baltcode

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   by baltcode 16y ago

   Support a system of checks and balances, rather than any leader or party, however good or popular. Support a judiciary independent of the executive, a state system that doesn't overtax or subsidize industries, but lets them be. I don't know
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   by baltcode 16y ago

   The link doesn't work ... gives me a timeout
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   by baltcode 16y ago

   remote?
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   by baltcode 16y ago

   Can you guys see if your submission is ok? I couldn't figure out if my submission is correct. It seems to say that the results will be available after the round, but there is a page with the current ranks. How is that possible?
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   Remind HN: FB Hacker Cup is on

   4 points by baltcode 16y ago|3 comments
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   by baltcode 16y ago

   How about Links at http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/links/ and HOP at www.hop.inria.fr in the tierless category. Also, why isn't there a tierless JS since we can already run JS on the client and server side? I asked this question here: http://
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   Ask HN: Tierless web programming with JavaScript?

   2 points by baltcode 16y ago|0 comments
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   IBM Fellowship: 2 days to go(domino.research.ibm.com)

   1 points by baltcode 16y ago|0 comments
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   by baltcode 16y ago

   Has anyone received a reply yet?
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    Or, there is a problem with the "justice system" and how it deals with minorities, non-white people, immigrants or members of some other less powerful group. One glaring example: http://www.theworld.org/2010/12/06/missouri-court-guatemala
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    The bottom right now are starving children in many parts of Asia and Africa, and homeless people shivering outside. But that's not the case for most people being discussed here. If we want to take parental leave, then save a little while yo
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    What do people think of HOP hop.inria.fr/
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    and, they specifically ask for US citizenship/GC right up there. I think I have second thoughts about continuing to use their service. Though reputation based q&a is a good idea.
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    Don't wireless networks know the other parties MAC IDs?
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    Thanks, that looks great! I used to do stuff like that with weave. It would be interesting to see the speed comparison for weave and cython.
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    I used this a long time ago, and from my observations, the biggest gains occurred in loops. (They are the only time Python is really slow anyway.) However, the last time I checked interfacing with numpy and scipy was not supported.
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    This looks cool. Is there a way to know that the client side code has not been tampered with? I'd like to see more people comment on this one.
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    Yes, but a firefox add-on is easier than a mail client. Cortesi's solution still leaves out the problem of asymmetric encryption, and storing private keys though.
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    How about advertising?
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    True, but can't there be a way to certify the complete client side source (HTML + JS)?
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    True, its just that the client software should be able to run on many computers etc. i.e., one should be able to use their friends laptop to check email for 5-10 minutes, AND be secure. (disregarding key loggers and the like)
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    I agree about the JS issues. Surely, someone out there has an idea to tackle these issues?
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    I'm not worried about Google being compromised by a third party. I believe my mail host should not be able to read my email. VPN to a private mail server is good, but I dont want to have to trust the mailserver. It might be a bad startup id
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    Great to know someone is working on it. If it is in C/C++, the user has to download a program, and it is not simple webmail. Secondly, what about the private keys? Do we have to remember them? The reason pgp has not caught on for most peopl
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    Right, that's what I meant actually. It seems like something that should already exist.
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    If the private keys were stored pass-phrase encrypted it could work, and the weakest link of your private key/passphrase defines your security.
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    Exactly, and I think that's a potential problem with hushmail (but those guys are to be commended for some honesty). How about a number of independent, hacker type, or FSF type communities certify the client side JS through md5 digests on t
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    I think people don't use pgp because you have to install a client. People want to be able to access their mail from their home PC, work PC, laptop, friend's laptop and the library. Also, we want to remember our own pass-phrase rather than a
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    by baltcode 16y ago

    If more people became aware how much of their profile resides with ISP's, DNS providers, and email hosts, I think many would prefer such a thing. Google, by the way is a DNS provider, search gateway, email host, AND an advertiser. It might
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    Ask HN: Why doesn't someone provide JS encrypted webmail

    31 points by baltcode 16y ago|63 comments