svlla | 15 years ago | on: How We Got Owned by a Few Teenagers (and Why It Will Never Happen Again)
for all the downvoters, it's pretty undeniable that as far as security is concerned, it was amateur hour at phpfog.
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svlla | 15 years ago | on: How We Got Owned by a Few Teenagers (and Why It Will Never Happen Again)
php... a language by amateurs, for amateurs. phpfog... a service by amateurs, for amateurs.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: SuperHappyDevHouse
accounting can get pretty creative sometimes.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: Microsoft Takes Legal Action Against Barnes & Noble over Android
they already reached a settlement with Amazon last year. MS is going to get their way with B&N too.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: U.S. Missiles Strike Libyan Air-Defense Targets
yeah it's not like there's been any recent developments of note in that region at all either, huh
svlla | 15 years ago | on: I just don’t get LinkedIn, do you?
it's where you go to update your profile to indicate to others that you're looking for a new job.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: Should Holocaust Deniers be Heard?
Mostly I think it's more a cultural quirk of some European countries and I don't really care all that much. What bothers me more is stuff like this: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014271060_b...
svlla | 15 years ago | on: The Economics of Dissent: How Twitter & Fbook Tipped the Revolutionary Equation
and cell phones, texting, wifi, email ... it's about communication in general, yo.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: Pwn2own considered (somewhat) harmful
there's more than one buyer out there for vulns
svlla | 15 years ago | on: Pwn2own considered (somewhat) harmful
heh yeah I prefer vulns that never get disclosed except to clients that can pay a lot more.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: Twitter Drops The Ecosystem Hammer: Don’t Try To Compete With Us On Clients
Twitter is a long con just like many other successful businesses, for example Google.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: Japan's Strict Building Codes Saved Lives
there are many who would classify some building codes as unnecessary and some as absolutely essential, but for others the difference between the two is just too much to fathom... and as a result of their brains hurting so much, or from ulterior motives, they come up with something completely asinine: remove all regulations, they're too hard, and let's just find out what happens!
turns out, most of the time that's actually too much for everyone else to fathom, frankly.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: Real cost of C++ exception vs error-code checking
Good point :)
Here's a different take, then, and probably harder to verify, but I am guessing is true:
Cache utilization has increased much more than RAM or HD, not just because programs are handling more data but also because of increases in program size and number of programs being run simultaneously.
Your hard drive is probably not full... RAM could be, depends on your workload... but I bet most caches are churning like mad, more than they used to be.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: Real cost of C++ exception vs error-code checking
"modern C++" has changed meanings so many times in the past 10 years that it's not funny anymore. there's always some "modern" solution in C++ that ends up causing more problems, leading to further "modern" solutions that end up... you get my point.
some folks have decided to get off the C++ feature treadmill and go back to, well... getting things done with solid languages (e.g. C) instead of learning about the latest C++ non-solutions to non-problems.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: Real cost of C++ exception vs error-code checking
Cache sizes have not seen gains proportional to RAM or HDs.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: XOmB Exokernel OS written in D
no kidding. trying to make a better c++ is like trying to make a better cvs. just don't bother.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: Do C10K testing with gevent
you're only going to need 16+ IPs if you're making those outbound connections to the same destination IP & port... which seems unlikely.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: The Pragmatic Programmer
This book is like a self-help book... it mostly makes you feel good, otherwise mostly worthless. People who like this book are probably bad programmers.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: Myhrvold: $700M in licensing revenue in 2010, $2B to date
TechFlash is fluffy Seattle-area "tech" company news. Mostly covers consumer-facing internet "startups" or Microsoft. Doesn't really talk much tech at all.
svlla | 15 years ago | on: Alleged Wikileaks Leaker Faces Death Penalty
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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