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by ayrx 12y ago
> Is it really that hard to come up with something like that for Python? Nope, we just need a large company willing to spend tons of money funding the effort. PyPy has made incredible strides in this area, especially for long running pro
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People Want Safe Communications, Not Usable Cryptography(technologyreview.com)
1 points by ayrx 12y ago|0 comments
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by ayrx 12y ago
GitHub introduced side-by-side diffs recently.
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Ruxcon 2014 – Stefan Esser – iOS8 Containers, Sandboxes and Entitlements(slideshare.net)
4 points by ayrx 12y ago|0 comments
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by ayrx 12y ago
Mostly through plugins really. Jedi is really awesome for autocomplete: https://github.com/davidhalter/jedi-vim This plugin really helps in formatting code: https://github.com/hynek/vim-python-pe
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by ayrx 12y ago
> I never heard of the issue (and it wasn't on HN) prior to the release of the patch. What? HN is suddenly the be-all and end-all of security announcements? I heard of the issue way before the release of the patch. Anyone that subsc
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by ayrx 12y ago
I recognize editor preferences is a deeply personal taste but it's been very different for me. :) I used to swear by IntelliJ but after taking a day to configure Sublime Text (and then vim), I very much prefer them.
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by ayrx 12y ago
> You can announce the timing of the patch availability in advance. They did. https://groups.drupal.org/node/445893 > You can tell everyone to take their site down between the release of the patch and the applica
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by ayrx 12y ago
> If it were to be banned outright, you'd likely have plenty of notice and be able to sell it before the laws took effect. Ah, but who would want to buy Bitcoin in that scenario?
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by ayrx 12y ago
Stack Exchange is a .NET shop as well.
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by ayrx 12y ago
That is a absolutely horrible idea for frameworks that Drupal. That essentially implies that someone has arbitrary write access to your servers and is free to modify things as he or she wishes.
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by ayrx 12y ago
How do you propose someone fix a vulnerability without releasing a patch that fixes the vulnerability?
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by ayrx 12y ago
This is coming from someone that used IntelliJ before moving to Sublime Text 3 before moving to vim for Python development. I am by no means a master of vim's varied features but the best productivity gain for me is vim running in the
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by ayrx 12y ago
Exactly. As an active open source contributor I'll be very insulted if someone offers this to me without me opting in. If I want money I look for jobs or clients. Literally any other job in the world will pay more than this ever will.
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by ayrx 12y ago
Even ignoring all the legal implications, it's pretty damn rude to reach out to people contributing to open source projects on their own free time without asking for anything in return and offer them a few measly dollars for hours of w
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by ayrx 12y ago
I don't see why writing secure code and new features are mutually exclusive tasks.
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by ayrx 12y ago
Like any high volume channels, you have to ruthlessly curate your Twitter feed. Be picky about who you follow and block the trolls. Twitter is a pretty useful source of information after that. I usually see hints of upcoming vulnerabilities
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by ayrx 12y ago
O'Reilly Atlas looks really interesting but the "email for a quote" thing really puts me off. Leanpub offers something really similar but it pretty much locks you in to their platform to unless you want to publish through the
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by ayrx 12y ago
That would be lovely but I wouldn't hold my breathe...
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by ayrx 12y ago
Sure, but producing quality video content and code samples in addition to a quality book adds even more time to an already long process. A discussion forum or mailing list implies continuous effort in engaging with your audience. Not quite
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by ayrx 12y ago
Sure, but why would anyone in the world buy your version of "Introduction to Javascript" over the hundreds I'm sure already exist? Or the many freely available tutorials online? Just do a quick Google search and you can fin
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by ayrx 12y ago
> And it seems to me a course or ebook might be much simpler to create than a good app. Citation needed. I think you are seriously underestimating the difficulty of creating a course or ebook worth paying money for.
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by ayrx 12y ago
I'll argue that good programmers need to have a working understanding of algorithms, databases, compilers and all that. Sure, it's not something you will use day-to-day in a software engineering job but it's important to kn
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by ayrx 12y ago
GitGutter is available for vim as well.
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by ayrx 12y ago
Nah, the first few levels of microcorruption is actually really really simple.
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by ayrx 12y ago
Didn't get much attention when I posted it last night: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8459192
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by ayrx 12y ago
Technical details can be found in this link: https://www.sektioneins.de/en/advisories/advisory-012014-dru...
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SA-CORE-2014-005 - Drupal core - SQL injection(drupal.org)
9 points by ayrx 12y ago|2 comments
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by ayrx 12y ago
Here are Glenn Greenwald's thoughts on the matter. https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/522367722827841536
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FOXACID Operations Manual(schneier.com)
4 points by ayrx 12y ago|1 comments

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