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So does Yahoo mail simply not support HTTPS? I used Chrome + Use HTTPS (https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/kbkgnojednemejclpggpnhlhlhkmfidi) and when I logged in to mail.yahoo.com and provided credentials, I got this "The webpage at https://us.mc1103.mail.yahoo.com/mc/welcome?.gx=xxxxx might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address."
Breaking the Web's Cookie Jar
The Firefox add-in Firesheep caused quite an uproar a few weeks ago, and justifiably so. Here's how it works: Connect to a public, unencrypted WiFi network. In other words, a WiFi network that doesn't require a password before you can connect to it. Install Firefox and the Firesheep add-in. W...
@Paul Jungwirth
def generate_expr(s):
if len(s):
yield s
for i in range(1, len(s)):
left = s[:i]
right = s[i:]
for r in generate_expr(right):
yield left + '+' + r
yield left + '*' + r
if __name__ == '__main__':
print set(expr for expr in generate_expr("123456789") if eval(expr) == 2002)
The Non-Programming Programmer
I find it difficult to believe, but the reports keep pouring in via Twitter and email: many candidates who show up for programming job interviews can't program. At all. Consider this recent email from Mike Lin: The article Why Can't Programmers... Program? changed the way I did interviews. I ...
@Paul Jungwirth
"You have the numbers 123456789, in that order. Between each number, you must insert either nothing, a plus sign, or a multiplication sign, so that the resulting expression equals 2001. Write a program that prints all solutions. (There are two.)"
So is this with left-to-right evaluation or with precedence (i.e. multiplication is done first)?
The Non-Programming Programmer
I find it difficult to believe, but the reports keep pouring in via Twitter and email: many candidates who show up for programming job interviews can't program. At all. Consider this recent email from Mike Lin: The article Why Can't Programmers... Program? changed the way I did interviews. I ...
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