It's really a shame that VCs don't seem to have figured out how to do DD on science based startups. The same is probably somewhat true in tech generally, but VCs in this area don't seem capable of doing the DD. They…
Neat! I wonder why they're not part of kernel release tests.
That statement really resonated with me. So often something happens which seems like a total disaster, the end of the world, and you struggle desperately to fix it. In hindsight it turns out it didn't matter as much as…
The article mentions microcontrollers that use 100 milliwatts as the lower end of embedded CPUs. There are actually microcontrollers that use around 1milliwatt for very low power applications. For example the msp430. TI…
As far as I can tell it appears to be a classic use of an uninitialized pointer. Are there not static analysis tools routinely used against Linux that should have caught this? Or runtime memory access detection, like…
It feels like failures on the scale of Segway are now pretty run of the mill. They "only" raised a 166MUSD [1]. Doesn't really compare to modern failures like Theranos, 686MUSD. [1]…
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I've been reading Cryptonomicon recently. There's an entertaining bit where one of the characters asserts that beards are "totems of the white male patriarchal privilege". It's a bit silly. But it is interesting to note…
Amusing and depressing, awesome stuff. Git's rise to become the de facto standard revision control system has been fascinating to watch. I think it does provided real benefit over Subversion, but there are also smaller…
In formlab's case they had a 1.8MUSD seed round prior to the crowdfunding. They raised ~3MUSD from crowdfunding. This probably helped give them some runway to put together a series A. However they still raised an…
Pretty terrifying. I'd love to see a more detailed analysis of the datasets they received. It sounds like both governmental and private surveillance systems in China may be pretty leaky. I wonder if the information is…
The author is essentially saying any API change has the potential to break backward compatibility and that we should define what kind of breakage is ok. That's kind of interesting, and I'd not considered many of the…
Which is why I said potential rather than actual. Having users terminate their connection at Cloudflare always adds an extra layer, and a dependency on a US corporation and therefore subject to the US legal system. It's…
To be frank I think that's a bit naive. These attacks are a numbers game. There's a low cost to sending the emails and a much larger payoff. Education helps, but it's still possible to catch people off guard, tired, new…
I was think more of a specific mail scanning process for images that look exactly like UI elements, with some fuzzy match. If it matches, flag it with the usual warnings. It feels like there's at least the potential to…
That's a real shame. There are certainly things they could do to prevent images looking quite so similar to UI elements.
The how to link in the description doesn't seem to be working but it's here: https://www.hackster.io/mathwuy/elite-dangerous-ship-assista... Neat hack! It's awesome that Amazon have opened there API to the degree that…
Looks really cool and must have been a fun project. I guess it's not hugely practical, partically as each Pi has a display attached. Mythic beasts in the UK are doing Pi based co-location. I think this could be…
Cloudflare's own statement also on HN here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13372729 Adds more color to this. In any case, it's great that the EFF and Cloudflare have been fighting this.
Wow hugely interesting, including that Capitol Hill staff felt NSLs could not be issued against Cloudflare, when they were. One question I have, they chose to voluntarily redact the customers account name in question…
It's a shame this person didn't get to phone screen. I found the phone screens quite fun, particularly if you're are not too worried about concerned about getting the job. People seem to view Google as some kind of tech…
I guess it really depends. On projects where the level of commenting is low and theirs little to no documentation it can be tough. For C projects as there's usually a single point of entry I just start with main() and…
Debian bootstrapping is awesome and surprisingly easy to use. I've used it in the past to bring up a Debian install in a chroot on various otherwise unsupported devices (mostly Android watches and phones).
This is true, but I'd guess that having a nice Mac Pro isn't going to gain them market share. The market they're losing is probably the low end (where cost difference is higher).
Does this really matter? I've also felt that recent mac desktop/laptop releases have been poor. But is it really important to satisfy the masses in this market? It seems like we're in a world where most people could be…
It's really a shame that VCs don't seem to have figured out how to do DD on science based startups. The same is probably somewhat true in tech generally, but VCs in this area don't seem capable of doing the DD. They…
Neat! I wonder why they're not part of kernel release tests.
