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by swdunlop 13y ago
It is easy to dismiss these vulnerabilities from a perspective of a common desktop user. "I already have privileges on this box" or "any desktop user already has a way to escalate privileges." But X11 is also used in process control settin
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Is not hearing about the Streisand Effect a counter-example against the Streisand Effect?
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by swdunlop 14y ago
"Look at this debug port" is spot on, and relevant in the case of the bodega ATM. It's a WinCE single board computer behind a pathetic lock. Pointing out the silliness of the design is relevant. The theatrics that followed? Not so much.
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Welcome to the security conference lifecycle. Step 1) What's something important? (SCADA / Smart Grid / Air Traffic Control) Step 2) How likely is someone to catch me on the details? (Low) Step 3) How dramatic can I make this sound? Step 4)
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Agreed. I got excited, because it looked like a way to get Sublime-friendly features in a remote terminal, but all the macvim-centric bindings look like a blocker. Still, it's a great reference for Vim plugins that can bring Vim closer to
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by swdunlop 14y ago
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WSJ: Publishers oppose Amazon's bid to gain Web names(reuters.com)
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Funny coming from unfinishedman.com, which is the blog people go to when they look at The Sharper Image and think "but what do you have that's REALLY frivolous?" [1] http://www.unfinishedman.com/aviator-wing-desk-inspired-by-w... [2] htt
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by swdunlop 14y ago
It's a lot better read than the PCGamer article, considering that it points out the negative metagame aspects of Time Dilation (TiDi). Part of what made that battle a slowly increasing shitstorm was the fact that reinforcements could arriv
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by swdunlop 14y ago
The recently discussed http://mindmup.com works beautifully for me for this -- I just start lobbing the features and head noise into nodes and organize until some watershed where I realize I know what I need to do.
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by swdunlop 14y ago
TL;DR -- If you don't use safe mode / write concerns, writes are not safe.
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Didn't intend to throw rocks about not being ported, yet. :) Installing Package Control is the natural first step after installing Sublime Text.
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Python's "2to3" utility helps a lot with the mechanical parts, like spotting renamed modules or print statements. After that, it's a chore of hunting down small semantic changes involving strings. Since everything in Sublime Text should b
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Case in point, right off the bat.. Package Control's print statements are going to have to go and urllib2 was deprecated. :)
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by swdunlop 14y ago
"API: Upgraded from Python 2.6 to Python 3.3" Oh god, I've got some plugin fixing to do..
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by swdunlop 14y ago
@tiborvass's client is 10 months old. How it handles Hyperdex's data structures works well, but some of the API's have changed and the client's handling of hyperclient_loop looks like it can enter a fast busy loop when it should idle. I ha
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Comparing Hyperdex against Cassandra and MongoDB is appropriate. All three are distributed databases with secondary indexes and an emphasis on consistency and scalability. The other two databases you mentioned are not in the same problem d
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by swdunlop 14y ago
I use OmniGraffle when a mac is handy; thanks for the reference to yEd, I hadn't seen that one before.
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by swdunlop 14y ago
An acyclic graph (or a tree structure) enables certain automatic layout algorithms. These algorithms are predictable by the user and are less distracting -- the key goal of any mindmap software is to not distract. There's probably a semant
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Great work on keeping the interface concise, consistent and keyboard friendly. Overcomplex UI has kept me from using mindmap tools in the past, since the tool becomes a distraction. A "yank" and "place" for nodes would be a nice feature, a
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by swdunlop 14y ago
More importantly, let's petition the Whitehouse to respect petitions! Has anything useful come out of "We The People" petitions beyond a pressure release valve for angry mobs?
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Meritocracy is a term that is wheeled out by a critic when he doesn't think those involved have any merit.
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Agree entirely. I charged straight for the comments to rant about the stupidity of #8 (the monoculture argument) in the face of how Ubuntu and GNOME (prior monocultures by their criteria) are now on the wane in the face of more projects tha
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by swdunlop 14y ago
I don't think another maintainer on the Linux kernel qualifies as a perfect stranger. The team isn't /that/ large.
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Or downvoting. I guess mockery, /and/ downvoting.
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by swdunlop 14y ago
I disagree, slightly. Mockery is sometimes the only way to make the powerful, oblivious or powerfully oblivious pay attention. I agree that it is not a reasonable tool against someone who isn't hurting anyone.
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by swdunlop 14y ago
A quick scan of the project source doesn't suggest that "it makes my eyes bleed" was a fair criticism. It isn't going to cure cancer or solve deep problems, but who cares? The world is full of projects where people just snap a few cogs to
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Brutally speaking, the fact that it's down speaks to it's authenticity as a WotC site. :) They have had horrible luck with partners for their online apps, such as the character builder and online tabletop.
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by swdunlop 14y ago
Hyperdex 1.0rc1 shows a lot of promise but calling it a release candidate is premature: - the unit tests use an old api and schema -- they flat out don't run - the disk storage primitive was recently replaced, in its entirety - the network
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by swdunlop 14y ago
The page reminds me of when my wife and I watched Solaris (2002) without realizing our DVD player was on shuffle. We both enjoyed the nonlinear narrative for a good 45m before we realized what was wrong. Fixing the problem seemed to make t

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