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Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or the login process should just go ahead and ask the 2FA either way - and just fail you in the end without explaining why. And then notify only behind the scenes via mail that the password was correct but the 2fa wrong. That would be the way to handle it. I'd receive such notifications from time to time - I mix up the 2FA accounts sometimes, other times I'm slow typing and it expires - but I can live with that littl…
All my TOTP prompts (on websites I run) account for such delays and clock skews by checking against the previous and next TOTP. So even if the user is a little bit late to enter the OTP, I can still validate it and complete authentication.
This is standard practice with big corporate RSA remote login.
Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about
#53Years back, every web browser's built-in password manager locked up the page when submitting a login form, waiting for the user to answer "do you want to save this password?" before proceeding. I thought that was silly: how do I know if I want to save the password before I've seen whether it's correct? Which I can't see until the form is submitted. At the time I was using Opera, so I wrote in to their customer suppor…
i still see this behavior in firefox. the save password popup disappears by the time the page is loaded. and it baffles me every time how that is supposed to be useful.
The stupid thing is that it already is async and not locking up like it was in the very old days op refers to. They were just so clever as to add a timeout after which that dialog closes, regardless of whether the page actually finished loading. So on a slower page you end up with the popup disappearing while the page is still (mostly) blank and you don't know yet whether the credentials were correct.
I think just clicking in a blank spot (or the text fields) in that dialog stops the timeout, but it's one of these things I'm not actually sure about and it's almost like a cargo cult kind of ritual...
Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about
#54I havnt done this in many years but for a while I was making creative content that was published online. Once in a while someone would contact me saying they liked what I did. I started doing the same. If I read an article I liked a lot I would contact the person and tell them I liked it and why. About half the time they responded with Thanks.
I didnt do this with NYT writers or anything. Just people who clearly dont get paid/paid much to make this content but I found it useful/interesting/helpful. I think that stuff goes a long way and it really doesnt take that long to do.
I've got a tech podcast now and about once every month or two someone contacts me to say they liked it or something nice. It's a huge reason why I keep doing it. I know that sounds silly but the internet can be such a black hole. A little feedback goes a long way.
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#55Years back, every web browser's built-in password manager locked up the page when submitting a login form, waiting for the user to answer "do you want to save this password?" before proceeding. I thought that was silly: how do I know if I want to save the password before I've seen whether it's correct? Which I can't see until the form is submitted. At the time I was using Opera, so I wrote in to their customer suppor…
Every few years I get an automated email from Wordpress where someone finally fixed a bug I submitted over a decade ago, lol
Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
People tend to overvalue ideas. I see this all the time in writing where people are worried someone will steal their great idea for a story. The truth of the matter is that it’s unlikely that you’ve come up with something truly new and in any event, ideas tend to breed and multiply. I will never write all the stories and novels that I have jotted down in my notebook before I die and there are more every day.
On that note though, is there a way to protect your story if you want to pitch it to a publisher, or anywhere else ? Like a registry for story ideas ?
Not really, and it’s not a problem. Ideas for stories are abundant, the ability to turn them into finished books or scripts is much rarer.
Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about
#57AFAIR, a 1980's MIT AI Lab "how to do research" memo, suggested as one way to build things: describe what you'd like to build, and maybe someone else will be inspired to do it, long before you'd have gotten around to it.
Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about
#58Years back, every web browser's built-in password manager locked up the page when submitting a login form, waiting for the user to answer "do you want to save this password?" before proceeding. I thought that was silly: how do I know if I want to save the password before I've seen whether it's correct? Which I can't see until the form is submitted. At the time I was using Opera, so I wrote in to their customer suppor…
In a similar vein, I wrote to Microsoft suggesting their "Authenticator" TOTP app for Android would benefit from a search feature. I can't have been the only one, but it did make me happy when they actually implemented it a few months later
Re: Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about
#59We implemented something that avoids the original articles, 2FA notification.
After your password is approved before 2FA you get an email. So even if someone is somehow using the right 2FA you are aware.
Our thinking was the mosly likely outcome was someone would hit 2FA, not have the code and so close the request without even entering a bad code.
Apart from that though, it is always nice to get recognition for the stuff you put out there. I know I should do it more myself too.
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