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Re: on Thursday April 25, 2013 @11:21AM (#5607685)
If only the automation could be automated...
Re:Ask HN: IDEs vs. Text Editors on Monday December 10, 2012 @04:54AM (#4898309)
Acme [0] via Plan9port [1].

[0]: http://acme.cat-v.org/

[1]: http://swtch.com/plan9port/

Re:Secure Share - Secure Social Networking on Sunday September 30, 2012 @03:38PM (#4593860)
This made me aware of Social Swarm:

http://socialswarm.net/

Re:Ask HN: Sending large files over HTTP on Wednesday June 27, 2012 @06:46AM (#4166352)
Neither seem to work without a Flash plugin -- so this is not about POSTing a large file.
Re:Ask HN: store password - no hash, but aes on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @05:28AM (#4160925)
I was just about to point out the known-plaintext scenario of this setup when the server is compromised, but apparently AES is immune to this attack. [1]

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Known-plaintext_attack#Present_...

Re:Quora Is Totalitairian on Thursday May 24, 2012 @06:25AM (#4017690)
Nobody is hindered to leave, right?
Re:Ask HN: Storing financial data securely in web apps? on Monday May 14, 2012 @07:19AM (#3970463)
I'm not sure about all security-related aspects of it, but concerning a separation between application logic and data, unhosted[1] comes to mind.

[1] http://www.unhosted.org

http://vagrantbox.es/ If someone beside me got a dull look on his/her face, look here.
Re:Ask HN: When will the robot revolution occur? on Friday February 24, 2012 @01:13PM (#3630198)
> When will the day where instead of having to pay 25$ for a haircut, I can go to an automated barbershop and have it done for much less ?

It will probably take some time before a robot is cheaper than 4 EUR per hour (hairdresser's collective agreement in Saxony, Germany).

Re:The Haskell road to logic review on Sunday February 05, 2012 @11:47AM (#3554428)
Re:Reminder: 11/11/11 11:11 on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @05:39AM (#3215029)

  In the Rhineland, the Carnival season is considered to be the "fifth season of the year", starting on November 11 at exactly 11:11 a.m.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasching
Re:Backify Offers 512 GB Free Online Backup Storage on Friday October 14, 2011 @08:11AM (#3110849)

  > Looking forward to the day when the browser will just automatically generate one for me.
Well, almost: https://www.pwdhash.com/
Re:3-SAT in polynomial time, or P=NP on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @08:52AM (#3098319)
You're welcome. Got it using the RSS feed. Have you checked the FAQ on the "showdead" option in your profile?

  In my profile, what does showdead do?

  If you turn it on, you'll see all the submissions and comments that have been killed by the editors. They're mostly spam and duplicates.
Re:3-SAT in polynomial time, or P=NP on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @07:28AM (#3098135)
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3097684

...same entry, [deleted] but with a little discussion.

Like Synergy[0] with file copy support (dragging across screens), but non-free and Windows only? I advise everyone to try synergy, it's a great experience to have the mouse leave one screen and enter another (even if it sounds kind of trivial).

[0] http://synergy-foss.org/

Re:Print.css — only display what's needed on Monday September 05, 2011 @05:49AM (#2961738)
The idea is nice, reminds me a little of that WWF idea of non-printable PDFs. [0]

But is something available that actually does the job? I remember this readability thing [1], is there something comparable for printing, too? Like a browser plugin or generic userscript...

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_(file_format)

[1] http://www.readability.com

http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/

it's part of the tracking list here.

Re:Dead Man's Switch on Thursday August 18, 2011 @10:49AM (#2899371)
I think your right. One (k,n)=(2,3) scheme for each group to unlock the (2,2)-scheme for the secret.

And the wife just needs to remember one key this way...

Re:Dead Man's Switch on Thursday August 18, 2011 @10:32AM (#2899294)
'my wife AND (3 of 50)'

You could take k=54 and give your wife 51 keys.

Re:Dead Man's Switch on Thursday August 18, 2011 @10:31AM (#2899284)
> I'm a little unclear on what problem you're trying to solve.

So am I, actually, sorry. My initial thought was that a central authority (a host that might go down or bankrupt) could be avoided if I were to split my secret into parts, distribute them among my loved ones (telling them what it is about and that I trust them they'll not meet behind my back while I'm still alive), accompanied by instructions how it works. This way, there's no plain text of my super secret stored anywhere.

This solves the "my secret should be known by my peers when _something happens_"-issue. The "inform the others if something happens to me"-problem actually persists and for _this_ problem, a service like the one posted probably is a solution, sending out "the person has not been reachable for X days, please meet and uncover his secret"-mails to the peers.

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