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Candles123··on Windows Vulnerable to Government Hacks, They Say
The wannaCry ones were. This is a new thing this week.
Candles123··on Windows Vulnerable to Government Hacks, They Say
Curious about this.

What does Microsoft mean that Windows is currently partic vulnerable to 'government organizations' and anybody posing as same?

Does that mean that govt organizations have special access right now?

Candles123··on Ask HN: Reached 1k+ paying or registered users without spending on ads?
Good question about a good question
Candles123··on Robots that learn
Is this 'learning' or just 'copying'?
Candles123··on Snapchat installs fell 16% in April; Instagram continues to pull further ahead
Looks insignificant
Candles123··on Snapchat installs fell 16% in April; Instagram continues to pull further ahead
That's not what I see when I look at that plain chart
Candles123··on Sourcegraph now running on an in-browser VS Code
Hi, sorry I wanted to reply to your comment on "ffffound.com closing" but it's archived I think.

Do you know how ffffounds recommendation algorithm was working? Was it the most recent 10 people who liked it, or the first 10?

Candles123··on A few questions about WannaCry
The the issue is that Windows leaves a port open which is accessible to anyone online? And the update closes it?
Candles123··on Tagger News takes a subset of HN articles, analyzes using ML, and applies tags
Same first impression. No subtlety there