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waitwhatwhoa

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About waitwhatwhoa

I can be reached at ckanich@uic.edu

Recent public activity

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    Comment #47999907

    We did a study of this a few years ago[1] and the code for the instrumentation is available on github[2], the data is dated but you can see a cross section of popular apps and how …

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    Comment #45948353

    This was fixed after we reported it a few years ago while working on the paper.

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    Comment #45948348

    Paper author here, here’s a valid link: https://www.cs.uic.edu/~polakis/papers/favicon.pdf

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    Comment #44602978

    The STEM OPT _extension_ is an additional year on top of the one year that all graduates get. I believe the article is arguing for getting rid of that extension, not all OPT.

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    Comment #43182698

    When can we submit witness slips? Is there a mailing list for updates we can join? Good luck!

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    Comment #39781297

    It's been exciting to see Docusaurus [1], VitePress, and Starlight [2] all under very active development, with the first two being React- and Vue-based respectively, and Starlight …

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    Comment #37714285

    Previously (including several comments from CF folks including cofounder eastdakota): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37674097

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    Comment #37308008

    Passwords are sent all at once from the client to the server. This feature is for obfuscating your keystroke timing within the encrypted connection.

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    Comment #37271697

    tldr: the election only happens after significant organizing and demonstrated worker interest in forming a union. Currently it’s a two step process: get a threshold % of workers to…

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    Comment #32819088

    This was in 2021; it appears the fire was extinguished by July 11 [1], investigated by Vice later that year [2], and seems to still be being cleaned up by US EPA [3]. 1. https://ww…

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    Comment #28642571

    https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php?title=File_Picker_m... Will get you the content without the NSFW go away message.

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    Comment #25795658

    I am not an accountant or tax attorney, however Signal is a 501c3 so this deduction almost certainly qualifies.

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    Comment #22298598

    There are a few news organizations somehow battling it out to survive without advertising and I applaud them, but most comments like these simply remind me of this sentiment: https…

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    Comment #21546163

    If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.…

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    Comment #11939848

    At first I was worried that this is yet another Raft implementation, but it seems they're building on etcd's version [1] which should be a win for everyone trying to prove correctn…

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    Comment #11612633

    http://www.whatsthefare.com

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    Comment #11533261

    cool! another approach to that task: http://conferences2.sigcomm.org/imc/2015/papers/p495.pdf

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    Comment #8141974

    Chicago's bike share is very well built out (IMO) and if you're in a neighborhood serviced by it (many low income neighborhoods just aren't deployed at all) you should be no more t…

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    Comment #7112999

    I wanted one too: https://31.media.tumblr.com/9f889585e1f6611f216ddced210fb134...

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    Comment #7043590

    David - posting duplicate replies will dead-ify all subsequent dupes (I just learned this too).

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    Comment #6498411

    Most tech ads seem to be in "show, don't tell" mode, which is probably a good approach. I have to say, I like the tack they took, simply explaining up front the features of the wat…