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dsp1234

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    Comment #19992341

    > language injection where you write code and later on you inject a different language. I (still) work with a Classic ASP code base. I kid you not, that there are VBScript function…

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    Comment #19911872

    The blog post is buried a bit deep, but has the actual technical information on the topic https://www.cyberus-technology.de/posts/2019-05-14-zombieloa...

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    Comment #19851130

    This isn't all on the non-developers. I've walked into two rooms this week, which contained several senior developers, and when I asked them about non-functional requirements, they…

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    Comment #19686315

    > The difference between China and Russia is 77x. The population of Russia is ~146.7M [0] The population of China is ~1,403M (~1.4B) [1] This makes China ~9.6 times larger than Rus…

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    Comment #18571034

    Per that study, "This analysis of 5-y weight-loss maintenance indicates, on average, that obese individuals maintained weight losses of 3.0 kg, representing a reduced weight of 3.2…

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    Comment #18123651

    The closing price on Thursday was $168.84. The close yesterday was $162.44. That's a 3.8% decline. I'm not sure where you got the $219 price from, but the stock price was nowhere n…

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    Comment #18096991

    The load could be zero, it could be infinite, or anywhere in between. Infinite universes sending infinite work is inf/inf. It's not possible to know if that's going to tend towards…

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    Comment #18060455

    There are several layers where a registrar has control over DNS resolution. Terms: ICANN: The organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance of the domain name system (a…

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    Comment #18040668

    From the GetItem docs[0] "GetItem provides an eventually consistent read by default." This seems to meet the definition of "DynamoDB's default settings" [0] - https://docs.aws.amaz…

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    Comment #17860230

    users should never have assumed it would be stable in the first place. It's not an assumption. It's directly in the documentation. "If the same seed is used for separate Random obj…

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    Comment #17834966

    There appears to be an on premesis version, which doesn't use AWS services. https://www.datomic.com/on-prem.html

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    Comment #17716945

    The spec sheet at [0] claims: Hydrogen storage is "Approx. 5.0 kg" 122.4L of volume (60L front, 62.4L rear) pressure is between 70 MPa and 87.5MPa Doing the math shows: density of …

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    Comment #17707358

    Note that the beginning of the article quickly mentions the new attack that doesn't require the 4-way handshake. Then the rest of the article describes the 4-way handshake attack. …

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    Comment #17683049

    Party A records every interaction with Party B. Party B records every interaction with Party A. Who owns what Party A recorded, and who owns what Party B recorded?

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    Comment #17682787

    If I write down every song that I play through Spotify for a year. Does Spotify own that?

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    Comment #17647448

    Want a debugger? Nope. https://www.markheath.net/post/remote-debugging-azure-functi...

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    Comment #17578135

    What makes you say this? About half of nearby stars that we can observe[0] have planetary make up that is different than our own Sun. By definition, the rest either have a make up …

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    Comment #17403361

    Where did you get the precipitation data for those places, because the wikipedia pages for the two areas show that Carcoss[0] gets a bit less than Palo Alto[1] for example. 11 inch…

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    Comment #17296652

    or content-type other than application/x-www-form-urlencoded, multipart/form-data or text/plain. application/json is a content-type other than application/x-www-form-urlencoded, mu…

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    Comment #17286859

    Buying an investment of dubious value... Nope! Buying a non-investment of dubious value... Yes! Buying a different investment of dubious value... Yes! (commemorative coins, stamps,…

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    Comment #17041006

    Is this the modern day equivalent of "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM"?

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    Comment #16980995

    This is limited to Fire OS. "The Amazon Maps API is a programming interface that enables you to add mapping capabilities to your app on Fire phone and most Fire tablets." "The Amaz…

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    Comment #16980735

    Isn't their solution Toom-Cook where the base is 2^32?

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    Comment #16808247

    "Some statements cannot be rolled back. In general, these include data definition language (DDL) statements, such as those that create or drop databases, those that create, drop, o…

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    Comment #16205614

    I'm still not clear who the suckers are in these cryptocoin markets that are driving up the price. It's my coworker who is HODL'ing because "it's got better returns than our 401(k)…