So, they want the password off the list, instead of changing it to something (much much much) more secure? Some variant of "battery horse staple and correct", right?
This is a joke.
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Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me
#32I'm going to let this one slide, because most of us are not working today for various reasons, but I must note, I've never seen this side of GitHub. I probably spend too much time cloistered in work projects to notice.
> I'm going to let this one slide Thanks for your benevolence.
Your snark is noted. However, unlike those that come here to delay their day's tasks, I come here to learn and be exposed to new things. As such, humor has never been a quality I seek from HN, and it detracts from the point of being here, for me.
Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me
#33Fun trolling :)
Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I'm going to let this one slide Thanks for your benevolence.
Your snark is noted. However, unlike those that come here to delay their day's tasks, I come here to learn and be exposed to new things. As such, humor has never been a quality I seek from HN, and it detracts from the point of being here, for me.
Heyyy, it's that guy who looks down on those of us who don't use our real names!
I remember because you showed a similarly poor attitude in another thread. That attitude was so out of line with what I expect from HN that your username was seared in my mind :)
Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I'm going to let this one slide Thanks for your benevolence.
Your snark is noted. However, unlike those that come here to delay their day's tasks, I come here to learn and be exposed to new things. As such, humor has never been a quality I seek from HN, and it detracts from the point of being here, for me.
I think most people like to learn and have a good time at the same time.
Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me
#36Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me
#37Nice. Subtle.
Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me
#38I don't know what to think, he knows how to make a PR but doesn't get this simple thing... :)
Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me
#39I don't know what to think, he knows how to make a PR but doesn't get this simple thing... :)
He is trolling.. but I guess you are meta-trolling..
Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
> the technical knowledge needed to create a pull request probably exceeds the knowledge needed to know why this doesn't work... The plural of anecdote is not data, but I have first hand experience with someone who can make a pull request but doesn't understand password best practices at all. Granted it might be because I taught them to make pull requests, but still... I know people who wrote code for their thesis in…
> I know people who wrote code for their thesis in Python but can't grasp why indentation matters. How can one write code (that runs!) for one's thesis without paying attention to Python's semantically significant whitespace?
> How can one write code (that runs!) for one's thesis without paying attention to Python's semantically significant whitespace?
By fiddling around with different indentations levels till the code works.
So much code out there is written this way.
Kind of gives a new meaning to 'iterating' on one's code doesn't it?