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by mixedbit 13y ago
Fully agree, the list should be called 'signs that you're like the list author who considers him(her)self a great programmer'.
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by mixedbit 13y ago
With some effort it could result in an internal server error. With no effort it could result in an "Internal Server Error" being printed.
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by mixedbit 13y ago
Of course it would be a completely stupid thing for Twitter to do (unless they get hacked). Just saying that technically it is possible.
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by mixedbit 13y ago
From a purely technical perspective they could using platform.twitter.com/widgets.js that the blog includes.
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Show HN: Persona based authorization for Ruby apps on Heroku(addons.heroku.com)
2 points by mixedbit 13y ago|0 comments
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by mixedbit 13y ago
Also I think a cube of water at 1:50 that holds its shape until it hits a rabbit does not reflect how a real water would behave. But overall I find this simulation very compelling.
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by mixedbit 14y ago
One feature I miss the most in nginx is a dynamic loading of modules. I wonder if this is anywhere on a roadmap, or is there some deeper reason for such limitation?
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by mixedbit 14y ago
Imagine a js library that would allow to tear content on a page. I would love to tear some of my emails ;)
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by mixedbit 14y ago
And is it illegal? I'm pretty sure paying for fake negative reviews of competition is illegal, because there is a clear victim. But how about positive reviews of companies' products?
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by mixedbit 14y ago
In general you shouldn't be able to associate results of such polls with users accounts. Any such data is a liability.
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by mixedbit 14y ago
I've submitted this to point you to the more interesting (but related) submission of mine that didn't get much exposure. It unfortunately involves reading: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5531743
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Take down Tumblr(krol-okrucyusz.tumblr.com)
4 points by mixedbit 14y ago|3 comments
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by mixedbit 14y ago
Here are links to harmless PoCs (cookies are configured to expire in 5 minutes): Amazon CloudFront (already on the Public Suffix List): https://d18rrft186j3x1.cloudfront.net/bomb_.html Google Cloud Storage: http://fofofoofooo.commondatas
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DoS attack on CDN users (with PoC)(mixedbit.org)
4 points by mixedbit 14y ago|1 comments
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by mixedbit 14y ago
Spam or any other phony domain is dangerous to purchase. Such domain could have been serving root document with cache expiration date long in a future that iframes index.html (so the site looks normal) and includes a malicious js controlled
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by mixedbit 14y ago
He would need to unwind the stack
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by mixedbit 14y ago
It already works with any email address, including Gmail. But the Persona team works on a dedicated support for Gmail, that will allow Gmail users to use Persona without a need of an additional password.
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by mixedbit 14y ago
Congratulations to the team, keep up the great work!
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by mixedbit 14y ago
The knowledge may also motivate them to prepare for attacks to be executed once the vulnerability is public but most instances do not have it patched. Scan the Internet for PG backed applications, identify high profile ones, prepare automat
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by mixedbit 14y ago
But Orwellian states are eventually falling, because people rebel against oppression. Perfect totalitarian state can be a one of which citizens are not aware.
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by mixedbit 14y ago
Then you would need another level of HTTP routers that would route to this application specific router. Also the router becomes a single point of failure and possibly a bottleneck: if a backend returns large responses, all of them go throug
532.
by mixedbit 14y ago
This is true for private companies. Public companies are owned by shareholders and I don't think many of them buy shares because company does some cool stuff, for example supports open standards. Shareholders want profit only, excluding all
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by mixedbit 14y ago
But what cause do you join by signing up for Feedly? I understand that even people that did not use Google Reader may be upset that the company drops a service that is based on an open standard, but I can't see why such people would react b
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by mixedbit 14y ago
If 500k users switched in 48h, 3 months before the shut down, how many users the Reader actually has? It seems it must be a lot.
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by mixedbit 14y ago
Maybe the intent was just to draw attention to his product? You liked the Reader? Now, that it is going to be killed, tell us what you liked about it so we can add these features to G+. And by the way, look how awesome we are, we care about
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by mixedbit 14y ago
If I'm not interested in using Unity, are there any advantages of installing Ubuntu and using it with non-default graphical environment, or is it better to just go with Debian?
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by mixedbit 14y ago
ack-grep is great for searching source code
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by mixedbit 14y ago
Who's the OP and why do we care about his opinion?
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by mixedbit 14y ago
Would it be possible to make JS lint available in Firebug? Preferably in such a way that all scripts included from a currently opened site are automatically linted? At the moment I go to www.jslint.com to lint scripts, which is such a PITA.
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by mixedbit 14y ago
It it going to be compatible with existing window managers for X or does the change mean that Ubuntu will work only with Gnome or window managers developed from scratch for Mir?

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