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It looks like a bunch of the other replies to your query have touched on most of the points I would make, but I thought it might still be worth my response. The majority of the content I consume onlin…

> How about something simpler - Make images load slowly using JS. I do like this idea. However, as one of the minority of people who have disabled js by default, I'd hope this could be done i…

It's only depressing because mass surveillance is happening. Even if it wasn'twasn't happening, one should still talk about. As Thomas Jefferson observed, "eternal vigilance is the…

> But in every field, the incentives are not set up to do good science. That's a fact, and until it's understood there won't be any progress. Until then, you'll just see a slow …

> I agree with this article, but think that by singling out social sciences it fails to reveal the bigger picture: that all scientific fields are subject to these same mistakes. I actually prefer t…

I had this happen a few years ago, though in a slightly different fashion. The same "model" of sock was around, but the design changed once (width of stripes) and the material/construct…

> Also, wouldn't the wear work out to be roughly equal if you alternate socks roughly equally? My guess is that this is a poisson process, so there would be a tail of (a few) socks which are r…

It's sometimes interesting to check to see recently added articles which are highlighted, "this day in history" items, as well as recent major news items which I might have missed.

The title is a bit link-baitey, but the article drives home the (very important) fact that an unsecured internet of things is a dangerous thing. It obviously is not the first article to do so, but it …

> Roughly 1 in 4 drivers have a statistically significant amount of alcohol in their blood system. 1 in 4 seems high, especially if you mean to the level of impairment. I'd be interested to se…

I do not own one. 6-12 months ago, I was doing a bunch of research on them but couldn't justify the investment as I wasn't sure I'd get enough use out of one. My first thought when I sa…

Hopefully you see this! I way offline for a while and just saw your reply... We are both members of the "Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey" (GOALS; http://goals.ipac.caltech…

Indeed, it is!

> but I don't see any reference to what exactly did he do to be called so Agreed. His experience and transformation is interesting, but the article is pretty lacking in details. > Searching…

LibreSSL is a fork for OpenBSD and doesn't have all the functionality of openSSL (e.g., no Windows support), so it's not a given that LibreSSL will actually become the standard. Also, despit…

It also means that (assuming one has some understanding of computer security) you stand a chance (albeit small) of potentially catching them in the act of getting access to your data (for some types o…

It would be interesting to also look at harvesting from PGP keys which have been posted to keyservers. I'm sure that's a small portion of the population, but I wonder if it is being (ab)used…

> Appliances that are relatively easy to replace is one thing But if the hardware still works fine, replacing it because of software issues isn't really justified. It's far less wasteful …

Yes, but there's a lot fewer weather stations than there are smartphones. So there's lots of potential, if the sensors and algorithms can be calibrated to account for these systematics.

It presumably relies on having multiple phones recording the temperature, averaging out person-to-person variations in attire (thickness of pants, etc.). If those variations are correlated among peopl…

Weather signal [0] has developed algorithms to correct the internal sensor measurements for things like this, particularly temperature. So it's not entirely useless. [0] http://weather…

Is there anyone with a more current read on this issue (heartbleed aside)? The linked article is 5 years old, lots can change in 5 years.

It would seem odd for the latter - why even bother applying, in that case?

> What the fuck? An experimental surgical procedure is being conducted, and nothing is recorded outside on elderly doctor's brain? The data may exist. But it's non-trivial to recreate an …

> For those who are used to Motorola's customizations in their phone, you will be missing them because the phone is stock android. That's a selling point for me, at least from my experien…

The link has no mention of the "bug was dismissed" as stated in the HN title. Support for this? Or is it the same bug as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7504353 ? Also,…