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by nzmsv 17y ago
Ironically, I was just reading through some PostgreSQL code and thinking how bad this one part was :) But this is a fun post, and I hope it gets some donations.
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Well, the sysadmin could click on "restore password" on that super-secret site they want to steal your password to, and then check your mailbox. So this is really no different in terms of security. Also, I'm sure I have a dozen restore pass
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by nzmsv 17y ago
It could be done, and pretty easily too. To log in, you type in the e-mail. The server sends an email with a link (with secret code), which in turn sets a cookie when visited. The cookie expires in a month or so, and gets refreshed with eve
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by nzmsv 17y ago
There's a reason CS courses don't teach the latest language. For one, the professors have other things to do than try every new language that comes out. Second, the concepts are the same. Most of the difference is the syntax sugar and the b
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Never call me on the phone. The promise of that alone would make me want to switch banks. Calls for security reasons are fine. Seriously, the number of times my bank calls me is ridiculous. Usually it's to sell me extra stuff. Sometimes it'
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Just do a quick calculation, and see how much you'll actually make. Then realize that your local McDonalds pays more. Also, ask yourself this: how do you know you'll get paid? You are helping someone run a scam. Which means they aren't exac
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by nzmsv 17y ago
I guess it's true that there is some MS-bashing going on in the OSS community. But you have to admit, there is some irony in praising MS for open-sourcing a technology by saying it's the best thing for distributing closed-source binaries ;)
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Unfriend named word of 2009(reuters.com)
1 points by nzmsv 17y ago|1 comments
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Mono won't kill Linux. It just doesn't really matter, that's all. There are equivalent (or better) tools available in the open-source world. The problem with this announcement (here I go with the problem :) is it doesn't really tell us whet
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by nzmsv 17y ago
http://www.tankafritt.nu/uk/
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Computerised exam markers give Churchill a fail(timesonline.co.uk)
1 points by nzmsv 17y ago|0 comments
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by nzmsv 17y ago
One problem is that voter turnout is generally low. And as far as I can tell, there is nothing in the system to stop a lot of fake ballots from being counted. And it's not possible to claim that a turnout of 75% is fraud, even if the usual
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by nzmsv 17y ago
I wish Google would solve the drivers issue by doing something along these lines: Simply do not issue "works with Chrome OS" stickers/certification to hardware with closed drivers. After the device ships, most hardware manufacturers don't w
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by nzmsv 17y ago
After I installed NoFlash in Firefox, I was surprised at how many sites have the Flash cookie thing. I never knew :) Personally, I don't really care about the tracking all that much. I'm extremely boring :) Which is why these cookies persis
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by nzmsv 17y ago
This sounds like a pretty terrible culture you want to create. Why control what people do with your machines at all? (on separating email from development) It's a completely arbitrary rule that makes no sense. Hackers tend to question those
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by nzmsv 17y ago
The point about too many choices is just not true. I have a few online stores I purchase from. And eBay. Sometimes Amazon, but me living in Canada means that it's mostly restricted to books. The average online store is so badly put together
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by nzmsv 17y ago
I guess this is why most of us are just reading HN and are uncertain if we want to take the plunge :) This story is exactly the kind of worst-case scenario I'm afraid of.
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by nzmsv 17y ago
If the Internet is to be cleaned up, then this is the way to go. You can't crack down on file sharing and turn a blind eye to these types of scammers. And the "wild west" days of the net are numbered, for better or worse.
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by nzmsv 17y ago
You get to schedule your exams? Lucky you :)
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by nzmsv 17y ago
In my very first lecture in university the professor told the class that this is impossible. The only way to learn something is by doing. But not to despair, as even if you think you are no good at times, you will be 100x more productive by
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by nzmsv 17y ago
They won't see that value for very long if no one buys this. Which might well turn out to be the case, since it is a closed-source editor, and alternatives are many.
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by nzmsv 17y ago
This is exactly what most guys out there are conditioned to think. "I must be a provider". It's stupid. Yes, make sure your kids aren't starving. No, they don't need a new videogame every week. Kids aren't as dumb as adults think they are.
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Erecting walls is never the answer. Any community, from a website to an entire country, suffers if it decides to close itself off from the world. There are too many examples to list. So, making registration hard or invite-only, or making ne
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Well, my upgrade went fine too. But the amount of auto-removable packages was astounding afterwards. Most of them were libsomething.deb :) Which means that for whatever reason the original libraries (or packages) were no longer good enough.
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by nzmsv 17y ago
I'm amazed that in 2009 you can still find this line in a news article: "Xbox Live allows gamers to play against one another"
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by nzmsv 17y ago
In a week or two it is possible to configure a desktop Linux machine to almost-perfection. Not working on it full time, of course, just fixing broken things as they are discovered. But then there's always one tiny nagging thing that doesn't
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by nzmsv 17y ago
And the next step after the Minimum Viable Treehouse is Treehouse 2.0. With skylights and a railing, but attached to the original structure made from two pallets. With duct tape. Of course, in the real world the ugliness would be so overwhe
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Actually, this "point 1" is my pet peeve. I hate it when shopping for computer parts. In fact, I think most web stores overdo the "explanation of benefits". Every single web store has pages upon pages of meaningless marketing speak on every
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by nzmsv 17y ago
This is more of a problem with bad professors than with PowerPoint. I have had professors who were absolutely horrible teachers and used only the board, and excellent profs who used PowerPoint (well, come to think of it, AppleWorks and LaTe
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by nzmsv 17y ago
It's like emacs for office users :)

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