wonderous
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Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Google of “what is it like to be” returns curious results:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22What+Is+It+Like+to+Be%22+...
Anyone have suggestions for further notable research on the topic?
Comment · 8 years ago
IBM just self-publishes a bunch of these IBM brand guides under the “for dummies” brand and pays for using the “For Dummies” logo:
https://www.google.com/search?q=site:ibm.com+%22for+dummies%...
Comment · 8 years ago
As strange as airdrops sound, they’re basically proof-of-ownership “likes” that payout if that fork does well.
Comment · 8 years ago
China’s policies are confusing, first they wanted to move everyone to the major cities, now the cities are saying they will cap the populations.
Anyone know what is going on?
Comment · 8 years ago
Anyone aware of any independent formal security audits of this version of this or any prior version of LUKS?
Comment · 9 years ago
>> “Shazam, the 18-year-old company...”
Fact that Shazam is 18-years-old made me curious, and found the following on Wikipedia:
>> “Initially, in 2002, the service was launched only in the UK and was known as "2580", as the number was the shortcode that customers dialled from their mobile phone to get music recognised. The phone would automatically hang up after 30 seconds. A result was then sent to the user in the form of a text message containing the song title and artist name.”
Comment · 9 years ago
Anyone that finds this interest should look at how “The Thing” (1945) worked:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)
EDIT: Here are some diagrams of how it works:
Beyond that, are you aware of any related notable research, sources, etc. - on the topic you’ve presented for additional reading or action.