timdierks

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by timdierks 1y ago
It has definitely been that.
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by timdierks 1y ago
The tweaks were minor (smaller than for any other version revision), and mostly just the IETF marking its territory and doing something other than blessing the SSL 3.0 protocol as-is.
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by timdierks 2y ago
That's me! Thanks for pulling up the quote from long ago: > "With his obvious technical skill, and his "cheat early and often" attitude, Tim could have a promising career as an AI programmer in the computer games indu
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by timdierks 3y ago
I work for a FAANG and it's a violation of company policy for me to profit from privileges associated with my employment.
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by timdierks 5y ago
https://archive.md/uNduU
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by timdierks 5y ago
No, it's a symmetric system, they're just random values.
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by timdierks 6y ago
At least in NY, I don't see how this is possible because I can send in an absentee ballot and then invalidate it by voting on election day in-person. So I don't see how they can open any of the secrecy envelopes, let alone count a
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by timdierks 6y ago
As someone with domain expertise in both distributed systems and crypto, I'll say "not crypto"; it's relatively well-understood and most of the people who get value out of it don't need to work on it, they can just
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by timdierks 6y ago
https://epdf.pub/foundations-of-mechanical-accuracy.html
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by timdierks 6y ago
"Inventing Accuracy" is a fascinating history of ICBM inertial guidance. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/inventing-accuracy
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by timdierks 7y ago
When this happens, go to https://matrix.itasoftware.com and find the specific itinerary you're looking for, which will give you the specific fare codes, etc. which you should use to book. I believe this ticket is available,
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Parsing JSON Is a Minefield(seriot.ch)
2 points by timdierks 7y ago|0 comments
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by timdierks 8y ago
This is simply not true: it's explicitly not the intent of the GPL, and furthermore the GPL is clearly a contract which explicitly spells out its intent, not a vague document whose spirit needs to be interpreted.
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by timdierks 8y ago
This is irrelevant. Speech-to-text costs $0.006 per invocation (for < 15 seconds) [1], or you can solve 166 captchas for $1. There are already services out there which will solve captchas for $0.50/1000 [2], an order of magnitude ch
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by timdierks 8y ago
The Internet is assembled out of duct tape. We apologize for the design.
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by timdierks 8y ago
Google Play Music has a cleanly integrated locker, which I love, loads of my favorite music isn't available from services. Disclosure: I work for Google, but not on anything related to music.
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by timdierks 8y ago
https://github.com/github/SoftU2F
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by timdierks 8y ago
https://github.com/github/SoftU2F https://www.yubico.com/product/yubikey-4-series/#yubikey-4c-...
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by timdierks 8y ago
Today's generation of software engineers maybe, but thankfully humanity is a lot bigger than that. There are huge numbers of engineers who come up with practical non-digital solutions; take a look at farming or manufacturing equipment.
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by timdierks 8y ago
Came hoping it was going to be a history of measuring length over the last few millennia.
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by timdierks 8y ago
You should seek out a flare if you can, it's much much brighter than seeing a satellite or the ISS, as impressive as those are.
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Clocks are running slow across Europe because of a Balkan electrical spat(twitter.com)
1 points by timdierks 9y ago|0 comments
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by timdierks 9y ago
The skybridge to "nowhere" just ends in another building which Google doesn't lease space to, so it is more of a "skylounge"; open at one end to Google, closed at the other, suspended three storied above 15th St. h
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Dabbling in the Cryptographic World (1999)(bell-labs.com)
52 points by timdierks 9y ago|8 comments
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by timdierks 9y ago
Yes, SQLite has robust multiprocess locking and transaction support. https://sqlite.org/faq.html#q5
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by timdierks 9y ago
Are you qualified for the job, independent of a degree? For example, have you done similar work or have other experience such that, despite not having a degree, you could reasonably assert that you can do this job as well as someone trained
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by timdierks 9y ago
See it in action at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n8LNxGbZbs . Better than LavaRand.
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Dice-O-Matic hopper and elevator(gamesbyemail.com)
1 points by timdierks 9y ago|1 comments
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by timdierks 9y ago
Buying Google pre-IPO is a very clever trade, you must be a market wizard.
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by timdierks 9y ago
Yeah, this is the state of affairs at Google, for example.

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