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Its not that easy. Radioactive materials dont just disappear. It would take probably around ~100-200 years for humans to evolve to be partly immune to radioactivity (the same way we "evolved" to be partly immune to coal vapors and other toxic waste in our air) and reduce amount of sick/sterile people. Then humans would need to slowly remove or neutralize radioactive content - 200 years sounds right for humanity to find a way of doing this (as of now there is no mass way doing so - but I believe humanity would come out with solution if this would be the way for civilization to survive). The process probably would take ages - started with regions less contaminated (Islands etc) and moving onwards avoiding direct impact zones.
Deep deep underground with lots of canned food, diesel and light that can simulate sunlight... Think Zion in the matrix :)
...that we gave it to them, willingly.
Thanks for the support it means the world to me (literally, you're keeping me fed!). On a more serious note, I've got a lot of things planned and I hoped the announcement of the automated meta-routines shows I'm not dicking around with making an entirely new platform ... I just need to get some people on marketing it if I want to go faster :-/
"Out of curiosity, are there enough nukes to theoretically remove all life? What about all mammals?"

You might want to watch this episode of VICE for their take of the conflict between India and Pakistan ... and the potential destruction of Earth from their nuke arsenals. It addresses that very question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nzm2CidMpM
Thank you! Here are a couple more albums to show the overall design - http://imgur.com/a/3pOwv . Can you tell a developer designed it ;-)
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This is fantastic! Clear and in-depth explanation, and you didn't stop using pictures (sometimes posts start out with pictures and then lose them somewhere along the road). Love it
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/04/gillettes-razor...

Hmm, a razor costing 12 for just the handle is high tech and high cost. Depending on your hair and the cost of a new fence of razors/razor head, you're looking at a dollar a week(3$ a fence/head, 3 weeks per fence/head) Dollar shave club advertises at a dollar a month. If you have to shave a lot, dollar shave club is simple and easy and thoughtless. As the linked article above discusses, Gilette is for the James Bond type guy now. That's a niche market, but the dollar shave club is more, I dunno, hungover basic grooming guy which has broader appeal.

All that is to say, like the article above, beards are cheaper than anything else.
by Emil Martinec © 2008

last update: May 22, 2008

> worth noting (2008) in the title for reference
They'd still be selling a cheap printer with expensive ink. That wouldn't make it a new business model and neither does Gillette selling a new handle with (existing) expensive blades.
Well you have to consider the size of that continent. I am not saying it would be 100% unaffected but remote locations like North-West Australia has literary nothing there to attack. Some small towns and that is it.
I'm skeptical about this. It is widely known that Israels nuclear program was assisted mainly by the French and the British, with some fissile material arriving from Argentina and Belgium. At the time (1960s) Israel was ready to produce weapons grade plutonium on an independent basis.

Saying Israel stole that uranium is saying they preferred to steal from a super-power what they could already produce. Possible, but unlikely.
When I was applying for an internship position at a startup last week, I started up one of my local php projects to demonstrate what skills I had, and it wouldn't run... but then I pretty much debugged it on the fly and ran it to save face.

And apparently this was impressive because their bar for questions was "do you know what a function is" and "can you use $_POST?" and things of that nature. They didn't give me fizzbuzz, though. And I was scared they were going to make me implement a doubly linked list on the fly or something.
I auditioned about 10 different Chrome/Firefox extensions to send HTTP requests and this was by far the best one. It's clean, simple to use, and handles auth really well.
New Orleanian here, and we're in the same boat. Except that we don't even need rising seas.

What this map doesn't show is the land uncovered by melting ice. Something a Canadian or Russian might be thinking about.

