brianmckenzie

Not inclined to attempt a duplicate exploit, but it may involve some combination of visibility: hidden; with older tags that breaks the expected behavior. Absolute positioning w/z-index could be involved as well. That might explain why Adobe was upset about it - you can do some pretty weird stuff with z-index and the flash player.

That doesn't nearly cover all the possibilities I can think of, and it's probably not the last CSS exploit we'll see.

Also, my search results were quite relevant. I'd reduce the font size a bit, and maybe lose the styling on the search button.

Good for a first try.

RIP DFW.

In many cases, a hacker will be able to roll out a change three months earlier. Sometimes I turn around a change for a client in as little as an hour, but a big change? Those rarely happen within a timeframe that most entrepreneurs would find acceptable. Especially if you don't have an agency-of-record relationship - those always take priority.

His point seems twofold: 1) The availability of funding in the Bay Area tempts people to take it whether they need it or not, and 2) The competition for top talent is stronger here than anywhere else.

The first point, on funding, is news to me. Yes, the availability of VC here is correlated with more Bay Area startups being funded. It doesn't mean that your startup will automatically be funded just because you're located here - the competition for funding is as strong as the competition for talent.

I meet people doing self-funded startups all the time. The differentiator is whether you want to be the next Facebook vs. traditional profit model. Yes, the funded web-2.0-ish startups get most of the press here, it doesn't mean that no one is doing it another way.

Yes, the competition for talent here is fierce. Right now I'm looking for a CSS expert, no programming required, and even that is nearly impossible to find. However, I know I will find someone sooner or later because I'm located in SF. I shudder to think how hard this would be if I were in St. Louis or something, or even a less tech-centric city like Chicago. A few weeks ago I needed an expert Flex hacker to help with something I'm building, so I just called up my friends until I found one. Try doing that in the midwest. Also, I'm at the kind of small, traditional-profit-type company that DHH so admires.

Hackers move here because SF is the best place on earth to be a hacker, and that fact mitigates in your favor when looking for talent.

I met my high school sweetheart on my BBS. Man, those were the days.

There's a weird and compelling sensation you get when you successfully pick a lock you've never picked before. Especially if there's some practical goal involved.

My thoughts exactly. I first encountered PG's essays at a time when I really needed his brand of encouragement. They persuaded me that I wasn't 100% crazy to think I could start a company. Still haven't switched to Lisp though. =)

Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)

Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)

Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)

There's a hidden benefit if people use the 'ignore' feature properly: you get a better idea of who your friends are. Someone ignoring a friend request can be very telling.

I recently signed up w/Joyent and am happy with it so far, have also heard good things about SoftLayer, ServerBeach, RackSpace, Layered Tech...some of the other names you hear thrown around on here.

EC2 is probably a better option once you've been around for awhile and that economy of scale starts working in your favor.

He was super-smart, but that probably goes without saying.