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centizenon Tesla Model S autonomously crashes into a parked trailer while in ‘summon’ mode

Tesla's response to this issue is staggering to me. Summon mode is not a remote control. The car is controlling itself, and I don't think it's reasonable to expect the driver to be responsible for it's actions when that is happening.

centizenon Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security

I don't think that's an unpopular opinion at all - even for those who fly regularly. So much so, there are already several different COPS style 'reality' shows depicting controversial airport security encounters, at least one in the USA.

centizenon WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide Today by a Single Judge

In this case the decision maker wasn't even elected.

centizenon Instagram Is Ruining Vacation

If you don't want to use Instagram, that's perfectly fine. Just don't pass judgement on those who do, that's all the above poster is saying.

centizenon The Trollable Self-Driving Car

I feel like the author of this article is placing altogether too much trust in human intuition and being very selective with their examples of which human qualities are beneficial to safety of the roads.

A self driving car will never distract itself. It can't get drunk. It won't be able to lose it's consciousness or mental acuity as it ages. It has access to huge amounts of real time information from sensors more accurate than any humans intuition ever could be and can act on that data in an instant.

If the only hurdles we have to this becoming a reality are edge cases like the ones listed in this article, then I am very optimistic for the future of self driving cars.

centizenon Apple can comply with the FBI court order

I have a feeling it's more about setting the precedent, as others have said. There are strategies that can bypass the timeout periods and automatic wiping while bruteforcing, and I'd be surprised if the FBI didn't have at least one rig set up to do it.

centizenon Why are submarines demagnetized?

It might still be a little ridiculous - that light is one of the most powerful in the entire world

centizenon The Apple iPad Pro Review

After trying to make use of my iPad Pro as my daily carry tablet, I've kept finding myself coming back to an Air 2 for most tasks. Save for the pencil, I feel like neither Apple nor 3rd party devs are taking proper advantage of the extra size or power. At least not yet.

centizenon “Subject: Urgent Warning”

Honestly, I wouldn't even respond. I would imagine any response you give is going to be twisted as your original ones have been. You've tried to be reasonable, and you don't owe her anything - don't engage her any further.

centizenon Why the 2012 non-Retina MacBook Pro still sells

This 2012 MacBook has been a cult hit amongst doctors and other medical professionals that I support, largely because patient information is still transferred via CD or DVD.

centizenon Skier almost hit by camera drone in World Cup slalom

I imagine this is going to have implications reaching beyond just professional skiing. I won't be surprised if other governing bodies follow suit and ban "drones" as well.

I'm also really interested to know more about how this could happen. High end, professionally operated drones don't generally just fall out of the sky.

centizenon Photos from inside the Baikonur Cosmodrome

from the writeup it seems to me like the photographer had researched and knew what to expect. He never claims to have discovered anything.

centizenon Generating Magic cards using deep, recursive neural networks

I am extremely interested to see anything you have public on this project - both from a technical and deckbuilder's perspective!

centizenon Show HN: My reply to LinkedIn recruiters

I'd imagine it's done in the same automated manner the recruiters usually use when contacting a possible lead.

It does not seem rude to me to reply to someone with a brief salutation and a request to complete some forms when that is what they are requesting you do as well.

centizenon Ask HN: What's your backup setup? Manual or Automated?

Personally, I use Macrium Reflect incremental backups on my Windows machines, Time Machine on my MacBook and tar scripts on linux. These are copied to a NAS which is further synced with Dropbox.

centizenon Sans Bullshit Sans

The accompanying article by the developers has a really good explanation of how they pulled this off and font hacking in general. And if one was so inclined, it outlines all the steps necessary to add more buzzwords to the font.

http://pixelambacht.nl/2015/sans-bullshit-sans/

Here's the git if you want to play around with it:

https://github.com/RoelN/SansBullshitSans

centizenon Your PBX has been hacked

It will verify the number/extension called as being a valid target for further attacks. In most situations nothing worse than that would happen.

