malgorithms

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by malgorithms 13y ago
2 hours ago I used a StatHat graph to convince a Time Warner Technician they'd messed up my network, and I showed them exactly when it happened. Love it.
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by malgorithms 13y ago
This is a good question: I posted the correct link 2 hours ago. It would be nice if everyone moved over there... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6764619
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by malgorithms 13y ago
Yes, of course. But structuring it this way encourages users who wouldn't have otherwise done it to do so. We were prompted to build this feature because of how much money has gone through brainwallet with poor passphrases.
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by malgorithms 13y ago
fixed, thanks for the reminder!
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by malgorithms 13y ago
Hi everyone - just a quick update. (1) the URL is broken because the poster put it wrong (there shouldn't be a slash), not because the site is down. And (2) the github repository linked to is now public, not private. Enjoy the challeng
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Show HN: WarpWallet, an scrypt bitcoin address generator(keybase.io)
19 points by malgorithms 13y ago|3 comments
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List of Major Bitcoin Heists, Thefts, and Losses(bitcointalk.org)
5 points by malgorithms 13y ago|0 comments
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by malgorithms 13y ago
some quick info: Petar Maymounkov, the author, is the same guy who invented kademlia, the distributed hash table that many p2p networks use ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia ).
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by malgorithms 13y ago
Is there a clear distinction between an "assassination" and a "targeted killing of enemy combatants"?
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by malgorithms 13y ago
I disagree. If it's an artistic project, I think it's pretty cool, and who cares if it works on all browsers? It's still worth seeing. Further, if it's just a UI flourish which doesn't otherwise affect the functiona
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Announcing TripleSec - JavaScript encryption combining Salsa20, AES, and 2fish(keybase.io)
23 points by malgorithms 13y ago|22 comments
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by malgorithms 13y ago
Did anyone else here get fingerprinted in elementary school, when the cops stopped by to say hi and talk about safety? We all were. This was in the mid 80's in Maine. I thought it was cool at the time, but I feel violated now. And I'm pret
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by malgorithms 13y ago
"Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!" -Hawthorne
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by malgorithms 13y ago
Who here feels their homeland is more secure now?
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Homeland Security attempting to seize Mt. Gox's accounts?
10 points by malgorithms 13y ago|2 comments
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by malgorithms 13y ago
I wonder if it accepts counterfeit dollars. [edit:] to clarify, I don't mean this as a joke. It seems that they're not paying out cash (only taking in) because they don't trust the depositor and have to wait anywhere from 10 mins to a coupl
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BitChicken - A Bitcoin Contest for Game Theorists(bitchicken.com)
2 points by malgorithms 13y ago|0 comments
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by malgorithms 13y ago
A dream never realized...(sadly)...that one day websites would be redesigned by only changing the CSS. I'd love to hear everyone's opinion on why this doesn't seem to happen, in practice.
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by malgorithms 13y ago
Unfortunately, justice is a one-sided story when large companies sue individuals or tiny companies at large corporate magnitudes. A defense alone can be financially devastating. Second, sadly, it's for "trade secrets" in the the world of
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by malgorithms 13y ago
Thanks! Actually, I'm happy to address this comment now that it got your positive rephrasing. But first I should add I no longer work at OkCupid, and even if I did, the company is far bigger than one person's opinion. What I'm stating on H
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by malgorithms 13y ago
I can assure you I'd never sue someone for stealing trade secrets. Whatever "trade secrets" means in software, anyway.
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by malgorithms 13y ago
I wish I knew someone who used Opera so I could ask them to start boycotting it.
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by malgorithms 13y ago
This is uncertain. The game steps at a specific rate (the physics is deterministic) but does not wait for callbacks from your AI to proceed with the game. If a specific ship hasn't replied to the last request for instructions, the game won'
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by malgorithms 13y ago
The browser version runs in a WebWorker (each team gets one). I didn't even know what WebWorkers were before I programmed this. The server side runs in a NodeJS process (each team gets its own), and your code runs in a fresh VM context. Th
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by malgorithms 13y ago
They matter in that they might ram you :-). You also have another ship's moment of inertia, which tells you something about it. But no, you're not provided other ships' geometries. I could change this, but likely not during the contest.
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by malgorithms 13y ago
That's a function in one of the sample codes I wrote, so it should be in the same file you encountered it. It likely uses some of the lib functions defined on the documentation page.
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by malgorithms 13y ago
You are free to analyze existing recordings, if you like. So you could make entries and study their recordings. I don't intend to document them during the contest, though. As for sending info out during the battle, probably not. Although -
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by malgorithms 13y ago
Thanks! If you want to use ClojureScript, maybe just work in an editor of your choice and paste into the site for now. I do that anyway when I play with it, as I prefer Sublime to Ace. Right now it starts a game 1 minute after the previo
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by malgorithms 13y ago
Nope, I will pay in bitcoins. I fully intend to pay in bitcoins (which I have set aside), regardless of the value, but reserve the right to pay in cash in case something happens to mine AND they become ridiculously expensive. I would pay $5
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by malgorithms 13y ago
I would say the programming skills requirement for the game is just beginner level. At least that was my hope making it. If those languages are new to you it will take a little overhead but not much.

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