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by codezero 4y ago
Initial motivation was being a teenager without enough money to buy all the new computer games coming out. From there, it was partly just excitement using new technology that was relevant to the scene (Linux, high speed networks, cool ANSI
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by codezero 4y ago
Pretty sure I assumed the same thing at the time without asking :)
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by codezero 4y ago
I don't think I even knew back then (didn't care!) but from Wikipedia it's interesting! > "The group was founded as Razor 2992 by Doctor No, Insane TTM and Sector9 in Norway in October 1985 as a Commodore 64 software
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by codezero 4y ago
That anti-profit motive is exactly the one I followed as well! Yep I remembered so many of the boxes we uploaded to were wired into a university network in random closets in MIT and other universities. Your HN karma is 1337 right now lol!
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by codezero 4y ago
I think it depends on the case. Some of the leaders of those groups were basically using minors like myself as cover in the same way street gangs did, and doing a lot more than piracy. I think the folks that got hit for their actual fraud d
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by codezero 4y ago
I was a minor and it was 30 or so years ago, I don't think I'm at much risk. I think it was an interesting time in tech and worth sharing some of the details of what went on. Also, most of the people that served time weren't
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by codezero 4y ago
I was a member of Razor back in the day. I noticed that he mentioned he wouldn't say how he got Quake released before release date. I can share how I participated in an early release: I had befriended the manager of Electronics Boutiqu
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by codezero 4y ago
It’s common for anti-vax people to believe that mRNA vaccines “shed” into the rest of the population despite that not being a thing. There’s no mental gymnastics they aren’t capable of.
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by codezero 4y ago
This exact thing definitely happened to Buzz Aldrin when he was confronted about the moon landing being fake, and it's caught on film :) https://boingboing.net/2022/09/10/i-cant-believe-its-20-year...
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by codezero 4y ago
kind of what i was going for - _why was a great source of knowledge.
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by codezero 4y ago
what is a messiah really?
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by codezero 4y ago
There goes my musing out the window, glad that there are smart folks out there doing the real work and folks like you sharing it!
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by codezero 4y ago
Makes sense! Thanks for sharing. I studied comets quite a bit but have been out of academia for a while so I’m no longer as wired into the reality of wild space shit :)
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by codezero 4y ago
I like thinking about why something that survives interstellar travel might be elongated and off the top of my head I think of what analogous shape is familiar. The best way to penetrate mass is with length and density and of course space i
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by codezero 4y ago
Lots of people do bad things, most bad people have friends, many of whom are either too naive or too lonely to be picky. He treated me well and taught me a lot about tech in the 90s. It was not easy to find mentors/like minded people (
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by codezero 4y ago
That's good copy - most new founders I've worked with didn't do that, but hopefully that messaging is more common now? Whether it is or not, I'm taking it with me :)
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by codezero 4y ago
Agreed but fwiw in b2b SaaS (their current target customer) it’s very painful to anchor your prices publicly.
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by codezero 4y ago
Airbnb must be a hotbed for these sort of things. I had a friend in the 90s who would squat at unfinished or unoccupied homes while he ran fraud scams, renting an Airbnb seems much easier, since these scammers almost certainly rented it wit
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by codezero 4y ago
I think the actual crypto story lines are too preposterous to be funny. :)
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by codezero 4y ago
If you're a hermit, don't let people near you, they transmit a lot of diseases :)
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by codezero 4y ago
I just had a wholesome and hearty laugh at the last two sentences. Thank you for that. And sorry for your broken rib. I broke mine the same way but only after being love-tapped by an SUV. I didn’t realize it until the next day.
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by codezero 4y ago
I do the same, and so far I've had two leak through: 1. keen.io when they sold to a PE firm 2. 1password - we're not sure why this one happened, 1password's security team worked with me to dig into it and it's likely tha
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by codezero 4y ago
I've seen this happen when a recruiting org has some chaos - and it can be completely unrelated to the rest of the company. When recruiters hand off candidates or when there is turnover in the recruiting/people org this kind of st
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by codezero 4y ago
What kind of mentorship are you looking for exactly? What do you need help with?
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by codezero 4y ago
Welp, there’s a sure fire way to bring me to tears.
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Canadian admits to hacking spree with Russian cyber-gang(bbc.com)
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by codezero 4y ago
Check out another prominent lock sporter, Lock Noob. He has a recent video where he examines the lock and agrees it’ll be hard to pick. Unpickable locks aren’t that unique or rare in the community but they tend to be too complex to make it
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by codezero 4y ago
Modern eye surgery exists because a few adventurous soldiers who had glass shards in their eyes let doctors experiment on them, same for gender affirming surgery. Originally it was done to reconstruct war wounds. We’ve always had science th
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by codezero 4y ago
AOL’s settlement with volunteers drew out super clear conditions for community moderators to exist without ever getting paid and it’s the playbook all social media sites with community moderation follow. https://en.m.wikipedia.or
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by codezero 4y ago
Huge plus one for OS: Three Easy Pieces. It sticks in my memory forever and I just confirmed, I had a random question about "why" from part of that book in 2014 and emailed Remzi and within a few days had a very detailed response

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