That statement really resonated with me. So often something happens which seems like a total disaster, the end of the world, and you struggle desperately to fix it. In hindsight it turns out it didn't matter as much as…
The article mentions microcontrollers that use 100 milliwatts as the lower end of embedded CPUs. There are actually microcontrollers that use around 1milliwatt for very low power applications. For example the msp430. TI…
As far as I can tell it appears to be a classic use of an uninitialized pointer. Are there not static analysis tools routinely used against Linux that should have caught this? Or runtime memory access detection, like…
It feels like failures on the scale of Segway are now pretty run of the mill. They "only" raised a 166MUSD [1]. Doesn't really compare to modern failures like Theranos, 686MUSD. [1]…
Currently returning: Resource Limit Is Reached The website is temporarily unable to service your request as it exceeded resource limit. Please try again later. The irony! Cache link:…
I've been reading Cryptonomicon recently. There's an entertaining bit where one of the characters asserts that beards are "totems of the white male patriarchal privilege". It's a bit silly. But it is interesting to note…
Amusing and depressing, awesome stuff. Git's rise to become the de facto standard revision control system has been fascinating to watch. I think it does provided real benefit over Subversion, but there are also smaller…
In formlab's case they had a 1.8MUSD seed round prior to the crowdfunding. They raised ~3MUSD from crowdfunding. This probably helped give them some runway to put together a series A. However they still raised an…
Pretty terrifying. I'd love to see a more detailed analysis of the datasets they received. It sounds like both governmental and private surveillance systems in China may be pretty leaky. I wonder if the information is…
The author is essentially saying any API change has the potential to break backward compatibility and that we should define what kind of breakage is ok. That's kind of interesting, and I'd not considered many of the…
Which is why I said potential rather than actual. Having users terminate their connection at Cloudflare always adds an extra layer, and a dependency on a US corporation and therefore subject to the US legal system. It's…
To be frank I think that's a bit naive. These attacks are a numbers game. There's a low cost to sending the emails and a much larger payoff. Education helps, but it's still possible to catch people off guard, tired, new…
I was think more of a specific mail scanning process for images that look exactly like UI elements, with some fuzzy match. If it matches, flag it with the usual warnings. It feels like there's at least the potential to…
That's a real shame. There are certainly things they could do to prevent images looking quite so similar to UI elements.
The how to link in the description doesn't seem to be working but it's here: https://www.hackster.io/mathwuy/elite-dangerous-ship-assista... Neat hack! It's awesome that Amazon have opened there API to the degree that…
Looks really cool and must have been a fun project. I guess it's not hugely practical, partically as each Pi has a display attached. Mythic beasts in the UK are doing Pi based co-location. I think this could be…
Cloudflare's own statement also on HN here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13372729 Adds more color to this. In any case, it's great that the EFF and Cloudflare have been fighting this.
Wow hugely interesting, including that Capitol Hill staff felt NSLs could not be issued against Cloudflare, when they were. One question I have, they chose to voluntarily redact the customers account name in question…
It's a shame this person didn't get to phone screen. I found the phone screens quite fun, particularly if you're are not too worried about concerned about getting the job. People seem to view Google as some kind of tech…
I guess it really depends. On projects where the level of commenting is low and theirs little to no documentation it can be tough. For C projects as there's usually a single point of entry I just start with main() and…
Debian bootstrapping is awesome and surprisingly easy to use. I've used it in the past to bring up a Debian install in a chroot on various otherwise unsupported devices (mostly Android watches and phones).
This is true, but I'd guess that having a nice Mac Pro isn't going to gain them market share. The market they're losing is probably the low end (where cost difference is higher).
Does this really matter? I've also felt that recent mac desktop/laptop releases have been poor. But is it really important to satisfy the masses in this market? It seems like we're in a world where most people could be…