I remember hearing when I was growing up how we're going to "run out of oil." Haven't heard anything about that lately.
In fact, I'd bet the rising sea levels will enrich the Dutch even more through expansive, international public works projects. Those need engineering firms with extensive experience with water, dikes, dams, storms, etc: something the Dutch should excel at.
For those, like me, wondering who the author might be, it appears to be this guy: "Adam Langley works on both Google’s HTTPS serving infrastructure and Google Chrome’s network stack. From the point of view of a browser, Langley has seen many HTTPS sites getting it dreadfully wrong and, from the point of view of a server, he’s part of what is probably the largest HTTPS serving system in the world - See more at: http://www.rsaconference.com/speakers/adam-langley#sthash.HM...
I'm really hoping straight razor shaving makes a complete comeback. Even if it doesn't though, I'm happy articles like this one no longer apply to me.
> It's amazing how fortunate it is that it's so hard to make the one weapon capable of destroying the world.

Well, the first several quadrillion iterations of Earth had easy-to-make nukes.
I'd have a hard time calling humanity surviving a win here. But then I am pretty good at the Fallout games (as long as you're talking about 1, 2, or Tactics), so maybe if I move to Australia I'll have a better chance in the post-nuclear wasteland. As long as I don't piss off Max, I guess.
People sometimes put up landing pages and collect signups as if the thing already existed/was done, and market it as if it were.

I don't know how most feel about this tactic, I think it's a little disingenuous, but it seems to be a thing. Also, if you build the thing (or have started building/designing it), that seems fine
If you're a homeowner with a small garden, losing the plants to frost isn't a major concern.

If you're a farmer with a crop that may need to be harvested, smudged, or sprayed with water, losing everything to frost is the kind of thing that might drive you to bankruptcy. Say there are 30 days over the course of winter where the overnight low temperature is forecast near but above zero. By your assumption, the forecast is using 95% confidence intervals. What are the odds of your crops dying if you rely on the weather forecast?
I've been using Postman for quite a while now and it's really handy. You can save requests in collections so you can rerun the same requests for testing purposes. It's great if you're deving a REST API and need a simple client for basic testing.
Breaking news: The healthcare system in the US is broken.
I am thinking that a HSTS option enabling hard-fail OCSP plus OCSP stapling is probably a good idea, though probably less secure than putting it in the certificate.
I have used those and think they suck compared to what Schick/Gillette offer in 4 and 5 blade categories.

Maybe its because my hair is a lot thicker/coarse and sometimes let my hair grow a bit too much.

If u shaved daily or just growing stubble I could see how these work.
Israel has stolen other nuclear tech from the US, so it doesn't seem that unlikely.

> Richard Kelly Smyth, the President of a company called MILCO, was indicted that same year for smuggling over 800 krytron switches (a component used in nuclear weapons) to Israel without the required US State Department Munitions Export License. Just before trial, and facing a possible 105 years in prison, Richard Kelly Smyth and his wife suddenly disappeared. Sixteen years later they were discovered and arrested while living as fugitives in Malaga, Spain, and extradited back to the United States where he was convicted in the case. The krytrons shipped by Smyth were sent to an Israeli company called Heli-Trading Ltd. owned by notable Israeli movie producer Arnon Milchan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lekem
That's right, there are locations here that literally mean : nowhere
You're being a bit parochial, specificially anthropocentric. Why a human brain? If you consider it's possible that other intelligences exist in the universe, they probably won't have human brains... Or, consider other animals on earth: given several million years and the right conditions, do you consider it possible that intelligence (at our level) could evolve again - and I don't just mean apes, dolphins and elephants. Especially fascinating in this connection are parrots, crows and other corvids, which are obviously quite intelligent, but have a completely different neuroanatomy of the higher centers from mammals.

Are really we so special? Apart from being first (that we know of)? The history of science is a history of anthropocentrism iconoclasm!

Of course, copying what we know works seems like a reasonable starting point.

Secondly, who said it has to be done within a few decades? If it is done within centuries or millennia, it is still done. "Infeasible" would mean it can't be done, ever.

