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ZeroMinx

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ZeroMinx··on The masters of Commodore 64 games
CRACKED BY MR Z...
ZeroMinx··on You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it
> tongue and cheek

tongue-in-cheek

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ZeroMinx··on Decentralised finance is booming, but it has yet to find its purpose
I've seen all the sentiments, but hadn't thought it was so divided between the BTC/ETH crowds. It's interesting!

(Of course generalizations are never 100% accurate, but they can highlight a theme which is interesting to observe)

ZeroMinx··on Decentralised finance is booming, but it has yet to find its purpose
Could you explain (or source) this difference please? I don't recall seeing this type of grouping before.
ZeroMinx··on Kubernetes ingress-nginx controller vulnerability
Sure, but as OP put it, "Normalize better security practices!".
ZeroMinx··on Coinbase mafia shows how tight a circle holds sway over Bitcoin
Most of this also applies after a s/BTC/WWW/
ZeroMinx··on Tips for a Better Life
> 13. When googling a recipe, precede it with ‘best’.

Precede it with 'seriouseats'. Kenji is the ultimate hacker in the cooking world.

ZeroMinx··on Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer
> Comments should be a last-resort stopgap

I'd add; Comments should be saying _why_ this crazy method is here. You can always parse the code to figure out what it does. In a few months/years (depending on your memory) you will not remember _why_ this code was put in place.

ZeroMinx··on SaaS CTO Security Checklist
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ZeroMinx··on Spotify is gaining leverage over record labels
Which country is that?
ZeroMinx··on Ask HN: Tech support/emergency contact for small business
Very true. I got that, and co-workers do have access to passwords and ssh keys in case I'd disappear, but I was hoping others on here had better solutions to these issues.
ZeroMinx··on David Bowie Has Died
Same(?) clip on dailymotion;

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnleeu_extras-david-bowie_s...

It's available from Malta, whereas the Youtube one isn't.

ZeroMinx··on Web login using SSH
I appreciate I'm a bit late to the party here, but..

Does anyone have any type of explanation of why the UI in browsers for client certs are so user-unfriendly?

I would really like to use client certs more, but with things the way they are that's impossible right now. It's just too hard for a normal person to use them.

ZeroMinx··on Airbnb Horror Story Points to Need for Precautions
Sure, if Airbnb have been given proof that the subletting is illegal, they should remove the listing.

But my point is that doesn't really solve the problem. What should be sorted is the fact that this person sublets the flat illegally.

ZeroMinx··on Airbnb Horror Story Points to Need for Precautions
Is that really Airbnb's fault?

Airbnb is the service provider in this case, but there are other companies with a similar service, or the neighbour could let it out personally to other people.

Assuming the neighbour is subletting illegally as you state, surely that's where the problem lies.

ZeroMinx··on Balanced payments is shutting down
Before this announcement, I'd never heard of Balanced.

Reading comments, some people are saying it was a great service. But, it's shutting down, while services less great carry on.

This is hard for dev people (like myself) to realize, but if you're looking for commercial success, marketing is generally worth more than the quality of your product.

ZeroMinx··on Understand contracts before you sign them
fwiw, with uBlock enabled, the Register link takes me to https://www.lawgeex.com/static/Error.html

If I disable uBlock, it works.

ZeroMinx··on EBay under pressure as hacks continue
Disagree.

We technical people instinctively know there's a fundamental difference between those 2 domains. Normal people don't. And why should they?

We (tech people) have to get the situation to a point where we don't expect normal people to have to know all these silly details.

I'm not doing anything to help achieve this, I'm hoping other people are :)

ZeroMinx··on Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge Rules
[serious] Has the BBC had to pay royalties for making/showing their Sherlock series? In that case, to whom? The person who created these fictional characters died over 70 years ago.
ZeroMinx··on Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge Rules

  you're -> your
Sorry.. I'm not of native English tongue myself, but this one annoys me to no end.
ZeroMinx··on Slackware 14.1 is released
there will always be idiots.

there will always be people catching on to something, being loud, creating the first noise other people see.

Seriously. Fuck it. Ignore it. Ignore them.

I haven't followed Slackware dev for 10+ years (too old etc), but it was the awesome thing in the 90s (to me); at a time I was curious to learn about all the weird details, it gave me the opportunity,

I hope it still does give that opportunity, AND that young people take advantage of this.

Looking back, this is (part of) the magic and joy of computers. People doing a lot of cool shit, and then sending it off for free for other people to do other cool shit. No app store in sight.

ZeroMinx··on Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?
Working on services that makes law firms and lawyers more efficient.

It's cool (to me) because I'm one of the co-founders, we started from 0 a few years ago, and I like to see the growth.

(you didn't specify it had to be cool to other people)

ZeroMinx··on Show HN: Alert Ferret - Let people know when to check up on you
This could hopefully prevent the death part!

As a snowboarder, this could be very useful to let people know if I'm not back from the mountain.

ZeroMinx··on How to remain secure against NSA surveillance
I suspect the real answer to "How to remain secure against NSA surveillance" is; go offline.
ZeroMinx··on Linode Longview
Different things.

Yea, if you're hosting with them, trusting them is handy.

This Longview agent can be run anywhere though, doesn't have to be on a Linode machine. Not entirely sure why you'd want this setup, but still..

ZeroMinx··on Linode Longview
I disagree.

The software running on your machines is open source. It can be reviewed. Quite important for people not wishing to run closed source software on their machines.

ZeroMinx··on Wikipedia: Size in volumes
Latest what-if is relevant here;

Updating a Printed Wikipedia - http://what-if.xkcd.com/59/

ZeroMinx··on Ask HN: GET /public/data/AppConfigurations/175/logos.png?
Yea I've checked .SE, .COM and .ES. Nothing.

This is why I'm confused about these requests :)

ZeroMinx··on Ask HN: GET /public/data/AppConfigurations/175/logos.png?
I guess it's possible, but I don't think that's the case here. The domain name is just 5 characters long, but it's quite obscure; it's not a real word.

We registered both .SE and .COM in April, and I don't think either had been used before. The .COM is currently parked, I'm seeing all of this on the .SE site.

The referals I've seen appear indicate Spanish clients; There could be a mixup (Spain = .ES), but the domain name .ES isn't registered by anyone.

I don't think there's much to be too concerned about, I was merely curious what this might be.

ZeroMinx··on Tracking devices hidden in London's recycling bins are stalking your smartphone
Stupid question; can I not opt out of this by turning wifi off while walking around these places?
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