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by xja 10y ago
It's really a shame that VCs don't seem to have figured out how to do DD on science based startups. The same is probably somewhat true in tech generally, but VCs in this area don't seem capable of doing the DD. They invest ba
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by xja 10y ago
Neat! I wonder why they're not part of kernel release tests.
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by xja 10y ago
That statement really resonated with me. So often something happens which seems like a total disaster, the end of the world, and you struggle desperately to fix it. In hindsight it turns out it didn't matter as much as you thought it d
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by xja 10y ago
The article mentions microcontrollers that use 100 milliwatts as the lower end of embedded CPUs. There are actually microcontrollers that use around 1milliwatt for very low power applications. For example the msp430. TI have a neat video of
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by xja 10y ago
As far as I can tell it appears to be a classic use of an uninitialized pointer. Are there not static analysis tools routinely used against Linux that should have caught this? Or runtime memory access detection, like valgrind. I know both m
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by xja 10y ago
It feels like failures on the scale of Segway are now pretty run of the mill. They "only" raised a 166MUSD [1]. Doesn't really compare to modern failures like Theranos, 686MUSD. [1] https://www.crunchbase.com/
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by xja 10y ago
RISC-V really seems to be gaining momentum with 2 crowdfunded silicon implementations currently seeking funding: https://www.crowdsupply.com/onchip/open-v https://www.crowdsupply.com/sifive/hifive1
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by xja 10y ago
Currently returning: Resource Limit Is Reached The website is temporarily unable to service your request as it exceeded resource limit. Please try again later. The irony! Cache link: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/sea
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by xja 10y ago
I've been reading Cryptonomicon recently. There's an entertaining bit where one of the characters asserts that beards are "totems of the white male patriarchal privilege". It's a bit silly. But it is interesting to
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by xja 10y ago
Amusing and depressing, awesome stuff. Git's rise to become the de facto standard revision control system has been fascinating to watch. I think it does provided real benefit over Subversion, but there are also smaller projects where t
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by xja 10y ago
In formlab's case they had a 1.8MUSD seed round prior to the crowdfunding. They raised ~3MUSD from crowdfunding. This probably helped give them some runway to put together a series A. However they still raised an additional 50MUSD. So,
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by xja 10y ago
Pretty terrifying. I'd love to see a more detailed analysis of the datasets they received. It sounds like both governmental and private surveillance systems in China may be pretty leaky. I wonder if the information is leaked through ha
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by xja 10y ago
The author is essentially saying any API change has the potential to break backward compatibility and that we should define what kind of breakage is ok. That's kind of interesting, and I'd not considered many of the scenarios ment
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by xja 10y ago
It's strange how the fact that it has an easily rememberable IP address has driven adoption of 8.8.8.8. I have a couple of other DNS servers memorized from before 8.8.8.8 appeared, I'd likely switch to them. I guess the predictabl
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by xja 10y ago
Which is why I said potential rather than actual. Having users terminate their connection at Cloudflare always adds an extra layer, and a dependency on a US corporation and therefore subject to the US legal system. It's not totally ide
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by xja 10y ago
To be frank I think that's a bit naive. These attacks are a numbers game. There's a low cost to sending the emails and a much larger payoff. Education helps, but it's still possible to catch people off guard, tired, new users
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by xja 10y ago
I was think more of a specific mail scanning process for images that look exactly like UI elements, with some fuzzy match. If it matches, flag it with the usual warnings. It feels like there's at least the potential to explore options.
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by xja 10y ago
That's a real shame. There are certainly things they could do to prevent images looking quite so similar to UI elements.
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by xja 10y ago
The how to link in the description doesn't seem to be working but it's here: https://www.hackster.io/mathwuy/elite-dangerous-ship-assista... Neat hack! It's awesome that Amazon have opened there API to t
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by xja 10y ago
Looks really cool and must have been a fun project. I guess it's not hugely practical, partically as each Pi has a display attached. Mythic beasts in the UK are doing Pi based co-location. I think this could be interesting. Not perhaps
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by xja 10y ago
Cloudflare's own statement also on HN here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13372729 Adds more color to this. In any case, it's great that the EFF and Cloudflare have been fighting this.
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by xja 10y ago
Wow hugely interesting, including that Capitol Hill staff felt NSLs could not be issued against Cloudflare, when they were. One question I have, they chose to voluntarily redact the customers account name in question for obvious reasons. Bu
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by xja 10y ago
It's a shame this person didn't get to phone screen. I found the phone screens quite fun, particularly if you're are not too worried about concerned about getting the job. People seem to view Google as some kind of tech Nivan
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by xja 10y ago
I guess it really depends. On projects where the level of commenting is low and theirs little to no documentation it can be tough. For C projects as there's usually a single point of entry I just start with main() and read through the
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by xja 10y ago
Debian bootstrapping is awesome and surprisingly easy to use. I've used it in the past to bring up a Debian install in a chroot on various otherwise unsupported devices (mostly Android watches and phones).
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by xja 10y ago
This is true, but I'd guess that having a nice Mac Pro isn't going to gain them market share. The market they're losing is probably the low end (where cost difference is higher).
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by xja 10y ago
Does this really matter? I've also felt that recent mac desktop/laptop releases have been poor. But is it really important to satisfy the masses in this market? It seems like we're in a world where most people could be quite
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by xja 10y ago
Here's the original CCC talk: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8069-tapping_into_the_core
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by xja 10y ago
Yahoo Japan is a separate entity. Yahoo (Altaba) is a minority shareholder (35.5%). Of course, the Yahoo brand in general has value elsewhere too, but I don't think this meaning Yahoo Japan will be rebranding.
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by xja 10y ago
Pretty interesting, I'd never taken the time to review the React license. In addition to this restriction, my guess is it will cause other undesirable license compatibility issues.

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