danjoc

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by danjoc 10y ago
I consider cookies much more secure than the alternatives. Here's a detailed explanation as it relates to JWT. The main takeaway is, if properly configured by the site, cookies are more secure than alternatives like web storage. https
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by danjoc 10y ago
>c2.org >This site requires JavaScript and Cookies to be enabled. Executing JavaScript from insecure http is a bad idea.[1] Especially for developers/IT admins who are targets of state sponsored hacking.[2] >Please change your
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by danjoc 10y ago
As the title implies, it is rare to read about a multi-million dollar exit these days without VC's getting their claws in the majority of the spoils. Good for him. And a personal thanks to him for helping me find my spouse.
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The BSD license is great for code you don't care about – Linus Torvalds(cio.com)
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And for the minimalist, the zero-instruction C compiler https://github.com/jbangert/trapcc
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Trapcc – A zero-instruction C compiler(github.com)
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>The only way that the NSA could be actively making systems less secure would be if they were putting vulnerabilities into the source code or silicon. I just wanted to point out that the NSA does that.[1][2] [1] http://www.nyti
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Leak in-house? NSA data dump could be work of insider(rt.com)
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The TCPA already forbids robocalls to mobile numbers without prior express written consent[1]. This is merely about enforcement. First amendment arguments would be a bit late to the game at this stage. I actually saved a bunch of my junk ca
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>Everybody is somewhat different in how they'll react to various diet and exercise regimes. Understanding that, and taking a bit of time to watch how your body responds, is the important insight here. This exactly. I did the same th
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Olive oil cut with soybean oil can have serious effects for people with allergies to soy. http://www.paleohacks.com/oil/reason-for-adverse-reaction-to... Likewise people with allergies to nut oils can have extreme adve
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by danjoc 10y ago
I know I'm just burning karma here, but this really triggers me. Andrew Ng gives you a free introductory course in one of the hottest topics in computing, and in exchange asks you not to do one thing. And you do that one thing. I hav
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by danjoc 10y ago
https://www.coursera.org/about/terms/honorcode I will not make solutions to homework, quizzes, exams, projects, and other assignments available to anyone else (except to the extent an assignment explicitly permits
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DDoSCoin: New Crypto-Currency Rewards Users for Participating in DDoS Attacks(news.softpedia.com)
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SSH Host Certificates with YubiKey NEO(blog.josefsson.org)
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Odd. That's right around the same price zerodium is willing to pay. https://www.zerodium.com/ios9.html Ever notice, you never see Superman and Clark Kent in the same room? ;)
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by danjoc 10y ago
>the alternative is so comfortable and risk free I've seen people with a decade of experience on the job "disappeared" and there's little more than an email to the staff telling us they are gone, effective immediately
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>as an engineer you either have the choice I don't feel like I do. I cannot afford to battle patent trolls when something I produce somehow infringes on their "intellectual properties." There has been some progress, given
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by danjoc 10y ago
>Are there some technicalities that make this a particularly hard problem? I think the hard problem (probably unsolvable) is that the browser is allowed to exfiltrate the collected data.
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>Yes, it's crazy. I agree. There is an english idiom, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket." I assume this includes government keys as well. This seems like a juicy target for hackers. The damage it could do to Russ
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by danjoc 10y ago
I assume the article is a troll. FSF and GPL are about user freedom. Nobody who has been in software for "decades" could misinterpret that. Some choice quotes that lead me to the conclusion: "I think GPLv4 should focus on pro
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>A while in, I find it won't update the software because /boot or something is out of space The boot partition is small and Ubuntu doesn't clean out old kernels. You have to do it yourself. sudo apt-get autoremove This wil
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by danjoc 10y ago
The US will appeal the ruling? Also, does Rule 41 changes from SCOTUS due Dec 1 basically make this ruling obsolete? https://fcw.com/articles/2016/06/30/wyden-rule-41.aspx
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by danjoc 10y ago
HN needs comment folding. I can ignore those discussions easily on reddit by simply folding the comment. I find down voting here to be quite arbitrary and at times really mean spirited. It's discouraging to know that people are doing i
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>Programmer A replaced the duplication with a new abstraction at step 3 Why would deduplication stop maintenance? Unexpected NullPointerExceptions are found. Unexpected UTF-8 string inputs are discovered. An interger overflow is discover
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I see the author's point, but it overlooks code maintenance. At step 4, where "Time passes" it should read, Programmer A fixes bugs, optimizes, adds features, etc. Repeat. If the code is duplicated, the maintenance effort is
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by danjoc 10y ago
Besides NPMgate? http://incolumitas.com/2016/06/08/typosquatting-package-mana... https://github.com/npm/npm/pull/4016 http://blog.npmjs.org/post/1417028810
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Also requires javascript served over http. I just closed the window. I can live without it.
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>Gmail, another frequent example of decentralization overcome by centralization How did Gmail do that though? I suspect it largely had something to do with ISPs blocking port 25 for anyone except expensive "business class" user
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It also doesn't mention the fact that there are fewer children today. The US birth rate has been in steady decline for nearly a decade now. Since 2007, it's only been up one year (2014) http://blogs.wsj.com/economi

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