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hellerbarde
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Comment #9143552
Switzerland represent! Yeah, I had a similar Upbringing. We went out and just did whatever outside. Then back for Lunch and then out again. Running around in the woods, building da…
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Comment #8528013
CLA's are both good and bad. The good thing is that the software project has more flexibility when it comes to licenses, but the bad is that they have more flexibility when it come…
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Comment #7742690
The architecture might have been state of the art and completely reasonable back in "ye olden days". The fact remains that it's not appropriate for 2014. If the reasons for this be…
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Comment #7672185
Fortunately?? More often than we all care to admit, these things are exposed to the internet. (because it's so cool when I can turn on the coffee machine from my smartphone halfway…
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Comment #7672171
How ironic.
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Comment #7639975
Hmmm... I pondered this for a bit, and I arrived here: > [...] by the same people, with the same ideas, and the same gatekeepers [...] Isn't this exactly what made the Linux Kernel…
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Comment #7639534
I understand what you mean. I had the same awe when I first started on Arch and really got to know all the bits and pieces. When I transitioned to systemd, I had to go through that…
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Comment #6653315
Backbone's Underscore was included.
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Comment #6647377
If these were all EFI/UEFI machines, there is a lot more code in these preboot EFI environments than one expects. Room enough to hide this kind of payload.
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Comment #6647360
I think they mean to say it was a computer that was previously infected and then airgapped, wiped and reinstalled. But because the executable load is in the bios, it persisted and …
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Comment #6646995
I was assuming you were joking. but no, it's in there, point 6.c) ... Wat? EDIT: I am a dumbass, the terms and conditions are clearly facetious. Read them, they are hilarious in pa…
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Comment #6646952
And it's been taken down. This is still up though and just as bad: http://www.trustico.ch/ssltools/convert/pem-key-to-der/conve...
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Comment #6520419
4 weeks * 2-3 days * 8 h * 10€/h = 640-960€ is enough to live comfortably in Denmark? With rent and everything?
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Comment #6444016
Gnome's Bugzilla 403's for me... is it just me?
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Comment #6443863
I think the real problem is that if you want fancy features like a sandboxing solution that leverages the proper way to do it (kernel cgroups, if I understood that correctly), you …
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Comment #6443816
why is that a problem? EDIT: Ah, I see. Is that a big overhead? How does it affect me as a non-enterprise user? unnecessarily large installation footprint? (if so, by how much?)
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Comment #6178377
That's exactly it. I've observed that behaviour so often, I stopped counting. A lot of college/university students under very harsh time constraints learn the material with a focus…
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Comment #6178289
For the sake of argument, I'll answer this with s/wife/friends/ Yes, if I'm not besides it, I will switch user accounts. And if I walk away from my computer for a bit, I lock it (e…
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Comment #6178272
And you missed the point also. Lock your computer when you're not at it. Like any responsible user. Problem solved. It's not hard to understand where the boundaries are. Also, it's…
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Comment #6165336
Wow, even on HN, there are people that oppose gay marriage? That surprises me.
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Comment #6042926
You're welcome. That's great to hear! I hope you can be (one of) the first with many to follow. :D
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Comment #6042268
Disclaimer: I am not involved with this project in any way other than having donated/pledged some money. I think this is a really cool idea, and I hope they succeed and more indies…
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