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Gabrielfair

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[ my public key: https://keybase.io/gabefair; my proof: https://keybase.io/gabefair/sigs/fPxL91kal0ghRVIFxAtuAdYaQbp9duktt8UpiQJNv4Q ]
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Gabrielfair··on If the universe is 13.8B years old, how can we see 46B light years away? (2018)
Simply put: We can see 46 Billion Light Years away now, b/c it wasn't that far away when it was created.
Gabrielfair··on Inferring and hijacking VPN-tunneled TCP connections
Disseminating vulnerabilities like these to less savvy people should be a critical imparitive for the next century. I imagine a team of animators at a non-profit or foundation that illustrate how these attacks work at different levels of technical backgrounds.
Gabrielfair··on Microsoft Advertisement Inc.
Great article! I'm curious if you have anything to add about Window's "Your Phone" app. Which gives Microsoft full access to your android phone and your behavior and data on your mobile device. Unlike apple which provides this feature with end to end encryption. I feel like this is a next level of evil.
Gabrielfair··on Microsoft Advertisement Inc.
The author did not even mention how Windows 10 pushes the "Your Phone" app. Which gives Microsoft full access to your android phone and your behavior and data on your mobile device. Unlike apple which provides this feature with end to end encryption.
Gabrielfair··on Private Equity company acquires .org registry
Adding to this, does anyone know if there is a procedure in place to submit a protest of an ICANN decision? There has to be a way for the public to issue a request for re-evaluation, right?
Gabrielfair··on Elon Musk donates $1M to plant trees after testifying that he’s cash-poor
Neophyte here with a stupid question. What if he just used a credit card to donate money?
Gabrielfair··on AMD Rome – is it for real? Architecture and initial HPC performance
I am a phd researcher studying linguistics and deception. You mentioned the op was being misleading and communicated an understanding of the op's subversive intentions. Could you help me understand how op was being deceptive and how you knew based on their choice of language?

If you don't want to comment publicly and are still interested in helping me you can reach me at: gfair @ uncc.edu

Gabrielfair··on Stencila: An open source office suite for reproducible research
Has anyone else noticed this trend of integrating data science tools into one package that installs and potentially monitors you? For example this seems like another `Anaconda Navigator` clone. Or am I missing something here?
Gabrielfair··on How did a business get a .edu TLD?
I meant to submit this as an "Ask HN" post.
Gabrielfair··on SpaceX Plans Facility Expansion at Kennedy Space Center
I am also curious about this. Can you imagine trying to curb launches by private companies? Not going to happen especially in today's politics dominated by libertarian populism
Gabrielfair··on Civ 5 AI battle – All 43 Civs on same map [video]
Now give these players a side channel to communicate and you have a solid research paper. An example here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.06960

Plus all of their code is on github

Gabrielfair··on Did Google Fake Its Big A.I. Demo?
I would like to see a law mandating all bots emulating any amount or type of artificial intelligence to announce themselves at the start of the conversation
Gabrielfair··on Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files from government website
I'm starting a proxy project that can be used in countries where VPN is illegal. I'm looking for collaborators. https://github.com/UncleGrape/UncleGrape
Gabrielfair··on Show HN: Send zip archives on GMail by converting to words
I've always just removed the file extension before uploading.
Gabrielfair··on Microfiber Pollution and the apparel industry
If they are fibers I would imagine they would break down quickly in sunlight since it contains UV light. But I guess like the article mentions, there is just so much pollution that the environment is unable to support it.
Gabrielfair··on Darpa Contract Awarded to Verify Blockchain-Based Integrity Monitoring System
They keep using the word 'block chain'. Is that the same idea as the bitcoin blockchain?
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