SoReadyToHelp

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by SoReadyToHelp 7y ago
Says the Linux communist.
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by SoReadyToHelp 7y ago
You need to move to a better city.
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by SoReadyToHelp 7y ago
"Encryption is so expensive!" cries the 1990s
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by SoReadyToHelp 7y ago
I couldn't find the vignette filter in this app. Can anybody help?
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by SoReadyToHelp 7y ago
> So what reason is there for adding a new string formatting syntax that looks nothing like string formatting syntax used in any other language The new syntax is more like other modern languages, not less.
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by SoReadyToHelp 7y ago
It's not 945x faster, it's O(N) faster.
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by SoReadyToHelp 7y ago
The typical approach is to keep the PII in the backups encrypted with a user-specific key which is stored separately and can be deleted without touching the backups. I'd expect Facebook to do the same, but who knows?
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by SoReadyToHelp 7y ago
No, they just do it in slightly different ways than Americans so it's framed as something exotic and weird instead of typical human behaviour.
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by SoReadyToHelp 7y ago
The user in question uses a nonunique pseudonym and Tor, so I'm not sure if they actually want attention. Maybe they were also the hacker. ;)
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by SoReadyToHelp 7y ago
I believe they were polling the list of moderator-or-greater-access users on each site through the API: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/moderators
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by SoReadyToHelp 7y ago
As it happens, this incident was discovered by a curious user who had a script watching for new accounts with staff privileges, who brought the attacker's account it to the company's attention (in chat) because it looked unusual.
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Please be more careful when interpreting the Stack Overflow Developer Survey(meta.stackoverflow.com)
72 points by SoReadyToHelp 7y ago|21 comments