maltalex

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   by maltalex 6y ago

   I wouldn’t bet against Java. It is both ubiquitous and evolving. Sure, Kotlin is nicer than Java 7 (Java 15 is about to be released soon) but the switch to Kotlin is happening only on Android. Java is still extremely strong on the backend w
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   by maltalex 6y ago

   > a YouGov poll shows that 31% of people want to see big changes in the way the economy is run coming out of the crisis, with a further 28% wanting to see moderate changes and only 6% of people wanting to see no changes. What's the
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   by maltalex 6y ago

   That's a very cool demo, good job! I have a few questions if you don't mind. - Could you share the specs of the hardware powering the demo? - For IoT-type usage, one common access pattern is "get the readings of sensor X from
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   by maltalex 6y ago

   While I'm sure you're right about some of Tor's users, there are plenty of perfectly valid (and legal) reasons for using tor in free countries too.
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   by maltalex 6y ago

   It's actually not that far of the mark. There's a LOT more cash out there than you probably think, and no one really know where is it and what's it being used for. As an example, 80% of the bills in circulation in the US ar
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   by maltalex 6y ago

   Yes, many places have a serious need for Tor. But the bridge stats are misleading because bridges are exclusivity for circumventing censorship. The stats for tor relays [0] are different: United States 418568 (20.37 %) Russia
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   by maltalex 6y ago

   “Messaging” isn’t inherently free of abuse. What make e-mail so abusable is its distribution. Closed gardens will always be safer from abuse than open protocols. So what you’re really arguing for is that we drop email in favor of something
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   by maltalex 7y ago

   Even if HTTPS is deployed, and even if the client actually verifies the certificate, untrusted networks are still risky. There are many attacks against HTTPSs itself (e.g. DROWN [0]), bugs (like the Windows 10 crypto bug [1] from just a cou
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   by maltalex 7y ago

   I like this one: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    Haven’t tried it myself, but what about postgrest? https://postgrest.org
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    Could someone with professional experience int Elixir give an overview of what's the ecosystem like? It's hard to imagine working with such a niche language. How easy is it to find quality libraries? Connectors to external systems
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    No, free speech ends when you need to be anonymous to speak freely.
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    > Stock settlement transactions often list four decimal places. That's not a significant difference compared to two decimal places, so brundolf's point still stands. There's no need for arbitrary precision. Just store all
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    Why are you, as a consumer, interested in switching to IPv6?
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    RIPE expects to announce IPv4 run-out early next week, publishes waiting list(ripe.net)

    1 points by maltalex 7y ago|0 comments
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    Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary, breaking uBlock(bleepingcomputer.com)

    2 points by maltalex 7y ago|0 comments
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    A GB of outbound transfer on AWS costs about 0.09$. If the page is 55KB, that means that a single GB is about 18K page loads, but let's make that 15K page loads due to various overhead. To spend 2000$, you'd need to send about 22T
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    [Citation Needed]
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    This shouldn't be hard to test. Just create a native executable in your language of choice that connects to a hardcoded address of a server you have access to and try executing it on a windows machine with sample submission enabled.
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    Ripe Update: Approaching IPv4 Run-Out(ripe.net)

    3 points by maltalex 7y ago|0 comments
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    Faraday cage?
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    There are better networking models out there [0] and at least some books use them. Including some popular ones like “Top Down Approach” by Kurose and Ross. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_protocol_suite#Layer_
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    Part of the fun of operating something like a forum or an IRC server is the interaction with your users. In BT there's none of that. Also, FTP servers? Are there public FTP server people operate? Why?
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    I'm curious - what makes people operate a BT tracker?
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    I asked because none of the things you've mentioned are "standard". Except for the savings rate maybe. Aggressive career progression - in a recession, it's often harder for senior people to find a job. Especially for man
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    What career choices are you making based on that assumption?
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    “Safe” is a relative term. For example, it would have been safer for the plane to have 2 more engines. But there are only 2 engines since it’s safe enough and much more economically viable. It doesn’t matter how safe something is if no one
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    Safety is never actually first. First, you need an economically viable product. Otherwise, there is no reason for it or any if the processes behind it to exist.
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    > Companies should realize doing things that seem "fluffy" and not entirely necessary, like moving to a newer tech stack, might be worth it as it will make it easier to attract new talent. Why are we as professionals (myself in
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    by maltalex 7y ago

    What they probably mean is that if each component can fail independently with a probability of 0.001 (0.1%) then the probability of both of them failing is 0.001 * 0.001 = 0.000001 (0.0001%) If the system depends on just one of the compon