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Re:'I wash all my food like crazy': scientists voice concern about nan...
on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @03:17PM (#20044211)
Says the Linux communist.
Re:'I wash all my food like crazy': scientists voice concern about nan...
on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @12:14PM (#20042004)
You need to move to a better city.
Re:Huawei’s Ace in the Hole: Undersea Cables
on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @01:16PM (#20032146)
"Encryption is so expensive!" cries the 1990s
Re:Vignette: add photos to your contacts by searching public social me...
on Saturday May 25, 2019 @11:54PM (#20013001)
I couldn't find the vignette filter in this app. Can anybody help?
Re:PEP 594 – Removing dead batteries from Python's standard library
on Thursday May 23, 2019 @10:09AM (#19991944)
> So what reason is there for adding a new string formatting syntax that looks nothing like string formatting syntax used in any other language
The new syntax is more like other modern languages, not less.
Re:JavaScript Array.push is 945x faster than Array.concat
on Thursday May 23, 2019 @10:04AM (#19991892)
It's not 945x faster, it's O(N) faster.
Re:Getting my personal data out of Facebook
on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @04:37PM (#19974686)
The typical approach is to keep the PII in the backups encrypted with a user-specific key which is stored separately and can be deleted without touching the backups. I'd expect Facebook to do the same, but who knows?
Re:US has underestimated Huawei, says founder
on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @12:15PM (#19971592)
No, they just do it in slightly different ways than Americans so it's framed as something exotic and weird instead of typical human behaviour.
Re:Update to Security Incident
on Saturday May 18, 2019 @11:44AM (#19948026)
The user in question uses a nonunique pseudonym and Tor, so I'm not sure if they actually want attention. Maybe they were also the hacker. ;)
Re:Update to Security Incident
on Friday May 17, 2019 @04:46PM (#19943405)
I believe they were polling the list of moderator-or-greater-access users on each site through the API: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/moderators
Re:Update to Security Incident
on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:30PM (#19942727)
As it happens, this incident was discovered by a curious user who had a script watching for new accounts with staff privileges, who brought the attacker's account it to the company's attention (in chat) because it looked unusual.
Stack Overflow seem to be following a very responsible incident response procedure, perhaps instituted by their new VP of Engineering (the author of the OP). It is nice to see.