Thorrez

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811.
by Thorrez 2y ago
>This is not physics, just some number coincidence in the metric unit system It's not a coincidence. The meter was (historically) intentionally defined as how long a pendulum is that swings in 2 seconds. When you do that, g = pi^2.
812.
by Thorrez 2y ago
It wasn't unfixed in C++17. The problem existed before C++17. This is valid code in C++11: enum class Foo : int { Invalid = 0 }; Foo f = Foo(5); In C++11, this compiles with Foo(5) but not Foo{5}. In C++17, this compiles w
813.
by Thorrez 2y ago
One of my coworkers switched from iOS to Android. She immediately stopped getting invited to events by her friends, because all those invites went over iMessage. She switched back to iOS. Disclosure: I work at Google but not on Android.
814.
by Thorrez 2y ago
It's named "Go!". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go!_(programming_language) Disclosure: I work at Google but not on the Go team.
815.
by Thorrez 2y ago
It looks like Douglas J. McCarron is the head of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Brotherhood_of_Carpente... Why do you say "Carpenters Union Las Vegas"?
816.
by Thorrez 2y ago
Hmm, I think it comes down to what the definition of "testing" and "attempt". A human will generate many ideas, and eliminate them without creating full proofs, by just seeing that the idea is going in the wrong directio
817.
by Thorrez 2y ago
>with a similar number of failed attempts as a human I'd be hard to know how many failed attempts the human made. Humans are constantly thinking of ideas and eliminating them quickly. Possibly to fast to count.
818.
by Thorrez 2y ago
This quote from the article sounds like it learns from failed tests: >We trained AlphaProof for the IMO by proving or disproving millions of problems, covering a wide range of difficulties and mathematical topic areas over a period of we
819.
by Thorrez 2y ago
Is what you're saying relevant in the Crowdstrike case? If you don't want Crowdstrike and you're an admin, I assume there are instructions that allow you to uninstall it. I assume the tamper-resistant features of Crowdstrike
820.
by Thorrez 2y ago
I agree with your first 3 sentences. But let's try to keep the guidelines in mind: >Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguide
821.
by Thorrez 2y ago
I think it's specifically Chicago: >Chicago’s 9% amusement tax extends to all “amusements that are delivered electronically.” If you stay home and watch a movie, you pay the same tax rate as you would if seeing it in theaters. http
822.
by Thorrez 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_laboratory_mou...
823.
by Thorrez 2y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41014484
824.
by Thorrez 2y ago
>Whenever it is profitable, OSS projects just cannot compete with professionals working full time. Windows is profitable, but Linux is competing well on servers.
825.
by Thorrez 2y ago
I think we're in agreement. I now realize my previous comment replied to the wrong comment. I meant to reply to Lx1oG-AWb6h_ZG0. Sorry.
826.
by Thorrez 2y ago
The person I originally replied to, rkagerer, said there was some technical measure preventing rkagerer from uninstalling it even though rkagerer has admin on the computer.
827.
by Thorrez 2y ago
Are you saying that the compliance rule requires the software to be uninstallable? Once it's installed it's impossible to uninstall? No one can uninstall it? I have a hard time believing it's impossible to remove the software
828.
by Thorrez 2y ago
In the absence of a Crowdstrike bug, if an attacker is able to cause Crowdstrike to trigger a bluescreen, I assume the attacker would be able to trigger a bluescreen in some other way. So I don't think this is a good argument for remov
829.
by Thorrez 2y ago
If you're the admin, I would assume you have the ability to disable Crowdstrike. There must be some way to uninstall it, right?
830.
by Thorrez 2y ago
The first sentence you're quoting is ambiguous. It might be in full agreement with you, or it might be disagreeing with you. > GLP requires you to disclose the (license and source code) on request > GPL requires to to disclose th
831.
by Thorrez 2y ago
I think you can probably avoid unnecessary copies by using std::string_view where possible instead of std::string .
832.
by Thorrez 2y ago
Google did large layoffs in Jan 2023 and Jan 2024, and smaller rolling layoffs continue, including layoffs in May 2024. https://layoffs.fyi/
833.
by Thorrez 2y ago
When a CA issues a cert, the cost to the CA is essentially nothing. When a registrar registers a domain, that costs the registrar money because the registrar has to pay a fee to the registry. So a registrar generally cannot give out domains
834.
by Thorrez 2y ago
I'm not the one that came up with the idea that the US has worse weather. I got the idea from that article. >The volatile weather in the eastern United States differs from the more moderate climates of western Europe because it is l
835.
by Thorrez 2y ago
Are you saying the new title is clickbait? How so?
836.
by Thorrez 2y ago
He doesn't literally do nothing, does he? So I don't think it was exactly correct. And it was vague because it didn't explain what the article was actually about.
837.
by Thorrez 2y ago
Does Germany get as bad of storms as the US? This article seems to say the US has worse weather than Europe: > the colonists who arrived in the New World from Europe during the seventeenth century and found North American weather to be,
838.
by Thorrez 2y ago
Here's someone who found 120 bugs in 120 days (in addition to working full time). The bounties totaled $80k. https://shubs.io/high-frequency-security-bug-hunting-120-day...
839.
by Thorrez 2y ago
There are brokers for website vulns? This presentation says there are brokers for clientside RCE vulns, but doesn't mention any brokers for website vulns. https://github.com/mdowd79/presentations/blob/mai
840.
by Thorrez 2y ago
That seems to be saying that currently there is no market for website vulnerabilities, but a market for them might develop in the future as memory corruption vulnerabilities disappear due to mitigations. This Google/Alphabet VRP change

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