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by aplorbust 9y ago
More than 50% of the websites found through HN at present do not require SNI. Do you think this is also true of the https-enabled www as a whole? SNI was introduced to address the problem of shared hosting with respect to SSL/TLS. In
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by aplorbust 9y ago
https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/tax-law-leaves-business-own... Either view in "Reader Mode" in a popular browser or remove the Javascript before viewing with something like 1. curl -4o 1.htm https
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by aplorbust 9y ago
It appears that the "statistically invisible" commenter is at the forefront of your thoughts, to an extent where you feel the need to address her/him specifically. "Many people vote with their time and attention."
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by aplorbust 9y ago
"pg" is still making statements, e.g., in this thread, as "pvg". What was the motivation for hiding scores? Was it to prevent exactly what you describe? (i.e. downvoting based on view that a comment received "too
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by aplorbust 9y ago
"Large companies are somewhat like me - once they get used to a certain behavior, they develop a certain culture and a set of procedures, processes and a work environment that defines them and their future. These define their corporate
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by aplorbust 9y ago
Without the annoying ads. Source: AMP, no Javascript, CSS, etc. http://www.nydailynews.com/amp/life-style/remembering-iconic... http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.3829857.15191175..
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by aplorbust 9y ago
"... for generation and initial dongle configuration, use secure erase after generation and configuration..." Is there any reason one would want to use secondary storage versus storing these temporary files in memory, (e.g., &quot
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by aplorbust 9y ago
/After/s/hn.csv/t.kdb/
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by aplorbust 9y ago
Heres the .q file I use to read HN. Hobbyist programmer; corrections/improvements welcome. Better yet, how would I do this in J? cat 1.q \c 2000 200 k)-23!t:select from .:`:t.kdb k).Q.fs[{`t insert +:`url`title`user`item!(
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by aplorbust 9y ago
"Just about everything you own running embedded software that has some update functionality..." "Worse, just about all these devices have some access to JTAG ports such that you could easily program them yourself if you wante
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by aplorbust 9y ago
Apologies if the comparison offends anyone but every time I see PR (public relations) about ad-blocking by Google, I see them as a company like Goldman Sachs, who has taken positions on both sides of a bet, so to speak. There is a glaring c
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by aplorbust 9y ago
"Whatsapp actually has a time-bomb programmed in the app of some sort and it will kick you out if it realizes that it hasn't been updated recently."
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by aplorbust 9y ago
Full article always available via ampurl: https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/older-entrepreneurs-do-it-b... Use "Reader" mode in the browser to avoid AMP advertising or do something like curl -o 1.htm
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by aplorbust 9y ago
Where is the code/setup configuration for "iotea"? Ever since "IoT" started gaining momentum as a marketing buzzword I have been thinking this type of router could be an interesting product for non-nerd users. Idea:
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by aplorbust 9y ago
"... and the lack of backtracking can be limiting..." As someone who "gets by" on BRE and ERE, I would consider that a feature.
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by aplorbust 9y ago
The simpler solution is to not run that code. The imaginary user cited does not need that code in order to "browse memes". The code is there for advertising, e.g., to attract advertisers as customers by gathering data about users.
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by aplorbust 9y ago
"WireGuard Key Generation in JavaScript ====================================== Various people believe in JavaScript crypto, unfortunately. This small example helps them fuel their poor taste."
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by aplorbust 9y ago
Internet not same as web. Public web is just one type of internet usage. Almost all ads are on web, triggered from web or html email, leaving rest of internet ad-free. Certainly there are incumbents who want users to think internet and w
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by aplorbust 9y ago
"However, users can't add their own websites to the blocklist."
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by aplorbust 9y ago
I understand the differences, however, the term was being used to describe EC2. In another example, I saw Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in an interview refer to "grid computing" as a synonym for EC2 when describing it to a naive audience
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by aplorbust 9y ago
Not a Linux user but out of curiosity just looked at the "Trusty Tahr" 37MB amd64 minimal image (mini.iso). Most recent amd64 minimal image is 58MB ("Artful Aardvark"). Trusty Tahr bzImage compressed kernel is 5.5MB. The
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by aplorbust 9y ago
Also from same author, on the emergence of AWS EC2 and S3: https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=194921&cid=15971343 "... not going to set the world on fire." But see (also on front page currently): https:&#x2
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by aplorbust 9y ago
Earlier HN title: "Alphabet cracks $100B in annual revenue as advertising soars"
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by aplorbust 9y ago
This keeps showing up on the front page. No doubt it will have users. Lets say there are two uses of a shell: 1. interactive and 2. non-interactive (scripting). Lets imagine the commandline user is learning about her OS. She learns it is
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by aplorbust 9y ago
VGA textmode. I stopped using X11 many years ago. Theres no graphics drivers compiled into the custom kernel that I use (not Linux). The term "no graphics layer" seemed like adequate shorthand.
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by aplorbust 9y ago
80 and rising. Can we hit 90?
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by aplorbust 9y ago
60 and rising. Can we make it to 70?
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by aplorbust 9y ago
50+ points. Amazing. Anyones guess what this means but at the least I think it shows users1 have opinions about UEFI. I think it is a good thing if computer owners care about initialization, bootloaders, owner control and freedom of choic
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by aplorbust 9y ago
IMO, the problems that [U]EFI introduces (that far exceed the historical limitations it overcomes) should be self-evident . IMO, he should not have to argue against having multiple, redundant copies of drivers, shells and utilties each acc
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by aplorbust 9y ago
"What's so cool about this is its flexibility." This is something I have never understood. I am a connoisseur of command line progams. I have used hundreds of them over decades. I write command line programs and scripts every

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