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Re:‘Low End’ Means Good Enough on Monday June 12, 2017 @01:04AM (#14535271)
there was no point to be made. I wasn't saying that either platform is insecure. Just seems the link wasn't to show anything other than if you care about security, using the latest version of macos is prudent.
Re:‘Low End’ Means Good Enough on Sunday June 11, 2017 @10:30PM (#14534903)
also on newer machines you get more security features, such as SMAP/SMEP which were introduced in the Broadwell chips (2015 macs?)
Re:‘Low End’ Means Good Enough on Sunday June 11, 2017 @10:23PM (#14534890)
It's pretty hard to take this article seriously.

The author writes

"I don’t consider Windows good enough. Historically there have been to many ways to compromise a Windows-based computer, and new techniques keep showing up with alarming regularity."

And then later

"I am writing this on my newest computer, a Late 2008 Aluminum MacBook running OS X 10.11 El Capitan"

If you're going to knock Windows on a lack of security, at the very least do as much as you can do to protect yourself on a Mac. Note the long list of security fixes in the latest version of MacOS https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

Re:Ask HN: What laptop do you use? on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @02:24PM (#14044341)
2012 Samsung series 9 (15")

I really love my laptop, but it's getting old. I think I'd be happy with another samsung, but am not totally sure.

Pros:

+Thin + Light/small bezels on the display

+upgradable ram (came with 8gb, I have 16gb in it now).

+great trackpad/keyboard (only now the 'a' key feels weird, but only after 5 years, so I'm not super upset about that).

+Linux support is good (it didn't start out perfect, things like keyboard backlight only started working like 2-3 years ago, but it's great now).

cons:

-battery life isn't that great. I get a few hours (~2.5-ish? I never checked).

-screen is 1600x900, I'd prefer a 1080p panel. The new ones are 1080p

-ssd is really really slow. like spinning disk slow.

Re:Show HN: Tenta – A private encrypted browser on Thursday August 04, 2016 @11:34AM (#12226203)
vpn is enough to bypass censorship in china. How do you think international corporations do it?
this is a really great piece of software that is deserving of love/donations. If you've ever wanted a free, supported version of a tool like ida, or a user-friendly tool for assembling/disassembling (radare2 can make use of libraries like keystone/capstone in ways that don't require writing new C code), then you owe it to yourself to donate to, or at least try radare2.
Re:Reverse Engineering with Radare2 on Monday October 05, 2015 @11:11PM (#10336548)
sys/static.sh - compile a static bin
Re:Zyan Disassembler Engine on Friday May 29, 2015 @11:17PM (#9628758)
while possible, what benefit would it have over the current default of capstone for x86/amd64? I've never heard of zyan before.
Re:How to get a B.S. in CS without BS on Friday April 10, 2015 @07:32PM (#9357678)
Some great links here. Awesome job curating it!

Help the Radare Project Host the Radare Summer of Code

The radare project[1] is an open source reverse engineering toolkit [2] that aims to be a free replacement for software such as IDA Pro and Hopper.We are currently looking to sponsor some student developers to work on adding some awesome features[3] to radare2, but need your help with funding[4]! Our goal is to provide 3 slots for the participants in this year (+1 slot from the Google Summer of...

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Re:Show HN: Slap – a command line client for Github Gists on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @12:23PM (#7380262)
currently, no. that would be a simple addition though.
Re:Show HN: Slap – a command line client for Github Gists on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @12:22PM (#7380250)
good idea, I will add that as an update
Re:Show HN: Slap – a command line client for Github Gists on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @11:40AM (#7379881)
to be honest, I was not aware of that piece of software.

One features of my client that I prefer is the auto-copy to clipboard. gist does look nice though.

Re:Show HN: Slap – a command line client for Github Gists on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @11:21AM (#7379720)
I originally started the project on bitbucket, and never ended up moving it to github. I should probably do that, seeing as it is targeted to a github project.
Re:Show HN: Slap – a command line client for Github Gists on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @10:54AM (#7379507)
bitbucket project page can be found here

https://bitbucket.org/crowell/slaprb

can be installed with "gem install slap"

Re:Show HN: Watson – inline issue manager with GitHub support on Thursday November 21, 2013 @11:23AM (#6775488)
I helped to test this and have been using it since. it is much less disruptive to work flow to just add comments in one place rather than add comments and have to go through github's ui for work items, bugs, etc.
Re:Hostnames on Saturday October 12, 2013 @06:21PM (#6540627)
I use locations from the Zelda universe.

my current machines are

lakehylia, lostwoods, termina, koholint, skyloft, deathmountain, minishwoods

I've given it a try before. I really just prefer the -tui switch on gdb if I want to work with multiple panes. It allows src/console/registers/asm panes. really quite useful.

http://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/TUI.html

V10S goes to java as well. I've really enjoyed using it and the work flow is quite nice.
very cool. How does the output compare with something like Virtuous 10 Studio?
Re:Retina MacBook Pro review as a Mac Pro owner on Sunday August 26, 2012 @11:41PM (#4437332)
I'm glad you love your macbook, but would a similar-enough computer _really_ not do it for you? When I upgraded from a netbook as my main machine to my Toshiba Z830, it was amazing, but then again, that is comparing a $200 machine to a $700 machine.

I can't really see that same $500 difference in price making something like the $1200 MBP so much better than what I've got, with marginal utility and all that going.

I don't by any means think that getting a high end machine is a bad idea, but I do think that once you get something that is a high quality item, you definitely reach the "good enough for me" stage.

very cool plugin. I'd like the definition to show up in a tooltip or something by default though. opening up a new window is a bit annoying.
Interesting. I'll still stick with KDE paste for their api, but seems promising