abreu_alexandre's comments

abreu_alexandre | 11 years ago | on: James Golick has died

https://twitter.com/jill380/status/549016126035095552

abreu_alexandre | 14 years ago | on: Daring Fireball: Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot

Yes. It is so easy to forget ...

abreu_alexandre | 16 years ago | on: Seven Languages: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages

I bought the book and love it so far; it is not yet complete but the intents of the author are clearly geared toward a rather deep (limited by space though) review of the selected languages;

all this is supported by meaningful projects to get passed the syntax and have a feel of the core decisions that underline every language,

good work so far!

abreu_alexandre | 16 years ago | on: Cracking Down on Botnets

another case of "catching a botnet by the tail"

http://www.emailsecuritymatters.com/site/blog/all-about-spam...

although really essential and important, what bothers me is that, due to some misconceptions about botnets, this kind of effort keeps being presented as a big step towards "less spams" or "less malware" which is wrong on the longer term ...

abreu_alexandre | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: How many tabs do you currently have open?

30, and it's usually higher,