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danhoc01

13년 전discuss

You can download an APK using http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/, decompile and modify just as the article has said, and push to the Android SDK's emulator. I have done several analyses of apps using this method and a MITM proxy.

I'm sure there are additional techniques to obfuscate the private key, but relying on locked down devices isn't possible in the Android ecosystem. You don't need a device at all to perform the steps outlined in the article.

danhoc01

13년 전discuss

Nothing is wrong with culture. I love the culture. It's just that there is an emphasis on doing things in clever ways, not necessarily readable or maintainable ways.

The average thread on PerlMonks (at least when I was a heavy reader) eventually turns to code golf. The language and culture both encourage that. I had a lot of fun writing clever code, and it really helped me understand data structures and efficiency at a deep level. Trying to force that culture of expression and code gymnastics to write a maintainable codebase just isn't worth it in my opinion. A language with more constraints and less magic will benefit a team trying to come together to build a product.

I see Python as being somewhere between Perl (express yourself in clever ways) and Ruby (I know it's attributed to Rails, but omakase) in terms of culture. That's why I love Python.

danhoc01

13년 전discuss

I was a Perl hacker for almost three years. It was my first dynamic, interpreted language and is what made me fall in love with writing software. Writing Perl was when I first felt that I was hacking rather than programming.

The largest problem is that it's largely unreadable, a write-only language. There's too much magic in Perl. Perl 6 is making strides to correct this, but the culture of Perl is what makes me believe that it will never be a viable choice over other dynamic, interpreted languages. I moved to Python and will never look back. The Perl culture is exactly what lured me in to programming, so I'd rather it not change anyways.

There are definitely still companies using Perl in production, but my guess is that it's always for legacy reasons.

danhoc01

13년 전discuss

I was thinking along the same lines. I would be curious to see his resume, as the content could potentially influence the interviewer to ask certain types of questions.

danhoc01

13년 전discuss

I almost wish a smaller entity would have become the first major player in drone delivery. This is going to draw a lot of attention from regulators, and I can't help but think they will want nothing more than to stop or slow Amazon from further disruption in the retail space.

danhoc01

13년 전discuss

$10 for a 10 minute test, okay. A month of 200 US-hosted n1-standard-1 machines would cost 200 * $.115 * 30 (days) * 24 (hours)... over $16,000. That doesn't include load-balancing, bandwidth, or any additional charges there may be. The price shouldn't be mentioned anywhere in the article.

Demand is elastic of course, and if you really want to scale in a cost-effective manner you also need to do auto-scaling. As far as I can tell (I have no direct experience with GAE), it's much easier on AWS. It would also be interesting to see if you can scale your pool of webservers from 1 -> 200 faster on AWS or GCE.

The article does quote @cloudpundit, who hits on the true point of the exercise: Relevance of GCE LB load test: With AWS ELB, if you expect a big spike load, must contact AWS support to have ELB pre-warmed to handle load. I would also guess that Amazon is working to improve ELB to behave similarly, especially now that Google's product has less restrictions than theirs.

danhoc01

14년 전discuss

I do miss real-time search. Unfortunately, I get an error when trying to add the extension through the Chrome Web Store.

Ubuntu 12.04 (w/ GNOME 3) / Chrome 22.0.1229.94

Error: "Package is invalid. Details: 'Could not load extension icon 'images/128x128.png'.'."

danhoc01

14년 전discuss

I would like to see how many people sign up for (and visit) Google+ due to the Instant Upload mobile photo feature. That's certainly my use case. I occasionally end up on Google+ from a search, but that's maybe once a month.

I love Google+, but the only reason I specifically visit the site is to view my Instant Upload album.

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