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by bello 8y ago
> At the very least Google is being transparent about it and gives you the option to turn that shit off I thought I had turned it off. But I'm also using Google Fit, that somehow stores location history even if you've turned it
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CS 583: Great Moments in Computing(mrmgroup.cs.princeton.edu)
2 points by bello 9y ago|0 comments
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by bello 9y ago
> the genetic exposure risk is pretty directly about aboriginal and islander communities Is it, though? Families and communities share much more than genes with each other, including big lifestyle choices. So we can't deduce that ea
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by bello 9y ago
I agree that poor lifestyle choices should be somehow disincentivized. Leaving aside the fact that BMI isn't a great metric (as mentioned in another comment); we can probably come up with a better one. 80% of healthcare costs are dri
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Quantum computing in the NISQ era and beyond(blog.acolyer.org)
15 points by bello 9y ago|1 comments
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by bello 9y ago
I really enjoyed "Deep C Secrets" as an intermediate C book: Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets https://www.amazon.com/dp/0131774298/ A little dated, still lots of relevant knowledge though.
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Some thoughts on security after ten years of Qmail 1.0(blog.acolyer.org)
137 points by bello 9y ago|120 comments
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by bello 9y ago
The article even takes that a notch further: for things that really matter to you, once you find your true calling, you wouldn't even procrastinate in the first place. You get immersed in omnivorous curiosity around it, you get lost. T
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How to ride your brain bicycle(mailchi.mp)
2 points by bello 9y ago|0 comments
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by bello 9y ago
To provide a slightly different perspective: I recently came across a great blogpost/newsletter: http://mailchi.mp/ribbonfarm/how-to-ride-your-brain-bicycle It argues that the main reason we don't achieve our
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by bello 9y ago
Farnam Street Blog also has their comprehensive list of mental models: https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/mental-models/
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by bello 9y ago
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield is a favorite of mine.
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by bello 9y ago
heck, they could even tell by sniffing wifi traffic
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Alex: catch potentially insensitive, inconsiderate writing(alexjs.com)
2 points by bello 9y ago|0 comments
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Learning networking by reproducing research results(blog.acolyer.org)
62 points by bello 9y ago|2 comments
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Hijacking Bitcoin: routing attacks on cryptocurrencies(blog.acolyer.org)
2 points by bello 9y ago|0 comments
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The password reset MitM attack(blog.acolyer.org)
3 points by bello 9y ago|0 comments
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Data Programming: Machine Learning with Weak Supervision(hazyresearch.github.io)
2 points by bello 9y ago|0 comments
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by bello 9y ago
> Besides, erlang definitely gives you new perspective in building large scale system; supervision tree (let it crash), the actor concept, message passing, preemptive vm, built-in distributed erlang nodes, the repl, hot code swapping - a
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Ask HN: What non-tech blogs do you read?
5 points by bello 9y ago|4 comments
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by bello 9y ago
Wow. The article says that she was wearing daily disposables, which are supposed to be much safer. Did AK really settle within <24hrs time?
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by bello 9y ago
They messed up and overbooked the flight, sure. But why on earth would they forcefully drag people out of the plane, while they could just find volunteers? They could offer cash/miles to whoever volunteered, increasing the offer until
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by bello 9y ago
Except, it would be nice to keep a few of the (recent) older kernels, in case things go awry with the new update.
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by bello 10y ago
I'd argue the opposite. Since no one is catering to them and they're frustrated with all the new technologies they don't understand, the elderly would pay a premium for accessible solutions that bring them value (they're
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Essential Knowledge Series(mitpress.mit.edu)
3 points by bello 10y ago|0 comments
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by bello 10y ago
Relevant: "No, I have no side code projects to show you" https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-have-side-code-projects-sho...
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Why I’d Love to Be a College Student Again(gatesnotes.com)
3 points by bello 10y ago|1 comments
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Programs and Probability [pdf](americanscientist.org)
1 points by bello 10y ago|0 comments
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by bello 10y ago
VimFX works pretty well on Firefox: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx
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by bello 11y ago
I'm curious, what tools/configs do you use to mimic i3 on OS X? I'm also an i3 user, but currently using OS X for work.

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