nerdy

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by nerdy 11y ago
Testing for communication skills is awesome advice and probably rarely ever consciously focused on.
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by nerdy 11y ago
Best part of this submission imo is this creepy image: http://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/09/20/magazine/20barbie3...
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by nerdy 11y ago
Earlier post (theguardian.com): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10228050
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Android lockscreen can be bypassed by overloading with massive password(theguardian.com)
3 points by nerdy 11y ago|0 comments
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Hacking Team, Computer Vulnerabilities, and the NSA(schneier.com)
73 points by nerdy 11y ago|71 comments
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by nerdy 11y ago
Wait, THIS John McAfee? [NSFW, Rated "R"] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpRvaQsGIY8
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by nerdy 11y ago
Caesar Cipher 2015!
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by nerdy 11y ago
They may not necessarily have compromised the entire system. Consider for example, SQL injection. Alternatively, some kind of DB dump mistakenly exposed in the webroot. Neither should happen but they're real-world examples. Sometimes m
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by nerdy 11y ago
Even an AJAX endpoint should be tested! Not at the controller level because the controller is the consumer, the JSON/XML output is your HTML template (just a converted structure) so if the contents are correct then it's reasonable
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by nerdy 11y ago
First, that alleged "extra cost" is the #1 myth. It might be true of test-last (code then test, anti-TDD; whatever it's called)-- I am not sure because I've never tested that way and that process is transparently ineffec
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by nerdy 11y ago
If the code is tested then refactoring the ideas contained within is the way to go. Do the smallest refactorings possible. Even well-respected programmers who've authored tons of books and given talks do not sit down and 1-shot a progr
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by nerdy 11y ago
I reject the idea that this is an OO problem. These same problems would exist in the form of functional programming, except it would be "functions" instead of "methods"
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by nerdy 11y ago
Woooo 11 comments in 501 days is really overdoing it, HN is obviously where all his free time goes. And I didn't say you said fear of failure was bad, I said it was applied too broadly and possibly not even applicable in this case, tho
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by nerdy 11y ago
Saying things like what? "I do not have the time to make them happen"? If so, I'd say that's more a matter of prioritization (assuming at least one project is underway). For example, I think we could all agree that worki
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by nerdy 11y ago
I think it is related to the word "bomb" existing on the page
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by nerdy 11y ago
I would really love to use Hack, but I want to use it in the editor of my choice, not the editor of Facebook's choice. Because Hack isn't PHP all of the foundations are gone, consider this text from the JetBrains PhpStorm team: &q
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by nerdy 11y ago
I propose TempleOS for this author.
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by nerdy 11y ago
Be careful with this! From the README under the "HOSTS" section: "Append known tracking domains to the HOSTS file located in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc" However there are other articles which suggest changing th
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by nerdy 11y ago
Must be an unsigned value.
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by nerdy 11y ago
Because the MPAA is often the larger entity in court, and with leverage (copyright law). They have a long, litigious history from DMCA takedowns & expansion to SOPA. They don't mind suing individuals, wholesale [1]. In this particu
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by nerdy 11y ago
The MPAA just might have picked on the wrong kid this time.
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by nerdy 11y ago
So you're actually seriously considering ruining your business and your friendship for her? I don't know you, your business, or either one of them... but I think you need to take a step back without the love goggles on and ask y
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by nerdy 11y ago
I've unchecked this option since I used AdBlock Plus (years ago, I'm sure) and I've never seen an ad. The closest thing I've seen is "please disable your adblocker" banners.
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by nerdy 11y ago
Sometimes you don't have a day to wait, even just an hour or two can help your cooler-self prevail. I also draft immediately. The facts are fresh and you're passionate, get it all down so you can sift through it later. I try to ma
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by nerdy 11y ago
You have to use the bottom of the left-hand sidebar to navigate the contents of each TNW paper, not very user-friendly imo, would've been better of the section navigation were within the body of the paper in the HTML version. I'm
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by nerdy 11y ago
Seems to me that he's in it exclusively for the attention. If he were into politics, he'd probably know when we'd ever beaten Japan[1]. His ideas are so far-fetched they seem more like political satire than serious conversati
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by nerdy 11y ago
If you found the PDF helpful, Bob Martin has a series of programming videos[1] which are really good but somewhat expensive at $12 to watch online or $18 to download per video. The videos cover a broad range of topics which include variable
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by nerdy 11y ago
Same in Win7 FF38
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by nerdy 11y ago
Simply saying with regards to this issue it didn't provide advance protection (that was my impression after reading the comment anyhow)
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by nerdy 11y ago
> Good that OS X will update to a more recent version in El Capitan and also switch to LibreSSL (great step forward). Not sure if you're being sarcastic? "LibreSSL has the affected code and is thought to be vulnerable (unteste

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