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by smtddr 12y ago
>>"All it takes is one sufficiently skilled person to release a tool so simple even a script kiddie can use it" And that's why this was made :-)... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firesheep Maybe yo
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by smtddr 12y ago
I wonder about this all the time. Sometimes I comb my hair, or bite my fingernails. What if part of it fell on the floor and some random person steps on it. Stuck on the bottom of their shoe. A bunch of coincidental stuff comes up and my DN
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by smtddr 12y ago
The thing you call a flaw, I call a strength. Anyone who would interpret the question that way and just shuts down instead of asking for clarification or making any kind of attempt to describe _some kind of_ project they've been invo
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by smtddr 12y ago
I would just like to say that I agree that this issue is much less a problem today than it use to be. Before it was such a problem that I started maintaining a list of comments/articles that kept being wrecked by ridiculous comments a
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by smtddr 12y ago
It would be really awesome if you(or your friend) had a blog to keep us up-to-date on how this turns out. I can't imagine what 15 years(plus penalties?) in back taxes looks like. I would consider just disappearing. Assuming she/he
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by smtddr 12y ago
You cannot merge 2 huge companies without significant layoffs; there are way too many overlapping job-responsibilities and it's impractical to somehow make that work. Maybe some kind of rare exception is a job that depends on physical
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by smtddr 12y ago
If/When my kids ask me, I'd say... "Look kids, you will want that high school diploma. I know it's an awful experience at times, but you gotta survive it. There's nothing wrong with you; high-school just messes wit
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by smtddr 12y ago
I actually see where both you and the person you're debating with are coming from. Yeah, it's kinda a side-show because they can publish anything they want and you or I can't verify that's truly what is running. But it&#
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by smtddr 12y ago
>>Basically dishonest non-potential customers aren't going to pay you and see your protections as something fun to be worked around. You have no idea how much time I've spent on sites doing weird things to try and stop the
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by smtddr 12y ago
That's debatable - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7322642 ...and... http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/02/with-ipo-hopes-fading-squar...
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by smtddr 12y ago
So... I'm curious, do you think a DMCA takedown on my youtube video[1] about cracking software would be fair? 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5VlvrlTNmM
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by smtddr 12y ago
>>or a horrifically unbalanced diet Heh, have you seen the average US citizen's diet? I think a significant percentage of diets among USA inhabitants can be called "horrific" without being an exaggeration. We have st
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by smtddr 12y ago
>>This bill is largely irrelevant and pro forma. There was no enforcement of the underlying statute it repeals anyway. This is true until it isn't[1]. 1. http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/560564-the-essence-o
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by smtddr 12y ago
>>Also, even if it's non TLS/SSL, you're putting a lot of trust in Rainloop not being hacked or malicious. I'm assuming that "non" shouldn't be there, so... I don't know how I feel about the w
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by smtddr 12y ago
You can get over the flagpole in world 1-1 and 3-3, but it involves at least 2 quirks in the game to do 1-1's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMCfqjRheY8
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by smtddr 12y ago
That's going to cause problems for you one day. Some people put their LinkedIn in their signatures.
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by smtddr 12y ago
"This is actually good news!" -- http://thisisactuallygoodnews.com/ But seriously, I'm a bit suspicious about what gov would do with the list of all the people willing to buy those coins.
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by smtddr 12y ago
>>I get that H1Bs are cheaper, False. Maybe in some situations, but not in general if you consider _all_ the costs.
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by smtddr 12y ago
I guess it's all about the order of events. _If_ the poaching happened first, then the investors found out that core-talent got poached they might hesitate to invest.
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by smtddr 12y ago
I dunno... that article you linked has this part in it: "Springpad co-founder Jeff Chow, who previously worked with Janer at Third Screen Media (acquired by AOL), is joining Google in Kendall Square, along with Springpad’s top four en
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by smtddr 12y ago
What possible good can come from collecting a bunch of private data that wasn't intended to be collected by a third party? They're not collecting it for nothing. If you think it's okay to collect the data you must consider wh
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by smtddr 12y ago
>>You know, I don't really mind that the NSA is collecting this information. What bothers me is that it's not being released to the public. What good are their efforts if no one else can build off of their work? You don&#x
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by smtddr 12y ago
>>And however much they do use them will be their definition of "sparingly." Sparingly = Almost never used in affluent neighborhoods... but any that are of low income or high diversity? Those folks will never see the cloud
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by smtddr 12y ago
Even if maximum efficiency is achieved by his style of communication, I still don't agree with it. Efficiency is not more important than being civil. "Ends don't justify the means" kinda thing... but I know I'm no
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by smtddr 12y ago
Completely disagree. I don't care how popular his kernel is; his communication style is ridiculous and the fact that there are so many devs that have no problem working for him isn't a sign that his communication is good.... it&#x
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by smtddr 12y ago
>>Technical people often underestimate the value of good communication. Not just underestimate, even outright condemn. Like the people who defend Linus's form of "communication" on the kernel mailing list as "
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by smtddr 12y ago
...oh geez, didn't even comprehend that until I re-read it... failure on my part.
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by smtddr 12y ago
His beliefs could have actually changed. But I do agree, I don't want Eich, or anyone, to _lie_ about who they are or what they believe. If he really, truly feels the way he does he should stand by it and accept whatever happens... b
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by smtddr 12y ago
This happened to me once; I don't know if this works on all linux distros but if you quickly follow a halt/shutdown with a "sudo init 6"(reboot) before your ssh-session gets SIGTERMed/KILLed, the box comes back up.
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by smtddr 12y ago
i̶r̶s̶s̶i̶, or rather the terminal it's running in according to the person replying my comment, lets you click on links to open a browser too.

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