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by ahomescu1 11y ago
> Until someone uses ROP-widgets turning stack return addresses into executing what the attacker wants. That's like saying there's no point in locking your doors because thieves can go in through the window. Instead, you'r
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by ahomescu1 11y ago
There's also a counter-point: Harvard architectures are more secure. If the application has the ability to execute data as native code, attackers will find a way to exploit that.
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by ahomescu1 11y ago
Ah right, forgot about his Bane talk. For those who haven't seen it, also great: https://vimeo.com/95066828
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by ahomescu1 11y ago
He has written 6 of these and they're all available on his page (scroll down to the line on the USENIX online magazine): http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/mickens/
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by ahomescu1 11y ago
I can't speak for digitalsurgeon, but I can think of a few (without having ever studied at either of those universities): 1) The professors. Imagine taking classes and interacting with Nobel prize winners, or other famous people in you
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by ahomescu1 11y ago
That wasn't the point. The discussion was about self-interest, not rationality. People act out of self-interest all the time, even when appearing altruistic (it just happens that sometimes the interests of others align with your own in
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by ahomescu1 11y ago
There are definitely selfish reasons to do all of those things. Examples: > How does it explain soldiers, risking their lives and health for low pay and horrendous working conditions? Soldiers defend their own families and friends agains
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by ahomescu1 11y ago
> I had a friend interview with Google to work in their uptime group or something like that. He had to solve some brainteaser about generating an in-order list of numbers that meet a certain criteria in O(n) time and constant space. I ge
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by ahomescu1 11y ago
> Reduce the patent age from 100 years to a decade. The duration of a patent in the US is 17 years, AFAIK.
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by ahomescu1 11y ago
> Patent infringement doesn't require intent. I know, but that's the whole point: maybe it should (in a lawsuit at least).
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by ahomescu1 11y ago
Sure, and then it would be up to the patent holder to prove intentional infringement. Otherwise, they don't get anything. That's how the legal system works in many other situations, the accuser has to prove their accusations, whic
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
> Android would be "impaired" if it shipped a general-purpose mail client rather than one designed specifically for Gmail? Android includes (or at least used to include) a generic email app called Email. > It would be "
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
I imagine if you were ever on TV or in the newspaper/a magazine with your picture in it, you can just carry the newspaper around with you everywhere and show them that picture. I think someone like Barack Obama or Al Pacino can easily
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
> As an non-american this baffles me. Why is there so much distrust towards the government, police, and military in US ? Isn't the US the oldest democracy ? I don't think you speak on behalf on all non-Americans. As an Eastern
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
> But there's no explanation of why we don't need a GOT any more. I think it's related to this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9378861
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
First thought in my mind when I saw the headline: "huh, an article about corporations???"
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
From the link: To test your app, you need three things: Your APK. PC, Mac, Linux, or Chromebook on Chrome Version 41+. The ARC Welder app. I successfully installed the ARC Welder app on my Macbook (haven't tried it
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
> (assuming you work for about 50 years) I meant 40 years here (and HN won't let me edit the comment anymore).
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
Those don't sound like "taxes" in the sense that they're paid by the entire population, they're just direct payments to the school and only paid by students and parents (those who directly benefit from the service o
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
> Sure, I'd take lower taxes if Californian kids had to pay just a couple thousand more to college than French kids. But $14k more? Insanity. Raise my taxes please. Do the numbers really come out in favor of raising taxes? Another c
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
The Galaxy S5 has a form of fingerprint unlocking: http://www.cnet.com/how-to/a-deep-dive-into-the-galaxy-s5s-s...
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
I think I'll do the following (as a joke, surprised no one did it already): $ alias stalk='less +F'
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
I'm not sure if the book covers this, but I'm more curious about technical details like why Java was chosen as the language and why Dalvik as the VM (I know, "it wasn't the JDK/JRE", but then why not a differen
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
Wish the article had more about the creation of Android, and less about Rubin's personal history.
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
> So if interest rates reverse their course (even if only slightly), the asset owning rich will suffer, and earners will gain. Plenty of middle class people own their own homes, so it sounds like your proposal would also hit them signifi
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
> According to the headline (and also economic theory and extensive empirical evidence), rent control hurts renters. On the other hand, Prop 13 does not. I think (guessing a bit here) is that the argument goes like this: repealing Prop
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
> Interesting the MacBook is lighter than the MacBook Air. They missed such a great opportunity to call it the MacBook Helium.
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
> Because here is the thing about interviews: they are incredibly hostile experiences for candidates. Minor nitpick from a grad student here: interviews are nowhere near as hostile as academic peer reviews for papers. In an interview, th
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
More often, when talking about naming/indentation conventions, consistency is more important than who's right. The entire code base should look exactly the same (no exceptions).
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by ahomescu1 12y ago
I wonder if he's aware of this NDSS 2015 paper: http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/exploiting-and-protecting... TL;DR version: the JIT becomes a separate process that maps the code cache as RW, while the browser i

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