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zython··on Show HN: A raytracer to shade topographic maps in R
awesome stuff, how'd you make the illustrations (like Figure 6. )?
zython··on A serious security vulnerability has been found in 7-Zip
Isn't this old news or am I missing something ?
zython··on A Call of Duty exploit
theres a really good defcon talk on this

I believe its this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hABj_mrP-no

zython··on Oculus Go
yeah, nah, I'm gonna pass on that.

why would you take a vr setup from the living room and "mobilize" it. what idiot is going to take his oculus go with him on the go ?

this platform is going to be restricted to low quality titles/products

to be fair this is going to be a lot more affordable than a real vr setup but IMO this is the wrong way to introduce vr to the masses

now vr is going to have this 2005-10 facebook game-esque connotation to it, which is anything but ideal

opinions ?

zython··on Python Environment
they also forgot the part, where every package manager has his own way of installing python packages
zython··on Personalized Hey Siri
related:

https://maachinelearning.apple.com/2017/08/06/siri-voices.ht...

zython··on Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project
there is no inherent reason that these technologies need to be developed by the military, they could just as well be developed for civilian use when given the funding.

also it is not surprising that these things are invented by the dod when you're spending ~600-700 bilion a year on warfare and intelligence operations.

That last sentence of yours rubs me kinda the wrong way; that is a dangerious premise that could set us back ~30 years when the cold war and the arms race was well and alive, but this time we'd have robots and AI

zython··on How Fortnite leveled up, broke records, and changed gaming
are you speaking from experience or why do you make such brave assumptions ?
zython··on Look for the duct tape
Agree, but you have to be willing to invest your time and effort into a task when you look for it that way.

Sometimes you can be better off doing things the simple aka duct tape way, when it just works.

Anyone who's not read tacobell programming should take the 2 minutes to do so now because it underlines my point very good.

http://widgetsandshit.com/teddziuba/2010/10/taco-bell-progra...

Incase my point is not clear: you have to differentiate, the concept of work with the concept of problem solving.

zython··on Ask HN: Why are law documents (GDPR) so difficult to understand?
Nice summary, I liked the "plain english" format, I enjoyed reading it.

You might want to put a disclaimer in your blogpost that this is not legal advice.

zython··on Police chief said Uber victim “came from the shadows” – don’t believe it
To be fair, cell phone cameras as I recall have a tendency to push the ISO up, so it potentially could look different IRL (I'm purposefully being vague).

Ideally /u/ghdana would have posted the camera settings which filmed this, so you could get a better understanding of the situation.

Not that I'm defending UBER on this, as others have said LIDAR and IR in addition to the cameras should have picked the woman up.

zython··on Interactive map of Linux kernel
Heres the improved version of that quote:

> There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation, off-by-one errors and naming things.

zython··on Ask HN: What is your best way to learn a new programming language?
I do simple exercises by myself (pastebin clone, fib, file manipulation etc.)

I try to avoid example code snippets, since I want to figure it out myself.

Oftentimes when reading those examples everything seems to make sense, but when I'm faced with repeating what was shown I get stuck.

So now I avoid them completely and try to figure if out myself.

zython··on GDB 8.1 Released
Seems like a I cannot edit my post, but I just remembered this brilliant short talk (15min) about gdb's TUI.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PorfLSr3DDI

It really did change my opinion of gdb in just 15 min.

zython··on GDB 8.1 Released
> New shortcuts for TUI Single-Key mode: 'i' for stepi, and 'o' for nexti;

TUI really is one of the best features to really get into gdb. visually stepping through the disassembly really makes debugging more appealing, I really wish they dont abandon this aspect of gdb

zython··on Advanced Denanonymization through Strava
On a related note: You don't need to anonymize yourself if you only ride on zwift.
zython··on Some hotels have charged visitors for bad reviews
Why was it allowed in the first place especially with free speech being so important and constitutionally protected in the US ?
zython··on After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea
Sorry I was being sarcastic.

Also the german healthcare system is not all financed by tax payers. "paid for by the public health care system" would be a better sentence.

zython··on After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea
This make me think: Could this behaviour be influenced by US-american pharma corporations being allowed to run (TV-)ads on prescription medications ?
zython··on After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea
> "After my surgery, I had to pay 25€ for the taxi ride home"

I'll take that over the multi-million US-american hospital bill, any time.

zython··on Linux Driver Management 1.0 Released
Link to the github project which gives more information about LDM:

https://github.com/solus-project/linux-driver-management

zython··on Moving efficiently in the CLI
If anyone else likes linux tools explained visually heres one for htop:

https://codeahoy.com/2017/01/20/hhtop-explained-visually/

zython··on Ad campaign runs cryptocurrency miners while unwitting users watch videos
There is no reason why ads aren't just plain text, video or animated vector graphics. There is literally no reason to allow them more (read; execute javascript).

If anyone comes up with a valid reason I will invest all my life savings into garlicoin.

zython··on Hetzner Cloud
Whats the difference to their VPS's ? I had one until last month with pretty much the specs of the cx21 but it cost a little bit more ?

Are they just lowering their prices or am I missing out on features ?

zython··on One Bitcoin miner is buying 20,000 16nm wafers from TSMC per month
Bitcoin was mistake
zython··on Laws of UX
Really surprised that Gestalt Laws are not listed. (Law of Proximity is one of them).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_psychology

zython··on iOS 11 Security [pdf]
Please tag this as pdf
zython··on AMD PSP: Firmware TPM Remote Code Execution via Crafted EK Certificate
damnit AMD, you're supposed to be the undedog who came out victorious after this whole mess
zython··on A sexual harassment survey of 600 men
Well its a start. No need to be so harsh. It's a serious issue and I think the more and the better we report on it, the effects will only be beneficial.
zython··on We’re sorry, and we’re not rolling out the fees change
before twitter/fb patreon would've never happened
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