paulrr's comments

paulrr | 11 years ago | on: Gmail trick: multiplying your address

I never understood why people rely on the + trick to determine the source of new spam. Wouldn't a smart spammer / list-seller simply strip the suffix from all @gmail.com addresses?

paulrr | 11 years ago | on: Password Security: Why the horse battery staple is not correct

So I've got a question. Isn't using a password manager with unique, big, long, randomly generated passwords per site essentially the same as two-factor authentication? Something I know (the master password) and something I have (the encrypted password list). The password list lives on my laptop, on my phone, etc. Furthermore, when I use 2 factor auth, I end up storing the lose-your-phone recovery password in the password manager anyway, so I'm probably missing the point of the SMS-, token- or Authy- based validation anyway.

paulrr | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: What DB to use for huge time series?

Kx (http://kx.com) has been around forever and has a good rep for this sort of thing.

paulrr | 11 years ago | on: Proposed New York State Virtual Currency Regulations [pdf]

Matt Levine has excellent commentary on this: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-07-17/bitcoin-ban...

paulrr | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: Manage servers easily online with Commando.io

Although obviously much simpler, I've always been a huge fan of csshx. https://code.google.com/p/csshx/

paulrr | 12 years ago | on: Why Bitcoin Can No Longer Work as a Virtual Currency

Not true.

Q-6: Does a taxpayer have gain or loss upon an exchange of virtual currency for other property?

A-6: Yes. If the fair market value of property received in exchange for virtual currency exceeds the taxpayer’s adjusted basis of the virtual currency, the taxpayer has taxable gain.