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by tsally 17y ago
Yeah that's what I'm currently doing. I'll be sure to submit doc patches if I notice any inconsistencies. Really enjoyed the blog post by the way. Thanks for that.
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by tsally 17y ago
Unrelated question: is there a reason the docs in the git repo aren't rendered at http://rubini.us/documentation ? They seem well written and it'd be nice to be able to browse it from the website.
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by tsally 17y ago
It's time for this I think: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1142045 . Personal reprimands from you are effective in snapping otherwise reasonable people out of the mindset that sometimes results from anonymity, but it's just a stop-gap
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by tsally 17y ago
It's not really a major objection. I definitely appreciate you sharing the data in the first place. :)
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by tsally 17y ago
Both your claims are factually incorrect and it took me about 30 seconds to verify that you are indeed incorrect. It doesn't start at free, the first user costs 5 euros. Also, mite did in fact relaunch as a paid service in 2008. True, it
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by tsally 17y ago
I'll join you in being annoying that she got published in the Times and I'll agree there are blatant inaccuracies in the article, but there are more effective arguments than insulting the author or the humanities at large. There's plenty t
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by tsally 17y ago
Would it be impolite to point out that she's an "English Major"? You already know the answer to this question. Also note that she's not an "English Major" in the sense you imply, she's getting a PhD in English Lit from Oxford. If indeed
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by tsally 17y ago
More companies like Red Hat (and perhapes Canonical). When it comes down to it, most issues require corporate muscle to affect change. So apply to YC and become the next publicly traded open source company. :)
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by tsally 17y ago
Fluff. The author suggests reducing the duration of software patents to seven years as a solution to current problems. There are no other suggested corrections. This does nothing to address the "One-Click" class of software patents. Fur
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by tsally 17y ago
Sort of.... almost all of the security vulnerabilities listed in the article are addressed in the documentation: http://kb.perforce.com/article/1173/basics-of-perforce-secur... . Also, running stuff as System on Windows just for the hell
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by tsally 17y ago
I'm pretty sure el_dot wasn't claiming that his strategy protects against sophisticated cyber attacks on the nation-state level. Regardless, anything on the nation-state level is not worth debating about because other nations are not obliga
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by tsally 17y ago
He's referring to the patent system in general. The context is pretty clear: I’m not opposed to idea of the patent system on general principle (as Stallman, and many others, are). And I think in many fields, the system has and continues to
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by tsally 17y ago
I’m not opposed to idea of the patent system on general principle (as Stallman, and many others, are). I'm not aware of RMS claiming that the patent system should be abolished for all fields. I'd love to be corrected on this point, but i
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by tsally 17y ago
I can definitely respect that point of view. My view is that people need to play their strengths. Personally my ability as a programmer is stronger than my ability as a political activist. So I choose to donate my time to free software a
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by tsally 17y ago
My next computer wont be a Macbook. :-/ Which makes me really angry because I love my current Macbook. And there goes the thought of buying an iPhone as well. Unfortunately at this point I feel that I'm obligated not to buy Apple products
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by tsally 17y ago
A more practical approach: contribute to open source projects that enable privacy and security on the internet (Tor, Truecrypt, et al.). In addition to technical work, these projects need UI work badly. Long term success depends on whethe
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by tsally 17y ago
Isn't the BBC funded by the taxpayer? Is it even legal to block the public from receiving something they paid for? Seems like flash is forcing them to go against their charter. EDIT: Yup, definitely against its charter. I think its reas
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by tsally 17y ago
It's not the first time this type of attack has been seen in the wild: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/how-hackers-snatch-... . This article cites a reported cases in 2008. The first case was probably even earlier. It's not a
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by tsally 17y ago
I was hoping for that as well. Here's one trick at least for programmers: if you unit test everything right away, getting your pass rate from 0/100 to 100/100 can be like scoring in a game. Personally I've found this strategy feeds into
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by tsally 17y ago
It's used for attacks. In the context of a stored XSS attack^ it is used to avoid signature based detection. Think about malicious Javascript as a virus. Current virus scanners search for signatures within programs^^ to determine whether
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by tsally 17y ago
Similarly, tabs and spaces can be used as a primitive form of binary. A simple decoder function will allow you to generate entire Javascript programs using only whitespace. Javascript obfuscation can get really nasty. For those interested
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by tsally 17y ago
(I have no horse in this race; living in Europe, the idea of a visa seems a bit anachronistic, really.) I can understand why visas might seem obsolete from a European perspective, but from an American perspective regulation is a necessity
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by tsally 17y ago
A lot of people are expressing concern about having to give you their Gmail password. Have you considered implementing an offline scanner for desktop clients that would then upload the contact and frequency information to your severs throu
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by tsally 17y ago
You're missing some basics. For example, I can find out easily what version of Apache/OpenSSH etc you are running (Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8g mod_wsgi/2.3 Python/2.6.2, OpenSSH 5.1p1). Please turn off the banners
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by tsally 17y ago
Excellent. This should help, although unfortunately such a system is only as good as the average quality of the user-base. That's why I advocate selecting a group of trusted users to do it instead. Its non trivial to select this group cor
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by tsally 17y ago
Can't you just have the YC alumni ban or temp ban people from HN when they post nasty comments? Seems like you accomplish two goals: (1) You don't have to read nasty comments about your writing and (2) you help slow the decline of HN. If
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by tsally 17y ago
I had a similar problem. Here's what I've figured out myself over the last two years. I unconsciously sabotaged myself because I believed I was smart and didn't want to be proven wrong. I exhibited the following behaviors: * Obsessed ove
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by tsally 17y ago
Sorry about that. :-/ The long links were making it really difficult to compose my post. I too get annoyed at URL shorteners, but I thought the annoyance would be offset by the convenience of having the short links inline (as opposed to pl
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by tsally 17y ago
And here's the depth of the ocean scaled to width (via Reddit): http://i.imgur.com/1oLog.png . Seems a bit shallow when you show it like that.
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by tsally 17y ago
It's all about how you approach the problem. Since I am average weight and height, I approach the problem of fashion from that perspective. Since you are not, you need a different strategy. Take Kevin Smith for example. Directed Clerks,

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