MichaelAza

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by MichaelAza 13y ago
This seems like the Python of compile-to-JS languages in much the same way CofeeScript is the Ruby. Not a big fan of Python but I can see this becoming popular with Python WebDevs. I kinda hope this doesn't become a trend though, every
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
It's because Doug Engelbart died.
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
"I must confess to not having my head completely wrapped round them yet" My thoughts exactly. That's the thing about Haskell. I love the elegance and enjoy the mathematics but it seems it takes me months at a time before some
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
I think what's really beautiful about Unirest is that its enough of an abstraction that you don't need to think too much about what's going on under the hood and can just "speak" fluent HTTP but not too much of an a
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
I stumbled across this by chance when reading up on the Cold War. The worlds "best" democracy never ceases to amaze me. This ought to be common knowledge.
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
I felt that Justin was making the point the web is about words which I strongly disagree with. The words are a means, an important one and arguably the most important one, to an end. Words are not what the web is about in the same way pai
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
I've switched to the highest contrast theme I could find. Third time's the charm... (I hope)
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
There, fixed. Hope the new theme is easier to read.
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
Haha, noted. I'll switch to a more readable theme.
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This is also a web page(michaelaz.github.io)
21 points by MichaelAza 13y ago|23 comments
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Joomla is using a XOR cipher in ECB mode to protect user data(seclists.org)
3 points by MichaelAza 13y ago|1 comments
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
I'm sorry, but what's so totally different about it? At first glance this looks like a Pinterest clone of some kind.
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Ask HN: Favorite mailing lists, IRC channels
81 points by MichaelAza 13y ago|48 comments
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
I think I see what you're getting at here - people donate their time and skill to a certain project and in exchange get the same kind of perks you can get from a Kickstarter campaign. Instead of crowdfunding it becomes crowdbuilding. O
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
Seeing this is such a universal issue really saddens me. In Israel, High School level math is divided into 5 point, 4 point and 3 point courses. 3 points is a very basic set of mathematical tools, "math for everyone" if you will,
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
The thing about Israel being a surveillance state? It doesn't feel like it. I, as an Israeli, don't feel that the government is going around reading my mail even though it can totally do that. The thing about democracies isn'
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
I think that beyond the obvious skills (encrypting everything, using HTTPS and TOR where possible) you need to instill in them a healthy sense of paranoia. If they think the government is reading their Facebook chat messages they're su
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Ask HN: Internship in Israel?
5 points by MichaelAza 13y ago|3 comments
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
That, I need to see.
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
If I had to quickly assign numbers to buckets using a hash table would be obvious but I would never have thought of using the same ideas for assigning people to lines. This reminds me of a joke I once heard - if you want the cold soda you n
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
"Hey, cool, a .NET tool!" see weird design "OK... wheres the actual tool?" tool is nowhere to be found "Well... OK. No need then." First piece of feedback - good UX is a good idea.
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
By and far one of the most creative projects I've seen on HN. Kudos.
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
Think of it this way - a professional might have done what you're suggesting. Now, any script kiddie can exploit it.
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
You know what, you're right. I shouldn't have used "be a human" there. Haven't thought of it that way. Even so, I still stand by the message even if the wording was wrong - one should be a human first in the sense that one should be empathe
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
I agree proper disclosure take effort but even if he was to send them the very same text privately instead of posting it to the bug tracker it would have been better.
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
It is beyond unprofessional, it's down right dangerous. Obviously the guy is not a security researcher so he's probably not aware of proper disclosure protocol but seeing as he's fully aware this bug is exploitable ("Step 8. REALIZE I CAN C
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
When you find a bug which amounts to a security vulnerability, you should inform them privately and then make it public after a reasonable amount of time has passed and preferably after it's been fixed. By making it public right from the ge
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
Before I even get to the tone of this bug report, I'd like to ask the guy who made it - are you aware you just put many many users in risk here? Besides making their services unavailable, this might lead to further exploits. There is a way
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
In pretty much all of my interviews, there were always three phases: 1. The interviewer asks about my portfolio, previous projects etc 2. The interviewer asks obscure technical questions. I've been asked, more than once, about the structure
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by MichaelAza 13y ago
The irony of this comment does not escape you, I hope

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