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It's a list of spoofed addresses. That means they are pretending to be Dreamhost, not that Dreamhost is compromised.

What's the probability of correctly predicting HIGHER/LOWER 13 days in a row? (1/2)^13 = 1/8192

^hurts^changes Headline says one thing; final paragraph says another: "Bottom line? The Internet is quickly changing the way we allocate our time, but there’s no call to panic yet.…

Why do we care what Woz thinks of Apple's current product line? I'm genuinely confused.

No, I do not. I have no reason to distrust him but equally no reason to unthinkingly trust. I listen to his opinions and take them into account.

Welcome to HN where the top-rated comment is from someone who admits they didn't read the presentation, doesn't understand what the author was saying and manages to complain.

He does talk about arrays on slide 25 and the last slide is about the problem of global scope.

Fun. This isn't really specific to Redis, but is a good introduction to the sort of thing that C programmers often get up to. You'll see this sort of function table in all sorts of…

I don't think this is right. You should reduce the entire attack surface. Since Bruce is worried about malware getting in via a removable device and cites examples that attacked Wi…

Seems to me the only reason to choose Windows for this would be to use Microsoft Office to read the NSA documents and he's stated that he's using OpenOffice, so...

Surprised that he decided to use Windows.

I'm always uneasy with the idea of (RED) charity: the message is "save the world by buying stuff". It's just consumerism with a bit of karma, no?

Interesting. It's sad, then, that Nest does not emphasise that fact.

What is wrong with the $7.50 Kidde? http://www.amazon.com/Kidde-Sentry-Battery-Operated-Ionizati... Reviews seem good.

I wonder what battery life is like on this? A typical smoke alarm battery can last years but this appears to have a lot of functions and WiFi and a light. BTW Why do smoke alarm ba…

This rule apply pretty much everywhere and especially to VC. If you want to talk to a VC find some one who can introduce you. If you can't do that then work on your network.

The Guardian approach to this thing is infuriating. There's little useful information from it. eg this question and answer Question: Is encrypting my email any good at defeating th…