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alexivanovson Ask HN: Blacklist Forbes?

Seems like a VERY bold move, and something tells me that a lot of other sites are going to follow this idea, in many ways because it validates what others have been feeling already for so long; the loss of potential revenue.

I encountered this for the first time earlier today, and had to come back to the screen that tells you to turn it off at least 3 times, one can hope that it was just a 'temporary' hold to lure people in the idea, but no -- it's the real deal!

alexivanovson 12 Coders Get Naked for a Good Cause

But will it blend?

alexivanovson Show HN: CloudScrape – Cloud-based web scraping platform

Anyone interested in 'similar' tools/platforms:

http://codecondo.com/web-scraping-tools-extracting-data/

alexivanovson 15 year old creates the next big thing

Instead of marketing jargon, you should focus on actual facts and ideas. It's plain stupid that the "next big thing" is still going to have to go through a beta phase, not to mention that the idea itself is implied by the person who is the author of the product.

alexivanovson Million Dollar iOS9 Bug Bounty

alexivanovs on Skype Down

Been down for 8+ hours here and still unable to connect. They said an hour ago that it's being rectified. [1]
[1]: https://twitter.com/Skype/status/645980952930447360

alexivanovs on Writing in Cafés: A Personal History

That sounds like a good idea, might have to give it a go. Thanks!

alexivanovs on Show HN: Front-end content publishing for WordPress

Hey,
I will talk to the owner and get some demo snapshots online soon. Will comment back on Monday!
(Thanks for feedback!)

alexivanovs on Finland considers basic income to reform welfare system

Typical Hacker News comment section on something innovative and something that takes the next step in global economy; "I don't know.", "hmm, looks like a bad idea.", "yeah, it doesn't affect me so I guess it's pretty bad."

alexivanovs on Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho ‘Ag-Gag Law’

Screw you man. You have zero idea on what you're actually talking about. As you say; you're full of shit. Lets leave it at that. You think anyone cares for a bunch of people, versus the countless cruel acts done against animals in the conditions that they're being done in?

alexivanovs on Hackers Remotely Attack a Jeep on the Highway

Wow. You need to cry a little harder.

alexivanovs on 8 Excellence Tips to Create a Mobile Friendly App

so excellence

alexivanovs on SpaceProbes

"The golden record was curated by Carl Sagan and others in hopes of it one day reaching an extraterrestrial spacefaring civilization."
I'm fairly certain that extraterrestrial life is more aware of our planet than we are ourselves, and have been since the beginning of time. Then again, this is a strictly technology site and spiritual matter is seen as evil and unproven factor in the ecosystem of Earth.

alexivanovs on My 25 years as a prostitute

25 years eh..

alexivanovs on Facebook was down

If they guy is posting pics of himself on Twitter asking others to "dox him", it could mean that he's pretty emotionally stable not to fall for the common pitfalls when it comes to online hacking.
In that sense, it's very possible that he has access to some major database dumps that the public is unaware of, and given that he is also claiming the glory behind the Malaysia Airlines hack; it's clear that he does more than DDoS, no matter what the more educated hackers are saying.
A long way to go for a secure internet, that's for sure.

alexivanovs on Suspended jaccuzzi

It's all about scale.

alexivanovs on Suspended jaccuzzi

Those are some high spirited friends, wish you could order them in mail just like that. But anyway, what about the permissions, is everyone going to start doing this now?

alexivanovs on Matter.js – A 2D rigid body physics engine for the web

Very cool, love the variety of demos. :)

alexivanovs on 100 Hours of Meditation in 10 Days

It's very obvious that you needed this in life, and it's also very obvious that you need to do it once more to really understand what the experience is about. You tried to shame these fellows a little too much at your own expense, and remember - it's a retreat, not a prison.

alexivanovs on Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?

Looks good, might become a customer soon!

alexivanovs on India Orders 32 Websites Blocked, Including GitHub, Archive.Org, Pastebin

Nice, here is my chance to get in touch with you again. A few weeks ago I tweeted out something along the lines of you hosting a lot of credit card dumps on your service, have you done anything about this?
I don't care to check once again, but your site did have a lot of users offering stolen credit cards for sale. Are you aware of this?

alexivanovs on Hackers Who Shut Down PSN and Xbox Live Now Attacking Tor

This is fun to watch, even funnier when you realize that any talk around this is just that - talk. But, I'm intrigued for the future, this type of hacking is starting to make its comeback, and that's a cute thing.

alexivanovs on Kim Dotcom Stops Xbox and Playstation Attacks

Are you sure about your last sentence? The last time I checked, all that news did was eavesdrop and classify everyone as a cunt, because those news sell.

alexivanovs on Show HN: My Personal Hacker News Reader

I think some work needs to be done on how the content flows, at the moment it doesn't feel very read worthy, rather - a lot of text stuffed on a single page. Perhaps, adding separate containers/divs for each specific content piece might fix this problem? At the end of the day, I want to read stuff, not browse it. :)

alexivanovs on “Warning: Do Not use my mirrors/services until I have reviewed the situation”

It has already happened, you just don't know about it, and neither do I. I've had experience in the scene for many years. Though I don't go there these days, I can almost guarantee that the big players have long had their databases downloaded and spread throughout multiple nations.
Your guess is as good as mine...

alexivanovs on Show HN: Rudolph Runner

This is what inspires me to continue learning more about programming, anyone else feel the same way?

alexivanovs on Scans of North Korean IP Space

It seems strange the the author implies us to do some searching through the findings, but really, he has already given away most of what you can find...
EDIT: where did I imply that this is about SONY? Have any of you who commented back on this, have actually checked the actual findings? They're yearly dated records, it seems very hard to believe that he only observed them prior to writing his piece.
P.S. - I do think it's a very good technical report, though I don't recall saying it's not.

alexivanovs on Whistleblower reveals how fraud of Booking.com worked

I agree, does this mean that they were able to successfully gain access to the Booking.com database to get those details, or was she just putting those claims out there for no apparent reason?

alexivanovs on Air Fares 101 – Why do fares change all the time?

You're right.

alexivanovs on What is Meteor.js?

It's really, really good. Even if you're a web designer, building stuff is really quick and effective. I recommend checking out Differntial's GitHub page [0] as they provide a nice boilerplate and also a cute blog that you can setup in two minutes, gives you an idea of the very basics.
Either way, Atmosphere [1] has thousands of packages to choose from, just use the search function. Good alternative is Fastosphere. [2] Many people have said that if you write a lot of code with Meteor, you're doing something wrong.
0. https://github.com/Differential
1. https://atmospherejs.com/
2. http://fastosphere.meteor.com/
I'm very new to this myself, and I know that it gets tougher (duh, it's JavaScript!) after a while, but I feel right about giving it some praise!