Joe Hewitt may harm your computer
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Joe Hewitt may harm your computer
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#2What is this?
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#3Makes sense. How many of the plugins sites try to install are actually useful?
I wonder if Google will whitelist the page once this comes to their attention.
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#4Makes sense. How many of the plugins sites try to install are actually useful? I wonder if Google will whitelist the page once this comes to their attention.
I heard Google doesn't like fixing stuff manually. They'd rather fix their algorithm instead.
But if they can't fix your problem by fixing their algorithm, you're basically fucked.
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#5What is this?
It's Google's malware warning system gone astray.
Joe Hewitt is the creator of Firebug and a Y Combinator company founder and all around good guy.
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#9See, when I saw the Hacker News title for this, my first thought was "Good to know, I'll simply avoid installing Joe Hewitt." Now that I think about it, maybe a blanket policy of not installing people on my computer is a good one. Better just to stick to programs.
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#10Makes sense. How many of the plugins sites try to install are actually useful? I wonder if Google will whitelist the page once this comes to their attention.
I heard Google doesn't like fixing stuff manually. They'd rather fix their algorithm instead. But if they can't fix your problem by fixing their algorithm, you're basically fucked.
> But if they can't fix your problem by fixing their algorithm, you're basically fucked.
I think it's reasonable to say that the algorithm isn't worth much if it has such false positives.