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   by ilovetux 8y ago

   So Amazon is adding house-arrest as an alternative to their prison-style lock-in?
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   by ilovetux 8y ago

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_entropy Edit: I actually like the following article much better, found it in the See Also section of the link above. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_ro
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   by ilovetux 8y ago

   You may not want to reinvent the wheel, but you have to change the tires.
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   by ilovetux 8y ago

   I understand what you are saying, but the fundamental difference here is that for PKI, the browser has to be configured properly as your key pair must exist and the correct public certificate must be used in TLS negotiation. The advantage h
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   by ilovetux 8y ago

   I will admit that it's not quite equivalent, but there was a learning curve that happened when hotels switched from metallic keys to magnetic keycards. I don't think that it's absurd. I guess a more direct example would be an
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   by ilovetux 8y ago

   As opposed to "Oh, they want a password? I guess I'll use the same one I use for every other website." I agree that the business makes the decision, growth is the top priority and friction reduces growth, but in reality this
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   by ilovetux 8y ago

   I don't believe so, I remember learning about Public Key Infrastructure a while ago. It's one of those things (kind of like git) where there is a steep learning curve up front, but once you understand it seems simple. A password m
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   by ilovetux 8y ago

   This would be a valid concern, so I suppose that it would take an industry-wide push (which I know is unlikely) to educate users about password managers, but I would argue that if we want to improve upon the password based authentication th
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   by ilovetux 8y ago

   pki is a barrier to entry for most. the user would have to set their browser up to present a unique key pair for each site they use. I think mutual auth is better suited to automated administrative tasks.
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    I think that a lot of the problems that are inherent to passwords might be mitigated by not allowing the user to choose a password. A strong, randomly generated password being given to the user and changed periodically would almost force th
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    I've always been of the opinion that biometrics are much more closely related to a username rather than a password. There will always be ways to either fake or compel biometric scans, and having a second layer of proof required to aut
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    I've worked in food service for many years. I worked in kitchens for many years and I have to say I hate tips! Now-a-days I'm more fortunate and don't work in kitchens anymore. My biggest problems with tips is when I'm m
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    I will admit that public defenders are not as effective as private lawyers, but what would happen if we had nothing...people would still end up in jail most likely to a greater degree...perhaps we can iterate instead of innovate.
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    Yeah, I suppose you're right. I rarely go to github.com directly as well, but today I have already read all of HN first three pages and my next move (if I have time) is to go to github.com and "explore" as I like that they re
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    OP here, just realized I didn't post the details of my setup. I'm using a Razor Blade Stealth with Windows 10 and the latest stable version of Firefox.
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    Ask HN: Why is GitHub's “Landing page” so weird?

    1 points by ilovetux 8y ago|3 comments
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    I agree that contracts have been weaponized, but maybe we can go with something like a public defender for contract law. Is it kind of telling that the only case when free representation must be provided by the state when someone is indigen
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    I find it strange that one can put anything in a contract with a disclaimer at the bottom saying that it is "enforceable to the fullest extant of federal and local law" knowing what is enforceable. This is misleading at best. In
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    I wonder what a thought ad-blocker would look like. Maybe a tin foil hat :)
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    so much emphasis on melody. I find the answer is that music is a more true language than any that are spoken. This is all conjecture by the way which is shaded by my own beliefs and experience. melody is one part of a trinity. equally impor
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    No, standard qwerty keyboard. The test I took was on TypingTest.com (no affiliation, just first result in a web search) and chose the two minute, Aesop's fable test.
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    I understand your argument and have heard it first-hand, but from my standpoint (a felon working in IT) I usually push for a workable and sensible security posture because I do not want any more access than I need. A non-felon might not sha
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    I think learning to type quickly is important. Not so much because of the speed, but because the muscle-memory required to type without looking allows one to not become distracted by the act of typing. From this perspective it is more impor
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    > so that people in companies can operate with access to "the information you need but no more." I think SELinux addresses this problem pretty well, but there is no real requirement to give access to developers for a production
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    There would indeed be little incentive for a lot of businesses (specifically IT but also others). There are, however, other industries where this sort of career path already exists and with less rework could implement an "open-hire&q
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    As a felon myself working in tech, I find this attitude refreshing. It could work in IT...but would require significant changes to how things currently work. I can't say for sure whether it would be worth it to restructure entire organ
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    I find it strange that nobody ever seems to mention python's concurrent.futures module [0] which is new in Python 3.2. I think asyncio got a lot of attention when it came out in Python 3.4 and concurrent.futures took a back seat. This
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    I believe that the difference is meaningful. Neglect is a very specific type of abuse. Physical, emotional and sexual abuse are all very different from neglect. All forms of abuse are different in terms of the psychological effects on the a
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    This, a thousand times! Our criminal justice system is in fact based on penance, but forced penance is a flawed concept. In order to get a lighter sentence (or later parole) perpetrators are expected to show penance for what they did, but t
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    by ilovetux 8y ago

    The response I got from my wife when I asked her if she has ever heard of trout tickling is priceless. (Gasps) "hunny, it's the middle of the afternoon!"