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12y ago
Hmm, I the article linked here has 'em in my browser... http://i.imgur.com/oMBV6K5.png
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12y ago
Be sure to read the whole post, as well as the email chain below it. This was part of a complaint email sent to him: >>I wanted to send you this email to express my frustration and outrage at how the situation of these protesters is
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12y ago
One could also argue that there was an earlier failure(s) of the system if people reach the point of having to protest to feel like they're being heard. So the protestors already see the police as yet another force trying to silence th
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12y ago
I am still convinced that before anyone can confidently determine if a talent shortage really exists, they must first fix the transportation issues. I've made this comment a few times already, but if I had a magic wand and made a BART-
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12y ago
The whole argument of what "hacker" means in tech circles versus what it means to the mainstream is beyond a dead horse. That's like trying to make the word "gay" mean "happy" again.
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12y ago
I wish I had a counter-argument to why this wouldn't happen with the software engineering industry. My gut feeling tells me it can't happen, but I have no data.
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12y ago
>>Fast food restaurants don't get to import the best burger-slingers from Germany. Software companies have to live in the same space. I don't agree with this. The tech industry is beautiful & far-reaching in large part
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12y ago
+1 on this I don't know if this has changed but in 2010 you even had to sign into xboxlive to use upnp on your own local network.
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12y ago
Too bad for them... actually I've debated this type of thing with you before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5276226
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12y ago
They do it on purpose. Use another browser, like "Boat", to change UserAgent to desktop and it'll work fine.
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12y ago
I actually don't think I've had anyone completely blow up on it, except once a long time ago in a previous company with someone who turned out couldn't even do helloworld. They usually do it and later all the devs look at th
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12y ago
Is it? Seems to require about the same knowledge as the original FizzBuzz. Even if it didn't, if a candidate couldn't write the logic to determine if a number is prime or not... that's another red flag. def is_prime(x):
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12y ago
This is by far my favorite interview question to give. In case the candidate may have memorized it, I might make a slight alteration. Like count backwards from 102 to 2 and don't print anything for prime numbers.
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12y ago
>>However, Seattle Police officials also admitted that about 90 percent of the video officers create probably needs no redaction at all. That’s because members of the public have no right to expect privacy in their interactions with
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12y ago
3 & 3.5. - The media mentioned that this hack might be NK because of TheInterview. - A spokesperson from NK replied "Wait and see" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30283573 - Another email from #GOP cam
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12y ago
The explicit & implicit statements you've made here leave me speechless.
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12y ago
>>My intention isn’t to be a hater. People are different, cultures are different, that’s fine :-) >> I dislike people who call themselves hackers, rockstars, ninjas, nomads etc. I don’t care about yoga, organic food, vegans,
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12y ago
I definitely know people who use their company email for things that are not work related. I personally don't do this, but I think a lot of people do.
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12y ago
I see we're not going to agree on this. My final comment/footnote for posterity: For me, the fire is my death. For the context of the discussion, the fire is sexism in tech. That's the point & context of why I used it in
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12y ago
Okay, so I deleted all my comments on this thread because I just gave up... but I'm going to repost the comic strip due to your reply and for context of what I'm going to say next: http://i.imgur.com/bTOhZzL.png N
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12y ago
--Someday in the futre--- SecurityAwareCustomer: "I've noticed that my VPN and ssh connections have started to lag & disconnect frequently" Comcast: "We've gotten several reports on this issue. To better serv
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12y ago
I had to look it up, but apparently in spanish "loable" is pefectly valid. http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/loable
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12y ago
That's the manufactured evidence I suspect is happening.
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12y ago
All this is pure speculation on my part of course, but I think the #GOP are just talented people doing it for the lulz. Note that the media mentioned North Korea first, possibly giving #GOP the idea to increase the lulz to levels previously
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12y ago
SONY might think the movie was going to bomb anyway (I don't understand why anyone would want to watch this on xmas) and this hacking incident is probably going to cost them millions as well. Turning this likely-to-fail movie + hackin
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12y ago
>>However, there is an age old equation that works fairly well for attribution: opportunity + motive + evidence. IMHO, SONY & USgov have more of the first 2 than N.K. and the 3rd can just be made up.
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12y ago
Oh wow! Thanks for this heads up!
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12y ago
https://forums.adobe.com/message/4262734 Hmmmmmm..... So from what I gather here, if the ActionScript is using the regular getURL[1] that call is passed to the browser and will be proxied. But if flash tries to open up
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12y ago
>>It will only catch people who have configured their proxy very poorly. To add to this, in Firefox if you use this: http://i.imgur.com/ajT98xC.png , Flash does not obey it. I kinda think Mozilla should put some kin
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12y ago
>> http://i.imgur.com/iQdEwX7.png I can tell by your insults that this discussion is impossible.
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