Personally, I tend towards 50 years off... as it has been for a long time (and probably will continue to be) <- this is a joke. I'm saying it's a looong way off.
Super useful for testing web-apps for vulnerabilities
The idea that this is a potential haven after a man-made apocalyptic event is very much in line with the "well, we fucked up that environment, let's try this one next" way we've led most of our existence so far.

Don't get me wrong, this is interesting. But that as even a secondary motivation is fairly repulsive.
There's some sort of legal doctrine to the effect that you can't be punished for taking an action that someone led you to believe was authorized. This would protect you in cases where you use the licensed software when the license was still in effect.

I suppose the better question is whether someone can rescind their license for their work and prevent future legal use of that software. I'd like to think that's not possible either, but I have no clue to be honest.
Nearly every week I lament the disappearance of dabbledb from the internet.
I've been using this for a while. I wish it had the feature of logging the http requests going on currently, similar to other addons or Wireshark.
Since JavaScript and Java have almost nothing in common, I think that's a very reasonable pronunciation. The words look similar, but have very different functional meaning.
Yes. And from what I've seen, the companies where developers regularly do put in stupid hours aren't doing it because it's effective. It's a sign of dysfunction. E.g., a competition to be seen as the toughest, or a manager who can't really evaluate productivity other than by counting butts in seats.
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I've been using a Double Edge safety razor for over 10 years. I can't imagine going back to a Mach 3 style razor. I can buy a 100 pack of Astra's for $11 shipped.
> Plus, they didn't just go from 1M to $50 because nobody came to them at $1M. That was the inital price back in 2010, and just for the launch. Afterwars it was a gradual progress of opening the service and letting more advertisers in (went to $500,000, then to $100,000 etc)

Sounds like a roaring success!
> The fact someone else can fork FreeBSD and start selling OppressionCorpBSD doesn't change this at all. Sure, I can't hand out free copies of OppressionCorpBSD, but that doesn't hinder my use of FreeBSD any more than the existence of Windows does.

The point of the GPL is that your use of FreeBSD wouldn't be hindered today, but might be hindered in the future.

Whether you accept the possibility of that scenario as valid or not is up to you, of course, but it's not simply a theoretical threat (after all, RMS witnessed it happen before his very eyes in the days of Lisp machines).
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As we can't prevent internet from keep growing and solve all human problems, is right to assume that the singularity is already happening?
"200 years" and "evolve" should never, ever, appear in the same sentence.
I was wondering the same thing. It makes me think he hasn't seen much of the planet.
haha. Israel is traditionally allied to South Africa on atomic matters (see Vela incident). They most certainly wouldn't do anything to jeopardize US-Israeli relations though.

As for the specific claim...steal bomb grade uranium? haha. Anyone believing that is surely insane. South Africa built 6+ of the things under full international fkin embargo (!) ten plus years ago (!). And now people think Israel (a powerful nation) needs to steal material from the most powerful & well controlled nation? Honestly...who comes up with these articles?

Israel already has a nuke and if they don't (lol) then they can trivially acquire one in 20 minutes flat. Think about it...South Africa built 6+ nukes under full embargo ten plus years ago. Now surely Israel can do better...10 years later and no embargo. And yet people still seem to put Israel in the "might have nukes column". Seriously?
I'm extremely intrigued by the co-occurrence within a span of 3-4 sentences of

> Selling power back to the grid is a rapidly growing home industry which, like any other, should be taxed and regulated. (Emphasis on "like any other"

with

> It's not your kids' lemonade stand or a garage sale we're talking about here.

