A single line of code made a 24-core server slower than a laptop
455 by Ygg2 | 147 comments on Hacker News.
New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How did my LastPass master password get leaked?
Ask HN: How did my LastPass master password get leaked?
607 by gregsadetsky | 325 comments on Hacker News.
Hi, I've just had a bizarre thing happen and wanted to see if the HN community could come up with some theories as to what happened. LastPass blocked a login attempt from Brazil (it wasn't me). According to an email I received from LastPass, this login was using the LastPass account's master password. The email doesn't look like it's a phishing attempt. What troubles me is that the master password was stored in a local encrypted KeePassX file. I can imagine that someone has my KeePassX file and the (completely different) password to this file. If that's the case, I'm in a world of hurt. But are there any other possibilities? Is the email from LastPass accurate i.e. was the login attempt actually using my master password? Is there some LastPass extension installed on some computer still having a valid auth token allowing them to login as me to LastPass..? I'm really confused, and scared. Thanks for your help. P.S. The LastPass account had 2FA set up, but I was able to simply remove it (since I didn't have access to the token anymore). That's scary too -- what's the point of a 2FA you can remove...?? --- Update: - the email was truly not phishing -- the same information regarding the login attempt appears in my LastPass dashboard. I also talked to LastPass support over the phone, and they confirmed seeing the same information. - There are 2 separate users in the thread below confirming that the same exact same thing happened to them, from the exact same IP range as me. Either the 3 of us had the same malware/Chrome extension or somehow had our master passwords compromised...? Or...? Is this a LastPass issue?
607 by gregsadetsky | 325 comments on Hacker News.
Hi, I've just had a bizarre thing happen and wanted to see if the HN community could come up with some theories as to what happened. LastPass blocked a login attempt from Brazil (it wasn't me). According to an email I received from LastPass, this login was using the LastPass account's master password. The email doesn't look like it's a phishing attempt. What troubles me is that the master password was stored in a local encrypted KeePassX file. I can imagine that someone has my KeePassX file and the (completely different) password to this file. If that's the case, I'm in a world of hurt. But are there any other possibilities? Is the email from LastPass accurate i.e. was the login attempt actually using my master password? Is there some LastPass extension installed on some computer still having a valid auth token allowing them to login as me to LastPass..? I'm really confused, and scared. Thanks for your help. P.S. The LastPass account had 2FA set up, but I was able to simply remove it (since I didn't have access to the token anymore). That's scary too -- what's the point of a 2FA you can remove...?? --- Update: - the email was truly not phishing -- the same information regarding the login attempt appears in my LastPass dashboard. I also talked to LastPass support over the phone, and they confirmed seeing the same information. - There are 2 separate users in the thread below confirming that the same exact same thing happened to them, from the exact same IP range as me. Either the 3 of us had the same malware/Chrome extension or somehow had our master passwords compromised...? Or...? Is this a LastPass issue?
New best story on Hacker News: 25-Dec. Shout-out to everyone else at work
25-Dec. Shout-out to everyone else at work
542 by sandworm101 | 115 comments on Hacker News.
I made a similar post last year at this time and, again, I am in my office on Christmas morning. There are a few days every year that really show which jobs are vital and which can be left aside for a day. I started my car this morning (-32, -40 with wind chill). On my way to work I drove past a hospital and a care home, both were manned. The dairy farm had its lights on. A cop with his flashers drove past me on the way to some emergency. The macdonalds drive-through was open too. I had to be at work by 0600, but I was relieving someone who had been sitting in another office since 1800. On my computer were the same dozen emails I get every morning, each from someone else who drew the short straw. There aren't many of us on HN that work weekends let alone Christmas morning, but If you too are sitting in a dark office remember that all across the world are millions of other people working the truly important jobs.
542 by sandworm101 | 115 comments on Hacker News.
I made a similar post last year at this time and, again, I am in my office on Christmas morning. There are a few days every year that really show which jobs are vital and which can be left aside for a day. I started my car this morning (-32, -40 with wind chill). On my way to work I drove past a hospital and a care home, both were manned. The dairy farm had its lights on. A cop with his flashers drove past me on the way to some emergency. The macdonalds drive-through was open too. I had to be at work by 0600, but I was relieving someone who had been sitting in another office since 1800. On my computer were the same dozen emails I get every morning, each from someone else who drew the short straw. There aren't many of us on HN that work weekends let alone Christmas morning, but If you too are sitting in a dark office remember that all across the world are millions of other people working the truly important jobs.
