jmsduran

This is nice news! I'm very interested in seeing how their HTML5 client turns out.

On a side note, I used to play Runescape years ago back in High School/College. Looks like so much has changed since then, maybe this summer I'll look to re-activate my old character :).

A very informative paper on Docker, will definitely help me out when I start playing around with it. Well done!

The negative stigma that is placed on long-term unemployment is an issue that needs to be addressed; measuring how long someone has been unemployed is not really indicative of anything.

The rationalization that "If no one has hired them in X months, there must be a reason not to" is just flat out dumb. And while it may be a red flag when purchasing physical goods or real estate, it's a baseless stat when it comes to measuring how well an individual's expertise & qualities may be suited for a particular position.

In my opinion, there are much better stats an employer can take off a job application, and wouldn't mind the federal/state government passing legislation against this type of discrimination if it gets out of control.

It is more likely that an elite group in Pyongyang has internet and computer access, with a subset of that group given more privileges to engineer & deploy malware/etc.

Given that though, I find it rather hard to believe the North Korean government could pull off a cyber-attack like this all by themselves, especially when you take into account the effect of international sanctions and the North's very outdated technology (I remember reading they still use a 1960's crank-phone for communication through the DMZ).

My best bet is that the Chinese government gave them significant assistance in launching this attack.

I hope the fiber roll-out will also include the 78758/78759 Austin areas, not just because I live in the area, but also cause Google's Austin office is located there too :).

I've been living in Austin for roughly 2 years now. Great city to live, and is one of the friendlier cities in Texas.

I'm looking forward to ditching Time Warner Cable Internet once Google Fiber goes live in Austin :).

Hey hope I'm not late, my github ID is: jmsduran

I myself have made the personal decision to not use smartphones. I dislike twiddling with phones in general, and would prefer to use my simple flip phone for nothing more than calls or the occasional text message.

I'm very curious too, I wonder why this "waterhole" has not been publicly revealed yet? It would make it easier for others to identify whether they were exposed, and take the necessary actions to secure their workstations.

The map size as seen in the beta is about the same size as what will be seen in the retail version. The argument for this is that the new SimCity runs a much deeper simulation compared to previous titles, and that bigger maps would drastically reduce game performance.

> "Google is going to be able to sell personalized advertisements in TV shows. Forget targeting networks or shows, Google can hit exactly me, complete with all my search history."

I'm all for disrupting the oligopoly that cable companies set up, but this point you're making in particular (ie. ultra-personalized TV ads) is not something I'm looking forward to.

The game's online-only DRM is definitely a downside. I hope the new SimCity doesn't go the route of Ubisoft's original Assassin's Creed, where players who bought the game legitimately were denied playtime cause authentication servers were down, yet those in possession of a cracked copy could still play without a problem.

Despite being a weekend hack, I'm finding it to be a very useful and practical tool.

Nice work!

> "True, but then if you buy your first $50 worth of media every month and then pirate the rest. Those unlucky enough to be in the second group get kinda screwed."

His original argument was that those in the second group receive increased exposure of their work, which if you think about it, is almost just as valuable as cash itself.

I wouldn't go as far as saying visiting North Korea is "profoundly immoral". Would I consider North Korea dangerous to visit though? Yes. The country is still technically at war with South Korea, meaning at any given moment the two nations can dive right back into active combat, which has the potential to become an instant hostage situation for any traveler unlucky enough to be visiting North Korea at that time.

Gmail is down for me too.

This is an interesting idea. However, for a noise box to be effective requires that a significant number of people are also using a noise box, which assures plausible deniability the same way TOR and shared-IP VPNs do.

If you're the only one using a noise box, or are part of a very small minority of users that do, the random noise you generate is just increasing your attack surface through which the government can more easily target and identify you.

Actually, in building my own system, choosing the MB was my favorite part of the building process; always choosing high-quality and board component reliability/longevity over anything else.

I still have a few questions though. What will this mean for aftermarket heatsinks/coolers? I never run with the stock Intel/AMD heatsinks, will these coolers be permanently bolted on just like the processor?

And for motherboards featuring high-end processors, what will this mean for scenarios where the MB fails but the processor is still good. Will we just have to scrap the two altogether?

> "...the way to getting people to stop pirating content is to provide an alternative method of distribution... Steam, iTunes, Netflix..."

I agree with your point to an extent. The thing is that they're not exactly viable alternatives yet. Each service you mentioned operates off the same distribution model, each with their own custom DRM that sandboxes the user from leaving that platform.

A while back I was at a friend's house when we decided to watch a movie. My friend mentioned that he could stream The Avengers from his Netflix account, so taking his word on it I was like "Ok awesome"!

It turns out he was wrong. A Netflix search showed that the movie was only available via mail-in DVD, not Instant Watch. I joked that I was impatient and didn't want to wait a couple of days for a DVD to be mailed.

"Not a problem" he said; my friend just hopped onto Usenet and downloaded a Blu-ray copy of the film in about 45-50 minutes, in about the time it took to cook some BBQ for the both of us.

My argument is not about the legality of this scenario; it's that rather decentralized, open networks are doing a better job at distributing high quality content than the very corporations producing and selling this content. Considering that you have to pay anywhere from $10 - $20 a month for Usenet access, people buy into this service not because they want "free" movies/music, they're paying for the ability to download virtually any movie/album they want... at any time they please. It's like Netflix Instant Watch on steroids, at a more affordable price.

I must admit, I am not a fan of the default blogspot theme. I miss their old blog theme that worked fast and well with or without JavaScript enabled.

While I hope everyone is safe from the damages Sandy brought, I have to agree that deadlines are deadlines. My interview with Google 2 years ago, despite it taking place during a winter freeze when power and Internet was out, was not rescheduled; and neither was my bulk of college work then.

While your cynicism is understandable, people need to be educated in order to make informed decisions, otherwise voting becomes pointless; that is a basic tenet of Democracy.

Me too.

As a software developer who lives in Austin, I find it disconcerting whenever I hear about developer layoffs, especially in our city.

I hope this is just an isolated incident of bad company strategy than an overall industry trend.

Let me get this straight: A random Google Code Project is illegally hosting an e-book. Author of e-book somehow finds out and creates a nasty bug report demanding a take down?

Wouldn't filing a DMCA in this scenario do the trick? Forgive me, I'm just having a hard time finding this HN newsworthy.

Agreed. A growing number of games are requiring a persistent online connection for DRM verification.

I miss that feeling of being able to completely disconnect from the Internet and just enjoy gaming on my local machine.

Recently I've been fascinated with software architectures that shift the locus of control back to the client, instead of the server/cloud.

So seeing "serverless" in the title caught my attention, only to find that it too looked like just another buzzword..

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've always had the understanding that VPN providers would give you up to the feds in an instant if they came knocking on their door with a court order for suspected criminal activity.

I'm in the process of looking for a solid VPN provider myself, and this is the impression I'm getting after reading the terms & conditions for services like Private Internet Access and VyprVPN.

Bcrypt is a key lengthening algorithm for individual passwords. This article talks about a method that divides a password into pieces to store on physically different machines, that may reside in different parts of the world.

I can see bcrypt and distributed credential protection complementing each other to form a rather robust security policy. But then again, I'm not a security expert.