Brilliant.
Is there any similarity between "tag-length-value" and netstrings (1997)?
What is the purpose of the .note section? If it is left out, it appears from ktrace that the kernel assumes the binary uses some other ABI, e.g., Linux, etc. (compat_linux, etc.) and the /emul shadow directory gets…
Is it possible to download the bulk data, e.g. CSV files via FTP, for noncommercial use in a personal database?
How about a tool to "exclude what you don't use"? I have several personal hacks for doing this I have written over the years but I've yet to find anyone else who tried to automate it. For example, one task is to…
From ritter.vg: "You're browsing without Javascript! If you have no idea what that means, you should ask your technical friend about it. Otherwise - kudos." No, kudos to you. I could count on one hand the number of…
I agree firewalls and NAT are a nuisance, and today's internet is not one iota as cool as the BBS days. The nuisances introduced by "ISPs" have hindered but in the long run have not stopped reliable peer to peer…
Yes. But the server capability is always there. It can be launched again any time the attacker needs it.
"Those are just nice-side effects." For me, not being baited into buying stuff is a nice side effect. I block ads because it's fun to see how badly Google, Apple, Microsoft, apps and websites want data about computer…
I agree. Thank you.
Understood. However try to reconcile this with the thought experiment I gave above. You would be saying that these Windows exploits would not work because users have IP addresses that are changing too frequently. Is it…
Many times I see commenters on HN making statements to the effect of "users cannot run their own servers" and spurring a "debate" in the context of someone trying to innovate away from the current asymmetric,…
"Google makes deployment much easier by using static linking..." Unless you only are referring to only the Go compiler, can you provide a cite for this statement? I also use static linking as much as I can. Sometimes it…
Even with Javascript disabled and only session cookies?
OK, so the author purports to be on the side of "end users". And he purports to share empathy with users who get annoying messages that their browser is lacking, outdated, etc. As an "end user" who has gotten hundreds…
http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/i386/INSTALL.i386 Also, if you learn to use installboot(8) you can make your own PXE bootable images. I would read the Makefiles in the OpenBSD source tree to see how they make…
https://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Monetary_circuit_theory
"I guess people using BSD... burn an image to a USB stick..." I always thought "burn" referred to optical storage like CD-ROM? Not sure about others, but when I do BSD installs I do not have to click any buttons. I do…
gateways.list is quite useful. Are there lists that include more carriers (non-US)?
progress(1) is a separate utility on BSD; one of my favorites. (Although it is also built in to BSD ftp.) I regularly use progress with dd, tar and other utilities. At least one BSD dd now has a "msgfmt" option that…
"...user agent strings are a giant disaster of technical debt" Amen. I agree with the commenter below who suggests we use random strings instead. Unless there is some sort of published standard for what this header…
"8 trillion (@ 60 percent of GDP) in ephemeral housing equity" "loss of 8 trillion in housing wealth" Is this true? How do you create 8 trillion in wealth? If it was "lost" then who has the 8 trillion now?
The article seems to suggest the fact that "email" is so old is significant. IRC is quite old too. And that's what Slack is, with some enhancements. Email has also undergone many "enhancements". Yet the article never…
1. Practice with new programming language and database. 2. Turn unstructured, difficult to parse data adorned with HTML, and other window dressing into structured data that is easier to parse.
In an "Ask HN:" someone is calling for a ban on Forbes. Forbes has indeed reached a new plateau in stupidity. Anyone using a text-only browser has seen that Forbes' most recent design transfers all the content but…
Brilliant.
Is there any similarity between "tag-length-value" and netstrings (1997)?
What is the purpose of the .note section? If it is left out, it appears from ktrace that the kernel assumes the binary uses some other ABI, e.g., Linux, etc. (compat_linux, etc.) and the /emul shadow directory gets…
Is it possible to download the bulk data, e.g. CSV files via FTP, for noncommercial use in a personal database?
How about a tool to "exclude what you don't use"? I have several personal hacks for doing this I have written over the years but I've yet to find anyone else who tried to automate it. For example, one task is to…
From ritter.vg: "You're browsing without Javascript! If you have no idea what that means, you should ask your technical friend about it. Otherwise - kudos." No, kudos to you. I could count on one hand the number of…
I agree firewalls and NAT are a nuisance, and today's internet is not one iota as cool as the BBS days. The nuisances introduced by "ISPs" have hindered but in the long run have not stopped reliable peer to peer…
Yes. But the server capability is always there. It can be launched again any time the attacker needs it.
"Those are just nice-side effects." For me, not being baited into buying stuff is a nice side effect. I block ads because it's fun to see how badly Google, Apple, Microsoft, apps and websites want data about computer…
I agree. Thank you.
Understood. However try to reconcile this with the thought experiment I gave above. You would be saying that these Windows exploits would not work because users have IP addresses that are changing too frequently. Is it…
Many times I see commenters on HN making statements to the effect of "users cannot run their own servers" and spurring a "debate" in the context of someone trying to innovate away from the current asymmetric,…
"Google makes deployment much easier by using static linking..." Unless you only are referring to only the Go compiler, can you provide a cite for this statement? I also use static linking as much as I can. Sometimes it…
Even with Javascript disabled and only session cookies?
OK, so the author purports to be on the side of "end users". And he purports to share empathy with users who get annoying messages that their browser is lacking, outdated, etc. As an "end user" who has gotten hundreds…
http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/i386/INSTALL.i386 Also, if you learn to use installboot(8) you can make your own PXE bootable images. I would read the Makefiles in the OpenBSD source tree to see how they make…
https://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Monetary_circuit_theory
"I guess people using BSD... burn an image to a USB stick..." I always thought "burn" referred to optical storage like CD-ROM? Not sure about others, but when I do BSD installs I do not have to click any buttons. I do…
gateways.list is quite useful. Are there lists that include more carriers (non-US)?
progress(1) is a separate utility on BSD; one of my favorites. (Although it is also built in to BSD ftp.) I regularly use progress with dd, tar and other utilities. At least one BSD dd now has a "msgfmt" option that…
"...user agent strings are a giant disaster of technical debt" Amen. I agree with the commenter below who suggests we use random strings instead. Unless there is some sort of published standard for what this header…
"8 trillion (@ 60 percent of GDP) in ephemeral housing equity" "loss of 8 trillion in housing wealth" Is this true? How do you create 8 trillion in wealth? If it was "lost" then who has the 8 trillion now?
The article seems to suggest the fact that "email" is so old is significant. IRC is quite old too. And that's what Slack is, with some enhancements. Email has also undergone many "enhancements". Yet the article never…
1. Practice with new programming language and database. 2. Turn unstructured, difficult to parse data adorned with HTML, and other window dressing into structured data that is easier to parse.
In an "Ask HN:" someone is calling for a ban on Forbes. Forbes has indeed reached a new plateau in stupidity. Anyone using a text-only browser has seen that Forbes' most recent design transfers all the content but…