Joakal

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by Joakal 15y ago
Also looks like internet and phone companies are required to keep emails and text messages because it's effective against child sex abuse [0]. [0] http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/22/3250398.htm Edit: Looks like it's part of the
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by Joakal 15y ago
It's already mandatory (Korea/Japan) for phones to make sounds when taking a picture. It's one of the aims to curb perverts. [0] [0] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Camera_phone#...
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by Joakal 15y ago
But aren't they using pretty old exploits, SQL injections and DDoS?
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by Joakal 15y ago
SQL injections seem to be the prominent exploit by them. Not in any order of popularity: 1. Brute-force (or not) cracking of weak or default usernames/passwords 2. Privilege escalation 3. Exploiting unused and unnecessary database services
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by Joakal 15y ago
You sound like you were born in the 90s. It was believed that communists were the bogeyman for a while.
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by Joakal 15y ago
The danger is real. Also don't forget to download some child pornography [0]! [0] http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-04-25-wifi-warning.ht...
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by Joakal 15y ago
I know a guy suffers from red meat allergy. It's not that it would kill him, but it causes a reaction in headaches, soreness, tiredness, etc. The joking expression goes "How do you know if one of your customers is a vegetarian? They'll let
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by Joakal 15y ago
I have to say I have a similar idea with this and how to execute it too but I haven't started on this as I'm doing something else to start off with. The restaurants giving out menu ingredients is quite idealistic though but possible using G
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by Joakal 15y ago
I'm curious too and would like a simpler explanation as a non-business person that's sort of familiar with shares.
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by Joakal 15y ago
The G means Giga, as in 4.5 Billion? I haven't seen it used that way before. I believe bots are unlikely to have four high-end cards though, due to my assumption that the nature of bots come from weak users therefore weak computers. Do you
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by Joakal 15y ago
At my university, there was 3 day lending policy. With renewals within the day of return. Due to a limited selection, it was possible for others to put a 'hold' on it. This means library staff would keep it behind counter for up to a week b
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by Joakal 15y ago
Several months I think assumed according to this: http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi The article is 2 years old. There are botnets that I presume could do ~50 billion/sec now (Number pulled out of ass).
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by Joakal 15y ago
That is more friendly for web owners. Control over bandwidth. Google's prefetching is instant search list with the most likely result being automatically be loaded in the background before the user clicks on it. Web owner nightmare: Having
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by Joakal 15y ago
It's called a hotlink. Web owners have issues with people hotlinking certain content; typically images, css and js though.
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by Joakal 15y ago
> I simply use one very-hard-to-crack password for everything, like "bluefrogsridelogsatsunset". I suggest using the master password to manage other passwords (Browser might have a password manager, Keypass or other tons password manage
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by Joakal 15y ago
"As more and more companies rely on Facebook for identity and single sign on, understanding the true reach of Facebook and how many users you're losing by only supporting Facebook connect, becomes important." It sounds like poor understandi
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by Joakal 15y ago
Argh, this reminds me of my frustration with the university library. Students were 'hoarding' books that I wanted in other sections of the library so that they could effectively bypass 1 hour or 3 day lending limits (short/long term borrowi
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by Joakal 15y ago
But could you automate creation of Facebook accounts with fake real-looking data? As it stands, email registrations can be automated to the point that its only use on popular site is to confirm the being able to receive emails.
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by Joakal 15y ago
That's a good point, why can't responses be automated to alerts? I wonder what critical parts he needs to fix.
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by Joakal 15y ago
I prefer something half-full: As the knowledge island expands, so does the shore of ignorance. I don't expect astrophysicist PhDs to understand finance, politics, sewing, etc.
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by Joakal 15y ago
For me: The basic marketing advice is, is anyone you don't know is willing to pay for it? Try to do surveys with the targeted demographic not you or related people. You may have an idea how much you or coworkers would pay for it, but that i
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by Joakal 15y ago
Link to original article: http://afr.com/p/opinion/taxpayer_twiggy_goes_out_on_limb_74...
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The Australian Financial Review use CSS to hinder copy-pasting and Instapaper(i.imgur.com)
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by Joakal 15y ago
Well, other people think it's bullshit here so far without any sources. Here's some scientific stuff: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Scientific_op... It's unlikely you can understand all the factors of climate change since
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by Joakal 15y ago
I've seen studies pointing out more land access for Canadians [0] but hardly anything about affecting the 'living biosphere of 90% of Canadians within 100 miles of US border'. What's the source? [0] https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=e
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by Joakal 15y ago
You're talking about discovery education [0]. Understandably it is applications of a bunch of memorised formulas or methods but this also occurs in specialist roles in the industry (statistics, science, stock analysts and more). For example
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by Joakal 15y ago
PGP-encrypted emails? It becomes a question of security vs convenience eventually with security considerations (Someone mentioned dating sites are more engagement > security). There is no 'safest' way with encryption. It's a matter of t
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by Joakal 15y ago
Password managers, social aggregators, etc. What other solutions to privacy are there?
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I enjoyed maths in high school because when I finally overcame that initial comprehension in solving it, it felt like I was solving problems based on present formulas.
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For those interested in why it took over a decade to develop it before it crashed: Learn to Let Go: How Success Killed Duke Nukem http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/fail_duke_nukem/ The downfall was perfectionism.

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