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4 years ago
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on: Today was my last day at Google
No he means the 'code' that runs Google in the business / HR sense is not version controlled and reviewed. So when it changes to something he disagrees with like the pillow purchase being disallowed he can't see or take part in the discussion that led to that change.
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7 years ago
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on: I need to copy 2000+ DVDs in 3 days. What are my options?
Of course that's fake fibre aka fibre to the green cabinet in your street. The UK allows that to be marketed as fibre despite the large difference in performance to a real fibre connection.
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7 years ago
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on: I need to copy 2000+ DVDs in 3 days. What are my options?
It's actually very similar to Aaron Schwartz's plan of using academic access to copy and widely distribute papers. This researcher does not have a legal basis to copy 2000+ disks in order to free them from the national archives. At most he has a restricted right of access to use some of them in his academic research.
To test he could ask the national archive for permission to carry out his plan and observe how quickly his access is revoked.
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* pull requests;
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* copying and equipment approvals.
The rules will be available for researcher use in each facility or can be requested in writing from the facility managers listed below.
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7 years ago
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on: I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It
I see you are familiar with Berlin nightclubs!
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7 years ago
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on: Monzo, a U.K. challenger bank, raises £85M Series E
I think Starling is 2%.
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7 years ago
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on: Monzo, a U.K. challenger bank, raises £85M Series E
I find Curve to be more innovative because it is a debit card that links back to any debit or credit card. You can only carry one card, use your real credit cards in places that only accept debit. Plus - a fancy app and real time tracking for all your old bank cards. It's most of the upside from Monzo with your choice of cards.
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7 years ago
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on: New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in murder
It shouldn't take having a special talent in art to get a fair hearing.
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7 years ago
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on: Is the Lean Startup Dead?
There are small startups born out of targeted smart application of code today that are similar to a lone hacker and sold to Google. eg Graphics Fuzz with it's intelligent code reducer which Google bought to use with Android.
https://www.graphicsfuzz.com/howitworks.html
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7 years ago
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on: French jogger detained after crossing US-Canada border
The Benelux Union was really the precursor model to the EU.
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7 years ago
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on: French jogger detained after crossing US-Canada border
It's not so much a less strict attitude but a willingness to co-operate and allow citizens to pass unhindered thanks to the Schengen Agreement. Borders outwith Schengen or on the borders of the EU are policed strictly.
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8 years ago
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on: Airport lounges will let anyone in, provided you can fake a QR code (2016)
Airlines have fired staff for eating a sandwich or drinking a coke taken from the plane e en if it was going to be thrown away. It's the same concept as most food outlets. They have no discretion yo give away free things to people who give them candy.
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9 years ago
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on: Microsoft won't back down from Windows 10 nagware 'trick'
It's pretty hard to buy enterprise. I could easily see many small companies going with Pro instead and getting unwanted upgrades to Windows 10.
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9 years ago
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on: Microsoft won't back down from Windows 10 nagware 'trick'
Why would you run Windows Server on the receptionists machine?
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9 years ago
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on: A language that compiles to Bash and Windows Batch
Even if you did distribute bat files online Windows would block downloading or running them by default so they are not a useful method.
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9 years ago
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on: A language that compiles to Bash and Windows Batch
In that case you would use the chocolatey package manager bootstrapped by powershell to silently install Python.
It's a oneliner in powershell followed by choco install Python.
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10 years ago
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on: After 40 years we've nearly ticked off every post box in Britain
I'd expect the Telegraph to say what kind of house they live in and whether they went to private school as well.
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10 years ago
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on: HangoverApp – Share pics without Internet, only visible if all devices present
I know that Signal (formerly Textsecure) won't let you take a screenshot of any text messages.
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11 years ago
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on: Ask HN: When was the last time you lived 24 hours without the Internet?
Spent a year with no home broadband - 2011.
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13 years ago
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on: How Georgia doxed a Russian hacker (and why it matters)
This is not so much doxxing as a 21st Century Wanted Poster
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15 years ago
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on: Hacking Small Town America
It has an urban population of 96,900 that is fairly large by Scottish Standards. Inverness and Stirling have ~70,000 each and they are cities.
