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Aruba.it blind to malicious code hosting 3 by maxhq | 3 comments on Hacker News. I tried to notify aruba.it of someone obviously hosting malicious code and trying to attack web servers: http://80.211.112.150/k (Reverse DNS resolves to their domain) Their reaction? 1. in the chat they redirect me to dedicated hosting support form („only way to do it“) 2. Dedicated hosting support just closes my ticket. Wow!

Ask HN: What were tech stacks like during the dot com boom? 8 by safetyscissors | 9 comments on Hacker News. Hi All, I was pretty young during the dot com boom and I was talking about it with some guys at work when they experienced the crash. It got me thinking about what tech stacks were companies or startups using at the time and what was it like to maintain them/keep them running.

Ask HN: How do you keep track of small pieces of useful code? 14 by nickelbob | 25 comments on Hacker News. Is there some sort of Evernote for code? I'd love to be able to save small pieces of code with some accompanying documentation that describes how it works.

Ask HN: Are People Overlooking the Dangers of Browser Extensions? 30 by CM30 | 7 comments on Hacker News. Because as strange as it sounds, the generous permissions they often ask for and the fact they can modify all the pages you're viewing mean that they'd theoretically be a great vector for man in the middle attacks, and bring back the exact problems https supposedly solved. They also seem like a great way to manipulate audiences with 'fake news' or 'misinformation'. Imagine a fake version of adblock that replaced news site content with propaganda or what not. That could be far worse than anything any 'Russian trolls' ever could do, and could even let an adversary manipulate a group into thinking the world is against them (since their posts about such content would appear as gibberish to everything else, and get them banned from social media sites). Just feels like there are a ton of sneaky things that could be done here, and that the way Google and...

Ask HN: What do you struggle with? 340 by meesterdude | 508 comments on Hacker News.

CNN Donald Trump just gave a GIANT hint about when he'll fire Jeff Sessions CNN (CNN) In an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, President Donald Trump -- as he so often does -- made some news: He won't be firing much-maligned Attorney General Jeff Sessions before the 2018 midterms. "I just would love to have him do a great job," ... When liberals are rooting for Jeff Sessions, you know something's wrong Washington Post Jeff Sessions Is Trump's Most Effective Cabinet Member. He May Fire Him Anyway. HuffPost Trump Says Jeff Sessions Will Stay Through November Midterm Elections Wall Street Journal CBS News  - New York Post  - Politico  - Los Angeles Times all 166 news articles » from Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2PoaVBO

The Boston Globe Credit Suisse is seeking withdrawal from debt deal with owner of National Enquirer The Boston Globe Credit Suisse Group AG is having second thoughts about doing business with the owner of the National Enquirer, which is at the center of a scandal involving hush-money payments in 2016 to women who had affairs with Donald Trump. The Swiss bank was ... Report: Trump, Cohen wanted to buy decades of killed stories from National Enquirer USA TODAY Trump-friendly tabloid sees a decline in circulation ABC News all 199 news articles » from Top Stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2onb3G6

The U.S. Coast Guard said about 1,176 gallons of oil was spilled from an overloaded barge moored at Flint Hills east dock near Corpus Christi, Texas Thursday evening. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2NCsVaT

President Donald Trump told a campaign-style rally in Indiana on Thursday that his administration is standing up for free-speech rights, warning that large social media companies could not be allowed to "control what we can and cannot see." from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2wwcJ3P

Seven people were killed in New Mexico on Thursday after a Greyhound passenger bus collided head-on with a semi-trailer truck that jumped a highway median strip, state police said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2wvwnh9

California lawmakers moved on Thursday toward imposing the nation's strictest net neutrality laws on internet providers, flying in the face of sweeping new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules seen as a win for the companies. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2PQoBGF

Federal authorities have charged a California man with threatening to kill Boston Globe employees for the newspaper's role leading this month's defense of press freedoms by hundreds of U.S. news organizations against attacks by President Donald Trump. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2NACNlt

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones lost a bid to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought against him by the parents of a boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre, according to court documents released on Thursday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2opcWSD

A federal judge in Montana on Thursday issued a court order temporarily blocking the first trophy hunts of Yellowstone-area grizzly bears in more than 40 years, siding with native American groups and environmentalists seeking to restore the animals' protected status. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2N3X4CV

A Colorado man convicted of providing material support to a U.S.-designated terrorist group in his native Uzbekistan was sentenced on Thursday to 11 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2N2rkOD

A New Mexico district attorney vowed on Thursday to reinstate child abuse charges against three defendants from a remote compound after a procedural fumble by his team led to their release, sparking a public outcry. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2NxJKDT

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday backed a lawsuit accusing Harvard University of discriminating against Asian-American applicants, throwing its support behind a case that could impact the use of race-based college admissions. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2PP7o0d

California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill requiring hospitals, healthcare facilities and prisons to offer plant-based meals, saying that even inmates deserve to have healthy and "ethical" meal choices. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2PmaUOz

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Thursday to force the city of Philadelphia to resume the placement of children in need of foster care with a Catholic agency that refuses to accept gay couples as foster parents. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2PjfpJK