Afforess

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by Afforess 13y ago
I agree Firebase's plans are poorly worded. If your app just has to sync stuff (and can then disconnect from Firebase) you can have a lot of users and will still only have a few concurrent connections. If your app relies on real-time d
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by Afforess 13y ago
Firebase can take over having to use server side cookies & site settings for each user. You can use an oAuth login and then sync their settings to the firebase backend. That's how I've used it, with great success. Firebase mak
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by Afforess 13y ago
Even if the entire book is embellishment and lies, at the very least, the book should reveal a sociopath as they wish to be viewed, which in itself is interesting.
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by Afforess 13y ago
The Official Sun/Oracle JDK SecureRandom class already pulls from /dev/random. The Android class does not.
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by Afforess 13y ago
Or you could read the design document: > In the event of a large scale leak, pressure sensors located along the tube would automatically communicate with all capsules to deploy their emergency mechanical braking systems.
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by Afforess 13y ago
> From the comments I see here so far, I don't see evidence that people have read the article That would be because the Article is bland and devoid of interesting or original content, but the title is provocative and Democracy is s
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by Afforess 13y ago
> In short, Democracy is superior to this method, because it can be made to work. I'm not sure how that makes it better. Democracy has failed much more often than it has succeeded. Many a revolution to Democracy has been tried, wit
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by Afforess 13y ago
I would say, yes. Theoretically, an all-knowing Philosopher King would be the best form of government. In reality, that's extremely hard to achieve. Modern day democracies, like in the US, are intentionally designed to move slowly, so
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by Afforess 13y ago
It never was. <BLINK> has never, ever, ever been part of the HTML spec or even the HTML drafts. At best, it was an easter egg.
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by Afforess 13y ago
If users don't want to provide an email (and then can't reset their password), that should be their prerogative.
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by Afforess 13y ago
I like idea of Persona, but the idea of requiring emails prevents me from ever implementing it. There are plenty of places where I need an identity system, but don't want to force users to fork over their email address.
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by Afforess 13y ago
But you do trust your health to the distracted 16 year old flipping burgers at McDonalds?
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by Afforess 13y ago
Not long. I had zero sys-admin skills, but DO has a slew of community guides that step by step you through setting up pretty much every application you might need.
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by Afforess 13y ago
I disagree. The real key phrase is To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts Copyrights don't exist for the benefit of the owner, they exist to benefit society. Today's laws are a perverse misinterpretation of copyright
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by Afforess 13y ago
Rumormill at IBM is that we bought some random companies a while back just for their IPv4 blocks. You didn't hear that from me though.
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by Afforess 13y ago
A wall of shame sounds amusing at first blush, but it would quickly become a source of a lot of negativity and unhappiness. Yes, developers need to be aware of bugs, and learn from mistakes, but intentional harassment seems a step too far.
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by Afforess 13y ago
Stolen cars are incredibly hard to sell. There is a reason criminals just steal one and ditch it later.
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by Afforess 13y ago
"A witty saying proves nothing" -Voltaire http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Voltaire
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by Afforess 13y ago
Very much up for me.
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by Afforess 13y ago
As a maintainer and volunteer on some open source projects, the reason for CADT is that popular projects receive significantly more bug reports than could ever be handled by their volunteers. We're just volunteers and you can't ju
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by Afforess 13y ago
> Where are you drawing this conclusion from? Personal experience. > Perhaps there are people who like to spend money and buy things because it gives them a rush and makes them feel good. I feel bad for these people. > What exact
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by Afforess 13y ago
They have a captive audience (bored passengers in airlines) and the shiny things they sell appeal to consumers with no self-restraint. The value they provide is nearly zero. They exist and make money due to a complete lack of competition an
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by Afforess 13y ago
Seems like a fitting fate for Skymall. A company that profits by selling overpriced shiny garbage is bought by an overpriced and shiny company, that is garbage.
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by Afforess 13y ago
IMO, this was a non-story from day one. Not sure why so many people fell in love with the conspiracy theories or Netflix-bashing. Netflix shows what they get.
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by Afforess 13y ago
That crap got tacked on at the end in the name of compromise. You should read the first drafts some time.
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by Afforess 13y ago
Yep you are right! I calculated from May 2013, not May 2012! The total profit would be $46.68
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by Afforess 13y ago
If you had instead invested that money in a ETF that follows the S&P 500, you could have $2.109 in profits today. (Assuming $190 initial investment and S&P growth of 1.11% since May 20th)
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by Afforess 13y ago
That's why we don't let people make the laws. People are myopic, panicky creatures. We elect representatives who make educated decisions for us. At least, that's how it works in the USA.
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by Afforess 13y ago
More-expensive providers go down too. I would never put all my hosting eggs in 1 provider basket. That is asking for trouble. Even big-names like AWS can go down.
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by Afforess 13y ago
If you read the article, in the first line: > I do not think I fall into the "eidetic memory" category, although I have a superb photographic memory.

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