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raghava

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About raghava

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Interests: Cybersecurity, Freelancing, Mentorship, Open Source, Music, Networking, Philosophy, Privacy, Programming, Remote Work, Research, Science, Social Impact, Space Tech, Startups, Technology, Writing

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    Comment #45964784

    Most down-detectors are down due to their dependency on CF. Cloudflare Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad edge-nodes also unable to serve content. x.com down. Few quick-commerce…

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    Comment #45230802

    Interesting set of points; the intent to move beyond sterile dashboards and engage in deeper, more meaningful conversations about system health is very welcome, especially in a tim…

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    Comment #44932246

    Disaster stemming from the deadly combo of Dunning Kruger effect + network effect + recommendation algorithms floating similar BS up top. Most who post absolute BS on such "profess…

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    Comment #42647873

    just came across this. am not the author/dev behind this. sounds like a very cool project.

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    Ask HN: How to spot fake or low quality GitHub/public portfolios?

    With public portfolio (github/own site etc) becoming more preferable for candidate assessment than plain old resumes, how can HRs without a good tech foundation can assess those wi…

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    Comment #42417708

    I don't think that is the case even now. Don't know much about LatAm now but can comment on conditions in Asia. In fact, internationalization and local language input (especially f…

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    Ask HN: Why aren't cost-minded SME/startups using Linux on laptops even now?

    Now that there are already so many Linux distros that offer a very good user-experience even for the most non-tech users, why is it that a large number of cost-minded SMEs/startups…

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    Comment #41628964

    > I wonder how the 8K to 6K reduction happened. As said, most of their workloads were on cheap VPSs before. Moved some to 'scale-to-zero' solutions, reduced the bloat in VMs, fixed…

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    Comment #41549626

    Points to be noted. 1. It took the end of ZIRP era for people to realize the undue complexity of many fancy tools/frameworks. The shitshow would have continued unabated as long as …

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    Comment #33033330

    Once a capable AI that can make a "Two Brothers" trailer like this one below comes up, humanity has some serious issues to tackle, other than climate change ofc! :D https://www.you…

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    Comment #30865706

    > there is a great opportunity to help businesses manage their software supply chain Yes, very much. There are so many layers, components, and their intricate relations that goes t…

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    Comment #30731573

    Yes, I understand that BITB+MITM is a huge risk. But my point was that most who want to run BITB won't typically have the means to run an MITM along with it. (unless 'MITM within a…

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    Comment #30720829

    Didn't get your concern. I was saying that BITB actors typically won't be running a proxy within the network.

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    Comment #30719650

    Yes. That's why a cluster of elements for a "secret identity theme", instead of just one image. (After all, infosec/security is finally just a game of making reward-to-effort ratio…

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    Comment #30719581

    Possible mitigation measure: 1. If identity providers start offering a dynamic, trusted element within the critical pages (login, password prompt, 2FA/OTP verification etc) 2. if s…

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    Comment #30682607

    IMO, this belief system comes close to one that mentions to find one's sweet spot between rage & serenity, for real focus & bliss. https://sarahmjamieson.wordpress.com/2013/12/17/t…

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    Comment #30682526

    https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mp-student-gets-bl... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "A member of the team, Dr Vivek Sathe, fris…

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    >> Where I live, that sentence would usually turn out to be something like "Naale inda lockdown, vahanagaLu yavdu Ache barubaaradu". Mass media has gone bonkers my friend. If you h…

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    Comment #27022106

    Kannadiga* here. very interesting theory. Although I haven't come across many Kannadigas who choose en_CA due to KA and CA sounding similar, this is an angle for sure. But OP's gue…

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    Comment #26906883

    Many out here are saying that "the system has collapsed". They are _SO_ wrong. We never _had_ a system to begin with, in the first place! Our "system" is only _EXPOSED_ now, to the…

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    Many of the older core banking systems were keyboard only, because it made the tellers work a lot faster. I know because I had been on some of those unfortunate teams that transiti…