aaronlifshin

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Ask HN: How can Netflix have a bug like this?
2 points by aaronlifshin 1y ago|5 comments
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by aaronlifshin 6y ago
The name reminds me of Big Bismuth!
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by aaronlifshin 6y ago
He writes: "Of course if that’s a major problem, then offering 2FA logins and password verification via cell phone wouldn’t make much sense either." But this is not necessarily true, as spoofing a source phone number of an SMS is
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by aaronlifshin 6y ago
Firebase seems back up for us now.
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by aaronlifshin 6y ago
Works for me
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by aaronlifshin 7y ago
Wow @ptsneves, that sounds really cool. Could you give me a consultation on video streaming? I want to implement this into my product. If so, please write to my username at gmail. Thank you!
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by aaronlifshin 7y ago
If this is backed by Twilio cloud webRTC API, I believe that does not support more that 50 people at a time watching the video
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by aaronlifshin 7y ago
Whittaker organized a walkout to protest the way that allegations of sexual assault were mishandled. Is there evidence that she also organized the petition related to the external AI ethics group in Google?
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by aaronlifshin 9y ago
Not really. The BBC is a pretty independent body, and criticizes the government often. RT is a propaganda arm of the government and is under its direct control, as all mass media in Russia now (with few exceptions).
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by aaronlifshin 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Lee_Wilson
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by aaronlifshin 12y ago
Never regretted quitting. Every time regretted not quitting sooner.
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by aaronlifshin 12y ago
Yep. This is precisely what Mayday.US is fighting.
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by aaronlifshin 12y ago
More specifically, the experiment is about how to sway voters on the issue of money in politics. I particularly like this page for the big picture: https://mayday.us/the-plan/ Looking back, thinking about where we&#x2
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by aaronlifshin 12y ago
Overall, we have mostly positive feedback about Stripe, and have been happy with the usability for our users as well as on the back end. It's been especially great for mobile. Our audience is heavily from the tech community, and peopl
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by aaronlifshin 12y ago
We were in two primaries, and our candidate won in one of them, in another he moved from 9% to 24 or so of the vote. Today is the day we learn more. Hopefully some of our candidates will win. Another important factor to keep in mind is th
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by aaronlifshin 12y ago
From our users, the most feedback we have heard about this functionality is: "I want to change my card details, but it keeps bringing up my old card" The solution is to put the cursor in the card number box and hit delete, but thi
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by aaronlifshin 12y ago
Check out https://mayday.us/the-plan and also http://reform.to/#/reforms for specific pieces of legislation that will be the 1st step in addressing the problem.
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How to use a super PAC to kill super PACs(washingtonpost.com)
92 points by aaronlifshin 12y ago|36 comments
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Hack money out of politics: Democracy Hackathon (May 31- Jun 1 San Francisco)(teamdemocracy.us)
5 points by aaronlifshin 12y ago|0 comments
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by aaronlifshin 13y ago
Hey all, unfortunately (but also fortunately), we are full up to capacity for this event. Please contact me if you are interested in other ways you can support teamdemocracy.us, or have a fantastic idea you want to hack on. My gmail is my
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by aaronlifshin 13y ago
Tyranny of the majority is still better than any other system humanity has so far come up with. Some of the suggested hacks are listed at the link. They will not, by themselves, get rid of the NSA, but they are reasonable steps that the an
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by aaronlifshin 13y ago
Some media reform and education reform can be imagined that would help with this problem. However, no such reform can actually be enacted while our lawmakers are dependent on their funders instead of common sense or the wishes of the peopl
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by aaronlifshin 13y ago
Very good points. In fact, transparency legislation in California failed by one vote just this week. Check out California Clean Money Campaign (who are also working with us on the hackathon event). My point here is that the system is lock
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by aaronlifshin 13y ago
The threat to democracy from closed electronic voting systems is well documented. But why do these systems get put in place? Could it have some connection with political donations by companies that manufacture the machines, such as Diebol
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Hack money out of politics: Democracy Hackathon (March 29-30 San Francisco) (eventbrite.com)
54 points by aaronlifshin 13y ago|17 comments