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by jwfxpr 8y ago
The HN title needs to be corrected. The correct name is ʻOumuamua, including the first punctuation character (an ʻokina, representing a glottal stop).
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
These data are about low-altitude wind and surface ocean currents. Models based on those things are part of the toolkit being used as a matter of course in such searches, but unless MH370 spent months floating at the surface of the ocean, t
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
> On the one hand it looks like relying on behaviour that is correct now but may not be so in the future. > Use a decent IDE that looks out for it if you need reminding about this class of bug. And when your next environment/plug
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
Published 2013.
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
Quoted above[0], "Inclination of 11.669 degrees" (from the preprint) would indicate it has greater inclination than the 8 planets, but less than some other small distant bodies[1]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/
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Ultimate Creative Design Humble Bundle Contains Malware(reddit.com)
2 points by jwfxpr 8y ago|0 comments
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
The keybase.io website offers a "Please send us feedback & bug reports" link[0]. As a keybase user, I intend to do so. [0] https://github.com/keybase/client/issues
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WireGuard VPNs – Are We There Yet?(privateinternetaccess.com)
7 points by jwfxpr 8y ago|0 comments
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
Phonebooks are in alphabetical order . They are sorted into residential and business (white and yellow), then further sorted into business categories (or in some cases residential areas), and then ordered .
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
I think software development would work best if it focused on software, not jokes.
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
> I've not tried it, but they also suggest you can compile your own binaries from that source to get around the untrusted binary problem. You could ... Except that, if I'm not mistaken, "All Rights Reserved" doesn&#x
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
New York Public Library, with a library card: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/08/22/how-to-search-nytimes Los Angeles Public Library, with a library card: https://www.lapl.org/new-york-tim
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
> In any case; where can I view 1995 copies of NYT for free? :) Every public library in the United States, if I'm not mistaken, and a large number of major libraries worldwide.
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
If the page that links to the login page hasn't proven it's secure, I shouldn't trust the links, and therefore shouldn't trust the destination. Hence why static landing pages need HTTPS just as much as login pages.
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
You're succumbing to the allure of what-aboutism here. Yes, granted, Mozilla aren't perfect and have made some significant missteps (not all of which they've suitably amended), and deserve criticism for them. But just because
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
Typo in HN title: it's 'protactinium', not 'proactinium'
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Securing web sites with HTTPS made them less accessible(thenextweb.com)
11 points by jwfxpr 8y ago|13 comments
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
Or it can be argued that tipping offers those who control the means to change the law (the elected lawmakers) the excuse they need not to.
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
Editorial independence refers to an outlet's freedom to cover topics of their choice with the coverage they judge best. So, is your concern the quality of the reporting, which is an problem of poor editorial practice, or the focus of t
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
There's another, non-MUD text-based game inspired by Discworld (specifically, inspired by Small Gods ) called Godville. Running since 2010 on the web and with apps available on major devices, it's essentially entirely player-buil
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
You can directly telnet in, yeah, but it's not a great way to play. There are plenty of MUD clients (for Discworld in particular you want one compatible with MCCP compression) that are designed for playing in a terminal. https:/&
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
Is your contention that "hackers" aren't concerned with current social issues, or that they aren't concerned with the intersection of technology and society, or that they aren't concerned with public safety, or that
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
You cannot dismiss rigorous statistical analysis by arguing it can never encompass the full dimensions of the data. Of course it can't. The map is not the territory; it is a useful way to find our way around it. Ignoring the map is per
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
The HN title needs correcting to add the ‘ to ‘Oumuamua, it is a part of the proper name.
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by jwfxpr 8y ago
The manufacturers may be based in China, but the importers, distributors, and sellers here discussed are not necessarily so. And I suspect you could happily replace NSA in the parent comment with any private or government intelligence agenc
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Well... Sort of. The 'weakly interacting' means it interacts via gravity and another force no stronger than the Weak force. As per Wikipedia [0]: "There exists no clear definition of a WIMP, but broadly a WIMP is a new ele
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Firstly, I think your comment reveals an assumption that victory by any means is a universal value, which it certainly is not. Secondly, I think your comment reveals a classical misunderstanding of the tactics required to maintain a positio
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
"Hello mister sentient being! I am the informational treasurer for the dying civilization of Nigerium, with access to great technological and cultural wealth that is about to be lost forever. I wish your help in establishing a vast dat
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
Seeing this appearing alongside "How poverty changes your mindset"[0] on the front page helps to explain why the issues covered in both articles are so problematic. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16461773
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by jwfxpr 9y ago
The paper described in this article is not yet presented — it will likely be published in the proceedings of the cyber. But I found two relevant recent publications from the same lead author through Google Scholar: Energy-efficient protocol

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