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I'm going to take the plunge into using security keys.

What are the recommended bluetooth and USB-based keys I should be buying?

I'd really like to buy a U2F token, but need to find one that let's me use it mobile (Android) as well as on desktop.

I know that Yubico offers an NFC-enabled on, but it doesn't support 4096-bit keys if I understand correctly.

Novice question... where do I find userChrome.css on Windows?

How would an individual get access to their data without a lawyer?

How safe is it to use something like Stylish?

I'm on the nightly and it says the extension is not compatible with my version of Firefox. Is this only for <56?

This looks like an incredible position. Too bad you don't need a data scientist! :)

I wonder if there's something illegal or fraudulent about raising all that money and then doing a half-assed job on the project?

I understand there's a thin line between a failed business venture and outright fraud/lying, but stories like this seem so slimy.

I've been forwarding all of my email from Gmail to ProtonMail, just to see how I like the ProtonMail interface. So far I'm liking it a lot. A little weirdness on getting timely notifications on Android. But I might switch completely.

Anybody make the switch?

How many characters was your password?

I've been using AirVPN lately, but have used PIA, iVPN, TorGuard, and BolehVPN in the past.

I'm particularly eager to see WSL allow GPU pass-through so I can use PyTorch without a VM or dual-boot on my work computer.

That's some incredible money, congrats!

I'm not going to pretend this is scientific in any way, but using online COL calculators (http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/cost-of-living/index.html), $300k in San Francisco is supposedly (taken with many grains of salt) equivalent to $172k in Atlanta, which you could surely land?

This is it. I took some disposable income and invested in ether during the initial EEA announcement. I know little of the fundamentals of ethereum. I bought in at $16, and it's now at $230. Talk about a ridiculous return. Pulled out my principle and some gains, and the rest is along for the roller coaster ride.

I'll be the first to admit that I'm probably the type of investor whom people will point to as an example of an ethereum bubble (someone who knows little of the technicals behind ethereum, but is in it 'for a quick buck').

It truly scares me to hear about cases where somebody invests a large portion of their worth into something as volatile as crypto currency.

I love these types of books. I'm about to buy this.

Is there any reason to get the most recent version (says "with a new preface by the author") over the $2 paperback?

I have a little BTC and ETH just for fun.

It 'tumbles' and then 'skyrockets' quite frequently. Incredibly volatile.

I bought in at $16 for ETH right after the EEA announcement, pulled out my principle at $54, and now I'm just watching this crazy roller coaster ride. It's fun.

But I sure as hell am keeping my retirement in my 401k. I cannot imagine the stress on people who have a substantial investment in BTC or ETH, but they probably have a totally different mindset than I do when it comes to cryptocurrency.

I really want to get a hardware wallet because of these situations, but I'm afraid of two things:

(1) I want to be able to get my currencies into USD FAST if needed. (given that Coinbase is down, a hardware wallet in this case would probably be a lot faster FWIW)

(2) I'm not entirely sure I trust myself to not lose the ledger and paper phrase more than I trust Coinbase or other online wallet.

Somebody convince me otherwise?

This is really frustrating. At least GDAX is still up. Any thoughts on GDAX vs. Gemini vs. Poloniex vs Kraken?

The natural follow-up question I have, is why don't you care?

What would you consider the best resource for learning how to do this in Python? I have a smaller set of image data where I'd like to identify the components of (i.e. 'house', 'car', etc.).

I wouldn't say they never happen in Japan - after all, one of the most sophisticated terror groups/cults in modern history was from Japan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum_Shinrikyo). They were even able to synthesize VX and sarin gas.

I remember being a kid living in Japan, and watching the subway attacks on TV. It was scary.

But to your point, I agree, statistically, Japan is about the safest country there is in terms of human on human violence.

I've been trying to change all of my Luigi pipeline tasks from using Pandas to Dask, so that I can push a lot more data through. Seems like an easy process so far, and I like the easy implementation of parallel computing.

Looking for a hybrid though (tablet mode), doesn't look like Precision does that? Otherwise that'd be a solid choice.

Alright, now that this is out: what should I get?

Most of my heavy-duty work is done via SSH into a remote VM. I watch movies, but mostly browse the web. Most of my actual work is programming intensive. I like pretty screens. Larger is usually better. I want to be able to take it on a plane without hassle when I travel.

New surface? HP Elite x360 15"? Wait for Surface Book refresh? Yoga?

Why?

I didn't understand that our tax brackets in the US are marginal (i.e. we don't pay 35% of our entire income if we are in that bracket), until a quarter way into my PhD program.

It never ceases to amaze me some of the basic stuff in life I still don't know.

Luckily I researched how to pay off my undergraduate student loans in the best manner as soon as it was time to start ponying up.

What would be your ultimate recommendation on storing sensitive data, if not TC/VC?

I've had horrible sleep my entire life, teens to adulthood. Started taking magnesium citrate supplements at night, using earplugs, and keeping a 100% hard wake-up time at 6:15 am. It's changed things drastically for me - I don't have to have a solid "bed time", I just go to bed when tired (usually 11pm). I fall asleep in 15 minutes compared to an hour. As long as I stick to waking up at 6:15am, I'm golden.

Learned this by doing CBT-I, where the therapist would start me off by forcing me to get 4 - 5 hours or less of sleep, and record how long it took me to fall asleep. Then I'd gradually go to bed earlier and earlier until I hit an 'optimal' point.

I've found Facebook to be a great product for me. I went to an international school, and many of my high school friends are spread across the world. I'm not super-close with all of them, but close enough to want to know what they're up to (and visa-versa). Facebook allows that (as do many other things - which I also use).

I've also got a lot of friends who purposefully stay off Facebook for the same reasons espoused in the posts on HN, and I understand that reasoning too.

The only minor irritation I have is that a lot of events that go on in my city, or that my friends host, use Facebook events. I'll occasionally get a complain from a non-facebook using friend that they didn't get invited to ______, and it's usually just because they weren't on Facebook and the host doesn't know them well enough to go out of their way to invite them.

And the person not invited usually responds along the lines of "well, apparently the party host is not a close enough friend to SMS or email or call me, so whatever," That might or might not be entirely true.. but either way, why are you complaining about not being invited?! Because you are using Facebook as some gauge of friendship, and now you feel this friendship isn't a 'deep' as you thought it was because they don't want to SMS you individually?

Quite frankly, I love being invited to things by far acquaintances, because it just gives me an opportunity to meet new people. I don't use Facebook friending/event invites as any metric for the depth of a relationship. Just to find new stuff to do.

To me, simply asking the question seems a bit 'off'. I mean, what do you mean 'final straw'? It bothers you that someone has some mild curiosity about what you've been up to? I probably wouldn't respond to that either. Sometimes you're just curious what that kid in your ____ grade class that you never really spoke to is up to. For whatever reason. I just assume that if they are the 'Facebook is only for close friends' type, then they will simply not accept the request. No big deal. I accept requests from people I don't necessarily know that well, but share some kind of background with (went to school together, used to be coworkers, etc.). I also know people who don't, and that's totally fine too. But they don't get offended by getting requests from people they don't necessarily know that well.

There's nothing nefarious about it. If I got your question, I'd be torn between just saying "just curious what you have been up to for ____ years, that's all," and her response, because the question in and of itself seems kind of unusual.