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stevefeinstein··on ZMODEM
It's still hard to match the convenience of moving files to and from a server with RZ/SZ.

If your terminal emulator supports it, it will see the trigger sequence emitted and start the modem protocol over your ssh connection and save the file.

Since it runs over your current ssh connection it's perfectly secure.

It's so much easier then switching to a local terminal to use scp to get or put a local file. Sure, I know it's not the most efficient protocol but with the speed of todays networks the kind of files you're dealing with when doing administration or development are more quickly transferred by not having to do the context switch.

If there's a mac terminal that will do scp that has shell integration on the host. I'd switch to that, but I haven't found one. Is there?

stevefeinstein··on Mylan to Settle EpiPen Overpricing Case for $465M
Yes.
stevefeinstein··on Mylan to Settle EpiPen Overpricing Case for $465M
Is the penalty more than they profited from the bad thing? (No according to the back of the envelope calculation I just did)

Why are they paying the money to the government, rather than refunding those who were harmed by the bad thing.

This just amounts to a tax on the people who bought the pens which will just go to the government funds. The penalty may cause the company to change their behavior, but they still managed to profit from the bad behavior. And those that were overcharged are still damaged by having overpaid.

There really needs to be some common sense applied. The penalty must exceed the profit. Those who are damaged must be made whole, or as close to whole as they can reasonably be made. Anything less is an insult on the public's intelligence.

stevefeinstein··on Zuckerberg and Chan aim to tackle all disease by 2100
Yes, exactly. Unless everyone has some skin in the game, the research will be biased towards curing those with money, perhaps using the rest as guinea pigs.
stevefeinstein··on Zuckerberg and Chan aim to tackle all disease by 2100
I would never discourage them, audacious goals are how real change is achieved.

But in the history of the world, every time you conquer one disease, a worse and scarier one seems to fill the void. And if you wanted to get pedantic, it could be said that Humanity is a disease of the Earth. Eliminating that infestation might qualify under the goal. Perhaps AI is not going to solve the problem by eliminating disease, but eliminating that which can be diseased. Kill the prey, and the predator dies.

stevefeinstein··on Epsilon Programmer's Editor
Not really. They put an eval version up which expires. They then upload a new build that pushes the expiration out. Repeat every few months.
stevefeinstein··on Epsilon Programmer's Editor
Been using Epsilon daily since 1989. I've been disillusioned lately that it's not been updated for quite some time. The developer is still quite responsive though, and even though I use it less than I used to, I still use it every day. I was hoping to see a native Mac version rather than the version that depends on X.
stevefeinstein··on Surprise Scans Suggest Hackers Put IMSI-Catchers All Over Defcon
Is it possible some of them were legitimate portable towers the conference contracted to have placed there by the carriers to handle the extra load?
stevefeinstein··on Photographer Suing Getty Images for $1B
I think you can, if you generate a derivative work. And I would bet that could be something as insignificant as color correction of the image.
stevefeinstein··on Blind-tested soloists unable to tell Stradivarius from modern violins
Is it not possible to just mechanically test the sound of each instrument in a sound proof chamber to identify the unique characteristics of each?

There is no better, there is only what's so. Measure that and if YOU like one better, make another one that produces the same sound.

Probably not as easy as it sounds (pun intended).

stevefeinstein··on What is the best way to utilise $10K worth of free servers for an year?
The problem as I see it is you have a year to create a something that will generate $10K in revenue annually or you will go quickly into the red and have to shut it down.

I'm not sure what you can learn with $10,000 worth of servers that you can't learn with $1,000 worth and an amazon AWS account. If it's just you, you won't need to scale up for a while and AWS is super cheap.

