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by _wldu 5y ago
I once worked with a mathematician in a research group who said, "Multitasking destroys me". I did not know what he meant at the time, but I do now. If your job is to be "on the bottom of things" doing careful calculatio
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by _wldu 5y ago
This is my experience as well (but not at a FAANG). You can do things quickly in Python and it is a joy to write, but down the road (as you grow), you will regret it and find yourself re-writing it.
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by _wldu 5y ago
I got faster Python by switching to Go (a long time ago). I seldom ever use Python now.
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by _wldu 5y ago
I would not say people are stupid. We should never assume we know why someone did something and then take action based on that assumption. When someone cuts you off in traffic, for example, they probably did not see you or are late for an i
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by _wldu 5y ago
Yep. Economists and meteorologists. What they try to predict is sort of like trying to predict where the disc will land in Plinko [1]. Neither of them have a clue until it actually happens... "Our models showed the disc going the othe
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by _wldu 5y ago
I've been down-voted for years for saying this, but I am right. The stock market is a scam. Just like casinos in Las Vegas. The house wins more often than we do. 'You need to diversify' simply means 'Give us more of your
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by _wldu 5y ago
This is great for those studying algorithms (DP, DC, FFT, etc.). Very useful.
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by _wldu 5y ago
Non-profits take in money too (just like for profit companies). The only big difference is they do not profit (money over and above expenses). Employees at non-profits are still paid, receive benefits, etc.
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by _wldu 5y ago
I wrote netscan years ago and still use it. It's pretty fast too: https://github.com/62726164/netscan
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by _wldu 5y ago
That's a feature (not a limitation) of TOTP. Also, the time step defaults to 30 seconds, but can be changed: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6238 My OATH HOTP/TOTP implementations are here: htt
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by _wldu 5y ago
Right. And no 'working' conferences on tropical island resorts with 5,000 dollar per night rooms.
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by _wldu 5y ago
We should also do away with the steak dinners, golf trips and other 'perks' that lobbyists/vendors give them in exchange for votes.
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There Are No Secrets (James Mickens)(youtube.com)
2 points by _wldu 5y ago|0 comments
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by _wldu 5y ago
Web browsers today have “everything but the kitchen sink” capabilities built-in and are becoming more and more complex each year. They are turning into whole platforms that have browser plug-ins and extensions for every possible need known
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by _wldu 5y ago
If you have not seen James Mickens (Harvard CS) USENIX Security keynote presentation from 2018, I highly recommend it. It's hilarious while clearly showing how reckless and dangerous ML is: https://www.youtube.com/watch
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by _wldu 5y ago
To add to that, MS Active Directory hashes are very weak. One round of MD4. Very easy to crack.
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by _wldu 5y ago
SSH is TOFU.
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by _wldu 5y ago
How do Android and iOS known when you say "OK Google" or "Hey Siri" if they are not listening all the time? Or, is it accepted that they are?
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by _wldu 5y ago
This is true. I have heard security people argue that SMTP, POP and IMAP are 'legacy protocols' that must be ditched to better secure email.
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by _wldu 5y ago
I'm not sure that's a bad thing.
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by _wldu 5y ago
I think one reason C (and to a lesser extent Go) is so popular is that it is small and easy for programmers to hold in their heads.
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by _wldu 5y ago
> Why don’t you have a logo or fancy name for your attack? Drop us a line if you have any suggestions! I suggest the name Midway .
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by _wldu 5y ago
Tools such as Zap and Burp Suite are great for web devs who want to learn how to build secure websites. I highly recommend them: https://owasp.org/www-project-zap/ https://portswigger.net/burp
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by _wldu 5y ago
I have considered this too. The issue I have encountered is that the vast majority of potential users/customers do not have and cannot quickly obtain Monero or Bitcoin or whatever. Most all of them have VISA cards. Expecting customers
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by _wldu 5y ago
SQL struggles with hierarchical data (trees), which are graphs.
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by _wldu 5y ago
Doesn't the free tier cover a lot of what a student may want to do?
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by _wldu 5y ago
Good, some of these companies are run by socially connected technical morons who hire a bunch of their college buddies as 'leaders'. These people need to be exposed. Years ago, a guy I know was asked by management to spec out an e
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by _wldu 5y ago
Now that everything is in the cloud, DDoS is no longer an availability issue, just a billing issue.
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by _wldu 5y ago
Yes, thanks, I have. I want users to have full control of the key pairs and handle them however they like in hardware or software. That's why I selected Ed25519 keys.
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Ask HN: Using Ed25519 Keys for user authentication
3 points by _wldu 5y ago|5 comments

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