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Re:Open Source Security Tools
on Thursday February 13, 2020 @06:24PM (#22322404)
It means that the code hosted on a cloud server is available for inspection.
Re:Why are we so bad at software engineering?
on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:08PM (#22314470)
Well after just having a 5 hour meeting discussing what exactly constitutes the Presentation Layer vs the Application Layer and debating about whether Authentication counts as business logic in the presentation tier, I can tell you for certain it is Political at times.
Re:Why are we so bad at software engineering?
on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:06PM (#22314457)
Because there are a lot of bad actors with plenty of time on their hands and resources to backup their endeavors.
Re:Threads Are a Bad Idea for Most Purposes (1995) [pdf]
on Thursday January 30, 2020 @04:44AM (#22190149)
That's what optimum parallelism is. They are collaborating to process N number as many items at the same time in the most optimum way. They also are coordinating to prevent someone from grabbing the same item or placing the same item in the same place. The conveyor belt itself is a ring buffer.
The assembly line principle can also be applied to the concept of threads. Workers collaborate by handing items off to one or more workers(threads) down the line. Thread pools are just micromanagers constantly reassigning the poor workers, but at least the make a lot of friens collaborating.
Re:Threads Are a Bad Idea for Most Purposes (1995) [pdf]
on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @05:09PM (#22174647)
Have you ever seen those assembly lines where a bunch of people sit around the conveyer belt and each one grabs a product, makes an addition, and sets it back down? That's fairly close.
Re:Threads Are a Bad Idea for Most Purposes (1995) [pdf]
on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @05:06PM (#22174619)
There are more than one way to parallelize things as well. For example you could have and assembly line methodology where different threads are working on different stages at the same time. Using a common shared threadpool, as one stage slows down, it receives more workers to speed it up. Using producer/consumer queues to designate when data is being passed from one threads control to the other eliminates a lot of multi-threading bugs if this architecture is appropriate.
Re:CacheOut: Leaking Data on Intel CPUs via Cache Evictions
on Monday January 27, 2020 @09:27PM (#22165882)
This might be true in recent history, but Intel's Core architecture had AMD on its heels for several years.
Re:Noticing You're Confused
on Friday January 24, 2020 @03:09AM (#22136315)
Some people get confused and think LinkedIn is where the best networks are grown. They are wrong. It's by picking up the phone.
Re:Barr’s Encryption Push Is Decades in the Making
on Saturday January 18, 2020 @02:18PM (#22086414)
If you recall, this situation happen before with Barack Obama as president. Eventually he dropped it because something new and more important will come up a sure as sunrise. It seems to be bipartisan if you ask me. It boils down to do the ends justify the means and that doesn’t split among party lines.
Re:Barr’s Encryption Push Is Decades in the Making
on Saturday January 18, 2020 @02:06AM (#22082877)
I’m a republican and I totally disagree with Barr’s push. I honestly believe that once enough people explain to Trump the implications of unlocking one phone he’s pragmatic enough not to unbottle that genie. He’s been much more reserved than many would have expected given the loudness of his bark.
Re:DigitalOcean is laying off staff
on Saturday January 18, 2020 @12:24AM (#22082503)
You know, there are some people that just like to do things themselves so that one day instead of buying from the big guy like everyone else, they become the big guy. You can build a distributed datacenter yourself for 500$ a month that can compete with the more expensive network until you grow your user base large enough to afford it. Sometimes VC magic is a bad thing because when you don't have that option, the only other one is to innovate.
Re:Software certifications; a waste of time and money (2018)
on Saturday January 18, 2020 @12:19AM (#22082469)
Did you just comment to tell me there are more than 2 types of people in this world? TIL.
Re:DigitalOcean is laying off staff
on Friday January 17, 2020 @03:02PM (#22078607)
Oh yea it's always easier with scale. The main point I was trying to make is that the hardware is actually pretty cheap compared to the network costs to link it. Especially when large companies dump 2 year old servers for pennies on the dollar because the electricity costs at their scale justify it.
