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knweisson Apple's SSL/TLS bug

(Caveat: I haven't tried this myself!) Here's the analysis and an experimental patch from @i0n1c for the 64bit version of Mavericks' Security.framework (32-bit remains unpatched): http://sektioneins.de/blog/14-02-22-Apple-SSL-BUG.html

knweisson Shell script mistakes

I recommend the shell script static analyzer ShellCheck: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck

knweisson Intel's 12-Core Xeon With 30 MB Of L3: The New Mac Pro's CPU?

The new Mac Pro will not use a Haswell CPU.

knweisson Twitter Hacked – 250,000 User Accounts Potentially Compromised

That's why you should use ssh-agent and protect your private key with a passphrase.

knweisson Canon announces EOS-1D X: full-frame 18MP, 14 fps, 204,800 top ISO, $6,800

IMHO it's interesting that they continue to use CF cards in their pro bodies. Some expected the switch to smaller SD/SDHC/SDXC cards.

But I wonder why they decided to announce the 1D X so early? I suppose this will hurt their pro body sales for five months. (The new body will not ship before March 2012.)

knweisson Russ Cox Uses This

"I use Unison to sync files between my various computers. Dropbox seems to be the hot new thing, but I like that Unison doesn't ever store my files on someone else's computers."

knweisson CNN Sending Eight Times More Staff to Royal Wedding Than to Japan

  "Earthquake terror figures rise
  Princess Di is wearing a new dress"
  -- "New Dress" / Depeche Mode (1986)

knweisson One Dunkin’ Donuts store is taking a stand against the penny

But at least we have after-tax prices.

knweisson Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (November 2010 Edition)

Tübingen here. :)

knweisson Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (November 2010 Edition)

Germany: Tübingen, Ingolstadt, München - several positions - no remote

http://www.science-computing.de/jobs.html

knweisson Ask HN: What annoys you?

Traffic noise. Build quieter cars, give more thought to urban design. Make low noise a design property.

knweisson GNU Emacs 23.2 released

They are still using MD5 checksums?

knweisson Why Japan didn’t create the iPod

"Why Germany didn't create the iPod?" is a very good question I've been asking myself, too. Remember that MP3 was even development by Germans (Fraunhofer Institut). But it required an US company to start the digital revolution...

I still remember the end of the 90s when I was standing at the Schneider CeBIT booth talking to the booth personnel about their new niche product: One of the world's first MP3 players (I think it even had a parallel port). Shown in a corner of the booth and nobody was taking notice of the technology - even the Schneider people didn't seem to be interested. I talked to them about the huge potential of this technology and made them aware of the fact the MP3 encoding was about to take off at the universities (everybody in the CS department started ripping&encoding their CD collections). But they simply didn't see it, they didn't believe that MP3 (that they) could change the world with such a product. What a wasted opportunity!

knweisson The greatest program ever written

IMHO this 128 Byte(!) 3d demo is even more impressive: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=53871 (Click on the Youtube link at the right to see it running)

knweisson 10 predictions for the world of January 1, 2020

Also, what if the data could be stored encrypted with only the owner knowing the password? This would be all right with me then.

Of course, this would raise the storage cost because the service provider can't use deduplication on all the user's data. The storage provider also would be unable to use data mining on the data. Thus, it probably could only be offered as a payed service.