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by mburns 11y ago
Being 'private' only means you don't get hit by drive-by scans from the Internet. There are (depending on configuration) plenty of opportunities for internal attacks, for example the workstation being used to access the boxes
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by mburns 11y ago
(2012)
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by mburns 11y ago
A distributed filesystem like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahoe-LAFS or http://ipfs.io/ would become incredibly useful if they got sufficient adoption.
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by mburns 11y ago
It is worth remembering that Mozilla is a relatively small organization, all things considered. > starting an entirely new OS. Gonk, the core of FxOS, is based on Android. It is 'only' Gaia (the UI) that was written anew in HTM
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by mburns 11y ago
There was a detailed writeup of a different Gameyboy Emulator in Javascript: http://imrannazar.com/GameBoy-Emulation-in-JavaScript
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by mburns 11y ago
>Why would you ask that? Maybe because the two comments are verbatim and posted at roughly the same time? If OP didn't want there to be a connection between the two accounts, they shouldn't have copy-pasted content between them
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by mburns 11y ago
>so don't argue with me, n00b. This is generally not an acceptable attitude on Hacker News. Being technically correct is enough, there is no need to be rude about it.
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by mburns 11y ago
You wouldn't turn off the device, particularly if you thought that turning it off could make you lose access to information. That can be achieved by (1) transferring the machine to a portable battery unit without interrupting the power
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by mburns 11y ago
Bill Gates is buying his legacy.
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by mburns 11y ago
That would have been an improvement, but even basic computer forensic gathering knowledge would get around this without trouble. What he needed to do is keep his sensitive files encrypted separately from his laptop login. Like on a USB driv
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by mburns 11y ago
Could it? Sure. Of course, kernel devs were already confident enough to merge breaking code without the added confidence of a partial unit test suite in place.
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by mburns 11y ago
Not all TAS videos are speedruns, some just rely on the incredibly intricate controls made possible by Tools. This level only exists to be run as a TAS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuRQjaOhwGM
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by mburns 11y ago
>As far as I understand Harvard and other universities operate schemes like that. Harvard is one of the richest non-corporate entities in the world, currently holding a ~$30 billion endowment. Saying "well, Harvard manages to do it&
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by mburns 11y ago
At least with lynx/links, you don't get any javascript functionality and the experience as a whole is diminished. With an ad blocker, you selectively block the javascript you don't like but that the operators rely on to bri
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by mburns 11y ago
Edge starts with an 'e' so it can still use a similar logo to Internet Explorer, which is significant.
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by mburns 11y ago
You're oversimplifying and being dismissive without cause. >a web browser has no business dictating that the entire web should be forced in HTTPs. 1. that isn't what is happening as per the article. They are going to begin pick
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by mburns 11y ago
No, a first one. The others aren't unified, they are niche solutions. Those specific shortcomings are covered in those KDBus talks. If the existing solutions were sufficient, why would the 'new' way ever get merged into mainl
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by mburns 11y ago
because they want the square hole for a reason, the square hole being a unified in-kernel IPC system. Greg KH has given a few talks/blogs about the design goals of kdbus. https://lwn.net/Articles/551969/
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by mburns 12y ago
My uni used student sysadmins to run hosting for Open Source projects. Great experience on production infrastructure without big dollars on the line when mistakes are made. http://osuosl.org/about
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by mburns 12y ago
If you are using the game as it is intended, you are by definition not cheating.
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by mburns 12y ago
It is a uniquely difficult and quirky marathon. One of the qualifications is bringing the organizer a pack of his favorite brand of cigarettes, etc. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/sports/the-barkley-ma
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by mburns 12y ago
>make it possible to run Firefox OS applications on Android https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/06/firefox-os-apps-run-on-and...
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by mburns 12y ago
> "Note that Shumway will not play Amazon's "Instant Video" films and TV shows. Those videos use Microsoft's Silverlight plugin for DRM."
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by mburns 12y ago
Wikipedia lists 18 businesses in the US that have been operating since before 1776. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies_in_the...
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by mburns 12y ago
He wasn't on trial for soliciting murder.
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by mburns 12y ago
Containers are a form of virtualization, as are zones or jails. Bare metal implies dedicated hardware.
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by mburns 12y ago
The one at the end of the article.
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by mburns 12y ago
Google pays Apple to be the default search provider.
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by mburns 12y ago
Tags, Commenting, Bookmarking and Sharing menu items all require being signed in.
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by mburns 12y ago
"I'm glad to help out with this if you can point me at specific examples of things that should be changed." Doesn't sound the least bit snarky. Submitting small patches isn't unreasonable, and GRSecurity-inclined pe

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