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scrrr··on Google Titan Security Key now available
Good reasons, thanks!
scrrr··on Google Titan Security Key now available
Isn't this the same as a code app like Authy? Why carry the extra dongle?
scrrr··on Ratings inflation on Uber and elsewhere
IMHO this is a good comment. It explains why ratings tend to be inflated, but I think it also indirectly asks in what kind of society we want to live.

(I think our profession is vulnerable to unadjusted people making the rules for the rest.)

scrrr··on Physics Makes Aging Inevitable, Not Biology (2016)
Your comment prompted a web search and I ended up here: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-reductionism-a-logical-fallacy
scrrr··on Mystery of sonic weapon attacks in Cuba deepens
My first thought: Look, this is Cuba. Home of con artistry. They will stage a UFO landing to get more tourists spend convertible pesos. For me P(heard-in-havana-and-true) is around 0.1, max.
scrrr··on What If Bitcoin – Shoot I didn't invest
Funny, this could be extended to all sorts of investments. What if I spent 1000 USD on Apple in 1990? I'd have about 1000 Apple stock now, currently worth around 160k.
scrrr··on It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say researchers
Private browsing mode is your friend. (You can set it as your default, at least on iPhone.) Caveat: You will have to keep confirming cookie usage popups (EU only I guess).
scrrr··on How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following
Is this different from any of the other similar cooking devices?
scrrr··on Ask HN: What is the most exciting development in your field right now?
Nassim Taleb reader/Twitter follower? In my (limited and mostly anecdotal) experience this sort of categorical seems to lead to more, perhaps different kinds of superstition. People read "The Black Swan" and start talking like statistics, probabilities etc. were suddenly completely meaningless. Humans seem to always have to live in extremes.. ;)
scrrr··on How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists
For me, there's still no alternative. And I also will not recommend anything but a Mac to friends and family. They just have the best personal computer on the market, period.
scrrr··on Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS
Will universal links and app banners and handover to desktop still work?
scrrr··on Why does software development take so long?
Because it's an art. It's like painting a picture. Good art takes time.
scrrr··on Why Tim Cook Is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple
Website-idea: Make a list of previous articles that predict the future of Apple. ;)
scrrr··on Warren Buffett's Net Worth by Age
Well, how many trades did he do? Is that number high enough to statistically determine if he is really more skilled than the average investor?
scrrr··on Half Your Brain Stands Guard When Sleeping in a New Place
Perhaps its the quality of your bed/mattress at home..
scrrr··on Why we should fear a cashless world
The whole cash less payment industry is in trouble, once people realise that they can withdraw more than 50 [USD|EUR|GBP|..] at once..

Just kidding.

Well almost, since it was what did it for me. I started withdrawing larger amounts, 500 or 1000 Euros, each time, after ending up with no cash too often.

And I didn't feel the need to use another payment method since. YMMV (obviously).

scrrr··on Ask HN: Does this old horse have a few years of useful work left?
Hm, I am not bored yet, but I think I might be bored in the future. So I was wondering if I should go back to university and study something interesting, Physics perhaps, or even pursue a new career, like becoming an airline pilot or so..
scrrr··on The Triumph of Stupidity (1933)
I think it is a potentially dangerous mistake to put the "stupid" label on all those that support anti-democratic tendencies.

Among other things, such as having a false impression of what else is possibly going on, one might be inclined to dismiss the problem too easily.

scrrr··on A sliding puzzle, built with Elm
I just found this article on the solvability of these puzzles: https://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mdr/teaching/modules04/java2/Tile...
scrrr··on IPFS Pics
Can a user delete a picture he or she has uploaded?
scrrr··on A 1985 Essay from a Bulletin Board System Admin Foretold Our Future
Is there a text-version of this?
scrrr··on Freshplayerplugin – Powered by Chromium's Pepper Flash Player
I was just wondering what the ETA for ditching flash altogether is..
scrrr··on The decline of US power?
Well, for me USA is still great. For cultural reasons mostly(, because I'm already from a rich country). For instance, I'd like to go and work in Silicon Valley for a while. If I could get a Visa. ;)
scrrr··on An unexpected benefit of open-sourcing our code
How about software that could break into military, bank, etc. systems and manipulate them?
scrrr··on Photos from inside the Baikonur Cosmodrome
many more pics here: https://encrypted.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=buran%20launc...
scrrr··on Photos from inside the Baikonur Cosmodrome
>> Looks like when the Soviets stop building something they just walk away.

According to Wikipedia [1] the Buran-program was cancelled when the Soviet Union stopped existing. It was a time of chaos and many parts of the country were not working. Resuming construction on a space shuttle was probably at the very bottom of their priorities in 1990.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft)

scrrr··on The Death Penalty in Louisiana
Having the death penalty also seems to be a very un-Christian thing. Relevant, if a large portion of the population define themselves as Christians.
scrrr··on Guess Who Doesn’t Fit in at Work
Best reason to visit a top school. So you become more similar to the people running the country.
scrrr··on Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Others Team Up to Launch WebAssembly
This came up so quickly, nobody was able to create the WebAssembly page on Wikipedia yet [1], it seems.

  [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebAssembly
scrrr··on RedditStorage
I guess they will simply block the username and delete the comments.
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