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Java still contains security flaws, experts claim(bbc.co.uk)
5 points by samarudge 14y ago|0 comments
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by samarudge 14y ago
Maybe I didn't understand this article properly, but is it suggesting suppressing ALL filesystem related errors rather than handling them properly? OK I get that PHP doesn't support atomic operations, but there are so many different errors
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by samarudge 14y ago
It's not the ISP, it's the router doing the blocking. The ISP is still just being an ISP. This is, from a technical standpoint, no different to configuring a proxy/filtering server yourself. Going off what the articles have said, the ISP th
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by samarudge 14y ago
More info http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/3/3722112/tumblr-hack-gnaa Tumblr are suggesting you log out/clear cookies if you visited any of the hacked sites > There is a viral post circulating on Tumblr which begins "Dearest 'Tumblr'
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by samarudge 14y ago
I'm not sure, it's 5TB/month @ 100Mb/s then 10Mb/s after that. You'd probably struggle to use 5TB bandwidth on a server that small https://www.ovh.co.uk/dedicated_servers/kimsufi.xml#bandwidt...
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by samarudge 14y ago
Actual list is available here https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/GAC+Early+Warnings Looking through, the first thing that I noticed is the number of domains rejected by Australia, looking through the PDFs the reasons all seem valid,
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by samarudge 14y ago
Yeah, ComputerCraft ( http://www.computercraft.info/ ). It's also in Tekkit
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by samarudge 14y ago
You already can, and you can program them in LUA http://computercraft.info/wiki/index.php?title=Turtle
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by samarudge 14y ago
moot - adjective 1. open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: a moot point. 2. of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic. 3. Chiefly Law . not actual; theoretical; hypothetical. -Via Dictionary.com Given the natur
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by samarudge 14y ago
We launched a similar sort of thing yesterday, taking advantage of our community we're sending people free stickers if they take a picture of themselves at a polling place or with their ballot papers. http://dft.ba/vote This idea seems pr
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by samarudge 14y ago
I've never really understood Uber, in London there's a company called Addison Lee, do basically the same as Uber London and have for years, have loads more cars, more experience and charge about 20-30% less than Uber. I've never been to any
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by samarudge 14y ago
I'm assuming their servers are in LGA11, according to Internap the basement has flooded and damaged the fuel pumps for the generators. They also said in an earlier email they have no staff on site and are urging all customers to shut down t
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by samarudge 14y ago
I really don't understand this article style >Adobe made a clear statement: we don’t care about coders. >“Adobe made a clear statement: we don’t care about coders.” They write a sentence then quote themselves in big text with highli
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by samarudge 14y ago
Maybe a little bit of a sensationalist title, websites switching to HTTPS only isn't that much of a threat, yes the bill is bad and yes he should be opposing it but Ars seem to frame it as though it's drastic or has a negative effect on any
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by samarudge 14y ago
Twitter and HootSuite have entered into a "partnership", there are some clients Twitter have deemed "useful" or in some way beneficial to the service as a whole, as such these partners get special treatment. I'd imagine HootSuite doesn't ha
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by samarudge 14y ago
From the blog on HootSuite's site > Consumer users of Seesmic encouraged to explore new tools, apps and features available at Twitter.com Guess that's the side effect of these new Twitter partnerships, also a very round-about way of say
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by samarudge 14y ago
Just ordered one. Completely useless, expensive but ridiculously cool. Who's going to be the first to write a Hacker News publisher for it?
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by samarudge 14y ago
This isn't a particularly constructive comment, it's just something I've wanted to say for a while but not really had a chance. I'm not a regular user of Batch, but Dailybooth is one of my favorite/most visited websites. I can't help but fe
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by samarudge 14y ago
From the comments > I believe it's Google Closure compiler putting commas in there. Someone else linked to an explanation of why > http://blog.vjeux.com/2011/javascript/javascript-comma-trick... </fact><opinion> So
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by samarudge 14y ago
dlvr.it provides this out of the box. There are probably other services that do the same. I think TwitterFeed provides options for only posting certain content but it's been a while since I used it http://gopotato.co.uk/grabs/Screen%20Shot
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by samarudge 14y ago
Yeah it's one thing that does a very simple job that I have to give both my twitter and github auth too. I might forget about them or not be sure how to disable it. Are you going to build one of these for the 20 or so other feeds I put into
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by samarudge 14y ago
dlvr.it allows you to create filters on items. You can get it to post as much or as little as you want and it provides full customization for formatting, you can even find and replace within the text
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by samarudge 14y ago
Why not just grab your RSS feed and put it into TwitterFeed or dlvr.it?
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by samarudge 14y ago
I assume (hope) this doesn't include enterprise products.
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by samarudge 14y ago
While it's always nice to have a pretty frontend, why not use Google Apps or Exchange reminders as a backend? Yet another account, yet another site, disconnected and needing individual management. I use Exchange reminders, to set it up I ju
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by samarudge 14y ago
While it looks like a very fancy site, I wish they'd made it a fluid layout. It looks weird on my big monitor http://gopotato.co.uk/grabs/Screen%20Shot%202012-06-27%20at%...
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Ask HN: How should you store passwords for authentication against 3rd partys?
2 points by samarudge 14y ago|1 comments
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by samarudge 14y ago
I assume there isn't a technical reason for Apple to take the store down every time they launch a big new project, do they just do it for dramatic effect?
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by samarudge 14y ago
Are URL shorteners still relevant? I think the only real usage for them was Twitter, and since t.co all links take up 20 characters regardless of the length of the original link (Even if it's shorter). The other use would be advertising, bu
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by samarudge 14y ago
I'm sure there is/would be a political reason, but it's most likely some marketing person refreshing a Google alert feed then (metaphorically) hammering anything that isn't one of their official sponsors. Just a theory

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