samarudge

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March 25, 2011 (15y ago)
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  1. There's been a lot of stuff recently about hashing/salting/mashing/crushing/blending etc. passwords for authentication, but what if your application needs access to the plain text passwords. Say, it authenticates with a…

  2. When I was 13, I learned to touch type. By 15 my average WPM was 48 (Looking back on my SEN reports). Now (I'm 19), my average speed is 57. So in 4 years of typing most of the day, every day (I used my laptop for all my…

  3. I'm a frequent F5'er of /new, today I've noticed a huge increase in spam posts from new users, is this some new spam bot or have I just not noticed till now? Examples; http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2941195…

  4. Show HN: API for unique IDs (unique.srudge.co.uk)
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