coldskull
Re:Something’s cooking in Apple’s India business
on Monday May 23, 2016 @06:06PM (#11757433)
these are the kind of articles/blogs/commentary i hate...a hook line with zero substance
Re:Fitbit Acquires Coin
on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @03:50PM (#11725269)
so only other player left here is swypcard
A killing tests India’s protection of an aboriginal culture
Pay inequality in Google?
Some prototype snaps on : theverge.com/e/7680234 pic.twitter.com/NlK2nCDpIA
I have seen this card in person....so I can vouch for it. It is not vaporware :)
Swyp
Re:Turn It Off: NSA's Achilles' Heel
on Monday February 03, 2014 @09:32PM (#7175118)
Can the president not declare emergency and bypass the laws? The laws may not help much
Re:My deadly disease was just a 23andme bug
on Monday November 25, 2013 @03:59PM (#6796967)
Hypothetically, if i were in OP's shoes and 'really' scared, I would be going to a genetic doctor instead of conducting my own research. (i would still look up stuff, but that would be too risky to depend on)
Re:The second operating system hiding in every mobile phone
on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @12:55AM (#6723617)
as someone who closely works on qualcomm baseband processors, i can say that security is one of the top priorities of qualcomm. There are whole bunches of teams dedicated to sec/vuln analysis. Not saying that the issues mentioned in the article did not occur...but I believe that those probably occured in older chips (a few generations older)
standard disclaimer Views above are personal and do not reflect views of Qualcomm
Re:In 8 months at Microsoft, I learned these things
on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @04:19PM (#5870468)
perfectly describes some of the top mobile/chipset companies i have worked for.
Some of the code is so horrible that you feel it might be worth the time rewriting it. But time is too precious...nobody has time to step back and analyze or point fingers. just get the code fix and ship to it the customer.
Re:Why Use Make
on Sunday February 24, 2013 @03:08PM (#5275696)
scons is a good alternative to make. Make is ok for small projects, but it gets ugly pretty quick...and it allows you to make mistakes easily...
Re:Unofficial documentation of the Tesla Model S REST API
on Thursday February 14, 2013 @03:04PM (#5221780)
wow....they are using GETs for everything ! :)
Re:Moj.io: Connect your car to the world around you
on Thursday November 29, 2012 @07:54PM (#4851278)
i am surprised nobody talked about security...i am guessing the OBD interface in cars can be used to send commands to various components....could somebody hack into your car??
Re:Amazon Announces new Data Warehousing Product
on Thursday November 29, 2012 @12:18AM (#4846371)
thats correct. i have heard that from a first hand source
Re:Apple Broke My iPhone, and Their Policies Prevent Them from Fixing It
on Tuesday November 20, 2012 @10:47AM (#4809446)
it will boil down to corporate principles/culture that Apple has. It has to decide how much max resources it can dedicate to handling a small subset of affected user VS. potential media backlash that could be triggered if some of these 'minority' users are influential.
Re:BigDataBorat
on Wednesday November 14, 2012 @07:29PM (#4786401)
Big Data Borat @BigDataBorat
Man with 1 database know data consistent. Man with 2 database never sure. Man with 3 database brag about it on hacker news. #bigdata
BigDataBorat
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales ban lifted in the US
Re:Working at big software companies
on Monday August 13, 2012 @01:16AM (#4374655)
Wow!...perfectly described -- thats all i can say :)
Re:Show HN: Choose Photo. Make Ascii
on Thursday August 09, 2012 @02:58PM (#4362621)
what would really be cool is if someone creates a service that can turn videos into 'ascii art' videos....that would look beautiful...
Re:Critical Linux bug that leads 100% CPU (leap second)
on Monday July 02, 2012 @10:16AM (#4188943)
well, our hadoop cluster went bonkers because of this bug....luckily it was on stage...not production!