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repler··on Ever wondered how many open FTP servers there are?
hmm. Yeah that makes sense.

Would be better if they simply stated that instead of playing insinuation based guessing games.

repler··on Ever wondered how many open FTP servers there are?
> consider piping the list through shuf each time you try something new. You know why.

No, I don't know why. Can someone explain? (without being condescending, preferably)

repler··on FBI director: Cover up your webcam
I worked at Staples too (Business Machines!), the management was not shy about reminding us about mystery shoppers.

My managers would always walk around the corner right at the instant I would sit down for a minute when it wasn't busy 5 hours into my shift. Never failed. Ugh.

I know we didn't have surveillance cameras in the store at the time though, because it was a sore point (and against Staples policy at the time).

repler··on North Korea defied world with nuclear test. Now it seeks aid for flood disaster
Yeah! In Cuba there's a whole network of USB thumb drives with new content each week. It's pretty awesome.

Of course, you still need a computer. Is this sort of thing going on in NK as well?

repler··on A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral
To keep it out of search results. They can delete the image of the text whenever they'd like, and poof
repler··on 4WD vs. AWD. What's the Difference?
The newer Jeeps actually have both! It's an improvement over AWD and they call it "Active Drive".

It engages/disengages the center differential (4WD) as needed automatically, but can also transfer power to be greater in the front or rear as desired - with presets for 60/40 and 40/60 rear/front power. (Sport mode, Mud/Snow)

It's also got traction control w/ ABS, and it uses the brake locking differential technique on each axle as the article describes in advanced AWD systems.

Of course they have different variations, one of which also has locking differentials on top of everything else.

It's amazing to drive. It's all fully automatic too.

repler··on What Danes consider healthy children’s television
95% of the population needs to be brainwashed means 95% of the children's shows are going to be garbage.

It's just math. Make sure your kids are in that 5%.

repler··on Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger
Exactly. Facebook Messenger on Android is basically malware.

I have my doubts about it on iOS but at least the app permissions work properly there.

repler··on Snapchat raised $1.8B in a Series F round
It is currently the best method to communicate emotional content. Think about how lacking every other platform is in that regard.

Facebook just recently released watered down emoji reactions. Snapchat has it made - they have infinite emojis. You just make a face and hit send.

repler··on Snapchat raised $1.8B in a Series F round
It's not useless. It is actually the premier communication platform for emotional content at the moment.

Think about that.

repler··on Four hundred miles with Tesla’s autopilot forced me to trust the machine
With the exception of changing lanes automatically, my Jeep Cherokee does all this stuff.

It does, however, automatically adjust your speed to match the lane you're changing to.

At the end of the day, it's all about sensors and software. I'm sure Tesla has better engineers than Fiat Chrysler but I'm also pretty sure it's off the shelf for them and they just bolt it into the car at this point.

Good stuff, though. Can't wait to see full point A to point B navigation.

repler··on Autonomous Mini Rally Car Teaches Itself to Powerslide
I agree, it's super impressive on video - also could not find the learning algorithm.

I would expect it to eventually "learn" that it can go much faster on the straightaways, or find the best line around the curves.

It is definitely exciting, impressive, and very cool. So much opportunity, and so much progress already.

repler··on The fastest-growing cities in America
For extremely low values of "city".
repler··on Tesla Announces $2B Public Offering to Accelerate Model 3 Ramp Up
Or both departments within Goldman both reached the same conclusion independently: the stock is currently very undervalued.

If Tesla sells (heh, and builds) every one of their pre-ordered model 3's, that's over $14b in revenue.

The only question is, are they going to be able to do it. If both departments at Goldman think the answer is "YES", then what they have done is absolutely reasonable.

repler··on Tech layoffs more than double in Bay Area
Easiest way to increase profits is to cut some staff. Payroll is a huge expense for just about every company out there.
repler··on Show HN: Free Company Logo API
And when you use it, they get to collect all of the data about your visitors.
repler··on Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden
You'd think that the crowd who reads hacker news would understand that the data on Twitter, Facebook, and Google is not their own property.

You are not entitled to outrage over data you freely gave away.

And the NSA has had domestic phone metadata since the 1970's, the only thing different is the speed and scale.

The real focus should be on the guy who gave up state secrets and then defected to China. Did he make some kind of deal? There were a dozen better ways to handle the abuse he perceived at the NSA - he chose what was most convenient for him.

He does not get my respect, and he is certainly not a hero.

repler··on Show HN: An API directory
I think you misunderstand that people who create software products also provide APIs to their product, both online and shrinkwrapped.

There are literally as many APIs out there as there are software products.

repler··on Programmer Creates An AI To (Not Quite) Beat NES Games
... sooo, that's not really a great application of a GA. Perhaps not even a great implementation.

Akin to making things out of Legos at best. (ie: "because!")

repler··on Geary: a beautiful modern open-source email client
... and the screenshots from the kickstarter don't even look that interesting. absolutely nothing new going on here?
repler··on No, I'm not going to download your bullshit app
CBS does this with the 60 Minutes website. It's so irritating.
repler··on One div – The single element HTML/CSS icon database
Why not do these with SVG? This is pretty fucking stupid actually.
repler··on The problem with open source
open sores
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