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AnsemWiseon Taxi deregulation coming to Finland

Exist

AnsemWise on Taxi deregulation coming to Finland

Finland doesn't exists.

AnsemWise on It Takes Two Neurons to Ride a Bicycle (2004)

Checkout https://blog.acolyer.org/

AnsemWise on Why Raspberry Pi Isn't Vulnerable to Spectre or Meltdown

I hope I understand your question correctly. The request asks for something in protected memory and also asks for something based off a portion of the protected memory (like the first byte). The system denies access to the request then puts both results in cache. The attacker then asks for a byte of memory similar to the second request, which the system tries to get from cache but then goes to memory since it wasn't in cache. The attacker doesn't want that result so cancels the request and asks for another byte similar to the second request. That process repeats until the system says "Hey this byte is in my cache" and gives the result back to the attacker. That let's the attacker know what the first byte of that protected memory was. The attacker then repeats that whole process until they've read the entire protected memory, which is at a rate of 1500/bytes a second. It never gets the actual protected memory from the cache.

AnsemWise on Let's Encrypt now holds 35% of the market

Also wondering this

AnsemWise on Earth's sixth mass extinction event already under way, scientists warn

Makes me want to cry.

AnsemWise on How does Docker affect energy consumption?

Resiliency

AnsemWise on How does Docker affect energy consumption?

Containers are an abstraction that exist using cgroups and namespaces for isolation. They use the hosts' kernel, it's not virtualized. Containers are only limited by the capabilities of namespaces and cgroups, unlike vms.
You might be dismissing microservices too quickly. They do have overhead but so does any level of abstract; the benefit of them though is clear separation of responsibilities between services and residency(Swarms, clusters, etc). Both can be achieved with Vms but VMs weren't built with these goals in mind

AnsemWise on Root – Programmable bank account for software developers

Usually traceable unless you use a tumbler to "clean" your coins, even then it's still traceable I think

AnsemWise on Root – Programmable bank account for software developers

This is fantastic, I've been thinking about this for years.
Allow your code to exert willpower over your budget when your's is lacking

AnsemWise on Poachers Hack Environmentalists’ GPS Signals to Hunt Endangered Animals

Exactly what I was thinking.
Side note, anyone available to go on a poacher hunt?

AnsemWise on Tesla Autopilot Crash Caught on Dashcam

For all of those saying that Autopilot is dangerous.
NHTSA’s full final investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot shows 40% crash rate reduction
https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/19/nhtsas-full-final-investig....
The report by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration says that Tesla’s Autopilots are reducing the number of crashes by 40%.

AnsemWise on Tesla Autopilot Crash Caught on Dashcam

NHTSA’s full final investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot shows 40% crash rate reduction
https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/19/nhtsas-full-final-investig...
Here's the evidence.

AnsemWise on Massive permafrost thaw documented in Canada, portending huge carbon release

Earthquakes have no known cause so doesn't support your point well

AnsemWise on An epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful medical treatments

> Suprised that no one else has commented on this article.
Didn't refresh

AnsemWise on An epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful medical treatments

This is a very important issue. Doctors are over prescribing and jumping to unneeded surgeries. The question is, are they doing it out of fear of a malpractice lawsuit for denying a patient what they need or is it from kickbacks, incentives and the knowledge that the persons insurance will pay them?
Just because something works doesn't mean it's not a broken system.
Suprised that no one else has commented on this article.

AnsemWise on Chrome Widevine DRM can no longer be disabled

+1 to your efforts. Switching to Firefox tomorrow.

AnsemWise on Dopamine Cells Influence Our Perception of Time

Entirely subjective. I have people that would testify to a similar experience but no objective proof.
I am basing this off of my experience being prescribed 20mg extended release Adderall

AnsemWise on Dopamine Cells Influence Our Perception of Time

There is another article trending right now about increased Dopamine in the shower causing your executive functions to diminish and allows for increased creativity.
Seems like you could extrapolate that dopamine has a direct inverse correlation to executive functions in the brain. I'd go so far as to use New York and Silicon Valley as good examples of increased executive function and increased creativity, respectively.
I'd also relate this to the certain side-effects of Adderall, increased Dopamine causing a loss of time awareness and higher creativity, but the increase in your sympathetic nervous system causes the increased focus and awareness. Almost a best of both worlds, besides the likely strain on the body from overworking both systems.

AnsemWise on Global living conditions are getting better

I like the hope in this article. I can't trust it any more than I can trust other media sources but I'd rather believe this than some doomsday prophecy that was mostly designed to scare views into watching more.

AnsemWise on Cheetahs heading towards extinction as population crashes

The loss of a significant species like the cheetah would be devastating to the world psyche. I hope we can do something to reverse this

AnsemWise on Yarn – A new package manager for JavaScript

JavaScript has enough issues that I prefer to not touch it, focusing more on backend Python work. Yarn is one of the first steps I've seen that makes me interested in JavaScript again. Excited to see where this leads the community.

AnsemWise on Municipal ISP forced to shut off fiber-to-the-home Internet after court ruling

I have nothing to add other than my voice of agreement about the clear corruption of these laws.
What is the benefit, to the people of North Carolina, of restricting municipal ISP growth? What rights are being protected by these laws? I am disgusted by the clear disregard of the people of NC's interests, but also by the lack of action by the people themselves.