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hereforphone··on ADSL works over wet string (2017)
48VDC but yes. Sounds like we're agreed that the information is being transmitted via AC or another alternating signal.
hereforphone··on ADSL works over wet string (2017)
I think this relies on the particular string being a linear time-invariant channel. There is some limit where the string won't react accordingly (at a certain low or high frequency). What is that later phenomenon called, anyone know?
hereforphone··on Tshwane District Omicron Variant Patient Profile – Early Features
As I understand it as well. Catching the virus is more likely from touching surfaces coated with the virus then touching one's face, or something similar.

Interesting (though not surprising) that my question above has been downvoted. This is a touchy topic where political alignment sometimes supersedes even the will to reason.

hereforphone··on Tshwane District Omicron Variant Patient Profile – Early Features
Are masks supposed to protect you, or protect others from you?
hereforphone··on ADSL works over wet string (2017)
What's DC? "Radio stations" communicate via alternating quantities (EM waves)
hereforphone··on U.S. satellites are being attacked every day according to Space Force general
That's the benefit of being an early innovator. That doesn't mean threats don't exist.
hereforphone··on Ask HN: Why doesn't anyone create a search engine comparable to 2005 Google?
Because the money lies in modulating your product according to the whims of the highest bidders.
hereforphone··on US Should Create Strategy by End of '22 to Reduce Increasing Ocean Plastic Waste
Provocative comment that is definitely not Reddit-friendly: Make sure China and India create one too. The bulk of the blame lies on them.
hereforphone··on Anthem Blue Cross breach notification [pdf]
Computer science is a real science and is fine. It is not however engineering. Anyway, the problems lie in the information security industry, which is amateur in comparison.
hereforphone··on How the FBI Discovered a Real-Life Indiana Jones in Rural Indiana
What's up with the WikiHow style illustrations?
hereforphone··on Anthem Blue Cross breach notification [pdf]
My insurance company. And NICE! they are offering me free credit monitoring. Only I still have free credit monitoring from the OPM breach where the federal government lost all my personal information to what is probably nation-state level hackers.

No consequences, the trend will continue. Consider all of your information compromised, always.

hereforphone··on My worst tech interview experience
It is possible to stand up and tell the interviewer (while he's in mid-sentence) that it's not a fit, politely.
hereforphone··on My worst tech interview experience
I've had bad interview experiences. I think most of us who've been working for awhile have. I have advice for those who are newish: Walk away if you're uncomfortable. If you're not feeling right in the interview I bet you won't feel right on the job, either. If you're being mistreated just walk away.

Bonus points for getting up while the interviewer is in mid-sentence and telling them it's not a fit.

hereforphone··on The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous phrase (2016)
"Tourists have to pick up on it" seems like a strange thing to bet one's life on.

Does making the very tight turn faster get one home much quicker? Why not just slow down?

hereforphone··on NodeOS – A Node.js Operating System
He's probably this cynical because he's actually worked with Javascript before.
hereforphone··on Black Friday/Cyber Monday Live Map
Wait some people still have money to spend?
hereforphone··on Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone
Happy Thanksgiving. Please remember that regardless of the "difficulties" the western world is facing now, you have it better than almost everyone on the planet. I've been to some of the poorest countries on earth in war and peace. Never take anything for granted. Please be safe, and be thankful.
hereforphone··on Two Norwegian journalists arrested after interviewing Qatar World Cup Manager
Noted and upvoted thanks
hereforphone··on Museum of Plugs and Sockets
Great site design, great topic. 10/10
hereforphone··on Two Norwegian journalists arrested after interviewing Qatar World Cup Manager
Do they give out German citizenship for the purpose?
hereforphone··on Two Norwegian journalists arrested after interviewing Qatar World Cup Manager
And it's not even their own ball kickers anymore. How can you get pride out of it when you're just paying to import folks from other nations?
hereforphone··on Microsoft_craziness.h (2018)
I've programmed in some capacity for a long time. I never got into MS programming, except when I was a kid with DOS and some BASICs (gwbasic, mostly).

The reason I've stayed away from MS is that it's always felt inelegant to me. Not only are the systems clunky but the code just looks so ugly to me.

AnExtremelyLongFunctionNameThatWrapsTwiceOnTheScreen(MsI.BillGates.IncrementValueOnlyIfNotInWindows95).

It is not an elegant system by any stretch of the imagination. Same goes for Powershell.

hereforphone··on The sticky issue of consent in street photography
Can I take your picture in a public space? A picture of your kids? Your kids in their bathing suits at the pool? Everyone draws the line, and at a different point. It's not boolean.
hereforphone··on New emails released in the McDonald’s ice cream machine lawsuit
That's the majority of the people in the world. Not just Fortune 500 execs.
hereforphone··on GoDaddy Breach Widens
Owning intensifies
hereforphone··on The Max Headroom Incident
Also true. It was great.
hereforphone··on GoDaddy Breach Widens
I think everyone is pretty much probed constantly these days. I always see stuff from Shodan and similar organizations, at a minimum.
hereforphone··on GoDaddy Breach Widens
GoDaddy is garbage. I think most tech-inclined people switched years ago. Namecheap has never let me down.
hereforphone··on The Catherine Project: A new experiment in liberal education
They've been applying the unproven fads of educational theory to unwitting students for decades or more.
hereforphone··on The Max Headroom Incident
Couple of comments:

- This is posted and discussed frequently

- This was a pretty impressive feat of engineering

- The most unusual thing is that this remained secret. Because there were a few people involved and three+ can't keep a secret. They don't even have a reason to anymore. I've often wondered whether this group of folks died shortly after this.

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