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But since when a VM is used as a workstation?. AFAIK we know that this vulnerability could be executed via javascript. If the browser is safe then we are safe about it without patch-hacking the kernel.


I agree. For most cases, the fix is worst than the solution.


"When you are poor..."

When you are poor, then every DECENT and legal job is fine.

People say that there is not job and its not true. If you find then you could get. However, most jobs are crap but crap that its legal and decent. My first job was 12h x 7 days, however, i enjoyed and earned money. In my second job, i doubled my salary and so on.

There are a lot of people that simply don't want to work. Usually the first job is crap. But most people want a perfect job without having the degree, experience and expertise.

And if you can't find a job then join the army.


I see the “decent” qualifier in your comment, but I think the point of this article is that “decent” working conditions may rarely be an option for many poor people.

E.g., some have so few options that cleaning asbestos without adequate protection may be the only thing they can get paid to do on a given day.


Yeah you give some horrible advice.


Would you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to HN? We eventually ban accounts that do that. Instead, if you'd read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html and maybe even http://paulgraham.com/hackernews.html and take the spirit of the site to heart, we'd appreciate it.


What else should I say? Telling people to just join the army OS horrible advice? Do I need to write a 30 page novel about it?


Generating a random number by using microseconds as a seed is more than enough for practically every single case. It still hasn't been cracked or predicted.

Some people say that, in theory, it could be cracked however, i tried and its impossible, modern computers are so complex and fast that it gives enough entropy.


That’s dangerously wrong. If you generated a password using only microseconds as a seed, an attacker who knew the day you did it could crack (an MD5 hash of) the password within a few minutes, for example.


This is wrong, on every count. Usage of microseconds as a seed trivialize the search space for the testing of potential seeds by an attacker.

The speed or complexity of computers is irrelevant.


Cloud is worth if you are in the range of $10-$200. Other that, there are better alternatives.


Google App Engine (GAE) was cool because it was for free. Then, Google started charging (really expensive), i got enough with it and i quit.


GAE does still have a free tier. Also, being able to run as much stuff as you want in the cloud for free does not seem like a reasonable expectation.


The previous poster may be confused by the fact that App Engine Flex does not have a free tier. For the record, here are the Standard Edition free tier quotas: https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/always-free-usage-limits#...

And you can trivially ensure you never exceed them simply by setting a $0 daily budget. (Although I recommend setting a low but non-zero cap instead, so your app doesn't go down if there's a legit but unexpected traffic surge.)

Disclaimer: I work at GCP.


App Engine was free before it forced you to enter a valid card number to be able to use the service.


It did? I remember using it as a cheap solution for serving static files, without ever entering a CC number (as I have no CC anyway)


Yes, the change was made in 2017.


well actually I do not have a cc for my GAE project. Basically I'm on the free version. But I guess you need a CC/bank account to register for Google Cloud and since GAE now lives inside GCloud you need one to register, but after that you can basically "remove"/disable it. And then you never need to set a budget.


I was an existing customer. Google sent me a notification to request a card and warned that all applications would be shut down if I don't register one.

I didn't register a card and all applications have been shut down. I will not register a card.

Basically, GAE cannot be used anymore for amateur, high school and student projects.


Interesting, I also haven't registered a card with Google cloud, but mine are still working

That said, I had once linked a card from my uncle with the private Google Wallet to buy a Nexus 7.

And yes, the CC requirements are insane. Every professional service supports SEPA transfers, except Google. It basically is an extra 30-60€ a year cost just to use Google services, or to develop for Google Play. 30€ CC cost plus 25$ registration fee. (CCs are basically unused in Germany, where I live).


Google Cloud actually does support SEPA.


I predicted a future with flying cars and its not happening.

Was i wrong? no, its the future that is wrong! (sarcasm).


It starts censoring topics that are illegal, then topics that aren't family friendly and finally, it will end censoring point of view and free speech.

Its 1984 all over.

Im not an anarchist however, if something is illegal then go ahead and cut it but, censoring without a legal cause is a crime.


Social media platforms are owned by privately held companies. Their moderation is up to their discretion. Sure there's a larger conversation about their ubiquity and how social media posts relate to free speech, but as things work now in the US, Facebook isn't breaking any rules by censoring anything for the most part.

If you want to collect pictures of horrible crap and start a website, as long as it's not illegal you can host it on your own.


Facebook is a private company and it has the right to regulate speech in its digital properties (at least it seems the case in the US). You also are not bound to it, theoretically, so you can go elsewhere and say what you wanna say. I write theoretically because Facebook is so pervasive where I live that we cannot simply ignore it.


Is called business continuity.


You spelled planned obsolescence wrong.


Bitcoin in a nutshell: A small group of companies decide the price of bitcoin arbitrary, the price is not backed by real money or a commodity but thin air. The price is not even decided by supply and demand.


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