abshack

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   by abshack 12y ago

   $750/$1160 is ~64%. The common definition for affordable rent is ~30% of monthly wage[1] (based on some quick google-fu). [1] http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/special-topics/files/...
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   by abshack 12y ago

   if( DoSomething() ) goto fail; else if(DoSomethingElse()) goto fail; goto fail; else if(DoSomethingOtherThanElse()) goto fail; You get a syntax error at the final else-if. A better way would
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   by abshack 13y ago

   I'm partial to the "t33nz 1o1 \o/" cipher. input: correcthorsebatterystaple output: ~~krct^hrs333bttstpl$$:) input: password output: lulz!isma:PASSWORD#sorrynotsorry
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   by abshack 13y ago

   In terms of huge blows to WhatsApp, nothing beats the original[1] leak which showed that WhatsApp was using IMEIs as a password. That didn't stop WhatsApp from growing into the behemoth (that its acquisition price states) it is. [1] h
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   by abshack 13y ago

   That it uses the 'same' symmetric key for all users is what has everyone concerned. Coupled with the fact that WhatsApp stores your chats on external SD cards [1] without access controls, any APP you have installed can access and
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   by abshack 13y ago

   Forced obsolescence -- Microsoft learned from Windows XP.
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   by abshack 13y ago

   When I did Operating Systems in University (in a group), I remember distinctly only 3 bugs that we had difficulty debugging: * re-using a loop variable from the outer loop in an inner loop (damn you `int i`!) * putting a char[256] on the st