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541.
by dimino 11y ago
You would legally force a private company to share its property with others?
542.
by dimino 11y ago
There is a completely different meaning behind what you're claiming it says and what it actually says. If we can just inject our own meaning into words, they lose purpose. I interpret the Golden Rule as it is written -- a bad rule,
543.
by dimino 11y ago
Is "hire many people" one of the things that falls under "things that don't scale"? I kind of thought that meant more like the opposite. In any event, I wasn't maligning Chobani, just expressing my surprise.
544.
by dimino 11y ago
Just seems petty of the FBI to actually make an official announcement like this. I get if it's understood that they're not releasing it, but why make a formal press release about it?
545.
by dimino 11y ago
Congrats, but I'm always blown away at the size of some companies. Do you really need 2000 people to make yogurt? Airplanes are big complex systems, so I get that, but yogurt? Edit: Apparently I rubbed some folks the wrong way. I
546.
by dimino 11y ago
Yeah, I think presenting the actual problem rather than a jargon test is a better way of determining a programmer's competency, but even then I'd prefer to ask questions specific to the problem domain, like if you're a stream
547.
by dimino 11y ago
I guess I should rephrase. I've been programming for ~8 years and I've never been presented with a problem that insisted I know what BFS was explicitly. It is intuitive, which even further pushes the question "Why do I nee
548.
by dimino 11y ago
Okay I think you get what I'm saying. The Golden Rule would have gotten you killed in the desert if those nomads find flint to be some kind of sacred metal only their priests can carry or something equally absurd. I just don't th
549.
by dimino 11y ago
I'v;e been programming for 8 years and have never ran into a BFS problem. Why do I need to know this to be an effective programmer again?
550.
by dimino 11y ago
I've been in interviews where those stupid "I have three balls and want to guarantee the ball I pick is red" questions get asked, and what I've noticed is if they want to hire me, I can just take vague guesses and they
551.
by dimino 11y ago
How is that circular reasoning? Genuine question, I've always thought the Golden Rule sucked for the reason I outlined. It says nothing about asking how people want to be treated, only that you should treat them how you want to be tr
552.
by dimino 11y ago
The Golden Rule fails to account for masochists, or differing cultures, or basically anything that makes people different from one another. For example, by the "Golden Rule", I'd want to be called a "dude" if I we
553.
by dimino 11y ago
Both require warrants. Are you referring to things like FISA courts and NSA wiretapping, or more mundane things like Dropbox volunteering your data? In the latter case, at least, it feels similar to your landlord letting the cops into your
554.
by dimino 11y ago
The US government can get into your home, do you refuse to live anywhere because of that?
555.
by dimino 11y ago
No, "Dude, you rule" is definitely gender-neutral by now.
556.
by dimino 11y ago
Oh no, they only brought in the GDP of the country of Nepal. Fire everyone.
557.
by dimino 11y ago
I was going to write a little client library for a REST API my city's transport system exposes, and I think I'll try this out on my gaming PC, rather than my intended plan of writing it on my Macbook. My worry is it's going t
558.
by dimino 11y ago
Is it just me or has this post been made before here on HN?
559.
by dimino 11y ago
Here's a PoC I found on GitHub: https://github.com/robertdavidgraham/cve-2015-5477
560.
by dimino 11y ago
Don't disable, Windows needs seeders!
561.
by dimino 11y ago
They also didn't specifically preclude the possibility of commandeering my computer by pushing an update that'll force me to mine bitcoin for them, but I can be pretty damn sure that's not going to happen. But let me rephrase
562.
by dimino 11y ago
I'll bet everything in my pocket that Windows 10 does not keylog every stroke and send it back to Microsoft servers for storage. It's intellectually dishonest to think that's what s going on, because it ruins the conversation
563.
by dimino 11y ago
Yeah, also the trauma and panic it incites.
564.
by dimino 11y ago
I know why a drill happens. I also know why they don't actually burn down buildings during fire drills.
565.
by dimino 11y ago
I think it's a terrible practice, wholly ineffective, and neighboring on pathological to instill terror into your staff at the prospect of losing a child. There are many better, more effective ways to ensure you're not going to
566.
by dimino 11y ago
To the law? Yes, a huge one.
567.
by dimino 11y ago
Having had a similar experience (lifeguard/counselor), I never worried much about the kids at the lake. They had PFDs, they'll float. Swim tests were always my nightmare. That said, my bosses weren't huge assholes and didn&
568.
by dimino 11y ago
If you think I'm arguing against the idea of treating the vulnerability like it's in the wild, then you are mistaken. I'm simply stating the fact that no one has any evidence that this is being actively used in the wild. A
569.
by dimino 11y ago
What's not true is that this isn't in the wild. Period. You can make all the points about urgency you want and I will agree completely, but this is not currently in the wild, as far as anyone knows. Saying it actually is bein
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by dimino 11y ago
That's absolutely not true, your certainty is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of exploits and the amount of time and energy required to find them.

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