alfiedotwtf

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2521.
by alfiedotwtf 12y ago
When it comes to netsec, any hole's a goal. And as rikkus pointed out, there's no timeout on runs too. This is just asking for trouble.
2522.
by alfiedotwtf 12y ago
I don't think you're going to be happy when somebody uses you to launch a DDOS: system("ping -c 2 8.8.8.8"); PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=1 ttl=55 time=1.98 ms 6
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by alfiedotwtf 12y ago
I would take this offline right away: system("ls -l /");
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FastMail and MySQL: Multi-Master, Fault Tollerance, Performance. Pick Any Three(blog.fastmail.com)
14 points by alfiedotwtf 12y ago|1 comments
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by alfiedotwtf 12y ago
Not having to use Java on Android. This is a major reason. (it's going to interesting to see battery life of not running an interpreted language on small devices like Android Wear).
2526.
by alfiedotwtf 12y ago
And now things just got interesting. I'll put my money on the availability of Go on Android being the catalyst for its future hockey stick growth.
2527.
by alfiedotwtf 12y ago
Here are some more tips: - disable arrow keys - turn relative numbers on by default - force yourself to only move vertically using relative numbers - force yourself to only move horizontally using [fF,;]
2528.
by alfiedotwtf 12y ago
And to add, it would be cool to put them in a repo when introduced, see history of where they are amended and by who, and then after they are passed see links beside each passage every time they are referenced in court.
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by alfiedotwtf 12y ago
> I cut out reading (24 hour) news this year I did this too, and it feels great. I can't remember where I heard it from but I'm stealing it: "I would rather be uninformed, than ill-informed" A lot of what you s
2530.
by alfiedotwtf 12y ago
> PHP is the duct-tape of programming languages Perl would like to have a word with you :)
2531.
by alfiedotwtf 12y ago
OP wants it from first principles as their maths is "poor" . I don't think Spivak is a good choice to jump right into calculus. If OP wanted a more softer approach, Spivak's Hitchhiker's Guide to Calculus is probabl
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by alfiedotwtf 12y ago
First principles? You're not going to beat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naive_Set_Theory_(book) It starts with defining what a set is, then builds up from there while being completely contained. No knowledge
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by alfiedotwtf 12y ago
From memory (sorry, it was a while back) we actually started with Elasticsearch, but it was way to heavy and looked for an alternative solution. Even with a single user it was consuming way too much memory.
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FastMail's Email Search Architecture(blog.fastmail.com)
157 points by alfiedotwtf 12y ago|31 comments