Side note: I took that cluster and split it into 8. Then moved them to different geographical locations and where I could use friend or families residential connections and a cloudflare cluster to offset my cost in exchange for unlimited hosting. Very similar to Ceph actually
Re:Microsoft Project Verona: Research programming language for concurr...
on Friday January 17, 2020 @02:59PM (#22078577)
In C++ I use concurrent ownership all the time. It's fast as hell and 60% of the time it works every time. /s
Re:Software certifications; a waste of time and money (2018)
on Friday January 17, 2020 @02:45PM (#22078417)
Let's not conflate 4 years of undergrad with a crash course in leadership. Id take someone in the military for 4 years over most college grads with a useless major any day of the week. For one, the degree and failure to apply it shows me that make bad decision or can't execute a plan. The military person shows me they are a leader, can make tough decisions, and are able to keep going when thing get tough.
Re:DigitalOcean is laying off staff
on Friday January 17, 2020 @02:23PM (#22078169)
Maybe instead of using expensive SSDs. A topology of many spanning disks in large ZFS clusters by using PCIe HDD controllers. Then link the machines via 10GBe could provide you the speed and performance you require require. I've set up a moderate size pool of 1Pb across 16 physical servers on 4 full size racks. This cost less than 50k. Electricity and cooling come from solar. Its the damn internet connection for people to access it that is the cost killer.
Re:How to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online
on Thursday January 16, 2020 @05:58PM (#22069981)
Why are liberals so concerned with censoring and hiding ideas? You guys create these enemies in your head, volunteer yourself as the heroic arbiter of truth, and antagonize everyone who disagrees because your issues are too important for disagreement. Nevermind that they are capable of making their own decisions, you are far smarter and know better. After all, you live in once of the most expensive places in the world. You can make any issue life or death but it doesn't mean it should be. The best part about Trump is that he's forced the media and keyboard warriors alike for their utter patheticness. Liberals' hypocrisy will be their undoing. Cry wolf more.
Re:How to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online
on Thursday January 16, 2020 @04:50PM (#22069371)
It's really not that obvious as pretty much every news outlet feels the need to make their point. Biased news is fake news because it sensationalizes issues to be bigger than they appear.
Re:Climate Change Is Killing Alpine Skiing as We Know It
on Thursday January 16, 2020 @09:46AM (#22064950)
Id say the $125+ for a day pass at most resorts is killing it as well. Maybe donate some of those profits
Re:Climate threats now dominate long-term risks, survey of global lead...
on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @09:14PM (#22061078)
So basically they took a poll. People and their polls smh. It may be true or it may be false, either way it’s an opinion/feeling instead of something actionable and concrete
Re:Climate change now detectable from any single day of weather at glo...
on Saturday January 04, 2020 @09:46AM (#21955111)
You can never know when the tipping point is because either you haven't yet hit it, or you already have but don't know at which point in the past the death spiral could have been prevented, if at all.
Re:Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so they can't b...
on Friday December 27, 2019 @10:19PM (#21896830)
Perhaps not the best analogy, but the ability to make an explosion happen over your head instead of from the front left and center is a marked improvement
Re:WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security
on Friday December 27, 2019 @08:27PM (#21896393)
Lead vest should be worn around groin. Safety first.
Re:A Robot That Explains Its Actions
on Friday December 27, 2019 @08:26PM (#21896387)
But how do you handle people that take offense to honesty?
Re:Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so they can't b...
on Friday December 27, 2019 @08:23PM (#21896380)
Horns are better for higher end frequencies than a regular conical tweeter but they are often too large to play woofer roles.
Re:Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so they can't b...
on Friday December 27, 2019 @08:19PM (#21896357)
What about things like Dolby atmos that use 3D noise wave cancellation/amplification technology to effectively do to surround sound what 3D glasses did for the TV
Re:WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security
on Friday December 27, 2019 @02:02PM (#21893492)
True, but if their goal is to kick you offline then sending interference on the coaxial lines might disrupt certain cable providers.
Re:A Robot That Explains Its Actions
on Friday December 27, 2019 @10:48AM (#21891935)
Warning: Do not try this advice when your wife asks if the pants make her butt look fat. The benefits of lying have been proven over and over again in this scenario.
Re:A Robot That Explains Its Actions
on Friday December 27, 2019 @10:43AM (#21891916)
What happens when it's explanations stop making sense and it gives the equivalence of a "because" response?
Re:WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security
on Friday December 27, 2019 @10:24AM (#21891802)
The IEEE 802.11 certification
https://www.wi-fi.org/discover-wi-fi/wi-fi-certified-6