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Comment · 11 years ago
That, and the terms of service.
Comment · 12 years ago
Yes. The Boy Who Cried Wolf has other issues, as well, though; I remember thinking (as a child) that it was as much the villagers' fault for not believing the kid as it was the kid's fault for lying before.
Comment · 12 years ago
Stopped reading after the fourth misspelling of "it's".
Comment · 12 years ago
Calculus.
Comment · 12 years ago
And they do. They aren't being silenced.
Comment · 12 years ago
Do you even know what you're talking about? Miranda rights are for interrogations.
Comment · 13 years ago
Clearly you haven't been to many comp sci 101 courses.
Comment · 13 years ago
It was posted here on HN a few days ago, but you might find the DEFCON talk on single bit domain errors relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPbyDSvGasw

In summary, some data centers are run hotter than recommended, which leads to a lot of mostly ignored domain resolution errors, which leads to a security risk.

Comment · 13 years ago
You can just torrent users.tar.gz (the leaked list of encrypted passwords) and then grep the file for your email address, which will give you the encrypted version of your password.
Comment · 13 years ago
In pre-university school I would always wish that instead of trying to describe a complicated procedure/formula in words (and failing), that the teachers would just write a program. Code can be a very effective means of communication between humans as well.
Comment · 13 years ago
Great example of a cool trick using completely the wrong tool for the job.
Comment · 13 years ago
There are some nuggets of both wisdom and idiocy here. The short story is, yes, drinkups should not be required social functions in any office setting, including startups.

The rest of the article, which tries to tie the whole concept to rape somehow by using a pretty poor analogy with oh-so-clever wording, is pure BS. If you go to any social function where alcohol is involved, it's your own responsibility to limit your alcohol intake, and if you don't trust someone... Don't take alcohol from them.

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