New best story on Hacker News: Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
740 by mattowen_uk | 202 comments on Hacker News.
Hi, my Christmas is solitary this year, no family or friends. I'm not even having a Christmas dinner. I'm not sad about this, though. It's just the way it is. What I wanted to say is, if you are in the same situation, you are not alone. So have a virtual hug from me.
740 by mattowen_uk | 202 comments on Hacker News.
Hi, my Christmas is solitary this year, no family or friends. I'm not even having a Christmas dinner. I'm not sad about this, though. It's just the way it is. What I wanted to say is, if you are in the same situation, you are not alone. So have a virtual hug from me.
New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell
Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell
580 by folli | 613 comments on Hacker News.
It seems this question hasn't been asked for some time, so I'd be interested hear what new (and old) ideas have come up.
580 by folli | 613 comments on Hacker News.
It seems this question hasn't been asked for some time, so I'd be interested hear what new (and old) ideas have come up.
New best story on Hacker News: Regulators Shut Down Lending Platform (YC Alum) LendUp
Regulators Shut Down Lending Platform (YC Alum) LendUp
533 by boeingUH60 | 463 comments on Hacker News.
533 by boeingUH60 | 463 comments on Hacker News.
New best story on Hacker News: AWS appears to be down again
AWS appears to be down again
539 by riknox | 389 comments on Hacker News.
Console is flickering between "website is unavailable" and being up for my team. This is happening very frequently just now, reliability seems to have taken a hit.
539 by riknox | 389 comments on Hacker News.
Console is flickering between "website is unavailable" and being up for my team. This is happening very frequently just now, reliability seems to have taken a hit.
New best story on Hacker News: TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics
TinyVG: A challenger to the throne of vector graphics
503 by todsacerdoti | 165 comments on Hacker News.
503 by todsacerdoti | 165 comments on Hacker News.
New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much work we do?
Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much work we do?
622 by ConfessionTime | 434 comments on Hacker News.
I have been working as a software developer for almost two decades. I have received multiple promotions. I make decent money, 3x - 4x my area's median salary, so I live a comfortable life. I have never been fired or unemployed for more than a few months total over my entire career. Through most of that time I have averaged roughly 5 - 10 hours of actual work a week. I'm not even discounting job related but non-coding time as not work. There are literally days in which the only time I spend on my job is the few minutes it takes to attend the morning stand-up. Then I successfully bullshit my way through our next stand-up to hide my lack of production. No one has ever called me out on this and my performance reviews range from mediocre to great. I'm generally a smart person. I went to a top 30 university, but it's not like I'm a genius or I'm coasting off connections made while getting a Harvard education. I wouldn't consider myself an abnormally talented developer. I often don't understand the technical details other engineers discuss in meetings. I have probably bombed more tech interviews than I have passed. All my jobs have been between 2-5 years so I'm neither finding a place to stagnate or leaving before anyone could judge my production. It feels like I am in the middle of the bell curve in terms of career success. So what gives? Are most of us secretly lying about how much we are working? Do people regularly run into coworkers like me during their career and simply ignore it because they find it too awkward to criticize them? Have I just been incredibly lucky and every boss I have had is too incompetent to notice? Do I have imposter syndrome and I am actually a 10x developer whose laziness makes them a 1x developer? These questions have kept popping up in my mind over the last year. Remote work during the pandemic has allowed me to finally be honest with myself and stop pretending I am working when I am not. I want to know if I was the only one pretending.
622 by ConfessionTime | 434 comments on Hacker News.
