News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

rbirnie

Re:I run a small web server. Apache Struts CVE-2017-5638 on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @07:38PM (#13880979)
dpkg might not show it. Struts can be bundled in any java application and you'd never know.
Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2016 on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @08:53PM (#13547387)
How are you generating the raw data? Can you share your scripts that are used to generate it?

I'd be very interested in generating raw data against the disks I maintain as well, might also be able to share it, which might be interesting since its primarily SSDs.

Re:The daemontools family on Thursday August 13, 2015 @05:04PM (#10057206)
Multiprocess support works in general pretty well but isn't perfect.

Daemontools-encore still has issues with KILL signals, with HTTPD and MPMs a KILL signal will kill the master but workers often go to init and never stop.

Re:Is it worth selling software on Ubuntu Software Centre? on Friday December 28, 2012 @01:36PM (#4978845)
Which those 77 sales are really pirate copies as Ubuntu Software Centre sold SMB without permission and hasn't paid the SMB any either. I'd stay away from them if they're willing to pull this type of shenanigans.

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/12/ed-mcmillen-ubuntu-store-so...

Re:Rails is omakase on Thursday December 27, 2012 @11:56AM (#4973939)
Does DHH post regularly? His "Archive" shows 3 posts in the last 4 days, you'd think he'd have more history posting.

http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/archive.html

Re:Startup ideas spreadsheet on Monday December 10, 2012 @11:37AM (#4899841)
The "double index stock fund" - The stock market doesn't sleep it just closes. It opens the next day at a different value than what it closed based on any new information.

"Lock your savings into the housing market, so you don't get priced out!" - REIT