I have however seen a slightly different breed of attack, where an attacker calls a victim (usually a switchboard attendant) and asks to be transferred to extension 9190. If this happens, they dial the rest of a 1-900 number and rack up charges.

centizenon How Old Do I Look?

I am often told that I look very young for my age, and people generally guess my age several years lower than it is. This tool guessed the correct age right away, which really impressed me. Thanks for the confidence boost Microsoft!

The accompanying article is also very interesting and well written to be readable by someone who isn't totally up to date with the latest in facial recognition software.

centizenon The Tangled History of Soviet Computer Science

http://goo.gl/ca7UYP

Mirror for anyone who's getting an error

centizenon Why I killed my standing desk

I use a sit-stand desk at work that allows me to switch between standing and sitting at will. I couldn't imagine having to choose between either setup. It's a little more expensive than a traditional desk but the flexibility that it offers is worth it.

I've also found that a big factor in how much I stand (and enjoy standing) is what I'm standing on. Comfortable shoes and a padded mat make the all the difference and stop my legs from getting sore as quickly. At first, my experiences were pretty similar to this authors, but I've since warmed up to it a bit more.

centizenon The Gravekeeper’s Paradox: People want permanent tombstones that also show decay

I wonder if as 3D printing technology improves and spreads, will we see more plastic headstones by virtue of the fact they can be reasonably easily custom made? I could see people being attracted to the idea of a custom headstone at a lower price than the sculptor could provide.

centizenon The new MacBook's single port comes with a security risk

Saying it's useless is being nice.

centizenon The new MacBook's single port comes with a security risk

Just wondering, how does that mean that? The way I understand things that is only possible if you use someone else's compromised power adapter.

I've never seen a coffee shop that supplied power adapters, it's always just a bunch of power outlets. I think your safe for now.

centizenon Ask HN: Why would I want to pay with my phone?

1) Well, if you don't buy it then I don't know what to tell you. But I am constantly forgetting my wallet and cards, while I rarely if ever forget my phone. Tim Hortons app has been my only option to pay for lunch more than a couple times.

2) Nobody (or at least hardly anyone) is advocating eliminating hard currency or credit cards. Phone payment is just another option. Why do you see this as an either/or situation?

3) Google is not the only player in this game, and even then I don't think I share your concerns. Ad targeting based on purchase history has been a thing for many years at this point, and it's never been an issue for me. If it was though, I would just switch to Apple's solution.

centizenon Paris night drone mystery deepens

I think that repeatedly flying a UAV in contravention to well known law, over highly populated areas, at night is totally irresponsible. Both to the people below and the UAV community at large.

The media reaction has nothing to do with my decision.

centizenon Paris night drone mystery deepens

I hope it's just some hobbyists having fun, but this is totally irresponsible. Whether they are trying to make a statement or just play a prank, they are making everyone look bad and giving the media all the reasons they need to run with it.

centizenon Raspberry Pi 2 is 'camera shy'

This is a really badly written article. I didn't really understand what was happening until I read the Foundations article:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/xenon-death-flash-a-free-physics-...

Essentially, the component that regulates power to the CPU is a die-on-board package and due to the photoelectric effect certain types of high intensity ultraviolet are causing a voltage drop which crashes the board. Duct tape, as always, is a solution.

centizenon Classic NES Series Anti-Emulation Measures

It certainly seems valid, but in context of all of the other protections it's difficult to say for sure if is or not.

But considering it either hasn't been used in other games, or at least infrequently enough this emulators author has never seen it before, I'm leaning towards it being another protection.

centizenon “Was isolated from 1999 to 2006 with a 486. Built my own late 80s OS”

This OS is interesting enough on it's own, but I want to hear more of the story of how and why it was created.

centizenon SF Engineer Dan Ha Has Been Missing Since 10/31

This depends on where you are located, but for the most part the answer is no - unless you are a member of a law enforcement agency you will not be able to get this data from the cell phone company. Depending on the country, cell phone provider and law enforcement agency, they will probably need a warrant or court order as well.