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by yoha 11y ago
> if there are so many hydropower plans et al vulnerable for VNC, how come we didn't have some major catastrophe? > And there is no shortage of people out there who would not think twice to blow things up. From my observation, th
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by yoha 11y ago
This is a sensible argument, but here is my counterpoint. Such situation rely on mutual trust, and only work on small scales (village, loose neighborhood). On the Internet, there are billions of people that live close by. I think the main d
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by yoha 11y ago
Compound interest is only a magical force on long term investing with decent interest (2% is fairly low for real investing). With a somewhat realistic 7% (usual growth of the S&P500) yield over 40 years, this is actually visible:
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by yoha 11y ago
Use RES keyboard navigation to navigate to top comment, fold it, and then go to next. With my settings, I just have to type OMJ.
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by yoha 11y ago
Agreed for the ability to change vote. This is most likely due to the way the buttons work (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11307758 ), so as to keep the code as tight as possible.
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by yoha 11y ago
It really needs some polishing, but I am using a handcrafted UserScript [1] that lets me navigate comments with the keyboard (j/k as well as p/g/J/K), fold/unfold (m) and vote (a/z). Also some styling to ease
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by yoha 11y ago
> only elements we know about exist The interesting thing with elements is that they describe almost all conventional matter in a very predictable pattern and we can pretty much enumerate them. Some scientists are even trying to make t
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by yoha 11y ago
There is no support for that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_them_eat_cake
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by yoha 11y ago
Nitpick: s/1m^2/1m^3 > I think it'd float to the top though. It'll need some kind of weight... A simple way of thinking about it is that boats float because they contain air (rather than water). The fact that they are
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by yoha 11y ago
My bad. I was confused by the two green nicknames and did not notice they were different. Glad it is useful!
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by yoha 11y ago
I do not feel like the hivemind effect is stronger on Hacker News than on e.g. /r/programming, and definitely lower than on default subreddits. My main gripe about Reddit is the sheer amount of low-value comments, with repeated re
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by yoha 11y ago
Given that your comment is well constructed, you seem to be dismissed simply for not having the same point of view. I'll try to engage constructively. ------------------------------ If I read you correctly, you are raising two argument
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by yoha 11y ago
Hey, I see you are new here. Don't take the downvotes personally, it's just that Hacker News users prefer to keep conversations focused. Thus, the following types of comment tend to get downvoted somewhat quickly: * jokes * compla
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by yoha 11y ago
No. The blockchain is only a consensus through a network. Anyone can make a tiny isolated network and create a fork that will look real to the target (here, the iPhone). This is remotely related to the CAP Theorem [1]. Namely, you expect a
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by yoha 11y ago
Next on the line: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-mad...
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by yoha 11y ago
This is a circular argument: 1. people might get harmed by the radiation (true) 2. evacuate them (still arguably sensible) 3. radiations caused harm because people were evacuated
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by yoha 11y ago
Thanks! You can contact me on the address listed on my Github profile, or the one on my Hacker News profile (yoha@sinon.org)!
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by yoha 11y ago
Thanks! I know how much of a hassle it can be to handle even simple dependencies when you use a different system and workflow, so I tried to make it as seamless as possible. There still is a lot of work to do. For now, I only implement patc
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by yoha 11y ago
Thanks! Don't hesitate to contact me at either yoha@sinon.org or at the mail address on my Github profile, if someone have an issue installing. It should work on both Linux and Windows but I have not yet any nice packaging, so it might
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by yoha 11y ago
Spyce: Python in outer space! Basically, a very much work-in-progress pile of code to plan orbital trajectories and interplanetary travel. Its also quite handy when doing simple computations: >>> # distance to the Sun, in lig
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by yoha 11y ago
Direct link to the graph: http://www.kurzweilai.net/images/chart33.jpg . It shows… 5 data points.
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Women-only spaces are a hack(jvns.ca)
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by yoha 11y ago
For the curious, [1] (via [2]) shows various engine designs. [1] https://imgur.com/gallery/bxzeN [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/educationalgifs/comments/468290/a_c...
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by yoha 11y ago
Note: this is a CGP Grey video, and a good one! Another take on this, from Scott Alexander: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage/ .
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by yoha 11y ago
For anyone struggling with creating Let's Encrypt certificates (or just as lazy as I am), try out https://gethttpsforfree.com/ .
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by yoha 11y ago
The cost is just not money, but also time. It takes some time to fill in payment information, even if only a minute, and even if only once per website.
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by yoha 11y ago
To clarify what delazeur meant: g already means "9.8 m/s²" Thus, normal gravity is 1g and free fall is 0g. 9.8g would mean 9.8 times the gravity at Earth surface, that is "96 m/s²". You would feel almost ten ti
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by yoha 11y ago
Long prime numbers are used for RSA keys. You only generate RSA keys when creating a new identity (webserver certificate, client certificate, SSH key, etc). Then, you do search for "a new prime number that hopefully won't get gu
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by yoha 11y ago
On the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYh5WACqEk
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by yoha 11y ago
Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/3x9zbr/how...

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