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Odin78 | 7 years ago | on: Essential Image Optimization

Until recently I had 100MB mobile data per month. This is in a first world country. Just linking to your page could have DoS'd me for weeks.

Odin78 | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018)

> 12 weeks of fully paid maternity leave and 4 weeks of fully paid paternity leave

Just out of curiosity: why the difference between maternity leave and paternity leave?

Odin78 | 8 years ago | on: Do you need a VPN?

A relevant detail to that story is that he admitted his guilt under questioning. Had he continued to deny any involvement, they would not have been able to prove that he was sending the bomb threat, as it could have been from someone who wasn't on campus.

Odin78 | 8 years ago | on: Shared thoughts after 6 years in Pentesting

Is it really? That's 16 hours of work 5 days a week. If you sleep for 8h you don't do anything but work or learn for all of your waking hours.

A more reasonable person would probably put a fair amount of learning time on the weekend, but even then you leave very little time for a social life, physical exercise, eating, relaxing.. things that most healthy people, if not everyone, requires.

Odin78 | 9 years ago | on: Soylent recalls powder after dairy accidentally slips into 1.8 powder

This website shows all popular products that were spawned from the Soylent "craze": https://www.blendrunner.com/

Personally I use Joylent (I think it's the most used brand in Europe; also they now call themselves JimmyJoy/Plennyshake) and as far as I am aware they never had any issues like Soylent did. It's also a bit cheaper than Soylent, but sadly doesn't offer a liquid version. Just powder that you have to mix with water and a snack bar.

Odin78 | 9 years ago | on: In Just 5 Moves, Grandmaster Loses and Leaves Chess World Aghast

As the article states, the top 100 chess players in the world are male. The field is incredibly male-dominated and even though women and men should be equal, the reasoning between splitting it tournaments by gender is that women would otherwise get discouraged.

Odin78 | 9 years ago | on: Rust vs C Pitfalls

> That's not saying that borrow checker is worthless but it does add overhead

It's important to emphasize out that this is compile time overhead, not run-time overhead.

Odin78 | 9 years ago | on: Inclusivity Is a Joke

I had a similar experience with the Rust board, so (anecdotally) it might not be related to the low barrier of entry.

Odin78 | 10 years ago | on: What If the Future of Technology Is in Your Ear?

If you send the input through the eye it would still appear in your regular field of view, right?

But what if you want to keep looking at whatever you're currently looking at without obstruction?

If you project the input directly onto the brain you could have two separate images, similar to how you can create a picture of, say, a bear in your head while still looking at your computer screen.

Odin78 | 10 years ago | on: Reddit removed NSL canary from 2015 Transparency Report

After some contemplation I must say I agree with you. Using technicalities like "well I didn't ACTIVELY say anything!" to get around the law shouldn't work in any situation - your example makes this very apparent.

At the same time, companies should not be forced to try and circumvent the law with cute tricks. Preventing companies from informing their users/customers that their privacy has been breached by a 3-letter-agency should be illegal.

We shouldn't be arguing about the legality of canaries, we should be arguing about the legality of gag orders. Arguing pro canaries is fighting a losing battle; it's fighting the symptoms instead of the cause.

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