mpeg

67 ms·

811.
by mpeg 12y ago
I'm not sure if censoring "google" out of the tag is even worth it, considering how recognizable that url is :)
812.
by mpeg 12y ago
> "Amazon's on-line music "sales" have some of the same problems as the ebooks: users are required to identify themselves and sign a contract that denies them the freedoms they would have with a CD." I find this
813.
by mpeg 12y ago
I'm always up for a coffee though and I've found that to work well for most people. Lots of people at evening startup events just want to have a drink after work. Get their card and pitch them on office hours.
814.
by mpeg 12y ago
SSL does nothing to guarantee the integrity of code you download and run off the internet. I'm not worried about MITM attacks, SSL provides adequate protection against those in most cases; but if someone gains access to the coreos syst
815.
by mpeg 12y ago
I think this is a topic worth raising, I spend so much time auditing the "magic" in open source projects to try and find out how they work behind the scenes, and whether they are doing anything to protect me. For example: Pip (pyt
816.
by mpeg 12y ago
The push for open source in Spain is often labelled as being about freedom. Personally, I think it tends to be about money, especially in SMEs. My friend uses an open source collaboration tool in his office of 20+ people, because even thoug
817.
by mpeg 12y ago
milliondollarapartment.com I'm selling some ad space on my terrace at $1 per pixel, in 10x10 increments. DPI negotiable.
818.
by mpeg 12y ago
The solution reminds me of the story of why Facebook calls their advertising tags "muffin" tags (up to this day) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SinsSahmjl4&t=870
819.
by mpeg 12y ago
I think the gaming analogies make sense. If you invest time and effort in it, it sure will be more useful in your CV than "Level 80 Paladin" under "Other Achievements"; if not, no hiring manager will ever pass on an othe
820.
by mpeg 12y ago
Usually CTFs / wargames / whatever are the only way you ever get to work with stuff like radio or telephony protocols, credit cards, homegrown crypto... Also you can probably expect things dealing with custom VMs, file formats or
821.
by mpeg 12y ago
I just don't believe this is post-IPO, or for non-managers.
822.
by mpeg 12y ago
"At big companies, you can expect to get ~$400k-$500k of stock" Where did you get that figure from? That's a bit surprising to me, there's no way you could get that kind of stock grant as an engineer in any of the big co
823.
by mpeg 12y ago
I once found this compromised system that was being used as a spam bot / ddos machine. It also happened to host the firmware packages for a very large device maker, which were not signed.
824.
by mpeg 12y ago
the app was "Facebook for Android" so there would have been a large surface area regardless.
825.
by mpeg 12y ago
Honestly, their site looks a lot better. Taking inspiration from your KPI charts and flow is completely normal, everyone looks at their established competition for inspiration.
826.
by mpeg 12y ago
You can actually update hardware on recent Samsung smart tvs without changing the screen, it's a separate component that slots into the TV
827.
by mpeg 12y ago
I have a few set top boxes too, but I'd like deeper integration with the tv firmware itself, and that's something that they can't do unless the firmware was open. In which case, we could have the same regular updates you get
828.
by mpeg 12y ago
A bit disappointing that a hacker community's first reaction is to position against smart TVs. Smart TVs are awesome, we just need open source firmware for them in the same way that we have DDWRT/OpenWRT, XBMC and such. Imagine th
829.
by mpeg 12y ago
A good recruiter is worth its weight in gold, I think this is useless against recruiters who are just spamming; because it's a numbers game for them, and they don't have the time to be filling forms when there's money to be m
830.
by mpeg 12y ago
RTB and programmatic are not the same thing though, I agree that Real Time Bidding makes it hard to both let everyone play and enforce ad quality (I think it could be done if publishers took a stand). However, RTB is just a kind of programm
831.
by mpeg 12y ago
Definitely, the usual things that are checked would be whether the page loads, whether the creative is offensive, etc. Facebook gets a lot of flak for having poor ads, but they have a pretty comprehensive list of rules [0] and they actually
832.
by mpeg 12y ago
Just want to point out that AdChoices is NOT owned by Google, and they do NOT serve any advertising. It's a program organised by the DAA (Digital Advertising Alliance) which is itself formed of several other advertising associations, t
833.
by mpeg 12y ago
No, I know, but I think I'd be much happier using something like slack. I can always then connect it to Salesforce and any other third party systems via Zapier.
834.
by mpeg 12y ago
Chatter got some use as a proper work social network when I was at Salesforce, currently at another company that also uses chatter and it's exactly as you mention, a barren land with the occasional person tooting their own horn "@
835.
by mpeg 12y ago
I'm just curious, to be honest, as I'm thinking of the typical startup scenario where you might have a bunch of programmers with low equity and relatively low salaries compared to a contractor. Very interesting concept regardless,
836.
by mpeg 12y ago
Telepresence technology is already pretty good, and I don't think it's going to replace in-person presentations. I spend most of my time in meetings or calls and there is always a certain awkwardness that comes with not being in t
837.
by mpeg 12y ago
How does the revshare work for them? Assuming they're still being paid their usual salary for the duration of the contract, what percentage of the contract quote itself would they be expecting to get?
838.
by mpeg 12y ago
My company (startup within big co) just opened an office in APAC and we hired a remote-with-travel engineer. We ended up going with someone who is located in Singapore, but I interviewed people from Malaysia and India, it might be worth loo
839.
by mpeg 12y ago
But opsec can be improved upon, with enough care in how you host your torsite, what software it's on and who manages it, it should be possible to run it pretty safely, save for an attack against Tor. I imagine the third generation blac
840.
by mpeg 12y ago
Or just host the site in the Tor network.

More ›