keyist

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   by keyist 17y ago

   Great article, but compiler theory is a huge omission. I can almost hear Yegge screaming in the background.
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   by keyist 17y ago

   I think this is bizarre as well -- to not complain about the company that uses BSD code as part of the most closed OS in common use today, but get all uppity when someone decides to go GPL. I figure the most plausible reason for this incons
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   Taking a Principled Position on Software Freedom(mako.cc)

   20 points by keyist 17y ago|6 comments
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   Critical JavaScript vulnerability in Firefox 3.5(blog.mozilla.com)

   6 points by keyist 17y ago|0 comments
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   PostgreSQL Development: Lessons for Perl?(justatheory.com)

   39 points by keyist 17y ago|6 comments
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   by keyist 17y ago

   Oh please. Not this again. Read http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/author/reeseerlich/ for the take of someone whose knowledge of Iran predates June 2009. Provides a lot more perspective than the social media wankery.
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   by keyist 17y ago

   Why is this still an issue? The problem of displaying passwords has been solved by Unix years ago: do not show any visual feedback whatsoever. Security over convenience. The problem of storing and subsequent input of random secure passwords