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Re:Bank of America Cut Off Finance Sites from Its Data on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @03:34PM (#10542250)

Why don't banks implement read-only passwords?

Re:Olbers' paradox on Sunday August 02, 2015 @06:12PM (#9992678)

The Olbers' paradox is from the 1800s, before we knew about the expansion of space. It's arguing against a static, infinitely old universe. As you point out, we now know that this isn't the case.

Re:Olbers' paradox on Sunday August 02, 2015 @05:27PM (#9992545)

The paradox says that an universe infinite in space and time would have to be bright in all directions. By infinite in time, I mean that the universe has been around infinitely long, i.e. it has no beginning. The finite speed of light wouldn't matter here since the light would have had an infinite amount of time to reach you.

Ask HN: Coming out of college, what should I do for the next up to 6 months?

Posted by uts on Thursday May 07, 2015 @04:38PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm graduating from college this month, and have a software engineering job that lets me start anytime in 2015. This means that I have up to 6 months to do whatever I want. I'd like to take advantage of this situation by living a very different life than I'll be living for the foreseeable future as a software engineer. What would you do if you were in my position?

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Re:Reminder: Oh, Won't You Please Shut Up? (2011) on Thursday March 19, 2015 @04:09AM (#9230742)

I want to clarify the scope of this advice. If I've actually committed a crime and a cop is interrogating me about it, I should shut up and talk to my lawyer. (e.g. I robbed someone's house) In the other extreme, if someone's committed a crime against me, I should actively call the police to talk to them (e.g. someone robbed my house).

The majority of interactions with police fall somewhere between these two examples in terms of susceptibility. What determines when I should be talking to the cops and when I shouldn't?

Re:Apple-like one page scroll website on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @12:12AM (#9223564)

I'm using Safari. On your demo site, swipe to go back doesn't work. Any idea why this is happening?