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puddintane··on Does Google execute JavaScript?
I feel robots.txt is the most effective to prevent a private site from being crawled by Google followed up by an inline <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> tag.
puddintane··on Does Google execute JavaScript?
Chrome by default searches Google with whatever you type in the top bar - so by not disabling that private URLs are sent to them and then are scanned (however if the correct robots.txt file is setup on those URLs then Google Crawlbot would stop at that point).

I believe it was this setting (I have it disabled as well as other options - however I believe it's only this option that sends data back) [1].

[1] https://i.snag.gy/cmkGzp.jpg

puddintane··on Hedge Fund Is Building an Algorithmic Model From Its Employees’ Brains
Seems to be related to the title - if I take the article title from the actual page, google's first result works.

However if I take the title from here it goes to the paywall.

I wonder if Google has recently adjusted the algorithm for this? Makes me wonder if they actually like paywalls, as I've always thought Google was against them.

puddintane··on Hackers Make $5M a Day by Faking 300M Video Views
Article was corrected an hour or two ago.

"The article has since been updated, now it mentions $13.04 per 1000 views:" (niklaslogren) [1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13220315

puddintane··on Apple Removes 'Time Remaining' Battery Life Indicator in Sierra 10.12.2
I'm curious as to why not instead measure average battery consumption by each user to get a mean, and range which would allow a "range" of time to be shown (at the start this would be a much wider range of course).

The user could then adapt to this range because they know the usage the best. Considering the dynamics of the computer and how we use them a range would be much more suited to fulfill this type of feedback from the system.

puddintane··on Saving the Internet 2000TB a Day: Fixing Font Awesome’s Fonts
This is definitely my go-to for slimming down huge icon packs. Font pack companies really shouldn't focus on that since there are so many tools that help developers do this as well.
puddintane··on No Evidence of Aloe Vera Found in the Aloe Vera at Wal-Mart, CVS
This is exactly what I do, it's fairly easy compared to other plants. As well as it feels much more soothing without all the extra additives for keeping freshness.
puddintane··on Show HN: Spamnesty: Waste spammers' time
Not just clear the fields but change the field names using server side scripting to keep track of the changes that way auto-fillers such as RoboForm can't be used.

edit Also re-order the form locations, placeholders so it's nearly impossible to script automation for the page!

puddintane··on Colorado Voters Accept Right-To-Die Measure
Colorado resident as well and I voted yes on 107 as well, I couldn't find anything hidden but would really like to know if I had missed something about it.
puddintane··on India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes
I wonder how long till the new format is duplicated?
puddintane··on Zcash begins
Give them an inch and they will take a mile.

Do not underestimate how much a system like that is abused and that is where the problem is with not allowing anonymous transactions.

As much as I'd like to stop terrorism and activities that really are immoral to society as a whole, you can't circumvent the security of the people who are good because it's proven those systems become abused in ways that it was not originally intended.

puddintane··on Ask HN: Do you get paid to contribute to a open source project?
I know one common technique for contributors is to put a bitcoin or donation type ID in their profile. This allows for people who see your contributions to go to your profile and give ya something back. Not sure how effective but this is one method I have seen.
puddintane··on MacBook Pro
Except this would be un-adaptable. Looking away from a screen that has no physical feedback to alert the user where the fingers are will cause issues.

I don't know a single person who can actually type on a smart phone without looking and nearly zero mistakes.

puddintane··on Google Fiber Cutting Jobs and Halting Rollout
I wonder how much this stems from improper mapping systems. They are always changing and potentially the price quoted was due to an incorrect map position given?

This is a big reason why I don't trust quotes until I get some sort of confirmed pricing from the seller.

Shouldn't have to, of course, but we kind of demand instant gratification and I feel this has led to poor service in many.

