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by nsmartt 14y ago
"Average" users have been taught to use strong passwords for a long time now.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
This attitude makes me very angry. Even if 80% of users don't use capitals in their passwords, the 20% who want that added security don't get it. Even if you believe this made-up statistic due to your condescending attitude towards "normal"
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by nsmartt 14y ago
That's exactly the problem here. A typical user who adds capitalization to make her password more difficult to guess is basically screwed over by Blizzard who has decided that passwords don't need to be case-sensitive. Users who opt to (I
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by nsmartt 14y ago
My fault. I didn't explain properly. I didn't mean it in the normal way- to require strict passwords. I meant in the sense that users who do add a capital in order to up their account security don't get that security added. Only users who k
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by nsmartt 14y ago
This is not the point. Users are put at risk because Blizzard fails to adequately impose security. Tech savvy users can just use a stronger password, but the others are put at risk by what I can only call negligence.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
I do see improvements. I often see information captured from the top result and displayed in the box at the top of the search. I've had better results on ddg on numerous occasions. http://ddg.gg I don't have any further disagreements.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
I haven't had that problem at all. Most of my searches are technical and I rarely have to switch to Google. I would suggest giving it another try every few months if you aren't satisfied with it.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
This is where the !bang syntax comes in handy. In areas where ddg isn't quite "there," they offer the !bang syntax. !gm {query} or !gmaps {query} will redirect you to Google maps.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
>currently there is no reason to switch to them How so? DDG offers privacy, something that Google and other big search engines do not. That is more than enough reason- especially with growing privacy concerns in the US.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
You aren't. I've seen the debate a few times on HN, and I've had it with friends who also opt to use DuckDuckGo. It's "a bad name." It isn't evocative, it can't be (easily) made into a verb, and it lacks brevity. I don't really like the nam
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by nsmartt 14y ago
Thank you. I've learned of something I didn't know.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
This. Cracked was my first thought when reading the post, but Cracked has a load of writers and is one of the sites that gets ripped off often.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
>You won’t miss the non-sense the veterans have long since accepted as the norm. I couldn't help but think "Isn't this one of those things veterans accept as the norm? That you can only do this once, and, after that, your view is tain
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by nsmartt 14y ago
"oak is an experiment. what will people act like if they are truly anonymous ?" His words. Note that I'm not "mad." I only pointed out that it was misleading.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
I can't reply to you so I'm replying to myself. I honestly thought you were going for full anonymity. In fact, my first thought was that you were taking it a step further than 4chan and that it would be interesting to watch.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
Pretty misleading. The whole point of your experiment was to see how people would act if completely anonymous, right? They aren't. So your experiment is flawed.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
So it's totally anonymous except you store the IP addresses, huh?
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by nsmartt 14y ago
Let me start by saying that the notion that XSS can only be used to harvest cookies is a very common misconception. The truth is that, with XSS, any action a user may do on the vulnerable site (that doesn't require a password) can be mimi
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by nsmartt 14y ago
It doesn't matter what the common use-case is. BitTorrent is better than traditional server->client downloads. "Oh, pirates are the most common users of BitTorrent? But BitTorrent is better than traditional server->client downloads.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
I was commenting on the specifics things you mentioned (sans redirection to pages that don't exist). Slowness, lack of good formatting. That sort of thing. I'm certainly not saying that half-baked is the same as minimalist, and I'm also not
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I don't think there's anything to debate there. It's just a matter of personal taste. I find the whole minimalist thing to be very "hacker-esque" (if that's the right way to say that).
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>The lack of polish with HN is part of the charm really. I do agree with that. However, there's a big difference between polish and usability. The lack of polish may be charming, but usability flaws are anything but charming.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
Would he also have to pay taxes in Singapore? If so, I can see how this move would be acceptable. Even if not, I don't think many would find this unacceptable if he had done this before the mention of the IPO. It's possible that he has been
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by nsmartt 14y ago
For those experiencing issues, I can attest that it was working perfectly a short time ago. I've gotten a confirmation email, and the "View the full curriculum" link resulted in an overlay. Edit : Just a note here. The "View the full curri
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by nsmartt 14y ago
I wouldn't say the employer is wrong (I don't think parent was saying that either), but that the choice was naive. The company saved the the wages of 10 temps and only paid the guy $2 more. He should have asked for more/something more long
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by nsmartt 14y ago
I have a handset in my house. Envelopes are still used for lots of things. I still get mail. I use screwdrivers pretty often, and I have access to wrenches. I recognize the old microphones from movies (and even if I didn't, they look simila
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by nsmartt 14y ago
And buying multiple versions of the iPad is also more expensive than a mac to run the simulator?
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Because it's this particular site and because it had been down an extended period of time? It's interesting even if there isn't much to discuss.
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http://gyazo.com/ff5a4a3bfe8780fe8a33695460ab0ad8 http://gyazo.com/67aba0457b1b4a9548487de8c8d0c6b3
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EFF Introduces Coders' Rights List [video](youtube.com)
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