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Re:Bats and the Origin of Outbreaks on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @08:57AM (#26411231)
Apparently just a few unanswered questions bar the truth according to the study released by this Dr. Steven Quay. Highly doubt we'll get answers because of the nation that is sitting on the answers.

"A Bayesian analysis concludes beyond a reasonable doubt that SARS-CoV-2 is not a natural zoonosis but instead is laboratory derived"

- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-study-by-dr-ste...

The first 12 pages of the PDF read like a sci-fy thriller. Link to the PDF (scroll down the page a bit):

- https://zenodo.org/record/4477081

Re:Bats and the Origin of Outbreaks on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @08:54AM (#26411201)
Any credibility to the study released by this Dr. Steven Quay? He seems to have uncovered ample evidence, that in the case of COVID19, it was leaked from a lab.

"A Bayesian analysis concludes beyond a reasonable doubt that SARS-CoV-2 is not a natural zoonosis but instead is laboratory derived"

- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-study-by-dr-ste...

The first 12 pages of the PDF read like a sci-fy thriller. Link to the PDF (scroll down the page a bit):

- https://zenodo.org/record/4477081

You installed cpufreaq yet? It is a life saver and a battery saver too. I run most of the time with 4 cores, turbo disabled, and capped at about 50%. Makes a huge difference in battery runtime.

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1082/cpufreq/

Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:45AM (#23068673)
I just purged Apple from my life largely because the touchbar continues to live on. Love my new Lenovo, btw.

As a workaround for the touchbar that worked pretty well, I bought a silicon keyboard protector for the Apple Magic Keyboard, cut out the area for the function keys, and used hot glue to glue it over the touch bar.

Prevented the touchbar from activating at the slightest touch and did return some of the feel of actually having a row of keys.

Plus, the hot glue causes no damage to the aluminum and does hold for a good period of time.

Turn this into a product people could purchase and you'd become rich :)

Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? on Monday March 16, 2020 @09:05PM (#22600335)
Check out the "Future of Work" where they cover the top 5 most popular jobs and how they are in danger. The self driving trucks shock the human truck drivers in the diner.

Makes me sad to see their faces when they realize just how far along and how good the self driving trucks have become:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iaKHeCKcq4

UBI will become a necessity because the alternative will not be pretty.

Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? on Monday March 16, 2020 @09:01PM (#22600304)
Good post. Yang provides additional answers in the FAQ he prepared for his POTUS run:

- https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-freedom-dividend-faq/

Aside from COVID-19, we have the 4th industrial revolution in progress now. Just take a look at these truck driver's faces once they realize just how far self driving trucks are:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iaKHeCKcq4

Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? on Monday March 16, 2020 @08:57PM (#22600272)
"you have taxes high enough that the universal basic income is meaningless."

Not true. You should read the UBI policy proposal that Yang created for his POTUS run. You can find them here:

- https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-freedom-dividend-faq/ - https://www.yang2020.com/policies/the-freedom-dividend/

"Your keys, your bitcoin". "Not your keys, not your bitcoin".
(do not forget that our CIA was an early funder of Google)

--> Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police <--

"When detectives in a Phoenix suburb arrested a warehouse worker in a murder investigation last December, they credited a new technique with breaking open the case after other leads went cold.

The police told the suspect, Jorge Molina, they had data tracking his phone to the site where a man was shot nine months earlier.

But after he spent nearly a week in jail, the case against Mr. Molina fell apart as investigators learned new information and released him. Last month, the police arrested another man: his mother’s ex-boyfriend, who had sometimes used Mr. Molina’s car."

Re:Obsidian: A safer blockchain programming language on Saturday June 01, 2019 @05:51AM (#20068390)
IOST uses the V8 JavaScript engine to execute it's smart contracts. Seems like a no brainer given the massive amount of existing JavaScript code, tools, and coders.

https://developers.iost.io/docs/en/2-intro-of-iost/VM.html

Re:Obsidian: A safer blockchain programming language on Saturday June 01, 2019 @05:48AM (#20068383)
Why all these new languages? No one really wants to learn yet another language.

The big 4 public dapp blockchains use C++, Solidity and JavaScript. I can't imagine C++ and Solidity is okay. IOST went with JavaScript and the V8 engine for it's smart contracts. That seems the most reasonable as they can leverage a massive amount of JavaScript code.

Will be interesting once people realize they have a way to monetize webapps with a browser extension/wallet. Just think about all the web based JavaScript games that died because no way to monetize. Someone should be porting those over.

Plus, it took IOST only 8 weeks to passed up ETH in total number of blockchain transactions. ETH was launched back in June 2015. IOST has a fast ass blockchain.

Re:Can Facebook Be Fixed? Should It Be? on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @02:44PM (#19912562)
Someone needs to create a new social network that will import the data blob that Facebook creates when users request all their data.