I've often thought well Century Link handles cost predicting well but maybe that is more due to the quality of the service and the fact they are over-charging for a lower quality service so it's easier to guarantee those prices. That doesn't reflect in the price comparison but it does show when you have the service and your comparing to your neighbor whom has the other.

puddintane··on Show HN: A Simple Highway Simulator
What is the number for the Simple Highway Police Department, I just witnessed 3 hit and runs back-to-back and would like to report them!

Neat idea and while it's still at a very basic stage it'll be cool to see this evolve into something that could eventually be used by traffic controllers!

puddintane··on Hackers say Friday's massive DDoS attacks were just a dry run
What happens when you can't update the IoT device then, reboot may remove the attacker but the IP will be the same (and even if it changes, probably wouldn't be long before the next address is scanned and put back into being a zombie) and they would be right back in if you can't update and patch the flaw that let them in.

I think in all honesty the regulation sounds best, requiring the router makers to disable features such as UPNP would prevent massive attacks like these.

puddintane··on DDoS Attack Against Dyn Managed DNS
I was able to access everything by changing DNS as mentioned in the other posts [1].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12762841

edit Of course this is if your local policy allows you to change this!

puddintane··on How the Web Became Unreadable
While the article touches on some great points I think there can actually be a balance when displaying certain types of information.

Like in reporting interfaces it's easier to highlight the data that you know the user is going to be looking at consistently - it helps with moving through the document as well as keeping your place. Sometimes information isn't required but if the user were wanting to go back and verify that information or use it to calculate something else they could do so easily (generally in my designs whenever I make something with less contrast I will also add an action for on focus/hover the item fades back in if the user may require that data more but still not as much as the main bits and pieces).

Places that this doesn't work great are articles and journals, big paragraphs of text (such as comments).

Balance, and the right use can make this technique useful in web page design but the author is very correct in that the vast majority doesn't understand the proper use and balance.

For we are not artists nor editor-in-chiefs so to say.

edit Should note that the reporting interfaces he is displaying do not do this well at all.

puddintane··on How the Web Became Unreadable
CRT is also not as good for your eyes and therefore isn't as suitable as LCD [1].

[1] http://superuser.com/a/389678

Some may argue as well that you can obtain better contrast in LCD but I'm no expert in that matter - I have just learned why CRTs are bad due to working as a programmer.

puddintane··on Show HN: CableGeek Express – A top-notch USB cable delivered in 2 days (AU only)
What about price matching to Amazon Prime. For example your "Anker PowerPort 5 40W 5-Port USB Charger (AU Plug)" runs for $44.95 (which is lower then retail at $49.99 according to your site) yet on amazon I can get it through prime (same shipping) for only $23.99. I don't see why the extra money should be charged especially since I could save money as long as this unit lasts longer then 9 months by just buying them from Amazon? The same can be found for almost everything that I am searching for. The SanDisk Ultra is the one thing I see that is not heavily marked up, as well as some of the really cheap cables.

Other examples: "1MORE Piston Classic In-Ear Headphones with Microphone and Remote" $39.99 (Amazon Prime $19.99) "Anker Nylon Braided Tangle-Free Micro USB Cable (0.9m)" $9.95 (sale from $11.99) (Amazon Prime $4.99)

side note The prices I'm looking at are from Amazon USA so maybe that is why your sticking to AU only?

puddintane··on Pokemon Go, Security, and Obsolescence
Yes Intel based chip I believe
puddintane··on Ask HN: What antivirus do you run on Windows, if any?
I use ESET Smart Security.

[1] https://www.eset.com/int/home/smart-security/

puddintane··on Pokemon Go, Security, and Obsolescence
There is it's called Magisk (it's not as simple as installing but it does exist!)
puddintane··on Pokemon Go, Security, and Obsolescence
This did not work for every user - for example my buddy bought an Asus Zenfone 2 (ZE551ML) specifically to play this game. I warned him not to buy from a China seller but he proceeded because he was finding guides that told him it was a great phone for the game - he literally bought this phone to play this game.

