Slashdot Mirror


User: wimconradie

wimconradie's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
9
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 9

  1. Basically the Apollo astronauts looks to be living *VERY* full lives if you ask me.

    Not that I disagree with the underlying sentiment, but I just want to point out that this reasoning misses a significant bias:

    Astronauts in general are super fit and healthy humans, in order to qualify as astronauts. It is wrong to compare them to any national average human life expectancy.

  2. Re: Web page refresh on Vulnerabilities In WhatsApp Web Affect Millions of Users Globally · · Score: 1

    Great use case :) I actually also know somebody like that. Regardless of this though I am still quite sure with an issue like this, the devs at whatsapp would have simply cleared all the sessions, forcing all browsers to refresh without most people even realising it.

  3. Web page refresh on Vulnerabilities In WhatsApp Web Affect Millions of Users Globally · · Score: 1

    How can a web version not be rolled out to most people? If you refresh your web page it is updated - done. As the patch was released more than 10 days ago, surely most people had to refresh somewhere. Feels like just another sensational article to me...

  4. Re:Only affects "Youtube app" in chrome on YouTube Reportedly Bypassing Ad Blockers On Google Chrome · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, I also just read that. Very misleading article and subject. The last paragraph says it only affects YouTube "app", so I feel it is a purposefully abuse of a catchy subject. At the uploader: Please change the subject!

  5. Re:What happens if I put an empty cup on the spots on KFC South Africa Lets Customers Listen To Music Using Bone Conduction · · Score: 1

    Ah I see what you mean :) Yes that makes sense and I guess it will work, but as you said the magnitude might be too small to be audible.

  6. Re:What happens if I put an empty cup on the spots on KFC South Africa Lets Customers Listen To Music Using Bone Conduction · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes you are. There are no sound at all (or sound waves to be technical). It is basically just small vibrations that travels through your bones in your body, which your ears actually think is sound and then... magically you can hear! I guess you have to experience it to fully appreciate it. (I once was introduced to a phone for old people that used the same technology and it really works.) ps. Real sound actually also convert to small vibrations in your head before your brain interprets it, so this is just skipping the conversion step. Hope this helps :)

  7. Smaller than 1 electron? on New Molecular Transistor Can Control Single Electrons · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder if a single electron ever poses a cap on progress in going smaller in technology... Although I must say time (given enough) always tends to eventually break through such limitations.

  8. It’s not always that simple on NYC Asks Google Maps For Fewer Left Turns · · Score: 1

    I would think the algorithm's heaviest weight would be on the ‘distance’. If so then strictly speaking a longer route increases the probability of accidents. Also if 'time constraint' is rather used, a route that takes a longer time, can possibly make drivers more irritated and thereby also impact accident probability negatively. Just some extra thoughts to also take into consideration...

  9. Re:if that's true, on Windows 10 Shares Your Wi-Fi Password With Contacts · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Your password is stored and hashed on Microsoft's servers. The hash is sent to your contacts. When they try to connect, their computer sends the hash to yours, which then checks that hash against the one on Microsoft's servers. If they match, then access is granted.

    So if I am trying to connect how would I be able to send any hash to any computer while I'm not connected?