In fact, this new social network will automatically request all your data, download it, and import it for you if you enter your Facebook credentials.

Double fact, this new social network runs on top of a blockchain and you keep the keys and from this point forward, you control access to your data and all future data added to the site.

If you control the keys, its your data. If you don't control the keys, its not your data.

Re:Startup School Advisor Track: You Are In on Monday August 20, 2018 @08:04PM (#17805440)
There ain't no do over with email :)

Ran a legit email service for over a decade and at one point we had list with 800k people it, I'd pucker up every time I had to hit "send".

Re:Startup School Advisor Track: You Are In on Monday August 20, 2018 @06:35PM (#17804665)
WTF? A rollercoaster for sure. You're in! You're out! Boooo!
#1 - import all your data that was exported from Facebook

#2 - get billion dollar valuation

Re:Jimmy Is Everywhere: On James Baldwin's FBI File on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @05:27AM (#16583413)
One the most impactful statements on race that I've ever encountered. That led me on a multi-day bender watching all of Baldwin's talks and speeches on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0L5fciA6AU

Re:In web design, everything easy is hard again on Saturday February 10, 2018 @05:58AM (#16346796)
Never though I'd have to run "make clean && config && autoconf && make && make install" to build a web page.
Re:Ask HN: How did you get your first paying customers? on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @11:41PM (#15078352)
You should have customers before launch. Read the first four chapters of: https://www.amazon.com/Four-Steps-Epiphany-Steve-Blank/dp/09...
Re:Yahoo Homepage – Now Featuring Extra-Scammy Scams on Monday February 02, 2015 @09:26AM (#8984246)
That is why I don't mind almost all current advertising, my ad blocker (disconnect.me) does a fantastic job.
tptacek is a breath of fresh air in this trucrypt funk.
Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? on Sunday April 27, 2014 @08:10PM (#7657548)
Yup, CityBidz: http://citybidz.com

Email me jim[DOT][email protected]

Re:Game servers: UDP vs TCP on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @05:09PM (#7511690)
gsfgf says:

"Hi, I'd like to hear a TCP joke."

"Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?"

"Yes, I'd like to hear a TCP joke."

"OK, I'll tell you a TCP joke."

"Ok, I will hear a TCP joke."

"Are you ready to hear a TCP joke?"

"Yes, I am ready to hear a TCP joke."

"Ok, I am about to send the TCP joke. It will last 10 seconds, it has two characters, it does not have a setting, it ends with a punchline."

"Ok, I am ready to get your TCP joke that will last 10 seconds, has two characters, does not have an explicit setting, and ends with a punchline."

"I'm sorry, your connection has timed out. Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?"

Re:Game servers: UDP vs TCP on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @04:47PM (#7511540)
from the_skys_kid:

I'll defend UDP.

UDP is the honey badger of the internet protocol suite.

UDP is all about the transaction. UDP is standing on a cliff yelling, "Come at me, bro", whether you're there or not.

UDP is a man's protocol doing real shit like bootstrapping your ass and slapping an IP on you. Get up, motha fucka!

UDP will talk shit to one of you or all of you. UDP ain't scared. UDP brought the fear.

UDP understands that you may be slow sometimes. So UDP will wait for your sorry ass. UDP grew up without a father, too.

UDP sends a message and couldn't give a fuck if you got it or not.

UDP got a message from you saying that you got his messages and guess what? UDP didn't even open it! Not one fuck given.

Don't try to shake UDP's hand! You crazy?

And, when UDP dies because you weren't available, UDP doesn't shed a tear. UDP is hardcore. He's going out even if he knows you ain't there. UDP is a goddam one-man slaughter house. Why?

Because UDP doesn't give a fuck.

Re:Mt. Gox Resigns Bitcoin Foundation Board Seat on Monday February 24, 2014 @01:53PM (#7292630)
"BitCoin is just like any other money: the base system is based on distrust but for it to be mainstream an ecosystem of trust must be built around it."

Speaking of ecosystem, I noticed that FDIC insurance suspiciously missing.

"The OpenBSD project uses a lot of electricity for running the development and build machines. A number of logistical reasons prevents us from moving the machines to another location which might offer space/power for free, so let's not allow the conversation to go that way."

Well then, good luck with the money raise.

Re:The Open-Office Trap on Thursday January 09, 2014 @09:17PM (#7034676)
Its a trap!
Re:Obama: No warrantless wiretaps if you elect me (2008) on Friday June 07, 2013 @10:13AM (#5838985)
Here is the rub, if government does nothing and we get attacked people will complain. If government steps up and works to prevent an attack, people complain.

Where is the balance?

Can it remove Buzz Feed from the internet too? Please?!
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