WestCoastJustin

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   Darpa Cyber Chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko Heads To Google(securityledger.com)

   4 points by WestCoastJustin 14y ago|0 comments
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   by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

   Here is a chat from AWS Invent BDT 207: Big Data and the US Presidential Campaign [1]. Really interesting. They cover the diagram too. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1tJAT7ioEg
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   by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

   There is a video [1] of it walking on its own. I suspect they have the cables because it was leaning over, twisting, squatting, etc and they probably want to assist with balance. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mclbVTIYG8E
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   by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

   Maybe this is a very stupid question, but how do you convert bitcoins to cash? Sure there are people/sites that will accept bitcoins for domains, pizza, etc. But lets say you have 100k in bitcoins, how do you get 100k in cash? There must be
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   by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

   Rackspace/Slicehost & VPS.NET were identified for the same issue April 2012 [1]. Cloud providers MUST securely erase customer media upon release, so that this attack cannot happen. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3890905
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   by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

   You might want to check out the NANOG mailing list. There is also a list of Internet exchange points [1], these pages are packed with details about how many of them function. TCP/IP and Internet topology are different things. Think of it th
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   Chinese man kept alive by self-built dialysis machine(telegraph.co.uk)

   2 points by WestCoastJustin 14y ago|1 comments
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   by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

   BBC [1] says this was the SEA-ME-WE 4 cable. The cut (according to the SEA-ME-WE_4 wiki page [2]), lead to a degradation of internet speed by 60% in several countries including Pakistan and Egypt . How large are these cables? Looks like
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   by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

   Cool, thanks!
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    Off topic -- Has anyone posted an example of how to create these "usage maps"? Essentially a world map with weighted pins. Seems like a really cool idea. Technically speaking, I know how this is done, but are there working examples of how t
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    DUPE https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3873741 332 days ago | 91 comments
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    Added context: Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out (twitter.com) [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5391667
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    There is already a AWS GovCloud (US) Region [1], which is segregated from the conventional/general regions. This region is specific to US government agencies with improved security. Maybe the CIA would like something special for US intellig
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    I do believe this, but how did these elite develop this capacity? For me it is a juggling act right now. I am working full-time, in addition to side projects that I hope will take off. If I were to graph it, it would probably looks somethin
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    Just wanted to give added context that this was from 2011. I've also updated my comment with my thoughts.
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2704614 - 626 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2425762 - 706 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2337237 - 729 days ago One feature I wish HN had was a merge tool. M
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    You can browse the code here [1]. You can also find the pdf paper here [2]. [1] https://code.google.com/p/zopfli/source/browse/ [2] https://zopfli.googlecode.com/files/Data_compression_using_Z...
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    Reliant: Steve Mann wrote "Physical assault by McDonald's for wearing Digital Eye Glass" [1], back in July 2012. Speaks to the stigma Google Glass is likely to face. [1] http://eyetap.blogspot.ca/2012/07/physical-assault-by-mcdona...
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    Brutal customer service! Especially since a user is giving you a heads up about a possible breach and leakage of their personal information. I can fathom these types of replies if this was behind closed doors, but when you have an open fo
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    Reverse engineer how something like this was created and it is mind boggling. The initial intelligence gathering of the target systems, developing the plan of attack, recruit experts on the siemens hardware and physicists to explain the thi
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    Yeah, I agree. I'm just saying I can kind of see where they are coming from.
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    Scary as hell. Download password safe and keep your crown jewels at home! I don't care if users never see the password or if they are encrypted on their side. Giving your Twitter, Github, or AWS?! keys to someone else. Jesus, this is the wr
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    Probably going against the grain here, but what about the operations staff who are charged with supporting these 1,164 routers? What about warranties and parts replacements? There is a price for standardizing on a piece of hardware at such
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    Verizon, Comcast, AT&T, Cablevision, and Time Warner launch Piracy Alert System(theverge.com)

    2 points by WestCoastJustin 14y ago|0 comments
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    It was too late years ago !
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    "he thinks every white collar worker will need to adopt a similar regimen soon" God, I hope not! I like the idea of recording metrics, but on a personal level, it needs to be near seamless or it becomes an additional interrupt, and ultima
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    To a point this is already happening with cell phone cameras and social media. Lots of people were identified in the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot [1] due to pocket cameras and cellphone pictures/video. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    Cool, thanks!
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    Avid sailor here, and I like to race, typical race is ~6 hours, but longer races too, 24-48 hours. We are continually evaluating, speed over ground, radios, depth, AIS for marine traffic, tide flow (current), GPS, charts, race course, etc.
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    by WestCoastJustin 14y ago

    Looking at the body of the text, rather than the head/footer, and excluding comments lines, here is what I get with counts: [~]$ cat hosts_example.txt | grep -v '#' | awk '{print $1}'| sort | uniq -c 56 1 ::1 9674 1