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s2r2on Ask HN: IDEs vs. Text Editors

Acme [0] via Plan9port [1].

[0]: http://acme.cat-v.org/

[1]: http://swtch.com/plan9port/

s2r2on Secure Share - Secure Social Networking

This made me aware of Social Swarm:

http://socialswarm.net/

s2r2on Stanford Bioengineers Introduce ‘Bi-Fi’ — The Biological Internet

Yuck. [0] [1]

[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BiFi_(snack) [1]: http://www.bifi.de/die_bifis.asp

s2r2on Contiki-based product "Thingsquare Mist" to make Internet of Things simple

s2r2on Ask HN: Sending large files over HTTP

Neither seem to work without a Flash plugin -- so this is not about POSTing a large file.

s2r2on Ask HN: store password - no hash, but aes

I was just about to point out the known-plaintext scenario of this setup when the server is compromised, but apparently AES is immune to this attack. [1]

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Known-plaintext_attack#Present_...

s2r2on Quora Is Totalitairian

Nobody is hindered to leave, right?

s2r2on Ask HN: Storing financial data securely in web apps?

I'm not sure about all security-related aspects of it, but concerning a separation between application logic and data, unhosted[1] comes to mind.

[1] http://www.unhosted.org

s2r2on Vagrant box for Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (12.04 LTS 64bit)

http://vagrantbox.es/ If someone beside me got a dull look on his/her face, look here.

s2r2on Ask HN: Ubuntu vs Debian for servers

Some input of varying quality:

- http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/11206/ubuntu-vs-debi...

- http://serverfault.com/questions/89816/how-different-are-ubu...

s2r2on Ask HN: When will the robot revolution occur?

> When will the day where instead of having to pay 25$ for a haircut, I can go to an automated barbershop and have it done for much less ?

It will probably take some time before a robot is cheaper than 4 EUR per hour (hairdresser's collective agreement in Saxony, Germany).

s2r2on The Haskell road to logic review

http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0512096 << abstract

s2r2on Reminder: 11/11/11 11:11

  In the Rhineland, the Carnival season is considered to be the "fifth season of the year", starting on November 11 at exactly 11:11 a.m.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasching

s2r2on Backify Offers 512 GB Free Online Backup Storage

  > Looking forward to the day when the browser will just automatically generate one for me.

Well, almost: https://www.pwdhash.com/

s2r2on 3-SAT in polynomial time, or P=NP

You're welcome. Got it using the RSS feed. Have you checked the FAQ on the "showdead" option in your profile?

  In my profile, what does showdead do?

  If you turn it on, you'll see all the submissions and comments that have been killed by the editors. They're mostly spam and duplicates.

s2r2on 3-SAT in polynomial time, or P=NP

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3097684

...same entry, [deleted] but with a little discussion.

s2r2on Mouse without Borders: multiple PC control, one keyboard and mouse

Like Synergy[0] with file copy support (dragging across screens), but non-free and Windows only? I advise everyone to try synergy, it's a great experience to have the mouse leave one screen and enter another (even if it sounds kind of trivial).

[0] http://synergy-foss.org/

s2r2on Print.css — only display what's needed

The idea is nice, reminds me a little of that WWF idea of non-printable PDFs. [0]

But is something available that actually does the job? I remember this readability thing [1], is there something comparable for printing, too? Like a browser plugin or generic userscript...

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_(file_format)

[1] http://www.readability.com

s2r2on When you fill in a form, it's being sent before you're done...

http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/

it's part of the tracking list here.

s2r2on Dead Man's Switch

I think your right. One (k,n)=(2,3) scheme for each group to unlock the (2,2)-scheme for the secret.

And the wife just needs to remember one key this way...

s2r2on Dead Man's Switch

'my wife AND (3 of 50)'

You could take k=54 and give your wife 51 keys.

s2r2on Dead Man's Switch

> I'm a little unclear on what problem you're trying to solve.

So am I, actually, sorry. My initial thought was that a central authority (a host that might go down or bankrupt) could be avoided if I were to split my secret into parts, distribute them among my loved ones (telling them what it is about and that I trust them they'll not meet behind my back while I'm still alive), accompanied by instructions how it works. This way, there's no plain text of my super secret stored anywhere.

This solves the "my secret should be known by my peers when _something happens_"-issue. The "inform the others if something happens to me"-problem actually persists and for _this_ problem, a service like the one posted probably is a solution, sending out "the person has not been reachable for X days, please meet and uncover his secret"-mails to the peers.

s2r2on Data Without Borders logo contest

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/datawithoutborders.cc

seems down at the moment

edit: 'not found' now, but seems to be here http://jakeporway.com/2011/08/data-without-borders-logo-cont...

s2r2on Dead Man's Switch

Something similar could be constructed using Shamir's Secret Sharing (for example) [1], where the involved parties would have to communicate (and thus know each other) to retrieve the secret from their parts. The linked service surely is easier to handle but such a scheme would not depend on any trusted host (except yourself as you know the secret and share the parts). Possibly a combination of both would be great, to ease the communication issue and still keep security high.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing

s2r2on HP Pre3 Hits Europe, U.S. Launch “Soon”

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/17/hp-pre3-makes-stealthy-entr...

Someone must have changed the title last-minute.

s2r2on Linus Torvald's favorite books(non-programming)

You're right, I was a bit quick and sounded bitchy, sorry about that. Actually, one of the sources,

http://www.stifflog.com/2006/10/16/stiff-asks-great-programm...

is pretty interesting, too, as it included more answers to the book question by others (and more questions).

s2r2on Linus Torvald's favorite books(non-programming)

It's anecdotal at best, "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein and Dawkin's "The Selfish Gene", based on quotes from Torvalds.

Too bad, a real list from Torvalds could have been interesting.

s2r2on Telex: Anticensorship in the Network Infrastructure