theginger

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by theginger 10d ago
This is a really good example of how capitalism doesn't work so well in a digital economy. Normally there is are various arguments about how the subscription pays for the development / invitation. But here we have a feature that&#
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by theginger 11d ago
There is very little rational about car buying or branding. In the eye of many consumers a car with 3 wheels and 1 with 4 from the same brand will have more in common than 2 identical cars with different badges.
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by theginger 18d ago
What I see a lot is working with developers who believe the goal is to write software that can complete the task. They demo it, release it and watch it immediately fall apart with first contact with the user. What they should be doing is ha
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by theginger 29d ago
The GÖÅTSE toilet seat? For some reason their little thumbs up / down icon made me think of this.
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by theginger 1mo ago
Anyone else surprised how small the number is? It looks quite big without commas but if you add them in it looks like the sort of number that is almost conceivable 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 43 quintillion, that's the type of number i
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by theginger 2mo ago
> based on a novel reading of the law So they found a loop hole. Why do they need to find a loop hole in their own law, why not just make better laws to start with.
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Ask HN: Experiences of Working in Big Data
1 points by theginger 2mo ago|1 comments
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by theginger 3mo ago
>There'd be a certain irony being able to reverse shell anyone doing an nmap scan. Every TV / movie hacker has known about this.
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by theginger 3mo ago
Cors is hard to understand because the browser is protecting you and the server from malicious code that the developers are not expecting to be there. Its a hypothetical threat you cannot see during development unless you really go out of
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by theginger 4mo ago
What does it do better than parquet? The compression ratio quoted is lower than parquet but I expect higher to be better in this context
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by theginger 5mo ago
A lot of fast chargers are over $1 per kwh so unless you have access to home charging there isn't much room for savings.
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by theginger 5mo ago
We don't use unit of measurements. We use metrics because we have a lot more context. Rps, requests per second is a commonly used unit but it has no defined standard, you could and often do average it over time for reporting but no one
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by theginger 5mo ago
What proportion of devices would need to meet this 80% rule? 50%? 90%? 99%? Could make a huge difference
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by theginger 5mo ago
Does the existence of that knowledge make a slight bias lowering the odd on no? I could fork this and with a 1 line change earn dozens of dollars as long as I don't tell anyone what that secret change is.
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by theginger 6mo ago
You probably don't even need 2 interfaces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router_on_a_stick
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by theginger 7mo ago
Looking at the amount of wires going into this, my instinct is that this cannot scale, in 5-10 years this won't be doable for a Pentium chip, at least not as an at home hobby project. But I actually think it could go the other way, and
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by theginger 7mo ago
It's not impossible that the Aws charges were wrong, it's pretty unheard of. I don't understand why the details of the charges aren't mentioned in the post. If you think it's unlikely you could have a $1500 bill bec
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by theginger 8mo ago
Fisker owner here, hold my beer
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by theginger 8mo ago
Disappointed there still isn't a protocol for sending messages in a bottle.
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by theginger 9mo ago
Seems more of a productivity killer rather than an aid but cats are great marketing. I see no reason not to submit this for YC funding in the next round
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by theginger 10mo ago
I don't want to criticize cloud flare, I love what they do and understand the scale of the challenge, but most people don't and 2 in a month or so like this is going to hit their reputation.
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by theginger 10mo ago
When did a PS5 become a unit of cost? For reference seems to be about 0.002 London buses
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by theginger 10mo ago
The old trope of forgetting your wedding anniversary cheat code.
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by theginger 11mo ago
If it follows the redirect I would redirect it to random binary files hosted by Amazon, then see if it continues to not require any further action
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by theginger 1y ago
This appears to be backfiring spectacularly. It is a shame in many ways because a decent digital ID system would be very beneficial. The problem is the approach is completely wrong. There are already 10+ competing ID system which are now la
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by theginger 1y ago
That seems an extreme measure to ensure the security/integrity of a screen hinge sensor input ( or protect this tiny revenue stream )
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by theginger 1y ago
The x files def con was always a defense conference
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by theginger 1y ago
That makes me feel better about my fish, I thought it was among the worst, but good to know it atleast qualified.
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by theginger 1y ago
Is this anything to do with them taking passwords without consent? I rarely use windows, and when I do one of the first things I do is switch from edge to chrome. I think I set up edge and used it once to see what it was actually like, but
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by theginger 1y ago
They have been doing that for years for all sorts of things usually seasonal but sometimes other stuff

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