billpg

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1. 601.▲
   by billpg 7y ago

   So, never, then.
2. 602.▲
   by billpg 7y ago

   But seriously what is a gallon?
3. 603.▲
   What's a Gallon?(grr.crankybill.com)

   1 points by billpg 7y ago|1 comments
4. 604.▲
   by billpg 7y ago

   Except for road speeds/distances and drinks sold in pubs. (And possibly others.) Le sigh.
5. 605.▲
   by billpg 7y ago

   (Or how I learned to stop worrying and keep two eggs in each basket.)
6. 606.▲
   Dear WordPress. Please Stop Using MySQL(blog.hackensplat.com)

   2 points by billpg 7y ago|2 comments
7. 607.▲
   by billpg 7y ago

   I'm trying to think what was around back then that could be described as a social network. Geocities?
8. 608.▲
   by billpg 7y ago

   Probably better off sending it again. (I'm not a mod.)
9. 609.▲
   by billpg 7y ago

   You accidentally send one-time passwords to other people? Good job that's not the only factor.
10. 610.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    I think that time has passed. I've read about too many people who pay up but don't get their files back.
11. 611.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    Will the attackers restore the attacked machines once the payment is made? They are just as likely to take the ransom and run.
12. 612.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    That was indeed my intention. Remember we're hypothetically reinventing C from scratch so there's no legacy code to worry about. By making 0x literals of bitwise type, they can only be used with bitwise operators. Decimal literals
13. 613.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    Exactly how terrified should I be right now?
14. 614.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    If we're using our time machines to fix C, can we make a special type that's identical to unsigned int but can use all the bit-wise operators, requiring an explicit conversion operators between regular int and bitwise int. bitwise
15. 615.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    So we can relax for three years before we have to do anything?
16. 616.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    I remember reading that thinking "You know, you've taken a good joke a bit too far."
17. 617.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    If there were, would you (all) expect your comments and submitted links to be deleted, or should they stay but attributed only to a "deleted user"?
18. 618.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    I feel like I need more information.
19. 619.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    I'm getting a TLS error from this link. Is it for everyone or just me?
20. 620.▲
    Is Your API Broken?(blog.hackensplat.com)

    2 points by billpg 7y ago|0 comments
21. 621.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    In this hypothetical, I'm not delivering actual ransomware, but something that just demands money and will never actually release the files. But this is my original point. Someone hit by an attack has no way of knowing what type of att
22. 622.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    Fine, I won't really delete the files, but move them all into a hidden ZIP file. When the user picks the one file to rescue, the code will pull that file out then delete the ZIP. You've got an hour to make your choice before the Z
23. 623.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    I am an ordinary software engineer and I could build "ransomware" that does nothing but wipe the victim's disks and demands money be paid to a hard-coded bitcoin address in a convincing looking way. I don't need criminal
24. 624.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    I think that time has passed. I've heard of too many cases of "ransomware" that just wipes your disks and asks for money that I wouldn't pay up. "True" ransomware requires a key management infrastructure with a
25. 625.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    It always feels a little grating when I hear someone say some number of "thousand kilometers".
26. 626.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    Is <= equivalent to ⇐ or ≤ ? Personally, I'd love a keyboard that had a ≤ key and a programming language that recognized that symbol.
27. 627.▲
    by billpg 7y ago

    "one is not a prime number" An odd royal and mathematical version of The Prisoner?
28. 628.▲
    by billpg 8y ago

    My favorite is the variation where the base numbers and replacement strings are supplied as run-time parameters. RunFizzBuzz(""); RunFizzBuzz("3=Fizz,5=Buzz"); RunFizzBuzz("7=Rutabaga");
29. 629.▲
    by billpg 8y ago

    What if this was allowed: (Please excuse non-angle brackets.) [A HREF=" http://example.com/SomeProgram.exe" ExpectedSha256="..."]Download[/A] If clicked, the download is checked and is quietly discar
30. 630.▲
    by billpg 8y ago

    I hope they are not free services that might suddenly become "Hey look at this ad before we redirect you" type services.