casca

23 ms·

211.
by casca 13y ago
For those who don't know the space, ExpanDrive used to be SftpDrive. I've been recommending it for years to people who are not technical for accessing sftp shares and have never been let down. Thanks for a great product and sharin
212.
by casca 13y ago
For those who like to listen to podcasts, Radiolab did a great show on the fascinating story of Fritz Haber: http://www.radiolab.org/story/180132-how-do-you-solve-proble...
213.
by casca 13y ago
This is an interesting attack that uses other people's password hints to match a hashed password. However, it seems unlikely that the Edward Snowden would use such a weak password to protect any resource that he considered sensitive. P
214.
by casca 13y ago
We need a new term for statistician and data scientist is as good as any. For many years, the terms "statistics" and "statistician" have had negative undertones within the general public and renaming is a great way to ov
215.
120,000 Apps in BlackBerry World, 47,000 by one developer(allthingsd.com)
38 points by casca 13y ago|17 comments
216.
Ericsson "redefines" small cells with Radio Dot(rethink-wireless.com)
2 points by casca 13y ago|0 comments
217.
by casca 13y ago
Everyone hates making backups. Everyone loves them when something happens. There are many free online data storage systems. If you're happy with the privacy implications, it's not hard to run Google Drive, Dropbox and box.net on t
218.
by casca 13y ago
Great link, thank you.
219.
by casca 13y ago
Interesting that they use the list of trackers from TrackerBlock[1]. The license provided is: We reserve our copyright as to commercial applications but please contact us if you are interested in licensing for non-profit or educationa
220.
Mozilla Lightbeam – Relationships between third parties and the sites you visit(addons.mozilla.org)
211 points by casca 13y ago|24 comments
221.
Easy automated Facebook stalking using Graph Search(github.com)
2 points by casca 13y ago|0 comments
222.
Penetration testing practice lab - Vulnerable apps / systems(amanhardikar.com)
3 points by casca 13y ago|0 comments
223.
by casca 13y ago
Been watching Finalterm for a few months - it looks interesting but it's still too unstable to use for production. The risk of it doing the wrong thing when running on a production host is just not worth the potential efficiency gains.
224.
UK orders WSJ to censor names from website, to no avail(businessinsider.com)
1 points by casca 13y ago|0 comments
225.
by casca 13y ago
For a more detailed understanding of the PISA system, there was a recent Econtalk podcast - http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2013/08/hanushek_on_edu_3.h...
226.
by casca 13y ago
How can you tell? This looks like the kind of thing that would easily appear in Leake Street[1] and I'm sure NY has quality street artists as well. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leake_Street
227.
by casca 13y ago
There are many decisions that need to be made around climate change. Is it worth the cost (financial, lifestyle, environmental) to mitigate it by reducing energy consumption and therefore reducing growth? How much warming is acceptable? Is
228.
by casca 13y ago
This happens in London too, although usually it takes a little longer. Banky's "residence" in New York is clearly not being as appreciated by the local street artists as he was intending.
229.
by casca 13y ago
Thank you for putting the license in the zipfile. We've had to avoid using certain fonts because it wasn't possible to identify the license. Can you please put another file with a link back to your website and the request to donat
230.
FPDetective - websites are using font-based fingerprinting(homes.esat.kuleuven.be)
3 points by casca 13y ago|0 comments
231.
by casca 13y ago
3 families are leaving London and that makes a trend? Comparing property prices in London to Williamsburg or SF and it looks like a similar trajectory to me. Cities are expensive because space is constrained (artificially in many cases) and
232.
Whistleblower Suit Confirms that the New York Fed is subservient to Goldman(nakedcapitalism.com)
3 points by casca 13y ago|0 comments
233.
by casca 13y ago
Processors have upstream costs to Visa/Mastercard/etc that are charged in similar ways. The idea behind them using a percentage is that it relates to the risk. The more you spend, the more could be fraud and might need to be writt
234.
The State of BroadBand 2013 - from the ITU(broadbandcommission.org)
2 points by casca 13y ago|0 comments
235.
by casca 13y ago
This touches on the issue of why companies have amassed such huge reserves and seem unwilling or unable to spend them. Clayton Christensen (of Innovators Dilemma fame) gave an interesting talk at the RSA last month[1] where he described a p
236.
by casca 13y ago
Given Sculley's time and "success" at Apple, the data suggests that doing exactly the opposite of what he proposes would be in Apple's best interests.
237.
Debunking the False Security of Cardless ATMs(chokepoint.net)
2 points by casca 13y ago|0 comments
238.
by casca 13y ago
Interesting idea. Try get people who are considering selling exploits to get a little money from Google instead. Michal Zalewski (lcamtuf) is highly respected in the security world - The Tangled Web and Silence on the Wire are excellent rea
239.
by casca 13y ago
1. Exercise more – 7 minutes might be enough 2. Sleep more – you'll be less sensitive to negative emotions 3. Move closer to work – a short commute is worth more than a big house 4. Spend time with friends and family – don't regre
240.
by casca 13y ago
TL;DR: OP received marketing email from Paypal and is angry

More ›