I have been working as a software developer for almost two decades. I have received multiple promotions. I make decent money, 3x - 4x my area's median salary, so I live a comfortable life. I have never been fired or unemployed for more than a few months total over my entire career. Through most of that time I have averaged roughly 5 - 10 hours of actual work a week. I'm not even discounting job related but non-coding time as not work. There are literally days in which the only time I spend on my job is the few minutes it takes to attend the morning stand-up. Then I successfully bullshit my way through our next stand-up to hide my lack of production. No one has ever called me out on this and my performance reviews range from mediocre to great. I'm generally a smart person. I went to a top 30 university, but it's not like I'm a genius or I'm coasting off connections made while getting a Harvard education. I wouldn't consider myself an abnormally talented developer. I often don't understand the technical details other engineers discuss in meetings. I have probably bombed more tech interviews than I have passed. All my jobs have been between 2-5 years so I'm neither finding a place to stagnate or leaving before anyone could judge my production. It feels like I am in the middle of the bell curve in terms of career success. So what gives? Are most of us secretly lying about how much we are working? Do people regularly run into coworkers like me during their career and simply ignore it because they find it too awkward to criticize them? Have I just been incredibly lucky and every boss I have had is too incompetent to notice? Do I have imposter syndrome and I am actually a 10x developer whose laziness makes them a 1x developer? These questions have kept popping up in my mind over the last year. Remote work during the pandemic has allowed me to finally be honest with myself and stop pretending I am working when I am not. I want to know if I was the only one pretending.
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Number of dead rises after devastating tornadoes, Kentucky governor announces
12/13/21 7:52 AM
Number of dead rises after devastating tornadoes, Kentucky governor announces
12/13/21 7:52 AM
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Biden approves Kentucky disaster declaration after devastating tornado
12/12/21 8:43 PM
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12/12/21 8:43 PM
New best story on Hacker News: Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps
Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps
482 by vmbrasseur | 221 comments on Hacker News.
482 by vmbrasseur | 221 comments on Hacker News.
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Blue Origin successfully sends 6-person crew, including Michael Strahan, to space and back
12/11/21 7:13 AM
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Kentucky tornado death toll likely to exceed 50, governor warns
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Kentucky tornado death toll likely to exceed 50, governor warns
12/11/21 2:58 AM
New best story on Hacker News: Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
546 by goodcanadian | 536 comments on Hacker News.
546 by goodcanadian | 536 comments on Hacker News.
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UK court ruling opens door to Wikileaks' Assange being extradited to US
12/10/21 3:07 AM
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Al Unser, four-time Indy 500 winner, dead at 82
12/10/21 12:52 AM
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BREAKING NEWS: Demaryius Thomas, former NFL receiver, dead at 33
12/09/21 11:11 PM
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New best story on Hacker News: YouTube suspended my account for posting DeFi hackathon video
YouTube suspended my account for posting DeFi hackathon video
579 by thijser | 345 comments on Hacker News.
I knew Google's automated processes were pretty bad from earlier stories here, but today I got hit by it myself. I participated in the totally legit EthGlobal "Hack Money" hackathon ( https://ift.tt/3c6VSHN ) earlier this year and one of required submissions of that event was a video describing your work. I made one and uploaded it to Youtube. The hackathon went great and we won some prizes but that's not relevant to this story. Yesterday evening I received an email from Youtube that they've removed my channel because "Spam, scams or commercially deceptive content are not allowed on YouTube.". I thought this certainly must be an error so I used the attached appeal link and got a response within less than 15 minutes that they appeal has been rejected and that no further replies will be processed. I am a paid Youtube Music subscriber and I can't login to even listen to my own music anymore. Amazing. I would like to think that Google's AI systems are smarter than just videoTitle.contains("hack") && videoTitle.contains("money"), but apparently not. If anybody has connections who can help get me unsuspended that would be highly appreciated. The google cache of my channel is still available here: https://ift.tt/3ouRFad...
579 by thijser | 345 comments on Hacker News.
I knew Google's automated processes were pretty bad from earlier stories here, but today I got hit by it myself. I participated in the totally legit EthGlobal "Hack Money" hackathon ( https://ift.tt/3c6VSHN ) earlier this year and one of required submissions of that event was a video describing your work. I made one and uploaded it to Youtube. The hackathon went great and we won some prizes but that's not relevant to this story. Yesterday evening I received an email from Youtube that they've removed my channel because "Spam, scams or commercially deceptive content are not allowed on YouTube.". I thought this certainly must be an error so I used the attached appeal link and got a response within less than 15 minutes that they appeal has been rejected and that no further replies will be processed. I am a paid Youtube Music subscriber and I can't login to even listen to my own music anymore. Amazing. I would like to think that Google's AI systems are smarter than just videoTitle.contains("hack") && videoTitle.contains("money"), but apparently not. If anybody has connections who can help get me unsuspended that would be highly appreciated. The google cache of my channel is still available here: https://ift.tt/3ouRFad...
