Hacker News: dermatthias

New comment by dermatthias in "On Ocracoke Island, the only American dialect that is not identified as American"

dermatthias — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:23:31 +0000

I think I am not the only one who is missing some sound samples. Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7MvtQp2-UA

New comment by dermatthias in "[dead]"

dermatthias — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 15:36:50 +0000

That's a fan made trailer.

New comment by dermatthias in "Any Android app can read your WhatsApp database"

dermatthias — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:07:09 +0000

One important point here: In the article the author says that the location of the database is /sdcard/WhatsApp/Databases. That's not entirely correct.

It only gets copied there when you use the build in backup feature (Settings -> Chat Settings). Else, it sits "safely" under /data/data/com.whatsapp/databases like every other Android sqlite database.

But nonetheless, WhatsApp was and is not really known for its safety...

New comment by dermatthias in "Digital Ocean down"

dermatthias — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:24:44 +0000

Same for my Amsterdam droplet, all ok.

New comment by dermatthias in "How Apple hides new functionality in iOS: isYoMamaWearsCombatBootsActive"

dermatthias — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:11:55 +0000

Not to forget the gravity constants of the Death Star and The Island, defined by the SensorMananger.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Sens...

New comment by dermatthias in "Hetzner.de compromised (german email)"

dermatthias — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:20:21 +0000

Quick overview: They had a Nagios backdoor, which led to a leak of the customer database of their dedicated server administration console (Hetzner Robot).

They are not sure how it happened right know. External security experts are involved.

The customer passwords are SHA256 hashed (thank god!).

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This one is really serious. With access to this admin console, you can wipe all dedicated servers with one single click. We advised Hetzer before to add more security (two-way authentication, etc.) to the console, but I think not much happened here...

Curiosity on last layer (the cube game)

dermatthias — Sun, 26 May 2013 14:24:52 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/22Cans

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5771146

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by dermatthias in "Apache releases Lucene Core 4.0 and Solr 4.0"

dermatthias — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:21:54 +0000

Last time I checked, Solr and Nutch (the web crawler) had a really bad documentation. Only some wiki pages slapped together, mostly outdated.

Any improvements on this front?

New comment by dermatthias in "Road-map wristwatch from 1920"

dermatthias — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:35:42 +0000

Pilots now have iPads strapped to their legs. Or, that's what a friend of mine does. It really useful (with a dedicated pilot app, not Google Maps), but they always have a "real" GPS onboard for backup.

New comment by dermatthias in "They are Opening that 100 year old package right now - watch live video"

dermatthias — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:43:11 +0000

Many documents and a scarf from the king.

New comment by dermatthias in "GNU Emacs Reference mugs now available"

dermatthias — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:04:45 +0000

German bookstore Lehmanns, known for academic books, is selling Vi, Emacs, Linux, BSD and Latex reference mugs. They even got one with the number Pi and e on it.

For example, the Vi mug: http://www.lehmanns.de/shop/mathematik-informatik/5635112-97...

Latex: http://www.lehmanns.de/shop/mathematik-informatik/7361330-97...

New comment by dermatthias in "Introducing Google Drive... yes, really"

dermatthias — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:51:41 +0000

30 days, and you can pin certain versions.

Google Drive Announcement

dermatthias — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:35:25 +0000

Article URL: http://googleblog.blogspot.de/2012/04/introducing-google-drive-yes-really.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3884730

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by dermatthias in "Demonstrating responsive design to clients. "

dermatthias — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:37:23 +0000

Yes. But clients will understand this one better, with different known devices right in front of their eyes. Some of our clients can't map a resized browser window to a smartphone <-> tablet switch.

New comment by dermatthias in "Create 2D games in Lua and LÖVE."

dermatthias — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:31:38 +0000

A real time killer and really great game concept developed in Löve is mari0, a Mario and Portal clone.

http://stabyourself.net/mari0/

New comment by dermatthias in "Introducing Chrome for Android"

dermatthias — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:34:41 +0000

Definitely CynanogenMod. Probably (I haven't checked them all) the most complete and best testet Rom out there. Available for nearly every major Android hardware.

New comment by dermatthias in "HN now comes with HTTPS?"

dermatthias — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:31:49 +0000

I was refering to my own feeling when loading HN, a (in comparison) very simple website.

I am sorry if it sounded like I was talking about any website in general. That is not the case.

New comment by dermatthias in "HN now comes with HTTPS?"

dermatthias — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:17:58 +0000

On the server side, it is ycombinator's decision if they can handle the additional cpu cycles. i believe they can, or else they wouldn't have enabled it.

on the client side, I don't think you can really feel the latency. is measurable, of course, but i don't think you can feel it.

New comment by dermatthias in "WikiMedia's Geo IP Lookup JSONP call"

dermatthias — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:11:07 +0000

Oh, that is correct. Sorry, I need to read the headline more carefully. Missed the 'P'.

New comment by dermatthias in "WikiMedia's Geo IP Lookup JSONP call"

dermatthias — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:42:29 +0000

been there, done that: http://ip.beached.org ;)