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This is good news indeed. I moved back to India 1.5 years ago because my wife could not work there. Not sad I moved back, but yes, a lot of people would be really really happy toda…

NDTV did. Not too much details though.. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/yahoo-confirms-bangalo...

why not just overload the + operator in C++?

IMO Hashing on the client side is a terrible idea. There is now no way for the application to check the complexity of the password on the server side. Relying on client side contro…

"it's not terribly different from a random attack in the street or a shopping mall" You are right. However, the one difference is the reaction to an attack. It is fairly straightfo…

"This Google ad has moved people to tears across India and Pakistan" Probably not all across India. I am from the south and neither me nor my ancestors have any personal experience…

I did not see Elon complaining when a car launch got so much attention from the press. This just seems to be the other side of the same coin. This happens to every runaway success.…

I kinda like what my employer does. There is a 1-5 ranking, but the distribution/buckets for bonus is determined after the reviews are complete. Of course, the concern here is that…

A good point to note is that none of the major reports on snowden leaks came from tech journalists. The best op-eds and reporting came from the Guardian, WaPo and other main stream…

I used to reddit a lot before I got hooked on to YC (usually the tech subreddit). I love the format but try to stay away from cat pictures.

I am not a programmer any more but working in the industry (InfoSec).. I remember a really smart guy who worked with us said he would be happy with 8-10 weeks of really exciting wo…

it's times like these where I wish they still had the "Beta" in their logo.. turns out "timer for 23 hours 99 minutes" breaks it too :P more testing google.. more testing

I think the "tailoring to me" problem can be solved by logging out of google and doing the search (or search in incognito mode if you are a chrome user). However, I wish there was …

The problem is not so much what CCC has done, but CCC has started. In the days/month ahead.. there is now a possibility of building a more practical attack. Remember the firefox pl…

If I am not mistaken, the drink was "Crush".

The contracting culture is indeed awful. It gives companies a way to fire workers without making the headlines. Also let's them not dirty their hands with benifits. But it's unfair…

you are probably talking about this: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870347870457461...

yeah.. but I'd expect a publication of such reputation to dig deeper than that. The ideas mentioned don't even scratch the surface. Hence the reference to "4 year olds".

awesome stuff NY TImes. You just wrote an article about something every 4 year old in India (and every other tropical country) is well aware of

My beef is with the lack of details FWD.us provided. If you want to look at how to grow a grassroot movement, look at Ron Paul. I certainly don't agree with Paul's policies, but he…

This could work if security questions (not the best form of security by itself) are asked if the request comes from a "not previously used" computer. So that way, if the phishing s…

When apple does something new it's a "breakthrough" and "innovation". When Microsoft does it's "confusing". Surely the launch(es) are more complicated than most MS launches, but th…