I believe close to 100% of lemonade stands and garage sales both completely ignore local regulations (in fact, every so often you read about the police red-facedly shutting down a lemonade stand) and hide all their income for tax purposes. Can you elaborate on why this is a bad thing?
And let's not forget is the only one I've seen that automatically remembers cookies, very very handy.
I think you mean "double edge safety razor" not "straight razor"

https://www.google.com/search?q=straight+razor

https://www.google.com/search?q=safety+razor

Edit: I guess I disagree--the safety razor is way better since I probably would slice my head off with the straight razor. But probably we agree in spirit: everybody, ditch the plastic mach 5 disposable and go to something more classic. :)
http://www.uswebproxy.com/browse.php?u=Oi8vd3d3LmJiYy5jb20vZ... if you are blocked by "Sorry, you're in the UK so can't access BBC worldwide content". (I just don't understand!)
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>>It's amazing how fortunate it is that it's so hard to make the one weapon capable of destroying the world.

I've concluded the opposite. It takes 386 gen tech to destroy the world.
App Store apps (mostly) monetize via in app purchases, or through displaying ads to a large free user audience. All the top grossing apps are free, with monetization from in app purchases.

Take a look at the grossing charts: https://sensortower.com/ios/rankings/top/iphone/us/all-categ... , only Minecraft breaks top 25 as a paid app.

This means making a certain kind of consumer focused app with large numbers and ability to monetize a fraction of the users well.
I would buy one today if it were available. One thing I don't understand is how the vents control when the AC turns on or off. If it can't do that, then I don't see how it will work well.

Edit: It would be easy to do if you replaced the thermostat, but interfacing with legacy ones (or running wire) would be a pain.
the only flaw it's you can't see size of request without using chrome tab
I'm honestly kind of surprised how little action there has been to assist with a migration away from the CA model. The technology is there, but people just don't seem interested enough to leverage it.

Systems like Namecoin could serve this purpose marvelously. Powerful devices have direct access to the entire cryptographically authenticated DNS and certificate database. Weak devices can specify whom they trust to provide them with DNS/certificate data, and even those devices get some cryptographic security guarantees thanks to technologies like SPV.
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I have a conspiracy theory that the reason they put more blades on razors now is so that they can get away with using crappier blades. I really believe I get a better shave the fewer blades there are.
>Whenever I read about the eccentricities of famous, wealthy people, I remind myself that these are the same kinds of quirks that I have, just amplified by near infinite means.

maybe there is no amplification - just that nobody goes through your shit after you die.
I know i am missing something here....but how on earth do you launch this?
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There's a solution for that, though. Just like a minimum wage, allow for a minimum vacation. IIRC Europe does exactly this, specifying a given number of days that non-temporary workers have to be given off.
Seriously, it's a pain in the ass. Click the apps launcher in the upper left of the Chrome start page.
You're not thinking very hard. How long does it generally take to get a new breed of dog? How many generations of E. Coli will occur over 200 years? Assuming a human generation length of 25 years, why would there be no evolutionary change over 8 generations?
I've been using Postman for a while. Overall, very impressed as it was intuitive straight from the first use.
However, when putting files in a post request, it doesn't remember the files for you. Also, there is no way to stop an ongoing request besides resetting and clearing all the parameters. I really hope they would accommodate these options in the future.
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The author appears to entirely ignore attack vectors where the malicious party can record but not modify/block traffic.

Edit: I get it, I missed that for sites where the key has been changed the stolen key no longer allows such eavesdropping. Thank you to yuhong for helping point this out rather than just laughing at my ignorance while pushing me down the page.
Does everyone else have an FT subscription? I'm hitting a paywall...
Then a SSL MITM attack would not be possible at all.
Ah much appreciated, i never would have found that.
The Fuelband is always lauded by the whole advertising / digital creative agency business as proof they can move beyond campaign work and actually make product. Which they all desperately want to do, but their business model is poorly set up for.
Ask HN: Non-specific negative feedback on product ideas.
I'm in the process of building a product for myself and my colleagues. Today I met with someone who wasn't excited about it. The feedback was non-specific, more like 'meh'. Comments like "I don't see myself using something like this." or "I'm busy and wouldn't have time for this."

This really surprised me, because previous feedback from several people had been very positive. I talked to the guy more, but couldn't pin down any particular reason- he just wasn't interested.

