ctrl_freak

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by ctrl_freak 7y ago
> If I went to a bank with a billion dollars I could likely negotiate an even higher rate for such a savings account. I don't think that's how it works. As others have mentioned, FDIC insurance only covers 250k per depositor pe
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by ctrl_freak 8y ago
Are "Senior" titles meaningless in many companies? Absolutely. But they also matter in many others. It seems as though the author's "juniorness" is showing through while writing this. In particular, the assertion th
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by ctrl_freak 8y ago
UW grad here. Running has really helped me maintain motivation and life outlook throughout the years. When I was at Waterloo during the winter I would switch to swimming, which while not quite as enjoyable for me as running, was still hugel
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by ctrl_freak 8y ago
I actually don't even like -Werror for development. When I'm developing/testing/debugging, I frequently want to run partially implemented functions (a good example of this is repeatedly commenting out blocks of code to b
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by ctrl_freak 8y ago
I'm surprised you place so much trust in our system of laws. With that proposal, we'd be one small step away (e.g. terrorist attack, etc.) from something truly Orwellian. Look what happened with 9/11 and see how fast our civi
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by ctrl_freak 8y ago
Yeah, it was decent. My experience was that it provided a lot of leads in a short amount of time. In a matter of a week, my plate was completely full, doing phone screens, take-home problems, and on-sites. Got several offers from some prett
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by ctrl_freak 8y ago
I work at a large, well-known Silicon Valley company. I interned at the company while I was in college, but decided to work elsewhere after I graduated. After a few years, one of their recruiters reached out to me via email, went through th
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by ctrl_freak 8y ago
I don’t think that’s what “intrinsic” means. Would Bitcoin have any value if no one else were using it?
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by ctrl_freak 9y ago
FogHorn Systems | Mountain View, CA | ONSITE | Full-time | Software Engineer Senior Staff Engineer (C++): https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/249907949/ Quality Engineer Lead: https://www.linkedin.c
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
Fair enough. But it sounds like this technology is being developed for airports, not land crossings or ferries. How would you setup this facial scanning when people leave the country in a vehicle?
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
As the report notes, though, they already have exit information from passenger manifests, and land border entry sharing from Canada and Mexico. I would have assumed this information would have already been sufficiently accurate.
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
The reason I posted the workaround is because I feel like the publisher is trying to have their cake and eat it too. In other words, they enjoy the publicity they get from having their articles shared on Google, Facebook, Hacker News, but t
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
If anyone's looking for another workaround, the article actually hints at the solution: Facebook's l.php redirect that it uses when you click on a link shared through the platform. It functions similarly to the Google redirect, an
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
As brilliantcode mentioned, Facebook, Microsoft et al are using Vancouver as a visa staging ground for people outside of North America. Most Canadian software engineers can work in the US on the TN (which doesn't have a cap like the H-
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
Wow. That's almost straight out of an episode of Black Mirror [1]. Looks like the episode premiered just days before the news story came out. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shut_Up_and_Dance_(Black_Mirro...
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
To add on to this, my understanding is that technically "calories in, calories out" is correct in the sense that weight gain/loss depends on the net caloric intake for your body. But your base metabolic rate, and as a result
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
> I think you're also wrong that local governments are frequently committing abuses; the federal government seems to do that much more frequently I think I read a study not too long ago that indicated state and local governments act
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
Admittedly I'm not an expert in this, but isn't demand for housing relatively inelastic? I have no idea whether 13% foreign buyers is considered high for a city, but it seems conceivable that it could fuel a large boom in real est
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
Vancouver's market isn't really comparable to the Bay Area. They have actually been building quite a lot of new housing, and have been for some years. Vancouver's real estate boom was mostly caused by foreign buyers (Chinese)
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
US CBP definitely can ask for your passcode/passwords. There was a post on HN last week about a guy who refused to turn over his passcode: https://vc.gg/blog/so-its-been-a-while.html
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
The original post should be updated to point to this link. Interesting read. Also seems like a subtle jab at Microsoft and Apple when they said, "We're happy to have such a good working relationship with our friends on the Chrome
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
Yes, I just found out yesterday that setting your referrer to facebook.com/l.php allows you to reliably bypass the paywall. E.g. http://facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.wsj.com/articles/poli...
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
This is so true. When I first moved to the Bay Area after finishing college, I was astounded by the amount of recruiter spam I got, but at the time I didn't recognize it as such. To someone who's never seen these before, the initi
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
Right, I wasn't suggesting Uber was hopelessly behind the other major players, but that it seems unlikely they'll beat everyone else to market. If they can't maintain their market share in a driverless car world, it's di
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
Is there any evidence that Uber is even on par with the self-driving technology of Google, Cruise, or Tesla?
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
This analysis strongly suggests that there isn't economies of scale in ride service: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2016/11/can-uber-ever-deliver...
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
From what I read, he gave up the SSL cert by printing out a hard copy in a tiny font, and when he was ordered to provide a digital copy, he shut down the service. > At approximately 1:30 p.m. CDT on August 2, 2013, Mr. Levison gave the F
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
Sorry if this is off-topic, but is anyone else having trouble getting around the WSJ paywall? The usual trick of redirecting through Google doesn't work for me any more, even with an incognito window or using another device.
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Ask HN: Ideas for being productive for a few months
2 points by ctrl_freak 10y ago|1 comments
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by ctrl_freak 10y ago
> To be fair, Gmail does support the IMAP IDLE extension, which is the standard way of doing push email over IMAP. IDLE would become a major battery hog on the iPhone, which is why it was never implemented. I don't believe Android s

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