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Something not being on SO is normally my first indicator that I've stumbled upon something interesting. I consider it a good thing.

Mine did that for a while, then it resolved itself. Maybe it takes some time for all instances in a group to agree they are encrypted; I also think at least one of my groups marked itself encrypted after everyone in it had posted at least one comment since yesterday.

Apple's description is here https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf, and you can find varying quality of discussion in the media by searching for Secure Enclave.

Basically, the Secure Enclave contains a 256-bit AES key physically fused into the silicon during the chip fabrication process. Apple don't know this key, and neither do the manufacturers. It's different on every iPhone. The key cannot be read by any software, or the OS, or even firmware. All that can be seen is the result of using it in a crypto operation.

The key used for actual encryption on iOS is derived by taking an intermediate key derived from the PIN, and then entangling it with the Secure Enclave key (and, I believe, the CPU's key, which is also unique and fused into the hardware, but not quite so secretive). This effectively ties the crypto process to the phone - if you take a data dump of storage and try to brute force it on some more powerful kit, cracking the PIN isn't enough. You'll also have to crack both the AES keys.

This isn't universal across all iPhones - I think the 5S onwards have it.

No, they're referring to the 256-bit AES keys in the CPU and Secure Enclave, which are entangled with the user PIN to derive the crypto key.

XP came out the same year as 10.0, which was rubbish. OS X wasn't really worthwhile until 10.3.

7/19/15 is immediately and irredeemably ugly to me, because I'm not in the U.S. Quick, someone from Europe types in 9/10/15, do they want to travel in September or October?

For me, having kids amplified the daily grind. I hated leaving in the morning before they got up, and returning after they were in bed. Luckily this is a profession where at least some aspects of the grind are optional, and now I work remotely full-time.

If you're in a position to use it, I much prefer Anotar with Fody https://github.com/Fody/Anotar

Commons.Logging always felt clunky in comparison.

The problem I have with these rants is I just don't recognise this characterisation of a facebook user at all. I have an account. I check it on my phone a couple of times a day, never post anything apart from the occasional baby photo to a family group, comment on a post maybe once a month, never 'like' anything other than birthdays or weddings. I've been doing that for about 4 years now and never felt any urge to expand my use. My wife is the same. So too my younger sister. I don't know anyone who spends so much time on it that it affects their life, and whatever mundane information facebook has on me isn't going to give me sleepless nights.

And has a 'please share this post' section at the bottom, including - you guessed it - Facebook.

Over time I have come to the conclusion that one of the best ways to identify a really interesting problem is when your attempts to google a solution come up blank. Google doesn't have all the answers, and if it becomes literally your only mechanism for moving forward you will hit a wall sooner or later.

That's really interesting. I've noticed that complaining on Twitter often helps things get moving when the telephone support is giving you the run-around, but I always assumed that was because I was airing their dirty laundry publicly. Seems like complaints via non-standard routes work even when private...

Doesn't that just mean that as a wannabe criminal I buy my iPhone from some no-extradition-treaty country, safe in the knowledge that the FBI's keys aren't on it?

Dunno about that. Here in the UK you can buy a product clearly labelled as pork belly, and it's not the same as bacon. It isn't cured, and is cut much thicker with more fat. It's great.

The irony being that the breast is the least-flavourful, blandest part of the chicken, and all those years he was actually dining on the best bits without knowing?

I'm fine with them too. I like the hubbub.

I wouldn't call it a "crazy" item, but I do love me one of BK's Angry Whoppers which is significantly different (read: it actually has a bit of spice to it) to the offerings of most big burger chains.

I also am nearly 40. I plan to take my kids on an extended jaunt round Europe when they are 10 or so, but personally I am much more likely to choose resort holidays or cruises for myself rather than extended backpacker-style adventures. It's just not for me.

When a company I used to work for announced its first ever round of layoffs, I volunteered to get cut. Took the payoff and got the hell out.

I did come home early. Still regret it.

I'm going to be the voice of dissent here and say only go travelling if you really want to (you say 'part of you' would love to go - how big a part?)

Travelling isn't for everybody. Personally I'm a homebody and I felt pressured to travel when I was younger because all the cool kids were doing it. I never enjoyed it, regret it, and would trade the experience for the money back in a heartbeat.

If you really want to get away from it all, then by all means do so and have a blast. Just do it because you want to, not because the internet tells you to.

As for what I would do, well I was in a similar situation to you when I was about two years older than you are now. I worked at a successful startup and rose through the ranks fairly rapidly, but settled at principal developer level for a number of years and never tried to make the jump into a truly senior role. If I was doing it again, I would either stay aggressive in trying to get ahead, or quit and build my own product. Sounds like you've already done the latter though.

> apparently a result of outrage by a high-ranking executive after he learned that the former AWS engineer not only was working for a competitor, but had the gumption to open source a technology that he developed here

Wait, he open-sourced code he worked on at Amazon, or he open-sourced code he worked on in his own time whilst happening to be employed by Amazon?

If the former, it's hardly surprising the executive was upset.

Edit: Or option 3, he open-sourced code he developed working for you. In which case the executive is being utterly irrational.

I caved and started reading A Song Of Ice And Fire after Game of Thrones S4 finished broadcasting. First book was good, and I'm just starting the second. I've also been binging on cheap self-published horror and apocalypse ebook collections from Amazon (just can't resist those 99p anthologies), and my ongoing 'serious' book is Work by Studs Terkel. Like a couple of other books mentioned in this thread, this is a real eye-opener that reminds me how lucky I am.

"They are explicitly told by executives to make things fresh"

What does this even mean? It reminds me of the design-by-committee meeting to add Poochie to Itchy and Scratchy. "It needs to be more dynamic. More proactive. More ATTITUDE!"

I always disagreed with that quote, and hate it when people roll it out like it's some sort of irreproachable truth.

That is inspired. I use VsVim and remap certain keyboard chords that I rely heavily on, whereas the rest of my office have very vanilla setups. Days where my settings are the baseline would be glorious.

I've just used it for the UK. I ignored the currency and just used exact numbers (so what I paid for my house in £ is the number I put into the site as $). Under taxes, I adjusted property tax until the dollar amount was roughly equivalent to my annual council tax, and adjusted the deductible to 0. Under closing costs, I included stamp duty as a buying cost. Insurance, maintenance, etc are all direct conversions.

Leaving most of the expected growth sliders in place, and taking into account that I've shortened my mortgage with additional payments, it estimated I'd only be better renting if I could get an equivalent property for about £565. In reality, the smaller house a few doors up rents for about £1500, and Zoopla estimates the rental value of my house at £1600. So, either I live in a really good buying area, or the US calculations don't translate well.

I don't work 80 hours a week, but my expenses are way above $20k a year. Why? Because the things I want and value cost a lot more than that. I don't want to spend 4 months in Asia travelling, I want to live in a house I love, near to all my family and friends, and bring up my children here. Travel will never be anything more to me than a brief distraction, not a lifestyle.

I deny that a state that taxes its citizens and provides services to all in return is necessarily tyrannical. I also deny that I said what you think I said, because your black and white view of the world appears to preclude shades of gray. If it suits you to use scary words, however, then my answer is yes - it is still preferable to your alternative.