This bothers me. What do you guys do with this kind of feedback? I don't think the other people were just being nice, but of course I don't know for sure.
General "Buck" Turgidson: Mr. President, we must not allow a mineshaft gap!"

President Merkin Muffley: [Turns to Strangelove] You mean people could actually stay down there for a hundred years?

Dr. Strangelove: It would not be difficult, Mein Führer. Nuclear reactors could - heh, I'm sorry, Mr. President - nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely...
Easy enough to do but yeah no mention of a thermostat on their page.
I use both postman and restconsole alternatively for testing our JSON API. Wrapped in with the console open to the Network, it's indispensable.
Still seeing lots of explanation about why the current system sucks, and not much about how a more robust system might be created and promptly adopted. Langley (the author) mentions short-lived certificates (either rapid expiration or via a 'must staple')... how soon can we enforce that? How short can that make the danger-period where the CA, and Google, and the "connected web" all know that a certificate is invalid, but a user-at-risk does not?

Why not other ways to rapid-broadcast invalidity in censorship-proof ways, so that a browser encircled by an enemy can quickly figure out something's wrong? (Or, why can't security professionals get around interdiction as effectively as copyright pirates do?)
In two companies I worked at it was completely automated. You go to some web page, change status and click Submit. Your manager gets email (no signing/confirmation required) and that's it - no manual steps. You can see how much vacation time left on the same web page.
He could be talking about a modern barbers straight razor, which take replaceable blades.

http://www.amazon.com/Parker-SR1-Stainless-Straight-Razor/dp...
I think the author is a little disingenuous with the term "security theatre". Basically he argues that OCSP doesn't work because hard fail might cause DOS -- but fails to conclude that without OCSP SSL/TLS is useless. It's a long argument for saying that the CA system is broken (you can only trust the white-list chrome provides) -- and the sensible conclusion is that you cannot trust any other certificate chains (without OCSP) is left out.

Without certificates, SSL/TLS falls apart.

Perhaps a better use of CAs would be to always delegate authority to the domain owner -- we'd only need OCSP for the CAs, and domain owners could issue hour/day-valid certs via a cert infrastructure. That would push a lot of complexity down to domain owners, it would probably lead to a lot of errors in implementation -- but those errors would only affect the domains -- not the main CA trust chain as such.

I'm not sure if that would be an improvement or not -- but at least you could know that if a domain was run correctly, a valid certificate could actually be trusted...
Looking at some of the links on this site to supposed "stock photos that don't suck".. they are just awful in quality. Many are underexposed, poorly composed & out of focus. Also some of those sites ask for an email address so they can spam me with few pics they select every week. I just want to find a pic today that I want not something sent to me what someone else wants. Just awful.

Having been an istockphoto photographer/contributor since 2005, I can tell you that to be an istockphoto or getty photographer/contributor the bar is high. You need to pass a photography test and every photo uploaded is scrutinized by pros so it doesn't suck. So that it's exposure, framing, quality etc is top notch. Therefore guaranteeing quality at a price.

If you want free photos, you have a better chance of finding ok photos on flickr. When you find one you like contact the photographer and ask if you can use their photo giving them credit on your site. Just be careful with faces in a photo. Sites like istockphoto force all photographers to sign a Model Release form which means no surprises for the people appearing in a photo.
It depends largely on the type of blast, an air blast, which is the most destructive to property and buildings is the least contaminating in it's effects; e.g. Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

However, if you let the bomb detonate very close the surface, you get less destruction in terms of the blast, but you get insanely high radiation levels for a long time afterwards. Analogous to Chernobyl.
A bit pedantic but Warren Nyerges and his wife, Maureen Collier did not buy out the bank building and force the bank out of it.

Nyerges and Collier won, in court, reimbursement for their attorney fees and then had sheriff enforce the ruling who then proceeded with a foreclosure (which was on the furniture and not on the building).