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Under FCRA, your employer or potential employer must get permission from you before performing any credit report (which includes a salary report). >You must give your consent for r…

They also support paper keys, which you could think of as equivalent to your mind (i.e. memorize the key)

One of the VC-funded businesses we all knew would fail has finally failed, is this an early indicator of a market correction?

>Within the new European GDPR framework, IP addresses are to be considered as personally identifiable information,... My understanding is that many of these details are yet to be s…

How do we start the process of getting an amendment protecting encryption added to the Constitution?

While unlikely a factor in this case, I wouldn't be so quick to trust National Geographic as it is a for-profit company owned by 21st Century Fox (of Fox News fame). Its credibilit…

I love the idea of zero-knowledge password proofs. Others can chime in on the approach you've proposed, but I have a more practical concern about developing critical mass. How do y…

Maybe to be more precise "anonymous cash replacement" is better? Electronic "money" in general has long been available through credit cards, PayPal, etc but at higher cost and loss…

This is a good list of inputs, though I think immutable public timestamps is the only one that was impossible pre-blockchain, and it's not clear what the value of this is. I'd argu…

>I've also never had a full-time job as I jumped straight from my BS to a PhD. Not having any work experience means you'll go through "University Recruiting" (vs experienced hire) …

I've been happy wearing safety glasses with tint. Unlike fashion glasses, safety glasses must adhere to ANSI z87.1 standards that test things like impact and UV protection. Safety …

Learning keyboard shortcuts in Excel yields massive returns on productivity. For an intro, Joel Spolsky has a great tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nbkaYsR94c Investment…

Thanks for sharing. I'd read from your research that concerns about counterfeiting were the primary motivation

Reading the research, it was based on an observational study of 42 adults across three segments of musical training: None, Little (1-3 years), and Moderate (4-14) and found that "A…

> Employers who abuse the H-1B visa program negatively affect U.S. workers, decreasing wages and job opportunities as they import more foreign workers. To further deter and detect …

Conjoint analysis is also a common approach. It requires less specific answers from customers about price points, which people are often unwilling to share.

Use good invoicing/billing software that allows you to discount on a per customer basis. Start with two price points: one targeted at price sensitive customers, call it price A, an…

Interesting that the overall advice here is "Don't Panic" Also interesting that having a towel could be incredibly useful in this situation.

Is dieharder considered as the industry standard tool for testing randomness? Is it commonly used by experts? https://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/dieharder.php

Thank you for the writeup. What was the tool used to generate the .GIF of the shell?

Interesting detail from the Google license exhibit: Encryption Technologies. Google makes HTTPS encryption (also referred to as SSL or TLS connection) available. Google servers sup…

>Presumably, C-suite people are compensated based on the financial performance of the bank... They were. Many of their performance incentives would have also been tied to WF stock …