AndrewTerry

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by AndrewTerry 4y ago
this is interesting. I had an alert from an ID monitoring service I subscribe to today advising of a “mid severity breach” for an undisclosed service. The details leaked were my name, email address, and town of residence. The notification s
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by AndrewTerry 4y ago
Anton Petrov - space and science
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by AndrewTerry 5y ago
It was a while ago (2009) so I can't remember the exact process, but I seem to recall that even back then it was quite convoluted, and differentiated between deactivate and delete. That said, I certainly haven't touched it since 2
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by AndrewTerry 5y ago
You may think you've deleted your FB account, but its probably still there... I "deleted" my FB after they acquired FriendFeed (still the best social network I've ever come across) back in 2009. I was puzzled, then, to
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by AndrewTerry 12y ago
You say that you took a year to learn RoR and Objective-C for this, but can I ask: were you starting from scratch as a programmer and was this a full-time project (or were you balancing your learning and development alongside having another
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by AndrewTerry 13y ago
Kensington locks can be unlocked with nothing more than a slim cardboard tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SkKJ4yOKo8 I tested this technique myself a few years back, but must admit to not knowing if Kensington locks h
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by AndrewTerry 13y ago
FWIW, in the IOS version of the app, the offending check box appears to be disabled by default. (I certainly didn't disable it, so I can only assume that's the state from install).
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by AndrewTerry 13y ago
I know lots of people will look down their noses at anyone who dares to photograph their food at a restaurant, but as much as I enjoy cooking, I am clueless about how to present it. For me, taking a photo of the plate in front of me is as m
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IBM Throws A Monkey Wrench Into The x86 Market(insideanalysis.com)
2 points by AndrewTerry 14y ago|0 comments
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by AndrewTerry 15y ago
While I applaud his motives for change, we should also focus on HOW he quit, too. IMHO, his boss deserves the professional courtesy of being told personally (be it face to face, or by letter of resignation), rather than finding out via a Yo
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VMWare Announces Cloud Foundry (building43.com)
2 points by AndrewTerry 15y ago|0 comments
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by AndrewTerry 16y ago
Same here. I switched to Vibrams 4-5 weeks ago and I'm enjoying some pleasing results. For example, prior to using Vibrams, I could only run for 10 minutes or so before my ankles and hips started to hurt. (This was almost certainly due to p
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Should I Fire a Recent Hire if I Find Someone Better?(boss.blogs.nytimes.com)
2 points by AndrewTerry 16y ago|1 comments
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by AndrewTerry 16y ago
I don't know why so many carriers feel the need to encumber perfectly good handsets with what can only be described as "branded-bloatware" Case in point, the HTC Desire which I've got on contract from Orange. It comes pre-loaded with a bran