Delaying Herd Immunity Is Costing Lives
5 by walterbell | 1 comments on Hacker News.
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Monday, 31 August 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Captcha Alternatives?
Ask HN: Captcha Alternatives?
51 by ev1 | 42 comments on Hacker News.
TLDR: I help with a gaming community-related site that is being targetted by a script kiddie, they are registering hundreds of thousands of accounts on our forums to 'protest' a cheating (aimbot) ban. They then post large ASCII art spam, giant shock images (the first one started after we blocked new accounts from posting [img]), the usual. Currently we use a simple question/answer addon at registration time - it works against all untargeted bots and is just a little "what is 4 plus six" or "what is the abbreviation for this website" type of question. It's worked fine for years and we don't really get general untargeted spam. I am somewhat ethically disinclined to use reCAPTCHA, and there are some older members that can't reasonably solve hcaptcha easily. Same for using heavy fingerprinting or other privacy invading methods. It's also donation-run, so enterprise services that would block something like this (such as Distil) are both out of budget and out of ethics. Is there a way I can possibly solve this? Negotiation is not really an option on the table, the last time one of the other volunteers responded at all we got a ~150Gbps volumetric attack. I've tried some basic things, like requiring cookie and JS support via middleware; they moved from a Java HTTP-library script to some kind of Selenium equivalent afterward. They also use a massive amount of proxies, largely compromised machines being sold for abuse.
51 by ev1 | 42 comments on Hacker News.
TLDR: I help with a gaming community-related site that is being targetted by a script kiddie, they are registering hundreds of thousands of accounts on our forums to 'protest' a cheating (aimbot) ban. They then post large ASCII art spam, giant shock images (the first one started after we blocked new accounts from posting [img]), the usual. Currently we use a simple question/answer addon at registration time - it works against all untargeted bots and is just a little "what is 4 plus six" or "what is the abbreviation for this website" type of question. It's worked fine for years and we don't really get general untargeted spam. I am somewhat ethically disinclined to use reCAPTCHA, and there are some older members that can't reasonably solve hcaptcha easily. Same for using heavy fingerprinting or other privacy invading methods. It's also donation-run, so enterprise services that would block something like this (such as Distil) are both out of budget and out of ethics. Is there a way I can possibly solve this? Negotiation is not really an option on the table, the last time one of the other volunteers responded at all we got a ~150Gbps volumetric attack. I've tried some basic things, like requiring cookie and JS support via middleware; they moved from a Java HTTP-library script to some kind of Selenium equivalent afterward. They also use a massive amount of proxies, largely compromised machines being sold for abuse.
New top story on Hacker News: Writing a Lisp to x86-64 compiler
Writing a Lisp to x86-64 compiler
3 by tekknolagi | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I'm starting to write a series on compiling Lisp to x86-64 and I would appreciate any and all feedback. Find the first post at https://ift.tt/32En0er
3 by tekknolagi | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I'm starting to write a series on compiling Lisp to x86-64 and I would appreciate any and all feedback. Find the first post at https://ift.tt/32En0er
Sunday, 30 August 2020
Saturday, 29 August 2020
Friday, 28 August 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Tell HN: Check medium's localstorage if you use adblock
Tell HN: Check medium's localstorage if you use adblock
32 by ev1 | 2 comments on Hacker News.
If you have uBlock or similar, it appears medium logs all analytics pings into HTML5 LocalStorage and will keep retrying to send them (and apparently periodically change domains and subdomains to try and send them). I had tens of thousands of entries in localStorage, wasting quite a bit of space, all of them at least 400-600 characters or more. Each time I scrolled it'd add a few dozen more in, to the point where devtools was freezing. Ridiculous. Example: https://ift.tt/2QAyqu0
32 by ev1 | 2 comments on Hacker News.
If you have uBlock or similar, it appears medium logs all analytics pings into HTML5 LocalStorage and will keep retrying to send them (and apparently periodically change domains and subdomains to try and send them). I had tens of thousands of entries in localStorage, wasting quite a bit of space, all of them at least 400-600 characters or more. Each time I scrolled it'd add a few dozen more in, to the point where devtools was freezing. Ridiculous. Example: https://ift.tt/2QAyqu0
Thursday, 27 August 2020
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Sen. Rand Paul says he was attacked by mob after RNC
08/27/20 11:27 PM
Sen. Rand Paul says he was attacked by mob after RNC
08/27/20 11:27 PM
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President Trump addresses the RNC to accept the presidential nomination after introduction by Ivanka
08/27/20 7:23 PM
President Trump addresses the RNC to accept the presidential nomination after introduction by Ivanka
08/27/20 7:23 PM
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WATCH LIVE: RNC's final night to feature Dr. Ben Carson, Ivanka Trump, Alice Johnson and a high-stakes speech from President Tru
08/27/20 5:30 PM
WATCH LIVE: RNC's final night to feature Dr. Ben Carson, Ivanka Trump, Alice Johnson and a high-stakes speech from President Tru
08/27/20 5:30 PM
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Mets, Marlins players walk off Citi Field in protest
08/27/20 5:02 PM
Mets, Marlins players walk off Citi Field in protest
08/27/20 5:02 PM
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Microsoft's war on plain text email in open source
Microsoft's war on plain text email in open source
38 by dddddaviddddd | 23 comments on Hacker News.
