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by Flenser 13y ago
I'm glad I was able to use it for those 8 years. Not bad for a free service.
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by Flenser 13y ago
> Doesn't stop someone just removing the + tag on the email address. It won't stop spam but the biggest risk with these leaks is from automated testing of a password found from a leak on one service you use with the same email
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by Flenser 13y ago
I challenge John Williams to play the theme to Star Wars on his own! The point bane is trying to make is that the composer can use MIDI to record parts of a performance and then combine it into a form which is then unplayable by a single pe
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by Flenser 13y ago
They should get you to pick 2-3 friends from the subset of your closest contacts that they trust[1] to receive a multi-part[2] password so that you can prove you're you by your contact with your friends. [1] i.e. Facebook believe they
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by Flenser 13y ago
> The one lesson I learned was a new buzz_phrase: "implicit gamesmanship". If that means what I'm interpreting it to then I guess the best strategy for an employee is to be a pure player: http://en.wikipedia.org
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by Flenser 13y ago
>To quit would have been a bad idea. It looks very bad on a CV. In the UK you are told that you shouldn't criticise a former employer, no matter what. I don't think anyone should ever let fear of having a gap in their CV keep t
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by Flenser 13y ago
> vendor-specific passcodes could solve that. You could go to your credit card website and request a passcode to provide to a specific online store. If their database gets compromised, you can revoke the password. If it's vendor spe
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by Flenser 13y ago
interclick was mentioned 5 times in the first four paragraphs: http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/01/yahoo-buys-data-driven-ad-c...
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by Flenser 13y ago
" legs obliquely to gain stability, like the giraffe. I mention " https://www.marxists.org/archive/haldane/works/1920s/right-s... There are no other differences with that version.
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by Flenser 13y ago
Indeed, when compare Java with Python, Ruby, Javascript using the tool that the OP used for showing that monthly commits to Java were stable for the last 7 years it shows how quickly they are catching up: http://www.ohloh.net&#x2
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by Flenser 13y ago
Revenue which pays for the FREE service. If the choice was gmail with ads or no gmail I know which I'd choose.
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by Flenser 13y ago
Venmo is also used by Simple[1] [2] so it's already in banking. That may have influenced things. If Simple get big then Paypal could end up processing a significant amount of banking transactions. [1] https://simple.com&#x2F
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by Flenser 13y ago
> iconography of the third announcement is "two SteamOS". Two Steam OS added together . I think it means if you get two devices running steam you can combine them to increase the available resources for playing a game. Possibl
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by Flenser 13y ago
That's an unfair comparison. It should be with XBox Live [1] and PlayStation Network [2] * Steam - ~60 million users * XBox Live - 46 million users as of February 2013 * PlayStation Network - +100 million although PSN
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by Flenser 13y ago
Yup, see this summary from 623 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3446367
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by Flenser 13y ago
Are you talking about regular banks or Simple?
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by Flenser 13y ago
If most people don't own their car and use a fleet service, then it would be easy for the fleets to offer discounts to people who were willing to share a ride for part of the journey. Being able to automate car-pooling could drasticall
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by Flenser 13y ago
It's encouraging to read this having read Stephen Few's blog post "O’Reilly Media Has Lost Its Soul"[1] earlier this year about his troubles publishing Information Dashboard Design through O’Reilly Media and choosing to
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by Flenser 13y ago
It needs separators between the fields in the data attribute, otherwise it could have false positives. e.g. "abe" will find "ona bednar" because "abe" is in the data attribute "an_abe_ndar..."
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by Flenser 13y ago
Do they make rockets?
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by Flenser 13y ago
Install evil-mode and you can use all the vim movement shortcuts you're familiar with.
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by Flenser 13y ago
Although the primary structure of DNA remains unaltered it is still possible for the environment to alter the traits of offspring: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgenerational_epigenetics
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by Flenser 13y ago
If you're a developer of scripts, or want to be able to dive into the source then it's easier to install them via Tampermonkey[1] which provides an editor. It also auto-updates greasemonkey scripts which I don't think chrome
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by Flenser 13y ago
They're not trying to find the best out of all possibles candidates, or the least likely to fail. They're selecting the candidate that it's easiest to make a decision on.
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by Flenser 13y ago
It's possible that by vetting the initial users they can create a community that would self police any abuse.
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by Flenser 13y ago
That's great, there are a couple of sass ports for 2 and it was time consuming evaluating them so an officially blessed port would be great. For those of us integrating it with web app where we use semantic class names that we want to
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by Flenser 13y ago
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist
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Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961(coursesa.matrix.msu.edu)
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by Flenser 13y ago
Ok, I had a feeling that would be already settled but a lot of people seem to think you should be paying taxes now and I don't see how can that can be done without knowing which of the many exchange rates to use.
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by Flenser 13y ago
But do you pay based on what the bitcoin was worth in USD when you made the transaction, or when you pay your tax bill. Which exchange does that valuation come from?

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