New best story on Hacker News: Bumble claims IP rights on employee's open-source libs
Bumble claims IP rights on employee's open-source libs
581 by giansegato | 313 comments on Hacker News.
581 by giansegato | 313 comments on Hacker News.
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Biden administration makes big move ahead of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
12/06/21 11:24 AM
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Jussie Smollett takes the stand in Chicago
12/06/21 10:14 AM
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12/06/21 10:14 AM
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Big-city mayor announces vaccine mandate for private sector workers
12/06/21 6:26 AM
Big-city mayor announces vaccine mandate for private sector workers
12/06/21 6:26 AM
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Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi gets 4 years in prison on first charges against her
12/05/21 11:07 PM
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Jennifer, James Crumbley plead not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges after school shooting
12/04/21 6:46 AM
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12/04/21 6:46 AM
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Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect make first court appearance after overnight apprehension
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Parents of Michigan shooting suspect nabbed in Detroit after frantic search
12/03/21 11:11 PM
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12/03/21 11:11 PM
New best story on Hacker News: Germany: New government plans 'right to encryption'
Germany: New government plans 'right to encryption'
639 by Audiophilip | 178 comments on Hacker News.
639 by Audiophilip | 178 comments on Hacker News.
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Charges filed against Michigan school shooting suspect's parents
12/03/21 9:09 AM
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WATCH LIVE: Biden reacts to November jobs report that missed expectations
12/03/21 7:46 AM
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November jobs report misses expectations big-time
12/03/21 5:40 AM
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12/03/21 5:40 AM
New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What are these low quality “code snippet” sites?
Ask HN: What are these low quality “code snippet” sites?
563 by endofreach | 309 comments on Hacker News.
Whenever i am trying to google a code issue i have, there is countless low quality sites just showing SO threads with no added value whatsoever. It is so annoying it actually drives me mad. Does anyone know what's up with that? I am really disappointed because the guys creating these sites (i guess for some kind of monetization) must have some relation to coding. But i feel this is an attack against all of us. Every programmer should be grateful for the opportunity to find good quality content quickly. Now my search results are flooded with copy & paste from SO. They are killing that. Am I the only one experiencing this or being that annoyed by it? P.S: I don't name URLs because if you don't know what I am talking about already, you probably don't have that issue.
563 by endofreach | 309 comments on Hacker News.
Whenever i am trying to google a code issue i have, there is countless low quality sites just showing SO threads with no added value whatsoever. It is so annoying it actually drives me mad. Does anyone know what's up with that? I am really disappointed because the guys creating these sites (i guess for some kind of monetization) must have some relation to coding. But i feel this is an attack against all of us. Every programmer should be grateful for the opportunity to find good quality content quickly. Now my search results are flooded with copy & paste from SO. They are killing that. Am I the only one experiencing this or being that annoyed by it? P.S: I don't name URLs because if you don't know what I am talking about already, you probably don't have that issue.
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Lawmakers react to Mississippi abortion case before Supreme Court
12/02/21 8:27 AM
Lawmakers react to Mississippi abortion case before Supreme Court
12/02/21 8:27 AM
New best story on Hacker News: This shouldn't have happened: A vulnerability postmortem
This shouldn't have happened: A vulnerability postmortem
619 by trulyrandom | 223 comments on Hacker News.
619 by trulyrandom | 223 comments on Hacker News.
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EXCLUSIVE: Waukesha parade suspect breaks silence in jailhouse interview
12/01/21 1:33 PM
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First case of COVID-19 omicron variant found in US, official says
12/01/21 10:53 AM
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LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears oral arguments in potentially landmark abortion case
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What to know about pivotal abortion case going before Supreme Court today
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