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Re:Google Titan Security Key now available
on Thursday August 30, 2018 @07:49AM (#17875884)
Good reasons, thanks!
Re:Google Titan Security Key now available
on Thursday August 30, 2018 @07:38AM (#17875828)
Isn't this the same as a code app like Authy? Why carry the extra dongle?
Re:Ratings inflation on Uber and elsewhere
on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:49AM (#16791388)
IMHO this is a good comment. It explains why ratings tend to be inflated, but I think it also indirectly asks in what kind of society we want to live.
(I think our profession is vulnerable to unadjusted people making the rules for the rest.)
Re:Physics Makes Aging Inevitable, Not Biology (2016)
on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @11:34AM (#16430662)
Your comment prompted a web search and I ended up here: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-reductionism-a-logical-fallacy
Re:Mystery of sonic weapon attacks in Cuba deepens
on Friday September 15, 2017 @05:21AM (#15255747)
My first thought: Look, this is Cuba. Home of con artistry. They will stage a UFO landing to get more tourists spend convertible pesos. For me P(heard-in-havana-and-true) is around 0.1, max.
Re:What If Bitcoin – Shoot I didn't invest
on Friday September 08, 2017 @05:13AM (#15198868)
Funny, this could be extended to all sorts of investments. What if I spent 1000 USD on Apple in 1990? I'd have about 1000 Apple stock now, currently worth around 160k.
Re:It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say researchers
on Monday July 31, 2017 @07:46AM (#14891042)
Private browsing mode is your friend. (You can set it as your default, at least on iPhone.) Caveat: You will have to keep confirming cookie usage popups (EU only I guess).
Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following
on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @08:36AM (#13810154)
Is this different from any of the other similar cooking devices?
Re:Ask HN: What is the most exciting development in your field right now?
on Sunday February 05, 2017 @07:20AM (#13572079)
Nassim Taleb reader/Twitter follower? In my (limited and mostly anecdotal) experience this sort of categorical seems to lead to more, perhaps different kinds of superstition. People read "The Black Swan" and start talking like statistics, probabilities etc. were suddenly completely meaningless. Humans seem to always have to live in extremes.. ;)
Re:How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists
on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @10:46AM (#13220775)
For me, there's still no alternative. And I also will not recommend anything but a Mac to friends and family. They just have the best personal computer on the market, period.
Re:Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS
on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:18AM (#12978126)
Will universal links and app banners and handover to desktop still work?
Re:Why does software development take so long?
on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @07:34AM (#12795610)
Because it's an art. It's like painting a picture. Good art takes time.
Re:Why Tim Cook Is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple
on Monday October 24, 2016 @10:50AM (#12779284)
Website-idea: Make a list of previous articles that predict the future of Apple. ;)
Re:Warren Buffett's Net Worth by Age
on Monday September 12, 2016 @05:09AM (#12478186)
Well, how many trades did he do? Is that number high enough to statistically determine if he is really more skilled than the average investor?
Re:Half Your Brain Stands Guard When Sleeping in a New Place
on Monday April 25, 2016 @07:39AM (#11563584)
Perhaps its the quality of your bed/mattress at home..
Re:Why we should fear a cashless world
on Monday March 21, 2016 @09:56AM (#11328045)
The whole cash less payment industry is in trouble, once people realise that they can withdraw more than 50 [USD|EUR|GBP|..] at once..
Just kidding.
Well almost, since it was what did it for me. I started withdrawing larger amounts, 500 or 1000 Euros, each time, after ending up with no cash too often.
And I didn't feel the need to use another payment method since. YMMV (obviously).
Re:Ask HN: Does this old horse have a few years of useful work left?
on Monday February 22, 2016 @07:23AM (#11150316)
Hm, I am not bored yet, but I think I might be bored in the future. So I was wondering if I should go back to university and study something interesting, Physics perhaps, or even pursue a new career, like becoming an airline pilot or so..
Re:The Triumph of Stupidity (1933)
on Friday November 27, 2015 @11:02AM (#10637760)
I think it is a potentially dangerous mistake to put the "stupid" label on all those that support anti-democratic tendencies.
Among other things, such as having a false impression of what else is possibly going on, one might be inclined to dismiss the problem too easily.
Re:A sliding puzzle, built with Elm
on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @08:44AM (#10546590)
I just found this article on the solvability of these puzzles: https://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mdr/teaching/modules04/java2/Tile...
Can a user delete a picture he or she has uploaded?
Re:A 1985 Essay from a Bulletin Board System Admin Foretold Our Future
on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @08:03AM (#10185166)
Is there a text-version of this?
Re:Freshplayerplugin – Powered by Chromium's Pepper Flash Player
on Monday August 24, 2015 @06:54AM (#10108923)
I was just wondering what the ETA for ditching flash altogether is..
Re:The decline of US power?
on Friday July 10, 2015 @07:27AM (#9863278)
Well, for me USA is still great. For cultural reasons mostly(, because I'm already from a rich country). For instance, I'd like to go and work in Silicon Valley for a while. If I could get a Visa. ;)
Re:An unexpected benefit of open-sourcing our code
on Thursday July 09, 2015 @10:34AM (#9858032)
How about software that could break into military, bank, etc. systems and manipulate them?
Re:Photos from inside the Baikonur Cosmodrome
on Thursday July 02, 2015 @08:22AM (#9818350)
many more pics here: https://encrypted.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=buran%20launc...
Re:Photos from inside the Baikonur Cosmodrome
on Thursday July 02, 2015 @08:21AM (#9818342)
>> Looks like when the Soviets stop building something they just walk away.
According to Wikipedia [1] the Buran-program was cancelled when the Soviet Union stopped existing. It was a time of chaos and many parts of the country were not working. Resuming construction on a space shuttle was probably at the very bottom of their priorities in 1990.
Re:The Death Penalty in Louisiana
on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @09:41AM (#9811694)
Having the death penalty also seems to be a very un-Christian thing. Relevant, if a large portion of the population define themselves as Christians.
Re:Guess Who Doesn’t Fit in at Work
on Saturday June 27, 2015 @10:32AM (#9790267)
Best reason to visit a top school. So you become more similar to the people running the country.
Re:Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Others Team Up to Launch WebAssembly
on Thursday June 18, 2015 @08:22AM (#9738085)
This came up so quickly, nobody was able to create the WebAssembly page on Wikipedia yet [1], it seems.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebAssembly