in tech field, I use a few steps to detect feminism, 1. If they have equal opportunities/equipments? 2. If the statements are bias based on other people instead of looking problem within themselves first. 3. Do they have t
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by xkiwi 13y ago
Another hard example: A start up wants the cutting edge tech so they use hphp. The company ran out of money before it finish complied.
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by xkiwi 13y ago
lock->power connect->start.
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by xkiwi 13y ago
Hacking Unite nation. Media: China was doing that, too. Hacking Encrypt Fax, Media: Quiet we developed drone, attacks in pakistan. Media: Quiet China developed drone, doing nothing, yet. Media: Hacking U.S. Secrets, China Pushes for Drones
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by xkiwi 13y ago
that's not my point. I hope people really have a deep through before they do anything. But, I have more interesting to troll and patent trolls. Both are fun and worth doing.
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by xkiwi 13y ago
I immediately come up with an idea to patent stupidity, so no one is allowed to be stupid or they have to pay a fee.
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by xkiwi 13y ago
Kickstarter is so restrictive is because they wanted to maximized profit & also result of their taste. Put restriction on hackers who really innovate and create real products? well good luck with that, I am with freedom.

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