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It is a useful paper, yes. Good examples, good diagnosis of issues in systems theory, good definition of a way forward. However it suffers from (a) weak definitions and (b) implaus…

Especially since Netflix has a lot of entertainment featuring black actors, producers etc. from the US. And a lot of Nigerian and South African productions too. You just have to lo…

Be very aware -- SSD must be plugged in otherwise they may lose data after a few years. The time varies with temperature. Search for SSD data retention for more info. The JEDEC sta…

21.7 cents per pixel. Stock photos cost $5 to $100 and come with distribution rights. Somebody paid a lot of money for bragging rights.

Non rapid updates to HN profile, I guess. hncollector@ and the domain is bitminer.ca

I have a demo website that is "4-clicks" to ordering satellite imagery. Include one for the data type, and one for the date. Contact me by email if you would like a demo. (I'm tryi…

There is also the CREDO app, check the Google Android app store.

And the New York Times article might be true. I'm sure that Solarwinds uses many more developer tools than what Jetbrains supplies. But only Jetbrains was "founded by Russians" so …

Question: did you unmount/mount the source filesystem between tests? When the size of data is less than RAM you are measuring cache speed, not so much disk speed. (And yes I realiz…

>>[The] defenses include obvious technical components (e.g. backup systems, ‘safety’ features of equipment) and human components (e.g. training, knowledge) but also a variety of or…

There is a lot marketing bullshit in the Capella articles. For example, the Singapore image of buildings and other detections by the SAR is clearly overlaid on an optical image wit…

I remember pestering my father for one back in 1973. He managed to get a demonstrator from the local office of HP, for iirc CAD$695, which was a lot of money in those days. I would…

>Is there a field of study/practice that deals with such changes to large scale system? It does sound like a very useful thing to systematically study, if possible. "Analysis point…

Interesting. I did some (IT) work for a company making photo plotters for the PCB industry. The MDA Fire 9000, later Cymbolic Sciences and other companies. This was about 1985. The…

Very interesting article, and a good topic. Any idea how big the design team was? I would expect at least two but can imagine up to twenty people. And wonder if the masks were manu…

"Cheap shot". Yes. Also no mitigation suggested other than CSP for which "A lot of CSP policies don't..." Which is a suggestion to use CSP correctly, in a backhanded way. It is a s…

They just did. $600M https://www.telesat.com/press/press-releases/telesat-and-the...

BBC News - Windsor Castle: Changing hundreds of royal clocks https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-54387428

I disagree. I think the purpose of 5G is to allow carriers (formerly known as The Phone Company) to sell value-added services to other companies large and small. IoT, video-on-dema…

Don't even fill out a form -- I did that for a friend, decided not to press "click here to purchase". Turns out they had keystroke-logged me as I filled out the form. They got name…

s/intelligence/malevolence/ Stupidity is more likely than bad actors. Usually.

NK Jemisin...who? Oh. I really need to get back into reading SF.