Y Combinator is prohibited • Hacker News Board

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

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Post by JeremyChase » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 3:35 PM UTC

You should also be aware that many large companies have tools to see what you have surfed, and for how often you do so.

If you can ssh out, just forward a port to a Squid proxy on a machine at home or use one of the low cost VPS providers. Then setup your browser to use said proxy on the local port.

You can forward ports on Windows using Putty, and of course you can use Linux/OS X to do this easily.

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

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Post by brentr » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 3:38 PM UTC

RandomPersona wrote: post #7

brentr wrote: post #6

Shouldn't these people be working when they are at work?

If you're honestly asking this question, I think you've missed the point of a lot of what's said here on HN. You might even want to pick up a copy of "The Hacker Ethic" by Pekka Himanen.

I understand well what is said here. With that said, if you are at work, you do your work. Also, you should not be using corporate bandwith to catch up on your own reading agenda. Do that at home.

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

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Post by mustpax » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 4:08 PM UTC

brentr wrote: post #22

RandomPersona wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're honestly asking this question, I think you've missed the point of a lot of what's said here on HN. You might even want to pick up a copy of "The Hacker Ethic" by Pekka Himanen.

I understand well what is said here. With that said, if you are at work, you do your work. Also, you should not be using corporate bandwith to catch up on your own reading agenda. Do that at home.

My annual performance review includes a category for "staying on top of recent developments in web development and software engineering." In light of that, I would not call Hacker News my personal reading agenda.

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

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Post by jrg_uk » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 4:15 PM UTC

This message is just from Trend Micro's Interscan Web Security Suite product (that's the "IWSS" bit. It's typically hooked into existing web proxies via ICAP.)

Trend have an "interesting" track-record of site categorisation, but it's possible that the URL is correctly categorised and the operators of the IWSS have chosen to block that category.

Then again, the people that Trend employ to visit websites probably just saw the name "Hacker news" and filed it as 'hacking'/bad stuff. They probably don't spend too much time on any individual web site.

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

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Post by SamReidHughes_ » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 6:53 PM UTC

brentr wrote: post #22

RandomPersona wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're honestly asking this question, I think you've missed the point of a lot of what's said here on HN. You might even want to pick up a copy of "The Hacker Ethic" by Pekka Himanen.

I understand well what is said here. With that said, if you are at work, you do your work. Also, you should not be using corporate bandwith to catch up on your own reading agenda. Do that at home.

What he should and shouldn't do is for him and his employer to decide, not you.

Re: Y Combinator is prohibited

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Post by brentr » Fri, Apr 17, 2009, 9:28 PM UTC

SamReidHughes_ wrote: post #25

brentr wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I understand well what is said here. With that said, if you are at work, you do your work. Also, you should not be using corporate bandwith to catch up on your own reading agenda. Do that at home.

What he should and shouldn't do is for him and his employer to decide, not you.

You don't find it ironic that you are now telling me what I should and should not do?