I attempted to remove root however this has now forced the phone to be stuck on Edge network (he can play but now only on WiFi :/) I have attempted to re-flash the physical ROM's (as well as the recovery matching those ROMs) from ASUS (successfully) and it still is stuck on edge. I've contacted his phone company (T-mobile) - insured the proper bands were being requested, 5x checked the APN settings and yet the phone still doesn't want to connect past edge. Here is the kicker, I scan for nearby cellular networks and T-Mobile (LTE) shows up, the phone registers, yet still won't obtain the connection.

Honestly that issue is probably due to some other restriction but it shows the frustration some users have had to deal with because of this move.

I even tried re-rooting the phone just to get his network back because he'd rather have his phone than Pokemon GO yet the phone had something special done to it to allow the network to work under root.

No one should have to go to those extremes especially when they aren't cheating and they are a paying customer.

In all honesty I don't believe the ban on root was done to deter hacking - my belief is that it was done because on average users only root because they want paid apps for free (a lot claim it's to tweak the UI and remove bloatware, but as more and more phone's get released we are starting to see this less and less of a requirement). While many rooted players (due to pre-rooting) are actually paying customers it still doesn't outweigh the paying customers who are not rooted and therefore it was more then likely a move to remove users who are less likely to put money into the game.

Every move they have done really reflects that they only want more money with the least amount of work and that is why I only keep the game installed to keep my 1 star reviewed from being weighted down due to being a review for an older version.

One of the big guys who is involved in creating a usable tracking system via a third-party map has made a wonderful statement about the many failures of Niantic [1]. From unnecessary obfuscation that only slows down older models, to banning the devices that aren't the reason cheating is happening, to not creating a good way to achieve feedback (apart from "critical errors" which is built into the app - maybe I should start complaining about the critical "Niantic" bug and that it needs to be fixed ASAP, but complaining won't really get anywhere if the company isn't listening to those problems) Niantic truly is on a path to destruction and I hope Nintendo doesn't let this amazing idea die if Niantic falls.

It really doesn't make sense to why they are making these decisions. The developers should know that banning rooted devices won't deter hackers - in fact I would have to say it's grown a few hackers/cheaters due to the frustration of dealing with lack of communication and oddly made decisions.

[1] http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sp6pkg

puddintane··on What are malicious USB keys and how to create a realistic one?
I guess one could setup a jammer or some room that could completely cut off any signal possibility. However then they could put something even more malicious then just spying into the device. As much as a tin foil hat theory that is, maybe it's just best to not know what's on the drive cause it's more than likely not worth even the slightest bit of trouble. Sad the world has come to this
puddintane··on What are malicious USB keys and how to create a realistic one?
I'm wondering if even this route is no longer safe - stcredzero comment [1] points out things that could be added to completely circumvent even a system that is essentially "off-the-grid" or just uses the USB for power.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12694843

puddintane··on What are malicious USB keys and how to create a realistic one?
Sand-boxed environment I would have to say. But as the article states this attack vector could become more sophisticated (if it has already not gotten to this level for sectors that can afford this).

If anything I would say it's not worth it all, just turn it in to your nearby local law enforcement or trash it, not worth what could be the last thing you plug into your computer.

puddintane··on Windows 93 (2014)
I was just doing that, when the girlfriend goes "oh I remember when the computer used to do that" - my response: "you had a virus then..." :D at least back then viruses had a bit of class to em
puddintane··on RethinkDB is shutting down
Exact same boat - I've based a few new api's with RethinkDB in the background - hoping it stays alive.
puddintane··on Introducing a new kind of Wi-Fi system
Apartments can have this issue - where I live there are 50+ access points visible and even with the router directly next to our streaming device I cannot stream Netflix HD (75 mbps plan with Comcast).

edit Not saying that Google's system fixes this but some users require nicer routers for that connection. I should note my actual computer gets an ethernet because I can never achieve on wireless what I can on wired!

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