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Re:Microsoft Launches Free AV1 Video Codec on Saturday November 10, 2018 @09:53AM (#18421512)
Well, there's Free as in Speech, and Free as in Beer. (And there are sub-categories, like "Royalty Free" and the ability to use it without being sued for patent infringement)
Re:How I Faked My Way to the Top of Paris Fashion Week [video] on Thursday October 11, 2018 @07:40PM (#18197930)
Yes. That's exactly what David Hampton, the subject of the play and film "Six Degrees of Separation" relied on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Separation_(fil...

Re:Same-sex mice genetically engineered to have babies on Thursday October 11, 2018 @06:53PM (#18197682)
Cloning involves only one parent. This is genetic material from two parents of the same sex.
Re:Hacked Prius Running on Muni Power Lines (2014) on Thursday September 06, 2018 @02:39PM (#17928441)
Wow! The brilliant minds here fooled by a ridiculous April Fool's story.
Obama's Whitehouse? You mean the one that had the NSA spy on all of us?
Re:Paul Graham blocked me on Twitter on Sunday August 20, 2017 @06:01PM (#15060464)
It's OK, so have I! (And here, too, where I've been shadowbanned.) He really doesn't like female voices.
Re:Retrotechtacular: FAX as a Service in 1984 on Sunday November 06, 2016 @11:01AM (#12885631)
I 3D print a lot and I don't own a printer. I don't think the comparison is sound.
Re:Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities on Saturday November 05, 2016 @06:47PM (#12882335)
He forgot Beersheva! There's a city with a good start-up scene and a little cheaper than Tel Aviv.
Re:Ask HN: How often women read HN? Participate? on Sunday October 09, 2016 @04:51PM (#12673398)
Every day.
Re:The Art of Making a Nixie Tube [video] on Sunday October 02, 2016 @04:57PM (#12624193)
There's no vacuum in a Nixie Tube!

That being said, it would be nice if classic tubes of yesteryear can be remade efficiently. Especially for antique radio enthusiasts.

Re:Two years spent spamming spammers back on Sunday September 25, 2016 @10:21AM (#12575428)
Spam doesn't bother me anymore, but unsolicited phone calls do. The majority of phone calls that come in are not legitimate.
Re:Ever wondered how many open FTP servers there are? on Sunday September 18, 2016 @02:07AM (#12524148)
I can see having an open anonymous FTP that was read-only as a way of serving some files that needed to be downloaded and didn't contain any sensitive information. It's no different from providing a URL to them.

Or even a write-only one so people could deposit data.

The only real problem is a read-write one where people can use it to exchange information.

Re:Tesla Wins Contract to Help Power the California Grid on Thursday September 15, 2016 @11:07PM (#12511577)
That's 99% true, but Southern California also has periods of time when there's too much _solar_ power and they need to take some solar systems off-line!

(See http://www.vox.com/2016/4/8/11376196/california-grid-expansi...)

This may alleviate that problem

Re:The Correct Way to Validate Email Addresses on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @10:04PM (#12449676)
I had a .to domain for a while, and I had an email address "[email protected]" where firstname is my first name. I wanted to use it when I needed to give out emails causally, like if someone from Church or some other group wanted my email.

I gave up on it, not because of computer validation but because of stupid people! Nobody would "get" the .to domain and they'd always think there should be a .com or .gmail.com on the end of it. Especially older people.

So I gave it up.

Re:NSA Hacked French President’s House on Monday September 05, 2016 @11:46AM (#12430867)
This is exactly what American intelligence shoukd do: gather intelligence from other countries. It's when they spy on their own citizens that I get a little upset.
Re:In defence of Douglas Crockford on Saturday September 03, 2016 @11:16PM (#12422488)
I'm a woman with an EE degree. I hate non-tech "women" who go to conferences that have no real interest in (like Pycon, Ms. Richards) just to push some wacky agenda.

These "women" aren't making it easier for real girls in real engineering programs.