Convert it to as much cash as you can, then spend it more economically on a service with no time restrictions on the use of the resources.

stevefeinstein··on Ask HN: Would anyone use an API for sports data?
Have you looked into what the MLB, NFL, NBA, etc would do to block you? While they have no legal protection of facts, you can't copy their facts from them and hope they won't come after you.
stevefeinstein··on Moving Forward on Basic Income
I think tis is a step in the right direction, but I can't help but think that raising the floor still leaves people there on the floor. Won't inflation, as well as increased demand for the things people need just raise prices of those things out of reach of those on the floor negating any benefit?
stevefeinstein··on How big an issue is the nausea problem for VR products?
I used to play Doom, and Quake and would have to lie down and curse the developers. It was almost identical to having been on a sailboat in rough seas below deck. It's terrible. I wonder if the same seasickness remedies used on water would work with VR. Frankly, after what I got from games 20 years ago, I'm really afraid more modern realistic VR will be even worse.
stevefeinstein··on A 54-year-old custodian just graduated from the college he cleaned at night
I'm really interested in if he'll find a company that'll hire him despite the fact that age discrimination while illegal is practiced by most companies. I'm 51, and compared to when I was 21 it's way harder, and I'm not even looking for more money than the typical twenty-something.
stevefeinstein··on Chrome removes Backspace to go back
This is the correct answer. However even this isn't enough. I would also remove backspace from going back a page. It should never have been a thing. Having a key that performs a function modally when the context isn't very clear, is just ripe for confusion. And confusing it has been as the fact that this issue was raised.
stevefeinstein··on Please scan my towel
Million dollar startup idea: Luggage with a faraday cage built into the lining.
stevefeinstein··on Watson for President
If I were an AI trying to take over the World, this is how I'd do it. But first it needs to have the constitution amended so it doesn't have to be a natural born citizen of the United States, a resident for 14 years, and 35 years of age or older.
stevefeinstein··on Why a city should not build a stadium for an NFL team
Well, it's a good thing they've locked in a team, because no one in their right mind would build one in Green Bay Wisconsin today when there are fools in warmer climates literally throwing money at anyone who will move a team.
stevefeinstein··on How would you improve the company you work for?
Fewer meetings isn't the answer, fewer but more effective meetings is.
stevefeinstein··on Fuck What Other People Think
I think you're wrong. Progress comes from building a consensus and working together with others of like mind.

But you probably don't care what I think.

stevefeinstein··on Should we solar panel the Sahara desert?
The Media always seem to frame questions like this wrong. The question to ask is, "Why shouldn't we solar panel the Sahara Desert?" And once that question is answered we get started.
stevefeinstein··on Detect and disconnect WiFi cameras
You're missing the point people! Don't record other people who are renting your house, or tell them you're going doing it. Detecting and disabling a camera on the network (and assuming it's on the same subnet as any wifi you are authorized to use) is ass backwards.
stevefeinstein··on Google, Microsoft, Comcast Say Verizon’s New Cellular Tech Could Wreck Wi-Fi
What does LTE-U do that you can't already do with wifi, and WiFi calling? Seems like a solution looking for a problem. Or an evil conspiracy to cripple the open, free, firmly established standard.
stevefeinstein··on Flash vs. HTML
I tried to run this, and it ran so slowly that I gave up. Admittedly I have a 6 year old Mac, and while it's no speed demon it works well enough for all the tasks that make up my day, and when I bought it it was one of the fastest computers sold. It's just not cool that software, including HTML has gotten so bloated, and programmers have gotten so lazy that they feel it's more important to produce shit code fast than fast code in time it takes. I believe that quality, elegant code will save it's combined users more time by orders of magnitude than that one lazy programmer with the unreasonable deadline will save, including all the bug fixes they'll inevitable have to push out.
stevefeinstein··on Pulling the Curtain on Airport Security [pdf]
If this isn't the answer, and I'm not asserting it is or isn't. What is, and how do implement it. Or do you suggest if we scrap it all and go back to 1950's like airport security that the few incidents that are inevitable are an acceptable risk? I don't know the answer, but I'd like to have the conversation.
stevefeinstein··on Twitter isn't Censoring You. Your Government is.
The Government is us, isn't it? How did these jokers who "represent" us get into the positions they're in? We elected them. We need to get rid of the bad ones, and put in some good ones. And we need those new ones to undo the rules the bad ones place to keep things in their favor.
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