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Agent766 commented on Amazon exec: it's time to 'disagree and commit' to office return despite no data   fortune.com/2023/08/03/am... · Posted by u/softwaredoug
dacracot · 2 years ago
So why isn't this an environmental/climate change issue. These corporations that want employees that can work from home to burn fuel and emit CO2 in order to travel to the office unnecessarily should be shamed for their lack of compassion and vision. These same corporations claim to be driving toward carbon neutral while simultaneously pushing for CO2 increase via their employees travel.
Agent766 · 2 years ago
Because they don't actually care. They just want butts in seats so they can get tax incentives. Attrition is a bonus to lower employee costs.
Agent766 commented on Amazon Aurora Limitless Database   aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/... · Posted by u/samaysharma
Agent766 · 2 years ago
I can't wait until people find its limits!
Agent766 commented on How to find a lost phone in a no-cell-coverage camping site?   manas.tech/blog/2023/10/2... · Posted by u/mgarciaisaia
Agent766 · 2 years ago
Here's a fun question, after the device connected to the wifi hotspot, would the "find my" feature work?
Agent766 commented on Write your passwords down (2010)   blog.jgc.org/2010/12/writ... · Posted by u/smartmic
EdTechAndrew · 2 years ago
Question for security experts: Is this really that much more secure than a local only password manager, like KeePass? It is fun, but the inconvenience of it feels like its not worth the benefits.
Agent766 · 2 years ago
I don't think it is. I recommend using a password manager that supports hardware 2fa. One of the main issues with the proposed paper mechanism are that it doesn't support rotating passwords individually. Another is sites that share second and third characters would share a password.
Agent766 commented on EchOh-No: a Vulnerability and PoC Demo in a Popular Minecraft Anticheat Tool   ioctl.fail/echo-ac-writeu... · Posted by u/tech234a
Agent766 · 2 years ago
Please understand that this "company" and "CEO" are most likely a teen skiddie. I doubt they care about vulnerabilities in their software and I'm not sure if their users would know about them either.
Agent766 commented on Tell HN: Messages from Another Azure Customer Are Appearing in My Queue    · Posted by u/AzureQueueMixup
jadbox · 2 years ago
Have you contacted azure support?
Agent766 · 2 years ago
If you file a ticket I bet you'd get escalated if you mention that it's a "security risk".
Agent766 commented on Everything You Never Wanted to Know about PKI but Were Forced to Find Out [pdf]   cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00... · Posted by u/doodlesdev
leoedin · 2 years ago
Seems to be from the early 2000s, although not dated. Can anyone with knowledge on PKI shine light on if it's still relevant? Has much changed in the last 20 years?
Agent766 · 2 years ago
It looks to be very relevant. CRLs are more frequently checked now due to bandwidth and compute becoming much cheaper. OCSP is a common solution for larger CAs. Cross-signing is becoming more common, and it still is a mess with clients validating it in different ways. Let's Encrypt used cross-signing when they rolled over to their own ISRG X1 root. There's a CA/Browser Forum group which defines rules and standards for browsers to trust public CAs and all major browsers use them to determine which roots to trust. Certificate Transparency logs are also a new development which is like a blockchain of issued certificates. CA/B Forum requires CT to be implemented by all publicly trusted CAs.
Agent766 commented on Activision’s faulty anti-cheat software   blog.mikeswanson.com/post... · Posted by u/mdswanson
blue039 · 3 years ago
Unfortunately we gave up our right to own software when we let companies own the servers. Back in the day you could get banned from a server and go find somewhere else to play. Now you'll get banned for life, and in some cases, even banned from the single player mode. Sorry, no refunds!

There's a reason pirate crews are hailed as heroes...and it's not the free software. Games legitimately work better when they are cracked almost 100% of the time.

Agent766 · 3 years ago
It's pretty ridiculous for companies ban the alleged cheaters in single player modes too which shouldn't require any server dependencies.
Agent766 commented on New NES Tetris Technique: Faster Than Hypertapping (2021) [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=n-BZ5... · Posted by u/drexlspivey
Agent766 · 3 years ago
The classic tetris scene has been crazy lately. Rolling (the name of the new strategy) allows players to easily play past the "kill"screen of level 29. Classic tetris matches are becoming endurance matches and we're seeing new records broken left and right of highest score and highest level in both PAL and NTSC versions. For Classic Tetris World Championships they're considering adding a second killscreen by editing the rom to limit the length of matches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hcZ1tNwvlchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2r0fIQ3RI4

Agent766 commented on Why do we call it “boilerplate code?”   buttondown.email/hillelwa... · Posted by u/goranmoomin
Agent766 · 3 years ago
As an aside, check out the 30 minute documentary "Farewell Etaoin Shrdlu" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MGjFKs9bnU) about the end of the linotype era. I'm amazed at the engineering that went into linotype printing.

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KarmaCake day131March 12, 2017View Original