uzakov

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by uzakov 5y ago
> OAuth2 was production ready when everybody realized having FAANG logins is insane I would have to disagree with this statement for a number of reasons: 1) HN community sometimes could be a bubble, in a sense that many developers here s
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by uzakov 5y ago
Not sure if your suggestion of NFT is a sarcasm or you actually believe it. I haven't seen any studies on risk/potential return on NFT, but my bet would be that average person with some money that needs investing would lose, rathe
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by uzakov 5y ago
But I guess the answer still stands, from investor(especially regular investor) point of view, where can you park your money that is likely to generate return on part/slightly higher than inflation, while not investing into too high ri
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by uzakov 5y ago
Not sure where you are but you can often check where your money is invested and change funds
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by uzakov 5y ago
My take on this as someone who lived in the UK the last 10 years or so: the main reason why ETF are less known are: less disposable income in the middle class/upper middle class(compared to the USA), it was much harder to buy stocks &g
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by uzakov 5y ago
Would be interesting to hear your opinion on why you think certain assets will not keep going up. Treasury bonds rates are low (especially once you consider shadow inflation), inflation is fairly high atm. Where can investors park their mon
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by uzakov 5y ago
Multiple reasons: 1) Someone can use those to train DeepFake models and scam your family 2) There could be private photos and videos there that you aren't aware of 3) Why not?
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by uzakov 5y ago
Maybe I am nitpicking but there are some very important steps missing: Encrypt everything Check drives (health etc) Etc
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by uzakov 5y ago
Can someone explain why you downvoted the comment? Unless for personal reasons you didn't like the data I supplied
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by uzakov 5y ago
In summary, the emigration of EU citizens to the US is not characterized by overcrowded flights and waiting times. It is, rather, a small and steady flow. Nevertheless, this small flow possesses exceptional skill and education levels. Behin
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by uzakov 5y ago
Person above provided statistics to correct the stamement made by another person. > basic health issues can bankrupt you While there is no universal definition of "basic health issues" as far as I know, there is "common he
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by uzakov 5y ago
Good comment that provides good links! Too often people on HN give absolutely misleading information without even any links
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by uzakov 5y ago
You can get fairly cheap, by Western standard (under 200/250$) brand new phones with great screen, good camera, not many/no annoying apps that affect the daily usage [1], fairly cheap contract (around $5 a month)[2]. It does requi
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by uzakov 5y ago
Thank you very much for sharing your opinion! I've added those to my "Book/Essay" folder, especially liked and agreed with the idea of having the book free to download. I can't see your email on HN nor DM functional
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by uzakov 5y ago
Are there any resources/things you wish you knew before you wrote and self-published a book? I am considering writing a short essay on making security decisions from the business point of view.
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by uzakov 5y ago
PortSwigger(creators of BurpSuite) certification cost was reduced to £6. https://portswigger.net/web-security/certification Lifetime pass for Plex for £71.24 https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/plex-
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by uzakov 5y ago
Your numbers are not quite correct, which changes the dynamic of the argument. > Tuition maxes at <£10k/y For the majority of courses offered at the BSc level they are more or less fixed accross the board. For example, it doesnt
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by uzakov 5y ago
AMEX now has fee-free cards, which afaik still offer cashback and offers
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by uzakov 5y ago
I think situation in 2021 is very different in London: AMEX is accepted nearly everywhere in central London (Even on markets etc), there are ofc some shops that don't take it but generally AMEX is widely accepted. Re: Mastercard It see
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by uzakov 5y ago
One more thing I think helps a lot is to try to have "life as usual" for your mother where possible, maybe organise events at home/hospital, have dinners, jokes. I did film watching, me cooking, reading books for my mum.
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by uzakov 5y ago
I am so sorry to hear this, I have lost my mother to cancer earlier this year. It's a pain that I could have never imagined before. I think the most important thing you can do is to be there, spend 1000% of available time with her, do
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by uzakov 5y ago
Long term, if 3% of their SRE/SWE leave Netflix tomorrow, would it make any noticeable operational/technical difference?
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by uzakov 5y ago
Politics aside: how much operational and technical risk is staff walkout for companies like Netflix? Ie if 2% of their DevOps engineers leave immediately, would it create any noticeable operational/technical effect for Netflix?
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by uzakov 5y ago
This is straight from South Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turd_Burglars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENEBRFOVuXI
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by uzakov 5y ago
Useful resources to get started with application security: https://owasp.org/www-project-juice-shop/ https://www.secureflag.com/owasp.html https://hackerone.com/hacktivity https:&#x2F
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by uzakov 5y ago
> IMHO, the cost-benefit ratio for splitting the system isn't good enough. A while ago I wrote a guide on a system that has good cost-benefit ratio in terms of security and amount of effort required. It is a bit outdated for 2021 bu
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by uzakov 5y ago
It is not actually, about $416 per month or 176k tenge (local currency) per month. A cook in Almaty, KZ can make between 170-350k according to the local job board https://almaty.hh.kz/search/vacancy?st=searchVacancy&amp
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by uzakov 5y ago
HN: Be careful when visiting Tor links that are suggested anywhere. There are many malicious clones of popular websites
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by uzakov 5y ago
>> This is gatekeeping 101 > What? How? In many hobby communities, whenever new people ask questions, which are obvious to the more experienced people, some more experienced people become hostile/use more hostile language
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by uzakov 5y ago
Link to the original research https://habr.com/ru/post/575626/

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