ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used operating system
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ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used operating system
I'm not sure about methodology differences, but this service tells a different story:
https://truemarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share?op...
Clear the 'Desktop/Laptop' filter and it gives share on all platform types. I think the difference in numbers may be due to this service is measuring only browsing activity.
It also removes 21% of traffic detected as bots, so that may also have an effect.
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: Bitcoin arbitrage without market risk
I know. I'm pointing out that seemingly profitable arbitrage opportunities carry very significant risks besides market risk.
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: Bitcoin arbitrage without market risk
Historically, exchanges that are failing have significant spreads from stable exchanges (Mt. Gox comes to mind).
So, there is risk with this strategy. One of the exchanges could fail and you lose everything you have on that exchange.
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: Bitcoin hits 3-year peak, nears record high on U.S. ETF approval
My primary issue with Ethereum is the Turing-completeness.
The more capabilities a language has, the more likely it will be compromised. Complex contracts will continue to be exploited like the DAO, which will put a damper on Ethereum's growth.
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: Bitcoin hits 3-year peak, nears record high on U.S. ETF approval
I sold my bitcoins to take a vacation when it was around 300. Mt. Gox had imploded and I was guessing it would take longer than this to rebound.
Wrong!
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: The Google Analytics Setup I Use on Every Site I Build
What's the deal with stats delayed over 24 hours? Man, I hate that.
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: The MongoDB hack and the importance of secure defaults
Speaking of defaults, if you install Mongo on EC2 using a default instance of Ubuntu using the default engine, Wired Tiger, you will get ceaseless server crashes. Wired Tiger is NOT STABLE on the default volume - ext4. You have to use xfs.
This was only recently added as a startup check.
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: Let’s Encrypt 2016 in Review
btw there if you are not totally comfortable with certbot, there is a free monitoring service at https://letsmonitor.org
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: Why HTTPS for Everything?
All web traffic that is not encrypted is vulnerable to having its contents altered enroute.
This is a type of man in the middle vulnerability that allows for javascript, posts, etc. to be changed into something malicious.
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: WoSign and letsencrypt.cn
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: WoSign and letsencrypt.cn
Steve Gibson will go into levels of detail that amaze me. The podcast on Rowhammer is a perfect example - down to the minute details of how VMs store memory pages...
Its also can be a great sleep aid.
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: WoSign and letsencrypt.cn
The Twit network has some very detailed podcasts about Wosign's sliminess:
This is a CA death penalty situation as far as I'm concerned.
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: One More Sign World Is Shrinking – eBay Is for Suckers
I tried to sell Bitcoin on eBay and every single buyer attempted to commit fraud.
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: Prolific Engineers Take Small Bites
We have a hard rule that you do not commit code that doesn't pass unit tests.
This leads to bad coders not being able to commit as frequently as good coders.
However, this seems like a very, very loose heuristic.
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: An Introduction to Polymer - A Web Component Library
polymer-project link is not working
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: How to learn hacking
It is worth studying common weaknesses in code:
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: Neurogenesis linked to aerobic exercise
A treatment for PTSD, called EMDR, involves trying to enhance the right/left communication in the brain. This is done by eye tracking back and forth from left to right. I personally know two people that this was effective on, but there is a lack of hard data on whether this works or not in general.
However, the PTSD specialist that worked with these two individuals suggested that running (and walking) long distances can create the same effect since the person is continually scanning the environment. This would alleviate PTSD symptoms plus anxiety and depression in her patients.
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: Developers’ side projects
And of course, nothing stops an employer from harassing you legally.
I was working on a personal project once and it seemed to make sense to join it with another product from another company. We collaborated on the combination design, but never moved forward with it. I never joined the company and I was never compensated in any way. No joint product or code or anything was ever produced.
However, the CEO of that company threatened me with legal action when I joined a different company to implement what I was working on. He sent a cease and desist to me and the company. I had to retain a lawyer to fend that off. Luckily, the accusations were so ridiculous it wasn't hard.
ns8sl | 9 years ago | on: Today is demo day for cyber-security accelerator
The event starts at 1pm Eastern.
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https://truemarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share?op...
I have a theory: - Bots don't show up as Linux, they spoof Chrome, iOS, etc. - Since this service filters out bot traffic, it is removing non-Linux traffic. - Hence, Linux share is actually much higher than is generally reported.
It IS the year of Linux!!