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25,048karma·12,302submissions·September 8, 2017
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Their blog[0] has some info. There was a great Software Engineering Daily podcast about it [1] - specifically they use the Amazon Advertising API (still) although the nature of their relationship has…
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This seems to have the same issue as Pirsch[0] in that (i) a mobile user will have multiple IPs during a day as they roam between wifi networks and mobile networks - which will incorrectly over-report…
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This was posted [9 days ago]( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24514001 )
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The actual ruling[0] is a little harder to digest, but there's useful analysis by Eric Goldman[1] [0]: https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/1742d2614c447c83bbc6... [1]: …
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I'm still yelling at my coffee[0] to warm it up.. 1 year, 7 months, 26 days, 20.5 hours didn't seem that long [0]: https://www.physicscentral.com/explore/poster-coffee…
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Half connections to determine availability/existence of SSH is exactly what botnets/nefarious actors do. If you know why you have incomplete connections in your logs, then you can filter&#x…
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Are you sure? Bleeping Computer (BC) has a publish time of 2020-08-19T06:00:00-04:00, while Ars Technica has a publish time of 2020-08-19T13:00:16Z.. looks like a 3 hour lead. Interestingly Guardicor…
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As long as you have a static IP that could never change, otherwise you'll deny yourself access after, for example a power outage where your router gets a new IP (or a random period of time where …
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Guardicore has a shell script (detect_fritzfrog.sh) which you can run on your machine [0], it's short (28 lines) and sweet - you can read the source and see what it's up to. [0]: https:…
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This particular malware doesn't seem to grok when you're using certs or keys, so while it'll never be successful it keeps trying (effectively a resource DOS). Obscure port does nothing.…
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The source of the wired piece was posted 6 days ago here[0] along with the bleeping computer analysis (better than wired's, IMO)[1]. It was also posted again 3 days ago [2], when I also posted i…
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How do you plan to moderate this? I notice there's a report button, but does that lead to a manual process for you? How do you plan to scale that? 10K articles is already sizable! For a site t…
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As the submitter, perhaps you know more than I.. but where did you find the link between that Tufts profile and the author? Given you've submitted insidetracker more than once, perhaps you'…
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I'm dubious of this article. After lookup up a couple of the (unlinked) references around apparent increase prostate cancer risk in men.. The conclusion of Dairy Products and Cancer Risk in a N…
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I think Unix Wildcards Gone Wild (2014) [0] demonstrates and explains this rather well (posted 6 and 4 years ago[1][2] - while HN supports reposting, it's probably been posted enough) [0]: http…
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Seven comments from accounts that are either new, or have never commented before except in praise of this product (complete with replies from the poster) - this all seems rather shady, like a voting r…
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The author really likes to beat up on these apparent snobby elitist programmers, without any consideration for all the programmers who are excited by no/low code tech. This article could easily …
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Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24190556 - Main discussion here
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Asked at a news conference whether there were other particular China-owned companies he was considering a ban on, such as Alibaba, Trump replied: “Well, we’re looking at other things, yes.” The (low…
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Dupe (2x) "main"-thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24146902 another dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24147127 …
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I'm getting page not found? Looks like the archive is here: https://archive.org/details/radio …
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That's a much more interesting version with some technical details, hopefully @metaweta has found some business since
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