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1. 1111.▲
   by akersten 11y ago

   I have written a little bit about this topic[0], describing that ideally we'd have a much better system that relied on keypairs and cryptography rather than keeping a short, predictable number secret. I really really hope to see a move
2. 1112.▲
   by akersten 12y ago

   It might be just my opinion, but I think this is a problem with the legal system rather than with the protocol; NTFS doesn't have mechanisms for dealing with "abuse", why should IPFS?
3. 1113.▲
   by akersten 12y ago

   Another interesting visualizer is gource[0] - here's an example video[1]. [0]: https://code.google.com/p/gource/ [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_02QGsHzEQ
4. 1114.▲
   by akersten 12y ago

   Shame that I automatically convert all ads to nonexistance. It's too little, too late for rich media/content-heavy ads. Especially in the mobile sector: * Ads are a performance burden on low-power devices * They consume extra batt
5. 1115.▲
   by akersten 12y ago

   > From those categorical statements I guess you are one of those that objects to sites defaulting to a language guessed from your ip location, or google trying to [auto complete your search] I think it's a stretch to compare using g
6. 1116.▲
   by akersten 12y ago

   > Neither of these situations are ideal, nor are they catastrophic No, no, this is actually quite catastrophic. Someone else is deciding what is and isn't acceptable for you to consume by default. Establishing the precedent that som
7. 1117.▲
   by akersten 12y ago

   > why on Earth I must know what parameters should I have for compilation from the very beginning if just want to print something? Herein lay the trouble of learning higher-level languages first, which hide all of the complexity and real
8. 1118.▲
   by akersten 12y ago

   > Sony Entertainment has consequently decided to cancel the film’s theatrical release, originally scheduled for 25 December. Not a single bone in your back Sony. I was actually really looking forward to seeing the movie.
9. 1119.▲
   by akersten 12y ago

   Is it just me, or does anyone wish that compromise disclosures should be hosted somewhere other than the site that has been compromised? What if there's a persistent threat and their webserver is still hosed, injecting 0days into respo
10. 1120.▲
    by akersten 12y ago

    I kind of see two separate questions here, so I'll answer both. > [The breach] raises the question though, what would it take for a company with a reputation as tarnished as Sony's to earn back your respect and patronage? Certa
11. 1121.▲
    by akersten 12y ago

    See also their rootkited CDs [0]. They lost my respect a long time ago. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootki...
12. 1122.▲
    by akersten 12y ago

    > Can someone de-patentese this? No. Because there's really nothing novel there. It's as generic as it sounds, and absolutely unenforceable - but it got through anyway. No surprise there.
13. 1123.▲
    by akersten 12y ago

    I can't think of a clearer indication that a monopoly needs to be broken up than when they hold the customer hostage after their lobbying doesn't affect legislation to their benefit.
14. 1124.▲
    by akersten 12y ago

    And hopefully the patch is more than just "looks like it's time to change the root password"; if the claims in the paste are even remotely true, they have deeper OpSec problems which will take longer than a brief maintenance
15. 1125.▲
    by akersten 12y ago

    Yet another reason to cordon off printers and other mystery meat devices to their own special VLAN...
16. 1126.▲
    by akersten 12y ago

    Absolutely disgusting that this company remains in business.