tomlongson

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by tomlongson 10y ago
Reddit should remove the π symbol on their website, as if Pi itself disappeared. "We can't talk about Pi."
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by tomlongson 10y ago
How deep is the rabbit hole?
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by tomlongson 10y ago
For those who aren't familiar, a NSL Canary is like a Warrant Canary, but for National Security Letters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary Australia just outlawed warrant canaries. Scary times.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
Coincidence. Commenter SwimAway had a more likely argument that it is polarizing language.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
If they are not harnessing big data for writing speeches then the White House is less savvy than Netflix and House of Cards writer, Beau Willimon.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
A key promise of Obama's campaign for the presidency was to run the “most transparent” government- however the only person to really deliver on that promise was a whistleblower. Secret courts, secret domestic spying, and now calls for
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by tomlongson 11y ago
I tried it out, but my biggest complaint was after withdrawing money, Digit immediately started taking out money again. If one withdraws money, they might not want it being sucked back out immediately.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
What are your crimes, citizen?
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by tomlongson 11y ago
This is FUD.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
While not directly connected to the NSA, it's plausible the prosecution of Aaron Swartz amounted to suppressing dissent. It's hard to say what the root cause was prosecutorial overreach or a real effort to suppress a powerful poli
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by tomlongson 11y ago
Would that mean every business would need to have a bond, or just in the case of litigation?
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by tomlongson 11y ago
I hadn't heard about any data leaks from Slack, so I looked it up: http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/8/6946341/slack-has-a-seriou... https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/
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by tomlongson 11y ago
In my experience H1B employees are paid less because those in hiring positions know they can offer less.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
The extra work needed to do this pretty makes it very unlikely to be implemented much. Additionally the DOM level obfuscating is just bad for performance. if you're looking to prevent Ad Blockers, this is not your solution.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
I have the same issue. Alternatively a Docker ubuntu base image with nginx + pagespeed would be wonderful. [Edit] Found these links: https://github.com/laurisvan/docker-pagespeed/blob/master/Do... https
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by tomlongson 11y ago
Worked pretty well! Please add an integration for SEOMOZ, that's as important as GA.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
0,0 is Null Island! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island
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by tomlongson 11y ago
It's not about balance sheets, it's about having time to cope with any unexpected problems with the transaction, like fraud. It's frustrating, and ideally not necessary, but it's essentially a safety net for the middle p
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by tomlongson 11y ago
Holding onto funds is how you mitigate risk as a bank or money transmitter.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
> The group also apparently gained access to a number of government Web portals and applications, including the Joint Automated Booking System (a portal that provides law enforcement with data on any person's arrest records, regardl
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by tomlongson 11y ago
Agreed.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
An "average user" is claiming to have beaten the world record in the racing game "Dirt Rally" by 12 seconds using the Oculus Rift. https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/3z0n1l/the_o
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by tomlongson 11y ago
The hypothetical question Facebook should ask is: "If the security researcher did not disclose the RCE, but instead sold it to highest bidder, how much would that likely pay in this situation?" Paying security researchers to prope
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by tomlongson 11y ago
I wonder if this had anything to do with the flood of negative comments to their Amazon product pages? 3/5 stars: http://www.amazon.com/Philips-455303-White-Starter-Generatio... 4/5 stars (previously 4.5/5):
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by tomlongson 11y ago
Some kind of datatable showing key observable metrics would be great.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
A more direct way of hitting their sales is to write a review. Philips Hue Hub (4.5/5 stars currently): http://www.amazon.com/Philips-426353-Personal-Wireless-Light...
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by tomlongson 11y ago
Consider writing a review if you bought it from a site like Amazon.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
Consider returning it and writing a bad review if you bought it from a platform like Amazon. Maybe they aren't doing anything illegal, but you can still rate them if the product is different from what you expected.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
The same backdoor will be exploited by other countries and hackers. There's no such thing as a safe backdoor.
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by tomlongson 11y ago
Android IMSI-Catcher Detector: https://secupwn.github.io/Android-IMSI-Catcher-Detector/ SnoopSnitch: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.srlabs.snoo...

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