38 by dddddaviddddd | 23 comments on Hacker News.
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Vice President Pence highlights Night Three of the Republican National Convention, which will also feature Kayleigh McEnany, Dan
08/26/20 5:30 PM
Vice President Pence highlights Night Three of the Republican National Convention, which will also feature Kayleigh McEnany, Dan
08/26/20 5:30 PM
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Jacob Blake had a knife in his car when he was shot by Kenosha, Wisc., police, according to the Wisconsin DOJ, which has now nam
08/26/20 5:09 PM
Jacob Blake had a knife in his car when he was shot by Kenosha, Wisc., police, according to the Wisconsin DOJ, which has now nam
08/26/20 5:09 PM
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
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Chicago White Sox pitcher fires first no-hitter of season
08/25/20 8:09 PM
Chicago White Sox pitcher fires first no-hitter of season
08/25/20 8:09 PM
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First Lady Melania Trump addresses the RNC, highlighting the convention's second night
08/25/20 7:41 PM
First Lady Melania Trump addresses the RNC, highlighting the convention's second night
08/25/20 7:41 PM
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Night Two of the Republican National Convention begins, featuring Melania Trump, Mike Pompeo and a 'surprise' pardon by Presiden
08/25/20 5:30 PM
Night Two of the Republican National Convention begins, featuring Melania Trump, Mike Pompeo and a 'surprise' pardon by Presiden
08/25/20 5:30 PM
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Ammon Bundy arrested at Idaho Capitol after disrupting special session
08/25/20 5:08 PM
Ammon Bundy arrested at Idaho Capitol after disrupting special session
08/25/20 5:08 PM
Monday, 24 August 2020
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Scott Peterson's lawyer, kin say COVID outbreak barring them from telling him death penalty overturned
08/24/20 6:18 PM
Scott Peterson's lawyer, kin say COVID outbreak barring them from telling him death penalty overturned
08/24/20 6:18 PM
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Baltimore House GOP hopeful Kim Klacik tells RNC Dems have failed Blacks for generations
08/24/20 5:57 PM
Baltimore House GOP hopeful Kim Klacik tells RNC Dems have failed Blacks for generations
08/24/20 5:57 PM
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FOLLOW LIVE: President Trump kicks off Republican National Convention featuring rescued hostages, COVID frontline heroes and Don
08/24/20 5:36 PM
FOLLOW LIVE: President Trump kicks off Republican National Convention featuring rescued hostages, COVID frontline heroes and Don
08/24/20 5:36 PM
Sunday, 23 August 2020
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Kellyanne Conway to leave post in the White House
08/23/20 7:49 PM
Kellyanne Conway to leave post in the White House
08/23/20 7:49 PM
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'If I don’t fight back strong, I wouldn’t be sitting here right now': Trump says in Fox News exclusive interview airing right no
08/23/20 6:02 PM
'If I don’t fight back strong, I wouldn’t be sitting here right now': Trump says in Fox News exclusive interview airing right no
08/23/20 6:02 PM
Saturday, 22 August 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Using rust to write shell-script like tasks
Show HN: Using rust to write shell-script like tasks
25 by rustshellscript | 0 comments on Hacker News.
25 by rustshellscript | 0 comments on Hacker News.
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House passes $25B in 'emergency' Post Office funding
08/22/20 3:58 PM
House passes $25B in 'emergency' Post Office funding
08/22/20 3:58 PM
Friday, 21 August 2020
Thursday, 20 August 2020
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Wildfires in Northern California blamed for at least 5 deaths
08/20/20 11:01 PM
Wildfires in Northern California blamed for at least 5 deaths
08/20/20 11:01 PM
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Joe Biden to deliver most important speech of his career as he closes out DNC
08/20/20 7:36 PM
Joe Biden to deliver most important speech of his career as he closes out DNC
08/20/20 7:36 PM
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Pete Buttigieg, Mike Bloomberg to speak on final night of DNC - before speech of Joe Biden's life
08/20/20 5:49 PM
Pete Buttigieg, Mike Bloomberg to speak on final night of DNC - before speech of Joe Biden's life
08/20/20 5:49 PM
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
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Democrats roll out the big guns for third night of convention
08/19/20 5:42 PM
Democrats roll out the big guns for third night of convention
08/19/20 5:42 PM
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
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Joe Biden formally secures Democratic nomination with DNC roll call
08/18/20 7:19 PM
Joe Biden formally secures Democratic nomination with DNC roll call
08/18/20 7:19 PM
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DNC kicks off second night with remarks to come from Bill Clinton, AOC, Jill Biden and more
08/18/20 5:42 PM
DNC kicks off second night with remarks to come from Bill Clinton, AOC, Jill Biden and more
08/18/20 5:42 PM
Monday, 17 August 2020
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Democratic National Convention kicks off with headline speeches by Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders
08/17/20 5:47 PM
Democratic National Convention kicks off with headline speeches by Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders
08/17/20 5:47 PM
Sunday, 16 August 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: AppleBot – Automate Things in Apple Dev Portal
Show HN: AppleBot – Automate Things in Apple Dev Portal
14 by kenny_hitcher | 0 comments on Hacker News.
14 by kenny_hitcher | 0 comments on Hacker News.































