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Comment #4268914
It is not far fetched given that "big boobs" is interpreted in a societal context which is dominated by male gaze. That is, big boobs is "artsy" and "funny" for a man, since he is …
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Comment #2783598
No, the main point is to show how simple client verification actually is. This implementation is one step up on the application stack into a comfort zone which seems to be more acc…
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Comment #2781208
Not so different in theory. This just displays how little fuzz client certification can be on a higher level which is more easily approachable by web developers.
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Comment #2729755
Side note: Firefox extensions aren't native code, they're written in JS. EDIT: I do however agree that chrome is more well designed. Firefox has been through a lot of iterations th…
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Comment #2723064
This is an epic introduction into virtual machines for the brave C coder. Very neat and clean, thank you.
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Comment #2723050
I haven't perceived that people think C is significantly scary (or evil). There are however many compelling reasons not too choose C in the present RAD/Web/Cloud/Solution Business …
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Comment #2723034
Got it. I wouldn't however say that the complexities of C is it's syntax (unless you're playing around with macros : ) ). But I guess the concept can be applied broadly, like remem…
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Comment #2722974
Moving from Python to C is a very good move. It allows you to go from programming to inner workings, everyone should have a solid knowledge of C since it give you the tools to iden…
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Comment #2722886
Indeed, I currently get turned off by most books I pick up, simply because they start out on a too basic general level. If you however dig a little deeper you can usually find stuf…
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Comment #2712449
It seems like the real solution would be to introduce low level guarantees and memory access (similar to Java) and the option to disable the GIL and C API extensions in CPython (un…
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Comment #2699770
I voted for displaying comment points, but I do agree that they might create something of an echo chamber where the "highest rated" comment is the one that decided where the topic …
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Comment #2699756
Added "Java Portlet" to specify, thanks for the heads up.
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Ask HN: What do you think of Portlets?
I've been stuck on doing Java Portlet development for a month, which is my first real run through with this specific piece of tech. And I'm not growing especially fond of it. The s…
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Comment #2675117
"Awesome! Do you have any stats on how many people have installed Chrome Frame?" I found this question interesting, does anyone know of any viable source for this kind statistics? …
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Comment #2675096
Yes it does, however it doesn't provide granularity for multiple users of the same server, and unless you go for vanilla could be troublesome to customize through something like pa…
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Comment #2675036
Which in turn, incidentally leads back to DDG : ). Crazy good stuff has been going on with DDG the latest couple of months, I'm just glad I've finally found a search provider who t…
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Comment #2675006
I currently store all my passwords in a KeePass[0] database distributed using SpiderOak[1] (hassling, but only once for each device). [0] http://www.keepassx.org/ [1] https://spide…
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Comment #2674899
I don't get it, why is setting up a private git repository on your own server a hassle? Assuming you have ssh access (compacted for clarity): ssh server "git init --bare repo/proje…
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Comment #2648314
otoh, this also leads to more peer review, which in turn could contribute to all of parents points.
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Comment #2627895
There are so many instances where non-mathematical variables play an important role in authoring security conscious code. Yes, most security issues arise from not checking edge cas…
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Comment #2624964
The last modified file is from 2008-07-17 02:14 (config.xml) This seem to be a copy of an svn tag from tech.scedev.net/source/scedev_source/tags/20080616-33/scedev It appears to be…
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Comment #2623204
Just had to have a look, love the following tidbit from FILE.C char cryptkey[]={'M'-4,'i'-8,'n'-12,'d'-16,'y'-20,0}; LONG Encrypt(char far *data,char *key) { LONG i=0,keypos=0; whi…