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skyrw··on Video Analysis of Erdogan's security detail brawl in Washington
If they do this in the USA, imagine what they do back home. Wild stuff.
skyrw··on 1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders
You are absolutely the worst kind of person.
skyrw··on What I learned from my startup’s failure
No idea what his business model is. That said, my b2b saas company ran our first 5 customers with old skool paper invoices and checks, doing 6/12 month pre-pay. CC processing fee's can really eat into early revenue like this even.
skyrw··on Chelsea Manning Is Expected to Leave Prison, 28 Years Early
It's pretty easy. When they were attacking the republicans everybody on the left loved them. Now they are attacking the democrats, ergo they have zero credibility and are working with our enemies.
skyrw··on Ex-Trump adviser Flynn seeks immunity for testimony in Russia probe: WSJ
Hacker News is r/politics now. I'm out.
skyrw··on Tech workers find communal living a solution for high rents
Under a certain light SF is a company town, especially when you define the 'company' as the collective of Venture Capitalists that have profit interests in every tech shop here.
skyrw··on William Shatner's Seat
Make flying great again
skyrw··on You Can’t Have a Rollback Button
I believe LaunchDarkly (https://launchdarkly.com/) is trying to solve that. Still seems like a strange problem to apply a catch-all solution too however.
skyrw··on You Can’t Have a Rollback Button
Well I guess if you're the type of person that can't stop hitting themselves in the face you may be in the market for one. Limited market though however.
skyrw··on You Can’t Have a Rollback Button
I catch myself almost saying things like this to customers all the time. I think its a dunning-kruger related component of engineering humility. Constantly have to watch my words and think in marketing language.
skyrw··on Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he did not disclose
That's a fair assessment.
skyrw··on Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he did not disclose
Meeting with a government ambassador in your role as head of the Senate Armed Services committee and claiming you didn't talk about the election is a far cry from meeting with the Attorney General potentially set to potentially prosecute your wife and claiming you only discussed your grandchildren.
skyrw··on Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he did not disclose
There is nothing here to prove that he perjured himself.

From the article: In January, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) asked Sessions for answers to written questions. “Several of the President-elect’s nominees or senior advisers have Russian ties. Have you been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after election day?” Leahy wrote.

Sessions responded with one word: “No.”

Justice officials said Sessions met with Kislyak on Sept. 8 in his capacity as a member of the armed services panel rather than in his role as a Trump campaign surrogate.

“He was asked during the hearing about communications between Russia and the Trump campaign — not about meetings he took as a senator and a member of the Armed Services Committee,” Flores said.

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Unless they can prove that the meeting was related to the election then it seems unlikely that this was perjury.

skyrw··on Thoughts on the Late 2016 MacBook Pro
The second that happens they will remove it in the following release.
skyrw··on The Forgotten 'China Girls' Hidden at the Beginning of Old Films
No article can be complete nowadays unless it makes some soft virtue signal about how racist we all used to be.
skyrw··on Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “DeleteUber” campaign
Or they can afford private drivers
skyrw··on Migrants have net positive impact on New Zealand
As an immigrant yourself do you feel that you are a net benefit or detriment to Singapore?
skyrw··on Odo: Shapeshifting for your data
Bigger nerd? You for making that joke, me for getting it.
skyrw··on Working remotely, coworking spaces, and mental health
When I get really stir crazy I find it only takes about 4-5 hours in a co-working space to remind me how good I have it.
skyrw··on The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election
This election isn't Liberalism vs Conservatism, it's Corporatism vs Populism.
skyrw··on Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
The only killer feature that hangouts has is that it's the only reliable way to talk to any of your friends that work at google.
skyrw··on Have you ever smoked weed? Answer this question and you could be banned from US
Summary: Don't confess to a federal crime when being interrogated by border patrol and expect zero consequences. This applies to all nations.
skyrw··on Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years
If you are fat then you are not eating sensibly, regardless of your excuses.
skyrw··on Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years
The behavior patters that lead to obesity usually go hand in hand with avoiding common hookup/dating spots (i.e clubs). Sitting on the couch eating 3 papa john's pizzas every night does not help you bang anybody, regardless of body type.
skyrw··on Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years
I would counter C, in that arguably sex education in school is infinity more thorough now than it was 60 years ago. If anything this shows that more sex-ed lowers sex. Also porn 'in some form' has been around for a long time but there is no way you can argue that is has ever been as ubiquitous or insane as it is now.
skyrw··on Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes
Well, now I'm thoroughly terrified of BBQ.
skyrw··on Everything I Am Afraid Might Happen If I Ask New Acquaintances to Get Coffee
That depends on your target market demographic and size, certainly enough to be statistically relevant.
skyrw··on Dropbox employee’s password reuse led to theft of 60M+ user credentials
I know the article explicitly and consistently says 'encryption' everywhere. I simply cannot fathom that they were encrypting instead of hashing. While I suppose it's possible that the SHA-1 versions were encrypted, I refuse to believe that the dropbox security team would transition from that to bcrypt 2-directional encryption over bcrypt 1-directional hashing. With that assumption I find it safe to say the tech journalist is being inaccurate.
skyrw··on Dropbox employee’s password reuse led to theft of 60M+ user credentials
Its [Current Year] and [Semi-Respectable Tech Blog] still doesn't know the difference between encryption and hashing.
skyrw··on Everything I Am Afraid Might Happen If I Ask New Acquaintances to Get Coffee
Rule 1: Be attractive; Rule 2: Don't be unattractive.
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