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There were similar reports earlier this year as well. Autopass, a Norwegian company responsible for most road tolls reported that a bunch of reports became publicly accessible as a result of people us…
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I disagree. If you are making a show about wizards which will be aired on Netflix, you know that the target population are those interested in magic. Hence, you can create a more complex and detailed …
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Many unions in Norway in the private sector (if not most) generate statistics based on information from their members regarding salary, education, experience and so on, so for me as a developer/s…
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But hasn't this generally been an issue since Apollo? Great Ideas(TM) emerge and people get enthusiastic about them, but fail to realize that the cost makes them difficult to carry out as intende…
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Same in Norway as well. I can think of at least 5 ISPs offering at least 60Mb/s down, but there are probably smaller companies I haven't thought of.
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History is full of people who have been good at talking and presenting, but not as good when it comes to inventing. So I'm not that surprised that they get money, even if the ideas are somewhat p…
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Although unlikely to be representative of SV, does anyone know of other examples than those mentioned?
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Non-IT friends tend to see me as somewhat paranoid when they notice me using 2FA or VPN's, but I was actually surprised people knew this much.
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One would think that making laws and regulations easily accessible would be a priority for lawmakers. Is this issue exclusive to Georgia, or are there other states or nations with similar restrictions…
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Also see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPxAvHdrK6U for a nice video. Although not as much snow, there are still locations in Norway where you can find similar conditions.…
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If this works out it will revolutionize the EV market more or less overnight. No manufacturer can continue using current batteries if this becomes a reality, an the recharge time is reduced to minutes…
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Didn't spend a lot of time on this, but most expensive I could think of was this PoE card which could be yours for a measly $50.000 USD:
https://www.amazon.com/NETWORKS-BlackDiam…
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Nothing new. During WW2 (and probably other wars) gambling houses, racetracks, pubs, hotels and many other similarly frivolous services had lots of traffic and customers. People simply needed to escap…
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Ars, Wired and a bunch of other sites has also reported on this: https://www.vusec.net/2017/02/aslrcache-anc-mmu-sidechannel-... …
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No intimate knowledge of this, but as with anything it's the economics that will decide if this is the next big thing or not. James Hamilton did a writeup on the economics of running a datacenter…
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He had a diplomatic passport, meaning that he should be sent straight through with no questions asked (more or less).
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Especially when they happen to be priests and former PM for the christian democratic party!