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Re:George Wilson, The Man Who Walked His Life Away on Monday July 15, 2019 @07:53AM (#20439930)
After she held him down and had him beaten with a red hit iron poker? He was a physically weak man "fighting" a much stronger woman. If a weak woman hit her husband and then he held her down and had her beaten, you think that would be ok?
Some people are willing to accept a small amount of risk to be able to do what they want with their device without being restricted to what the manufacturer says is OK.
Re:A Rocket Built by Students Reaches Space on Friday May 24, 2019 @08:22AM (#20000713)
That's being too generous. Other than spacex, essentially every rocket that reaches space does so "for the first time". The title is intentionally misleading
Re:Umple: Model-Oriented Programming on Saturday April 06, 2019 @07:10AM (#19590227)
It wasn't that great as a tool for learning UML. Was forced to use this in my soft Eng courses at uOttawa and it was not very helpful
Re:You Can Do It in SQL, Stop Writing Extra Code for That on Friday December 14, 2018 @12:02PM (#18682354)
Is this due to query optimization, or something else?
Re:Ask HN: How can I spend my time on the bus productively? on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @10:03PM (#18661045)
I do already listen to podcasts, including EconTalk. I have a lot of inactive downtime like walking to the bus stop, walking my dog, grocery shopping etc. I am trying to find a way to actively improve my skills as a recent grad since I am going to be forced to have this passive time since I am not driving.
Re:Ask HN: How can I spend my time on the bus productively? on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @10:01PM (#18661038)
I do listen to a lot of audio content already, but I want a way to be actively productive during this time since I am not driving. I do have some books on my phone, but I'm not always in the mood for that
Re:Ask HN: How can I spend my time on the bus productively? on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @09:59PM (#18661032)
Yeah I already listen to a bunch of audio content, especially podcasts (Planet Money, Freakonomics, EconTalk for economics). However now I am a recent graduate, and would like to apply this time more actively to improve my skills.

Ask HN: How can I spend my time on the bus productively?

I am about to start a job where I will have to commute ~1.5hr each way to/from work whenever I can't work from home. I won't always have a seat, so being able to use a laptop isn't guaranteed. Is there anything other than reading I could do to improve my skills during this period? (Relevant areas are programming, security, machine learning)

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Re:Show HN: Tweet encrypted messages on Thursday November 29, 2018 @09:33AM (#18560385)
So it only provides repudiation of the sender, and only if they can share the original message through some secure channel? That isn't even a signature, let alone encryption
Re:Show HN: Tweet encrypted messages on Friday November 23, 2018 @04:33PM (#18519026)
Why are there only hashing algorithms for this? Doesn't that defeat the purpose entirely, since there is no potential to decrypt?
Re:Apple’s ‘Recycled’ Macs Aren’t What They Seem on Saturday November 03, 2018 @09:22AM (#18370054)
I have successfully repaired every Android phone I have owned to increase its effective life by at least a full year, for under $20. There are so many resources available that make it so anyone with minimal skills and tools can do it.
Re:Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers on Monday October 08, 2018 @03:40PM (#18170641)
That is where the loading bays are, so they keep the fridges nearby so cold items have less chance to heat up. Plus milk is often stocked from behind, which can only be done where they have the extra space at the back of the store.
Re:Ask HN: Beginner lost in modular airthmetic division on Thursday September 13, 2018 @02:58PM (#17981349)
3 / 4 = 0, remainder = 3. This is essentially where the 3 comes from