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by elaineo 9y ago
Are you Jim? I am honored to read your comments here, and would love to hear where I got things wrong, if you're willing to point them out. e
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by elaineo 9y ago
I always thought it odd that the most common TaskRabbit job was assembling Ikea furniture. Do people really need to outsource that job? Amazing that the company lasted so long.
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by elaineo 9y ago
Awesome code review, even more valuable than the plugin itself. Thanks :)
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by elaineo 10y ago
That's why Yahoo made the point of blaming a "state-sponsored actor". You would expect a giant tech company to be able to defend itself against random hackers, but what if it was the government of Russia?? That's why Son
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by elaineo 10y ago
Unfortunately, lawsuits are rare unless a user can demonstrate that the hack led to measurable harm.
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Mass Surveillance Is an Important Part of Yahoo's Business Model(bloomberg.com)
28 points by elaineo 10y ago|1 comments
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Maybe Blockchain Really Does Have Magical Powers(bloomberg.com)
176 points by elaineo 10y ago|98 comments
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by elaineo 10y ago
Palantir and Skype are in Downtown Palo Alto. Paypal was founded there, and so was Google.
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by elaineo 10y ago
If investors think it's theft, they should call the authorities. The suspect (not "thief", because "theft" is determined in a court of law) can then be convicted via due process, which is a constitutional right. A
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by elaineo 10y ago
Now say, you took out a mortgage and came up with 5 million dollars. Another 100 people don't have any dollars, so they would like to seize your 5 million dollars with a patch. There's a clear majority vote to take your 5 million
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by elaineo 10y ago
nope, that's exactly correct. They even use the term "trustees".
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by elaineo 10y ago
Yes, that is a more accurate description. The Ethereum community was very quick to call the guy a thief, without due process.
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by elaineo 10y ago
DAO failed, but it controls about 15% of the total ether supply, so it was too big to fail, and the fork will save it.
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by elaineo 10y ago
Thanks for the link, I didn't know people were doing this. I had only seen EthereumClassic, which seems prone to attack, and a nightmare for exchanges.
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Don’t Hate the Ad, Hate the Ad-Tracker(elaineou.com)
4 points by elaineo 11y ago|0 comments
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by elaineo 11y ago
Was he unmasked, or did he just voluntarily disclose his identity? Seems like he went to Bloomberg and offered them a scoop.
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by elaineo 11y ago
I think it was just an excuse used as a cover-up. Sounds like cultural issues were at play with the split.
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by elaineo 11y ago
Recruiters could use this to find engineers...
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There's a new way to track startups that are in serious trouble(businessinsider.com)
1 points by elaineo 11y ago|1 comments
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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey – Fourth Quarter 2015(fenwick.com)
1 points by elaineo 11y ago|0 comments
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by elaineo 11y ago
Can self-driving cars use bots to automatically fight traffic/parking tickets?
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by elaineo 11y ago
look at the post just below this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11134798
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by elaineo 11y ago
I think journalists like to predict doom because imminent disasters scare people and get pageviews.
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by elaineo 11y ago
Google doesn't demand anything. If your paywalled website is not accessible by Google's crawler, then Google will not index it. Publishers want Google to index their pages and drive potential paying visitors, which is why they ope
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by elaineo 11y ago
that's a good analogy.
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by elaineo 11y ago
try deleting cookies, then hit refresh.
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by elaineo 11y ago
Haha! Thanks for catching that :)
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by elaineo 11y ago
I don't disagree with you. But, given the nature of this forum, I think that the information content has merit. What people choose to do with the information is another story...
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by elaineo 11y ago
Google is not okay with cloaking, but they will whitelist publishers if the publisher specifically includes a parameter that declares if the site requires registration or subscription. This is done in the sitemap. https://support
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How Google’s Web Crawler Bypasses Paywalls(elaineou.com)
640 points by elaineo 11y ago|232 comments

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