san86

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by san86 12y ago
This is good news indeed. I moved back to India 1.5 years ago because my wife could not work there. Not sad I moved back, but yes, a lot of people would be really really happy today.
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by san86 12y ago
NDTV did. Not too much details though.. http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/yahoo-confirms-bangalo...
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by san86 12y ago
why not just overload the + operator in C++?
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by san86 13y ago
IMO Hashing on the client side is a terrible idea. There is now no way for the application to check the complexity of the password on the server side. Relying on client side controls to do the same is almost useless.
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by san86 13y ago
"it's not terribly different from a random attack in the street or a shopping mall" You are right. However, the one difference is the reaction to an attack. It is fairly straightforward (these days) to get responders on the s
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by san86 13y ago
"This Google ad has moved people to tears across India and Pakistan" Probably not all across India. I am from the south and neither me nor my ancestors have any personal experiences from the partition. Don't get me wrong.. th
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by san86 13y ago
I did not see Elon complaining when a car launch got so much attention from the press. This just seems to be the other side of the same coin. This happens to every runaway success. Remember the "death grip" nonsense for iPhone4 an
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by san86 13y ago
I kinda like what my employer does. There is a 1-5 ranking, but the distribution/buckets for bonus is determined after the reviews are complete. Of course, the concern here is that management "can" slot the buckets in a way t
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by san86 13y ago
A good point to note is that none of the major reports on snowden leaks came from tech journalists. The best op-eds and reporting came from the Guardian, WaPo and other main stream outlets. This speaks volumes about the path taken by Tech J
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by san86 13y ago
I used to reddit a lot before I got hooked on to YC (usually the tech subreddit). I love the format but try to stay away from cat pictures.
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by san86 13y ago
I am not a programmer any more but working in the industry (InfoSec).. I remember a really smart guy who worked with us said he would be happy with 8-10 weeks of really exciting work each year. I agree with him.. if I have 8-12 weeks of re
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by san86 13y ago
it's times like these where I wish they still had the "Beta" in their logo.. turns out "timer for 23 hours 99 minutes" breaks it too :P more testing google.. more testing
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by san86 13y ago
I think the "tailoring to me" problem can be solved by logging out of google and doing the search (or search in incognito mode if you are a chrome user). However, I wish there was a way to turn off personalized search. That way, G
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by san86 13y ago
The problem is not so much what CCC has done, but CCC has started. In the days/month ahead.. there is now a possibility of building a more practical attack. Remember the firefox plugin which allowed users to steal FB user sessions in a
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by san86 13y ago
If I am not mistaken, the drink was "Crush".
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by san86 13y ago
The contracting culture is indeed awful. It gives companies a way to fire workers without making the headlines. Also let's them not dirty their hands with benifits. But it's unfair to blame Amazon alone. Many organizations do this
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by san86 13y ago
you are probably talking about this: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870347870457461...
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by san86 13y ago
yeah.. but I'd expect a publication of such reputation to dig deeper than that. The ideas mentioned don't even scratch the surface. Hence the reference to "4 year olds".
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by san86 13y ago
awesome stuff NY TImes. You just wrote an article about something every 4 year old in India (and every other tropical country) is well aware of
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by san86 13y ago
My beef is with the lack of details FWD.us provided. If you want to look at how to grow a grassroot movement, look at Ron Paul. I certainly don't agree with Paul's policies, but he provided his opinions on things that matter to him in excru
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by san86 14y ago
This could work if security questions (not the best form of security by itself) are asked if the request comes from a "not previously used" computer. So that way, if the phishing site is sending a request on my behalf, they would have to an
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by san86 14y ago
When apple does something new it's a "breakthrough" and "innovation". When Microsoft does it's "confusing". Surely the launch(es) are more complicated than most MS launches, but that is because this a bold complex move. It's a humongous a