Y
HN Search
Hacker News Search
new
|
comments
|
top
|
jobs
ihsw
searching PlanetScale…
1.
▲
2.
▲
3.
▲
4.
▲
5.
▲
6.
▲
69 ms
·
511.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
> Given the choice of spending 2-3 days getting everything configured right It's never 2-3 days, especially when the next dude managing it needs to be on-boarded. He might not be familiar with how you do things. This externalizes al
512.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
There is CloudSearch however it doesn't support schemaless stuff. Looks like this is AWS' answer to that. There's also the issue of CloudSearch taking in document batches rather than individual documents, which means you have
513.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
The idea is to provide protection even in HTTP-only environments (as HTTP is enforced in some places). It would add overhead to verify hashes in the manner that you have mentioned but I think it's worth it.
514.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
Not a whole lot, TBH. It raises the bar though from blind injection, which I think is quite good.
515.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
Looks like the European Commission (EC) needs all these product test results to be online and independently verifiable. I'm sure members of the whole political spectrum can agree that uninhibited full-disclosure would benefit us all (e
516.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
Next can we apply it to whole HTML documents (including iFrames)? Then malicious ISPs/malware/etc would be unable to inject their ad spam code.
517.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
6P is available in Canada, 5X not yet.
518.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
You shouldn't -- they intentionally gimped the 5X in order to make the 6P more appealing. And it's working, I wouldn't be surprised if first-day 6P purchases outnumber 5X first-day purchases by a magnitude.
519.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
Since they've tapped pretty much everything then isn't it physically impossible that they cannot spy on everybody ?
520.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
> although less than it seems once you take into account depreciation of your personal automobile (which is why the future transit and bike options are particularly intriguing.) Vehicles depreciate a fair bit when they roll straight ou
521.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
ECUs have been notoriously badly programmed for years , they're usually contracted out rather than built in-house. Across wide swaths of Fortune 500 companies, they abhor the idea of having tech people on staff (for reasons I will not
522.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
Whether they are sufficient pales in comparison to them being used properly by the vast majority of endusers (consumer ISPs, tech firms, network operators, etc).
523.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
One notable new feature in 8.1 is the new permissions model (run-time permission checking). More info can be found here in this blog post (also published today): http://android-developers.blogspot.ca/2015/09/google
524.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
The US Government's backwards policy of emphasizing offensive capability over defensive strikes again -- the NSA may have a treasure trove of vulnerabilities and the capacity to extend its reach into the nether regions of other nation-
525.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
It's a Chrome Extension, not reddit.com. I don't think the title could be any more clickbait-y.
526.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
It would seem there is. http://hub.docker.com/r/nodesource/jessie These guys appear to be on the ball, usually a cursory investigation would lead me nowhere but they've got a healthy presence in all the right
527.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
GitLab could function (at least somewhat) as a drop-in replacement for GitHub, as existing GitHub API client libraries could point to GitLab instead with minimal/zero modification.
528.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
> were posted in the clear to Amazon servers by insurers using Systema Software. Posted in the clear? As in, transmitted over unencrypted channels, dumped on public-facing FTP server, or what? > Texan techie Chris Vickery spotted the
529.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
Seems to imply that it's a manual process: > She adds that there are concerns around efficacy and logistics like how often something like this would need to be cleaned. But Ursem himself has used the same technique in hospital purif
530.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
Not even that -- there are tech firms that have teams that span multiple geographic boundaries and spoken languages, and they have varying degrees of opsec (from none to excellent, with your typical bellcurve). These firms receive contracts
531.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
It leaks private user info -- a malicious server could include a JS file confirmed to be highly sensitive/top secret, and measure whether the client already has that cached. If so then the user is confirmed a sensitive target.
532.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
As mentioned in the article, they were victims of such an attack. Frankly I'm relieved to see that browser vendors and leading tech firms are maintaining control of the situation and protecting users, even if driven by self-interest.
533.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
For those looking to experiment with a high-fat/low-carb diet, the Ketogenic Diet is what you're looking for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet Be warned though, the dietary requirements are very s
534.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
> Well, technically speaking I can rewrite it, but no-one will mind. Try that on multiple teams across timezones actively developing multiple branches, with big merges on a weekly basis. "Rewrite module X" never happens. Even i
535.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
I cannot agree more, and this is coming from a young whipper-snapper that tries to stay on the leading edge of technology. There's a vast tectonic shift occurring and it couldn't come sooner -- "tinkering" with an increa
536.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
The premise of the argument -- having a dead child or a terrorist act "to point to" -- is flawed to begin with. Having real-time access to ALL COMMUNICATIONS is hardly useful (it would take minutes/hours for the monitoring sy
537.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
You can disable the privacy-invading features by removing the battery, at that point they should be offline. To be safe you can also encase the device in a Faraday cage for additional security. I'm not sure if it would be prudent to pl
538.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
Why would they charge him with creating a hoax? The teachers that cried bomb threats should be penalized, not the student. Am I missing something here? It's starting to look like he is the victim of a conspiracy where the administratio
539.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
My six year old pointed at a pay phone asking "What's that?" "It's a phone." "No it's not! Where's the screen?" I grinned and told him it has no screen, he was baffled as to how to use it.
540.
▲
by
ihsw
11y ago
Or employers will become more aware that the staff are probably unhappy and try to accommodate their wants and needs. The pendulum swings both ways, it empowers abusive employers just as much as it empowers excellent ones. Insight is just t
More ›