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Re:Epiousios on Monday September 13, 2021 @02:59AM (#28508593)
Re:Books: an immutable double-entry accounting database service on Thursday October 17, 2019 @06:10AM (#21280434)
Looks like they've discovered double-entry accounting...

...at last ;)

Re:A live map of marine traffic on Thursday June 20, 2019 @04:06AM (#20230867)
Surprised to see people surprised of this site. It's been up for some years!
Unbreak doesn't work on WAPO!?
Re:The First Woman to Translate the ‘Odyssey’ into English on Thursday November 09, 2017 @10:47AM (#15663342)
Greeks usualy translate "πολύτροπον" to the modern "πολυμήχανος"

- http://www.wordreference.com/gren/%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%85%C...

Re:The Forgotten Mystery of Inertia on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @05:17AM (#15489614)
Is this serious scientific writing?

"[...] the gravitational force the Earth exerts on you is canceled out in a freely falling elevator" and "[...] it is impossible to distinguish acceleration from gravity"? Seriously?

Isn't acceleration the result of force? Isn't gravity a force? When you are in free fall you accelerate, gravity doesn't "cancel out"!

Re:FCC Takes Stronger Aim at Robocalls on Monday July 17, 2017 @05:01AM (#14786739)
I suspect that here in Europe you can't spoof caller ID :)
Please correct the title. The actual article's title is different!
Does this reduce AWS charges in some way?
Re:Dgsh – Directed graph shell on Monday January 09, 2017 @06:54AM (#13355672)
Re:Industry Concerns about TLS 1.3 on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @04:12AM (#12642241)
Well, North Korea is not complaining about TLS 1.3, why would banks have to? Their proxy servers are already MITM platforms that meet their needs for security.
Re:Ori – Robotic transformation of interior spaces on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @05:26AM (#12120755)
Found it! The "HTTPS Everywhere" add-on causes this (may have something to do with CORS as well).
Re:Ori – Robotic transformation of interior spaces on Monday July 18, 2016 @08:15AM (#12114586)
same on FF 47 :(
It seems that the redacted text at the top left of every non-letterheaded page is probably "File No.NSL-XX-XXXXXX" (where the Xs stand for the actual numbers). The file/ref number is at the first page, under the FBI logo and is also mentioned at the end of the letter, for use instead of the letter's details. So, why redact it?
got it working with the following:

window.location=window.URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([localStorage.getItem('hn_saved')],{type:'x-whatever/x-backup'}));

file name is weird (I'm a JS newb!)

Anyone find a way to do this in Firefox as well? It seems to work; except, it won't save the data in CSV. I'll try to get the raw JSON data...
Re:Random number generator 'improved' on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @09:39AM (#11713500)
There are many technical problems with this piece. Is "oversimplification" the cause?

Quotes from Prof Alan Woodward sound strange. Consider the statement "Given enough time, all algorithms can be reverse-engineered" about random number generators. There are no "secret" RNGs in software (except in DIY projects) and they should never get into production software or OSs IMHO.

So, which statement is right/better?
Also, why isn't "homomorphic encryption" mentioned at all since that's what this is all about?
Am I wrong or the phrase "a type of mathematical protocol for convincing someone that something is true without revealing any details of why it is true" is wrong and should be "a type of mathematical protocol for allowing someone to verify that something is true without revealing any details of how it is calculated to be true?"
Re:Aristotle, “On Trolling” on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @04:04AM (#11665802)
I like the Greek word comments, they greatly help my understanding of the meanings (I'm Greek; Greek words have more nuance).
Re:LyX – The Document Processor on Monday February 15, 2016 @08:35AM (#11103280)
I think LyX is a great idea, but I had a couple of problems with it:

1. Support for the Greek language is not good

2. Found it difficult to manage and create my own templates

Re:The Malware Museum on Friday February 05, 2016 @08:58AM (#11041373)
I have a printout of the disassembly of that virus (in wide format fanfold) from around then. When I come across it I'll donate it to the Hellenic IT Museum...
Re:Neural Artistic Captions on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @11:23AM (#10339472)
Very... entertaining! :)

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