ztan

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by ztan 15y ago
>I was expecting guy to say "final check is complete", when she was leaving ;). same here.. and then showing the guy being another computer ai/robot...
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by ztan 15y ago
While I think it's a clever spin. I don't see why Groupon can't do the same in an instant if it proves to be effective. If that happens these guys just become another Groupon clone competing on lower rates for merchants.
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by ztan 15y ago
site seems to be down, cached version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
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by ztan 15y ago
>In college, I never took a course on Compilers or Programming Languages... >I got the job through a summer internship, which allowed me to bypass the rigorous 8-interviews-in-a-day hiring process. And I lucked out... completely es
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by ztan 15y ago
This should make Ray Kurzweil happy. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1611007
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by ztan 16y ago
Who said anything about firing? How does hiring one guy on to join the team == firing of all of the previous guys? Is there a one man network security team rule at Valve that I'm suppose to know about?
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by ztan 16y ago
It seems like they did not make a single document that contains everything. The information about SP1 is split up into four separate docs: 1. Hotfixes and Security Updates included in Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 2. Notable
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by ztan 16y ago
Ah.. okay now it makes sense. I knew it was kind of a dumb question. Thanks all.
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by ztan 16y ago
This may be a dumb question, as I'm not very familiar with how these things work. Why do they charge less when the transaction is a physical swipe 2.75% vs 3.5% + 15¢ if you enter numbers manually? Does it actually cost Square less when you
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by ztan 16y ago
>What i don't understand is that you keep saying he was not motivated by self gain... people do things for their own satisfaction... That's a different kind of self gain than the one I was talking about. There is no need to point out/
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Measure earth’s rotation with PlayStation Move(hackaday.com)
23 points by ztan 16y ago|1 comments
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by ztan 16y ago
I think it highly depends on the delivery. I've mentioned this in another comment lower in the thread. Basically, had he contacted Valve and informed them about security the flaws and then shared the source code with Valve to show/prove the
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by ztan 16y ago
You are still not understanding what I'm trying to say. We are talking about intentions here. Not actions. I'm not saying he's not guilty of those crimes. I'm just saying he did not exhibit the undesirable character of intentionally hurting
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by ztan 16y ago
I disagree with you if you are saying that he had planned for months with the intention of taking away Valve's secrecy and confidentiality so he can hurt them and as a result gain something from it. There is no question that a crime has bee
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by ztan 16y ago
This is a nice story however I don't think the same principal should apply in this case. You have to look at intention of the behavior to judge ones character like Roosevelt did. In Roosevelt's case the intention was clear, the guy took awa
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by ztan 16y ago
If the article was 100% accurate, then I would have due to this particularly unusual circumstance. The kid was too naive and handled the situation poorly. The leak in fact was purely accidental. I think if he had contacted Valve and gave th
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by ztan 16y ago
Ahh, I see. Point taken. I would still hire this passionate kid and put him on the network security team. I would then make a public announcement about how the job you get depends on what skill you demonstrate. Which should be the way it wo
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by ztan 16y ago
As far as I know he was the only one who have succeeded in not only hacking in, but also not being traced back despite all of Valves efforts. (They even got the FBI involved.) How many of the "hackpplicants" can you say the same about? The
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by ztan 16y ago
I found the story to be quite tragic. This kid really saw the people at Valve as his heroes. Valve knew this and totally abused of that fact. They tricked him and was planning to hand him to the FBI, despite the fact he was (still is) their
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by ztan 16y ago
I usually tend to avoid the 1 to 2 hour long video/talks. However in this case, the value received from its content absolutely justified every minute of its length. I wish more people would not dismiss it because of its length like I almost
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by ztan 16y ago
I use jobspice.com and call it a day.
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by ztan 16y ago
I agree. I also think it should be some what lowered.
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by ztan 16y ago
"Judging from the photos, he is close to terminal. I would say he has six weeks." says critical-care physician Dr. Samuel Jacobson.
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by ztan 16y ago
google cache around the pay wall... http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=en&q=cac...
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Microsoft bought Nokia for $0? Nokia Says It Will Get Billions From Microsoft (online.wsj.com)
1 points by ztan 16y ago|1 comments
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by ztan 16y ago
I think you are missing the point of my question. I do not have a problem with the removal of the word "killer" from the title. It was more or less a tongue in cheek tactic to attract attention. I (and I would think most HN readers) do not
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by ztan 16y ago
I admit guilty of using the phrase "Anybot killer" in the title as link bait. I did it to catch attention. I did not mean any disrespect to Trevor or the Anybot team. As some one who is also interested in robotics, I'm actually a great big
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by ztan 16y ago
I'm not trying to be disrespectful. But do you not think forcefully changing the entire title without any warning and removing my editing privilege is a bit of overkill for a single word that YOU found to be offensive? You could have simply
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by ztan 16y ago
For some reason my link bait-ish "Introducing Johnny Chung Lee's $500 Anybot killer" title was changed (censored?) to the current one and I can no longer edit it.
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by ztan 16y ago
Do you think this $500 DIY bot would give a similar level of levity compared to the $15000 Anybot?

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