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FredericJ

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Interests: Cybersecurity, Entrepreneurship, Hardware, Mobile Development, Outdoor Activities, Open Source, Privacy, Remote Work, Research, Science, Running, Space Tech

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FredericJ··on DoS exploit crashes iOS/OSX devices using WebKit
This bug has been reported to Apple already and it's been fixed in Mavericks.

I also believe it's been fixed in iOS7 because they did a lot of changes to the text rendering libraries.

FredericJ··on Poll: What OS do you currently use?
Debian, ArchLinux and OS X
FredericJ··on OpenStreetMap creates and distributes free geographic data for the world
Nokia's cartography is from Navteq, a Chicago-based subsidiary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navteq
FredericJ··on OpenStreetMap creates and distributes free geographic data for the world
Ironically Apple Maps is based on Tom Tom's cartography (but succeeded in making things worse). Tom-Tom is a company from the Netherlands which acquired Tele Atlas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tele_Atlas)
FredericJ··on [dead]
Damned, this picture has been deleted through Prism already.
FredericJ··on Ask HN: Which computer/laptop do you use?
MacBook Pro 10.1 (Retina, 2.7Ghz, 16GB RAM, 751GB SSD) Only issue, battery life
FredericJ··on Expaflry : opening beta, feedback welcome
It's never gonna take on HN, it's EPFL only.
FredericJ··on AaronSW may have left everything to Givewell, an efficient meta-charity
Same here Denzil. :(
FredericJ··on Let's black bar HN
Can't agree more.
FredericJ··on [dead]
Oh that's why they rarely fire employees, it's just too hard to update the team's page.
FredericJ··on Bing launches aggressive campaign against Google
Yes, Microsoft did it : https://twitter.com/FredericJacobs/status/273816162125615104...
FredericJ··on Why we can't process Emoji anymore
How about this npm module : https://npmjs.org/package/emoji ?
FredericJ··on Emoji NPM package for Node.js
In reply to : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4833631
FredericJ··on Scott Forstall leaves Apple
Already a few interesting answers
FredericJ··on Scott Forstall leaves Apple
Can't wait to read this thread on Quora. http://www.quora.com/Apple-Inc-2/Why-is-Scott-Forstall-leavi...
FredericJ··on Riot breaks out at Foxconn's Taiyuan plant
Will the iPhone 5 production be affected ? Probably I guess
FredericJ··on Boeing to add cell coverage to planes by 2013
+1. Doesn't make any sense to me. While internet connections enables people to work silently in the plane, I think giving people the possibility to get voice calls is a stupid idea ...
FredericJ··on UDID Leak : Identifying the Traitor
My bad. Fixed
FredericJ··on UDID Leak : Identifying the Traitor
Or it may be have been released by some dude making a fart app.
FredericJ··on UDID Leak : Identifying the Traitor
Let me know if you find other relevant questions to ask.
FredericJ··on Quick check to see if your UDID was leaked
If you've been exposed take some time to help us identify who gave this UDID's to the FBI. (Already working with 3 exposed device owners) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4473833
FredericJ··on The UDID leak is a privacy catastrophe
The device type is given in the leak
FredericJ··on AntiSec leaks 1,000,001 Apple UDIDs, Device Names/Types
If you've been exposed take some time to help us identify who gave this UDID's to the FBI. (Already working with 3 exposed device owners) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4473833
FredericJ··on The UDID leak is a privacy catastrophe
If you've been exposed take some time to help us identify who gave this UDID's to the FBI. (Already working with 3 exposed device owners) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4473833
FredericJ··on What I know about software releases
Thanks so much
FredericJ··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (August 2012)
Lead engineer - Storify

San Francisco

Job Description

The lead engineer will work closely with company founders and the team to establish product roadmaps and set quarterly goals as well as bi-weekly release schedules. The person will lead and grow our existing strong group of all-around developers working on a full-JavaScript stack (Node.js, MongoDB). She/he will have the chance to grow and manage a larger engineering team as Storify scales.

We are looking for a hands-on technical engineer who will lead engineering from the front. We seek a full-stack coder with strong understanding of back-end infrastructure who has experience architecting complex systems. The ideal candidate has prior startup experience and loves building things from the ground up. She/he can recruit engineers, and is also be experienced at mentoring and guiding development teams. The lead engineer will be on the ground floor to build the engineering team and culture.

Experience with search, relevance, ranking algorithms, social graph and news feed data structures are a big plus.

Skill Requirements

- Experience at a fast-paced startup - History of managing and growing great teams - BS in computer science or similar degree, MS preferred (equivalent work experience also taken into account) - Ability to architect complex web applications and APIs - Ability to do profiling to measure and optimize performance - Strong JavaScript knowledge (Node.js) - Experience with MongoDB, Redis, Solr

About Storify

We have the ambitious goal of building the new information network for the social web. For the first time in human history we have access to hundreds of millions of people sharing what’s happening on this planet in real time on social media. Storify users curate social networks to surface the voices that matter and tell the story. Be part of our story at Storify.

FredericJ··on [dead]
Pun intended ;)
FredericJ··on One Million page views on movies.io
I just wanted to point out the fact that we are working on referring to legal offers where these are available (especially in the US).

We completely agree with the don't make me steal manifesto which explains the issue in European countries: http://www.dontmakemesteal.com/en/

FredericJ··on One Million page views on movies.io
We contacted them. They said they didn't had any issue with us using their backdrops and information.
FredericJ··on One Million page views on movies.io
We are using the Fenopy API to get the verified status of torrents.

We still want to keep a lot of features out of the interface. Power users will still prefer searching manually for their torrents to see information we don't provide (such like codecs).

We want to keep our interface as clean as possible.

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