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by thinkloop 5y ago
> "There was a void that was created by a lack of these encrypted platforms," Shivers said, of the initial move to take down apps previously used by gangs. "So that created an opportunity for collaboration with our interna
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by thinkloop 5y ago
I wonder, people always reference the Streisand Effect, but for every one of those there are a thousand complaints that go quietly heeded.
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by thinkloop 5y ago
The problem is a wealth tax is almost impossible to implement. People will form crappy charities or put the money in their kids' names or move it to the Caribbean or some other gymnastics that will make worse use of the money overall.
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by thinkloop 5y ago
How come HN doesn't have to follow delete laws allowing users to delete their messages?
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by thinkloop 5y ago
I'm not up to speed, could you expand on what happened?
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by thinkloop 5y ago
The attackers already have whatever data you are intending them to steal/share. The author says this bug is no big deal: >Can malware use this vulnerability to take over my computer? No. >Can malware use this vulnerability to ste
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by thinkloop 5y ago
I too built a clone for fun: https://carefulclues.com/ I added a timer, and online matchmaking, but I'm not sure the game is suitable for online matchmaking, a big part of it is chatting and knowing your teammates and
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by thinkloop 5y ago
The rule of thumb is about 80% for me - an $80K employment salary is worth about $100K contracting.
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by thinkloop 5y ago
> You can copy many files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them (screenshot). What the heck! How does anything else still exist!
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by thinkloop 5y ago
How do you find time to work on stuff that's not your awesome ideas? I have the same issue but for taxes.
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by thinkloop 5y ago
I'm pretty sure the advertising is worth at least the $50K. If you tried to purchase equivalent exposure it would cost you more. It's a bad deal if you don't need the exposure, but seems alright if you do.
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by thinkloop 5y ago
The clincher for me was: > Prevents Google from rewriting the search results (to include tracking elements) How infuraiting. Now sites open without my having to pay google 1s-2s for them to log me.
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by thinkloop 5y ago
I've said for a long time that we are currently in the fitbit stage of AI. "Ng was responding to a question about why machine learning models trained to make medical decisions that perform at nearly the same level as human experts
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by thinkloop 5y ago
Not all reflowing is created equal. Say you knew for certainty your users were only on desktop. In that case you may still want responsive design but it will likely be a different responsiveness than what we get with the cliff dive to &quot
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by thinkloop 5y ago
Not to mention watches and TVs
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by thinkloop 5y ago
Could you explain what you mean with an example?
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What's wrong with centered? Anyway it's not really centered, more left-justified with expanding left padding.
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by thinkloop 5y ago
> what good is that if I have to pay capital gains tax You would (almost) never pay cap gains on cash even if the law required it, because cash goes down in value over time. Everyone knows this, so no one holds cash, they buy stocks, bon
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Ask HN: Recommendations on Concentrating Paid Traffic?
1 points by thinkloop 5y ago|0 comments
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by thinkloop 5y ago
It's a lot simpler than that. If one team has to pay artists, and another team does not, ceterus paribus the second team will win. Only by constraining the second team does the first team have a chance to play. If government didn'
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by thinkloop 5y ago
The reason things like steam can "best" piracy is because piracy is so crippled by anti-piracy. Between sites disappearing, spotty content, abusive ads, viruses, malware, and risk of prosecution, it's not hard being better. I
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by thinkloop 5y ago
> He says [the energy consumption] also limits the number of transactions the system can process to about five per second. Doesn't bode well when the expert of the article makes a mistake like this.
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> It doesn't use a ton of resources - they just need more IP addresses. Aren't you also providing 100% of the resources if they are using your IP, or is there a way for them to do most of the work "behind" your IP?
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> it was a bad ethernet cable in the end Checking the cable is like checking if the power is on, it is NEVER the cable - except in networking for some reason. Half the time it's the cable.
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by thinkloop 5y ago
It's trick site and it still made the front page?
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by thinkloop 6y ago
We can't solely print money instead of tax because it is the tax itself that gives the money value to print in the first place. The greater the tax, the more can be printed, the lower the tax, the less can be printed. This is not becau
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Show HN: Codenames with matchmaking and timer(carefulclues.com)
1 points by thinkloop 6y ago|0 comments
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by thinkloop 6y ago
If you authenticate the video comes from a credible unrelated source, that would be different than if it came from a mysterious unknown source. Additionally if you have the chain of trust, you can interrogate every step manually for credibi
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Show HN: New online version of codenames with matchmaking and timer(carefulclues.com)
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Show HN: Careful Clues: Matchmaking and timer for codenames [Svelte, Firebase](carefulclues.com)
1 points by thinkloop 6y ago|0 comments

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