grandsham

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Using Git While Trans(code.curly.kiwi)
11 points by grandsham 7mo ago|0 comments
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by grandsham 5y ago
It's not a commercial application, but I have 2 raspberry pis rack-mounted[i] running some utilities for my home network (pi hole, gps-based NTP, ads-b data for FlightAware). Using PoE means no USB power bricks, no USB cables running
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Mars fascinating:Why a garbage video went viral before NASA released a real one(inverse.com)
2 points by grandsham 6y ago|0 comments
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by grandsham 10y ago
I am slightly disappointed that this doesn't work in Firefox, despite the fact that I have an add-on[1] installed to add U2F support. Github for instance is able to detect U2F support and let me use it. That said, I understand the lack
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by grandsham 10y ago
The way that the author uses GPS to get time (NMEA messages) works well for the purposes of the article, eg syncing a wristwatch to ~1 second accuracy. As another poster pointed out though, these messages are only accurate to about a half-s
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by grandsham 10y ago
quantum computers, at best, divide the bit-strength of a symmetric key like AES in half[1]. Brute forcing a 128 bit key is theoretically possible (in the sense that you can do it if you marshal the entire world energy output to the cause,
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by grandsham 10y ago
Bruce Schneier and others[1] have done the math on brute forcing 256 bit keys: even with a perfectly efficient computer using the least amount of energy possible, you would have to deplete the entire energy content of the Sun to just iterat
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by grandsham 11y ago
In what is probably the biggest case, FlightAware, a lot of the data comes from a fleet of users running ADS-B[1] receivers feeding data into their system. ADS-B data is what Air Traffic Control uses to track planes, and it's receivab
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by grandsham 11y ago
Since a screenshot of the Just Landed app shows up in the image carousel on your link, I am assuming that they used FlightAware for their data. FlightAware charges people for API access, and also specifically provides a set of tools for FBO
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The Bonds of Catastrope(cabinetmagazine.org)
5 points by grandsham 11y ago|1 comments
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by grandsham 11y ago
well, for one, the IRS doesn't treat bitcoin as a currency, but as a commodity. While some foreign currency transactions fall under the regime of capital gains, a transaction resulting in the gain/loss of less than $200 are specif
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by grandsham 12y ago
> That's strange. In what industries? Doing what? For one, Python is very big in the GIS space. Python is one of the main scripting language for ArcGIS, which is the main software platform that GIS folks use.
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by grandsham 12y ago
who says Kiro isn't using version control? traditional web hosts provide a level of management that isn't present in VPSes. You may be able to get turnkey instances, but you still have to be responsible for managing them and main
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by grandsham 12y ago
I did that with my first SSD system, mapped C:/Users to an separate HDD. Honestly it was more trouble than it was worth. Using a junction point for a critical folder like that requires booting into a recovery mode and entering a bunch
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by grandsham 12y ago
I don't think you understand how tax brackets/tax zones work. For example, say there is no tax up to $50000, and a 50% bracket starts at $50000. If you make $50001, you only pay a 50% tax on that one dollar over 50k, the first 50
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by grandsham 12y ago
He means level 8, I think. Or at least I have the same problem with level 8 (intoTheWoods)
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by grandsham 13y ago
There are other streaming videos on amazon that you still need to pay for, even if you aren't a Prime member. The "free" amazon prime videos are the ones that are $0 extra if you are Prime, instead of $1.99 or whatever.
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by grandsham 14y ago
a birthday attack reduces the number of keys you have to search by half, not half the number of bits. This means that you would have to search 2^255 keys instead of 2^256 keys.