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alex_doom··on Ask HN: What are pressing issues that will affect humanity this decade?
> Lies are quickly demystified on places like Twitter.

On the flipside they're also spreading quicker.

alex_doom··on 17-year-old is author of BlackPOS/Kaptoxa malware used against Target?
Because they like the fame and money. Two things many humans love.
alex_doom··on Cosmic Sans Neue Mono: Programming Font
Indeed, I'm going to give this one a spin for a bit.
alex_doom··on Drawing bad logos for beer money since 2010
Looks like several cases of drunk.
alex_doom··on NFL, MLB Warn That Aereo Could Trigger End of Free TV Game Broadcasts
Does the Hola unblocker work for the streaming pass? https://hola.org
alex_doom··on The craziest date ever
yawn
alex_doom··on Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook
Do you have Time Warner? I'm pretty sure South America is getting a faster connection than I have.
alex_doom··on Netflix ditches Webkit to roll out new UI for smart TVs, Roku boxes, consoles
You'd be forgetting about the college kid with a laptop segment.
alex_doom··on Show HN: What Would I Say?
This is a fun fantastic little app. Thanks for making Facebook funny for one day.
alex_doom··on Strange Doings on the Sun
Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory
alex_doom··on Duplicity + S3: Easy, cheap, encrypted, automated full-disk backups
I've been using them for the past two years as a remote backup. Locally, Time Machine. I don't even have to think about it which is the most appeal to me. I come home and everything gets backed up around midnight.
alex_doom··on Apple Bought $578M Worth of Sapphire
I look forward to my phone screens breaking less.
alex_doom··on Want: The airbag scarf that replaces a bulky bicycle helmet, inflates in 100ms
Sure a bad accident they get destroyed. But what happens if you fall off your bike over something simple and not even get a scratch. Helmet will still work fine. Will this get set off for minor things? And if there's no damage can it be reset? Seems like an expensive $500 helmet that would only be useable once.
alex_doom··on Want: The airbag scarf that replaces a bulky bicycle helmet, inflates in 100ms
Only thing I can't figure out is if it's reusable?
alex_doom··on Silk Road 2.0 Launches
You've clearly been watching too much tv. Most people don't buy drugs from random dudes in sketch alley. They get them from a dealer a friend knows. This peer network will have a stronger safety record. A dealer would never risk selling something that's unsafe, as sales would dry up within days of hearing about a bad incident.
alex_doom··on Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac
It's pretty clear in the App Store screen shots. I'm disappointed my 2011 MacBook can't use it :/
alex_doom··on Adobe confirms stolen passwords were encrypted, not hashed
But that's like if Microsoft had a huge fuckup and then associating their Office software with it. It's a separate team that works on it.
alex_doom··on Adobe confirms stolen passwords were encrypted, not hashed
What does Photoshop have to do with their poor security?
alex_doom··on Facebook Is No Longer the Most Popular Social Network for Teens
The way you describe it, it could work in theory. But kids (humans) don't wanna feel like all their thoughts are going to be scrutinized by someone above them and possibly punished. Remember when you'd have secret agreements (pinky swear!) with friends about things that would get you in trouble with mom? Yeah.
alex_doom··on Soylent: Manufacturing Update
I've even been trying various powder things that nutritional shops sell. They all leave me feeling hungry after an hour and I end up eating a sandwich anyway. :/
alex_doom··on How Obama's BlackBerry got secured
They were too busy using Drupal.
alex_doom··on Facebook Is No Longer the Most Popular Social Network for Teens
Because kids would never use it. They like their hidden caves. It's similar to passing secret notes to each other in class. Except now they can do it from afar.
alex_doom··on Facebook Is No Longer the Most Popular Social Network for Teens
No they don't want to hang out on the same place their mom is. They have accounts but they sit idle.
alex_doom··on Soylent: Manufacturing Update
Dammit! Now it's January? I hope it doesn't keep slipping. It was supposed be August in the beginning but then popularity pushed it down to November, then December...I want wanna drink some fancy science!
alex_doom··on Soylent: Manufacturing Update
So far they've got 2 for male/female. I'd imagine it could be feasible to create several variants for different goal types.
alex_doom··on Tsunami advisory in northern Japan after 7.1 magnitude earthquake off coast
It's probably using the same service, but IFTTT has recipes for earthquake notifications.
alex_doom··on I’m the Accidental Owner of a Banksy
This guy has paid for his copy of WinRAR
alex_doom··on Google shares hit $1,000 after strong earnings
One thing that kills me is how terrible DDG is at parsing an address. If the street is misspelled at all you get nothing but real estate listings but if it's correct it shows a ghetto gif map from MapQuest :(
alex_doom··on Glenn Greenwald is leaving The Guardian
That's pretty cynical, I highly doubt he's going to be asked to shape a story to fit someone political viewpoints. Unless you think he's going to work for Fox News ;)
alex_doom··on And Then Steve Said, ‘Let There Be an iPhone’
Yeah the pricing has always been around that range for most high-end phones. I remember lusting after some European only Nokia's that were $800.
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