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by w8rbt 11y ago
This is more about Thoughts on Privacy than security.
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Some day, only governments and criminals will pay with cash ;)
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by w8rbt 11y ago
C++ is far safer than C precisely for the reasons listed. The standard is safe by default (it's not opt-in). If you want or need backward compatibility with C, then you can use the more error prone C constructs for that. Otherwise, pur
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by w8rbt 11y ago
We've used the beta releases for a few small class projects already with good results. No major issues.
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void(int a, int b) { const int i = 0; int result = a + b; if (i > 0) { // This will never happen ;) result = result / 0; } }
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Outlaw Programming Languages Petition(petitions.whitehouse.gov)
2 points by w8rbt 11y ago|1 comments
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by w8rbt 11y ago
There's a lot of non-OOP C++ outside of the classroom ;) Procedural C++ is big in systems (and that's not just plain C compiled with a C++ compiler). Templates, strings, built-in containers and smart pointers are very popular and
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by w8rbt 11y ago
TrueCrypt offered cascading ciphers. I never liked it, however, they were never really criticized for doing that and no one ever cited that as a reason to not use it. There were lots of other reasons not to use it.
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Send Morse Code from Apple Watch(cultofmac.com)
1 points by w8rbt 11y ago|0 comments
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by w8rbt 11y ago
Morse Code has always been timed and spaced. There have to be consistent pauses between dits, dahs, chars and words or it all runs together and makes no sense. didahdah is the letter W and didah dah are the letters AT. Having the wrong timi
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by w8rbt 11y ago
If you learn Morse Code, the watches can be decent input devices. Here's a short video of a guy typing a SMS message on a smart watch using Morse Code . http://www.cultofmac.com/409175/nifty-app-uses-morse-code-to.
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by w8rbt 11y ago
People who do things make mistakes. It's the ones who don't make mistakes that should be of concern.
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by w8rbt 11y ago
I use 7 year old PCs because they run Linux just fine. Also, I think it's bad for the environment and humanity in general to buy new igadgets every year. So, I use a 4 year old refurbished dumb phone that I bought for $9.99. It works g
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by w8rbt 11y ago
For sure. When software runs and operates as expected, then the mindset is, "Don't touch it". No one cares that the JRE is old and vulnerable or that it's running telnet with the user name and password both set to '
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by w8rbt 11y ago
Wow, they are leaving a lot of great EE/CS schools out. No worries, the competition will hire them ;)
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by w8rbt 11y ago
Curious. What schools are on the list? Would a CS degree from Georgia Tech do? Also curious about VT and NC State. I think all three of those are 'good technical schools'.
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by w8rbt 11y ago
Personally, I like Tarsnap and anything from the OpenBSD project. Of course, this is highly subjective, and I would not call the code 'beautiful'. However, to me, these are a few examples of code performing complex tasks written i
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by w8rbt 11y ago
Some day, only governments and criminals will have access to strong encryption.
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by w8rbt 11y ago
I think so. If you can write basic Java apps and use IntelliJ or Eclipse then you should have no problems at all. Go for it.
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by w8rbt 11y ago
Would it be possible to play in a random/unpredictable fashion and win a game of go? If so, that may be one approach to beating the computer.
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by w8rbt 11y ago
Many security groups in corporations inspect network traffic for malicious activity. Encryption prevents this, so policies or technical measures may be introduced to ban or limit its use. As a side note, several years ago, I had a friend wh
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by w8rbt 11y ago
With regard to speed and pure portability, neither are comparable to C++. Also, C++ is not a corporate controlled language like the others. It's an ISO standard. So there's no comparison to be made there either. Corporate controll
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by w8rbt 11y ago
Many of the terms and concepts are abstract and thus difficult for humans to fully understand (much less agree upon). Some of the terms and primitives go way back too (1980s). Thread research is a good example. And then the concrete impleme
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by w8rbt 11y ago
I've authenticoded signed Windows executable files in the past and Java jar files. I don't currently. In some cases, I believe that code signing is useful. For example, code signing can prevent non-signed malware from being execut
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by w8rbt 11y ago
I bet the Federal Reserve still uses old mainframes. Edit: Not sure why I am being down-voted. A lot of banks still use mainframes: http://mainframes.wikidot.com/ http://www.networkworld.com/article/291
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by w8rbt 11y ago
I predict that Apple will win big and that their victory will be very public and greatly celebrated. The purpose of this public display is to convince criminals to buy iPhones. They think they are safe. That's the whole point.
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Because len() is a global function. That's perfectly fine in an OO system (everything does not have to be an object, attribute or method). Sure, it's not as consistent as anything.len(), but it works just fine. That's often t
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by w8rbt 11y ago
I've owned a refurbished LG 505C (Verizon is still CDMA here) for more than 3 years now. I paid $9.99 for it. A battery charge still lasts a week. I spend roughly $100 a year for TracFone minutes. It's always been cheap and good.
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by w8rbt 11y ago
This glib comment has a long history in technology. So it seems appropriate. http://regex.info/blog/2006-09-15/247
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by w8rbt 11y ago
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I'll rewrite this in another programming language.” Now they have two problems.

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