uulbiy

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Comment · 5 years ago

I think this is not correct. The 20K were the content creators and the payments were from the their subscribers which should be a lot more. Even more impressive!

Comment · 5 years ago

While the report mentions Threema, there are quite a lot more messaging apps. I found a nice list comparing them here: https://www.securemessagingapps.com/

Comment · 6 years ago

It looks good. When should we expect firefox support?

Comment · 9 years ago

I have been using Fedora on the desktop for the last 7 years. There are lots of pros like large selection of mostly up-to-date packages, good community, security, sane defaults etc. The cons for me are the below par wiki (so I use the Arch wiki) and the version upgrades. The truth is the last few version upgrades were much easier that the previous ones.

Why would you use it over Ubuntu? Ubuntu has an important advantage over all other distros. When you try to install some not-so-common program that is not in the official repositories, usually the linux instructions assume that you are using Ubuntu. For an experienced user it's not really that important but for a novice it certainly is. Now, Ubuntu had some negative publicity with regards to the [amazon unity search](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_%28user_interface%29#Pri...) and Shuttleworth's response ["we have root"](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/44512/what-does...). On the other hand Fedora, although sponsored by Red Hat, respects the community, so fortunately there were no incidents like that. Ubuntu also had Unity which users either loved or hated, while other distros focused on either Gnome or KDE.

On servers the options are more or less grouped. So, you should first chose between the group of Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora/Centos/RHEL, etc. Once you chose the group then you can chose the distro itself. The fact that I used Fedora on the desktop for so long made the choice of Fedora on the server much easier.

Finally, will Fedora increase your productivity? No, not really. Your setup will increase your productivity. Choices like using KDE or Gnome, or the setup of (keyboard) shortcuts to meet your needs matter. I hope this helps, have fun!

Comment · 10 years ago

Both Firefox[1] and Chrome[2] removed it from their stores. I don't know if we should expect an official announcement, but it seems that neither Mozilla nor Google commented on the issue. Many other sources reported it though[3][4][5].

If you are using WOT in either Firefox or Chromium/Chrome you can just remove it without replacing it with anything. Both browsers cover that for you with Google's Safe Browsing[6][7].

[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-Us/firefox/addon/wot-safe-brow...

[2]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wot-web-of-trust-w...

[3]: http://techdows.com/2016/11/web-of-trust-add-on-removed.html (4/11/2016)

[4]: http://www.ghacks.net/2016/11/05/mozilla-and-google-remove-w... (5/11/2016)

[5]: https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/5bgnyr/weboftrust_rem... (6/11/2016)

[6]: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Safe_Browsing

[7]: https://www.google.com/tools/firefox/safebrowsing/

Comment · 10 years ago

I think the big mistake was offering something for free and then asking money for it. The first backlash was with the (unverified) certificates and the latest with the tests and assignments.

It might have been a different story if they announced from the beginning that they are only offering their services for free for a certain period of time. They focused on gaining users and they succeeded on that, but now that they are focused on making money they seem to lose users.

Comment · 10 years ago

Someone should just edit the title. It's not "emac's" it's "emacs"! The name was originally derived from "Editor MACroS". Here is the wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs

Comment · 10 years ago

Actually, you can update with windows update. It will take a lot of time though.

Comment · 11 years ago

My Coursera profile lists 67 courses, I have completed ~15 of them and with a passing grade ~8 of them. My most favorite one, which for me was the hardest as well, was The Hardware/Software Interface by Gaetano Borriello and Luis Ceze[1]. I also liked Computer Networks[2] even though it's an introductory course, Functional Programming Principles in Scala[3] which is surprisingly easy unlike the follow up course[4], High Performance Scientific Computing[5], Software Security[6] and Cryptography[7] although I prefer Boneh's class. For non-IT related courses I liked Think Again: How to Reason and Argue[8], Crafting an Effective Writer: Tools of the Trade (Fundamental English Writing)[9], Child Nutrition and Cooking[10] and Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity[11].

I often take time to think why I have so many started but not finished courses. Most of them are abandoned on the first week and my assumption is that when I enroll my expectations for the course content and the workload needed are wrong.

Occasionally, I abandon courses because they demand too much time to get something working on linux or because of luck of time. The thing that I noticed about me is that when I get a little behind the schedule then it's almost certainly that I will abandon the course. Additionally, when I try to commit on two courses at the same time then it's certain that I will abandon at least one (usually both).

[1]: https://www.coursera.org/course/hwswinterface

[2]: https://www.coursera.org/course/comnetworks

[3]: https://www.coursera.org/course/progfun

[4]: https://www.coursera.org/course/reactive

[5]: https://www.coursera.org/course/scicomp

[6]: https://www.coursera.org/course/softwaresec

[7]: https://www.coursera.org/course/cryptography

[8]: https://www.coursera.org/course/thinkagain

[9]: https://www.coursera.org/course/basicwriting

[10]: https://www.coursera.org/learn/childnutrition/home/welcome

[11]: https://www.coursera.org/learn/work-smarter-not-harder/home/...

Comment · 11 years ago

I finished Cryptography I in March 2012 and wanted to take Cryptography II ever since. Every time the announced time is close it gets pushed back by 4 months.

Comment · 11 years ago

The content of the lecture notes[1] seem good, although I don't really like the presentation that much. Also, its difficult to follow just the notes without watching or listening to the lectures. Maybe I'm just spoiled by the online education websites (Coursera, EdX, etc.) Last year I took "The Hardware/Software Interface"[2] on Coursera and it was great.

[1]: Direct link to PDFs https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~phjk/AdvancedCompArchitecture/Lect...

[2]: Details: https://www.coursera.org/course/hwswinterface Course content: https://class.coursera.org/hwswinterface-002

Comment · 11 years ago

If anyone wonders about dbus/kdbus, this[1] was asked on r/linux yesterday.

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3auufg/eli12_dbus_vs...

Comment · 11 years ago

It's partly mentioned in the article:

> Later, he conducted a study showing that rats developed atherosclerosis after being fed artificial trans fats. When he removed the substance from their diets, the atherosclerosis disappeared from their arteries.

Comment · 11 years ago

IP spoofing can be prevented by ISPs[1] but I don't thing there is an incentive for them to do it. That could not stop the NSA anyway.

[1]: http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/1062/why-dont-is...