aftbit

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by aftbit 12y ago
What's HN's attitude towards SafeCurves[1]? I know djb knows his stuff, but the very binary "safe" / "unsafe" breakdown seems a bit dubious. gmaxwell wrote a nice forum post[2] explaining why secp256k1 is
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by aftbit 12y ago
Anyone got a mirror? The .gr site is toast.
1953.
by aftbit 12y ago
But.... linear no threshold, right? /s
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by aftbit 12y ago
The sole argument in this article seems to be that OO systems introduce more complexity than is justified which results in larger code bases than an FP-based system would, which increases maintenance costs. Then the article goes on to show
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by aftbit 12y ago
I've taken a whiteboard test that asked me to come up with an algorithm that was difficult for me. I got the job even though my solution was horribly inefficient (and I knew it), and the interviewer later told me that the point wasn&#x
1956.
by aftbit 12y ago
Can I use GV on my softphone yet? Has anyone figured out how this is being done?
1957.
by aftbit 12y ago
Great, another 5.2 inch phone like everyone else.
1958.
by aftbit 12y ago
Looks pretty similar to MGRS (Military Grid Reference System) and/or Maidenhead Locators. Yeah, this proposal produces names which are pronounceable (in English), but that's the only advantage I see. https://en.wikipedi
1959.
by aftbit 12y ago
I've found that even in cases where a normal refresh won't restart the animations, a Ctrl-F5 will (forcing the images to be reloaded from the server, instead of cache). This is in Firefox on Arch.
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by aftbit 12y ago
This was posted yesterday on a similar story. It really comes down to detecting cases where the IMSIcatcher operates differently than the normal towers. But a lot of those are lost in the noise of different carriers. One of the stronger sig
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by aftbit 12y ago
A few years ago, my company was setting up a second office a few hours drive away. They wanted a replicated file share between the two offices. For the initial sync, they drove a NAS from the main office to the satellite. Then they had (ope
1962.
by aftbit 12y ago
Paste this into your address bar, and press Ctrl-F5 to make it loop again. data:text/html,<img src="http://d37rcl8t6g8sj5.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/NO_GC.gif" /> <img src=&qu
1963.
by aftbit 12y ago
What does the proprietary secure phone do to detect these things? Can I get an app to alert me if I connect to a stingray-type device?
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by aftbit 12y ago
It's a real shame that the only widely deployed OpenID support is tied heavily to Google or Facebook. Actually, is that still even OpenID? Or is it something more proprietary?
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by aftbit 12y ago
This is a great write-up about a world into which I normally have no visibility. I didn't realize on a that manufacturing capabilities for small-scale operations had advanced that much.
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by aftbit 12y ago
Cool, thanks! That's pretty close to my current approach as well. The super important data is replicated into Dropbox, and a few hundred gigs of somewhat important data is cloned over to a friend's box manually every few weeks.
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by aftbit 12y ago
How do you handle backups of that much data? I'm struggling to backup my ~5TB pool.
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by aftbit 12y ago
I'm amused that the average reward for tablets is higher than phones, and the average reward for phones is higher than laptops. Phone $100-200 Keys $40-100 Wallet $40-100 Tablet $200-500 Laptop $40-100
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by aftbit 12y ago
Yikes, approximately the Pi's specs at 3 times the cost. Might make sense for a business, but not for me. :(
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by aftbit 12y ago
userbinator explained how this is possible above: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8210453
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by aftbit 12y ago
At the very least, you have the moral right to do so. If you're concerned about the legalities, contact your institutions' legal department - this is what they're paid for.