MarkMc

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by MarkMc 8y ago
I've been writing Java for 20 years. Streams are a definite improvement, but half the time I find myself rewriting a streams approach to an old-fashioned loop to make the code more readable.
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Springbok Solutions Ltd | Singapore | Full Time | REMOTE I'm looking to fill two programming roles - both are full-time remote, but you must be able to work at least 4 hours during Singapore office hours (ie. 9am to 5pm, excluding week
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Suppose Apple shut down their stores and you could only buy an iPhone online. Would they make more profit?
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by MarkMc 8y ago
A string is not that hard to remember when it is a password you thought up and have been using for 10 years. OK I cannot offer proof that most people would not write down their password, but surely some would not - and for those people
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What does a great software engineer look like?(medium.com)
2 points by MarkMc 8y ago|1 comments
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With a single random password most people will write down their password, so anyone who can read what was written down gains full access. With a random username and a user-chosen password most people will write down their username but not t
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by MarkMc 8y ago
I think you are letting TurboTax off too lightly. Many banks and the UK tax office make their login credentials unique by having a username with random characters, or requiring an account number on login.
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by MarkMc 8y ago
> So a best case scenario is factor of 3 improvement Isn't the best case scenario that we replace cow-grown beef with lab-grown beef - that is, improved energy efficiency of 50/3 = 17 times?
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by MarkMc 8y ago
I don't see how this study is valid. Participants were shown "unfavorable stories [that] reported that the target was facing criminal charges". But is it necessarily bias to think that Trump is more likely to commit crimina
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Twitter keeps losing monthly users, so it’s going to stop sharing how many(theverge.com)
31 points by MarkMc 8y ago|12 comments
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The Secret Facebook War for Mormon Hearts and Minds(thedailybeast.com)
1 points by MarkMc 8y ago|0 comments
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Carried to extreme this could lead a behavioral economist to report, "the subject made the perfectly rational decision not to peform any mental effort, and so was eaten by a shark". You say, "Many times they are simply not ac
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by MarkMc 8y ago
I greatly admire Warren Buffett. Sure, you wouldn't want to emulate a failed marriage or poor diet, but to me his positive qualities go beyond 'a lot of good'. It's not his practice of reading income statements you may w
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Interesting that in Mumbai someone who just reaches the top 1% of earners must pay 44% of their income to send one child to a private school, while in Australia it is only 8%.
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Springbok Solutions Ltd | Singapore | Full Time | REMOTE | US$50-60k I'm looking to fill two programming roles - both are full-time remote, but you must be able to work at least 4 hours during Singapore office hours (ie. 9am to 5pm, ex
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by MarkMc 8y ago
> American's used to be able to support large families of 4+ kids with only 1 working parent. Now you have households with both working and they can't afford to have kids. This statement isn't supported by the Pew Research
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On top of that, imagine that China has a larger economy and military budget. That is to say, in about 2 generations the US will lose its military dominance.
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Perhaps I misunderstood and was relying too much on my memory of the Google UI when I was in the UK. Is there a youtube video or series of screenshots showing exactly how to grant or deny consent with Google?
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Does this mean that the consent Google has already obtained from users is invalid, and so they must request consent again in a GDPR-compliant manner?
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by MarkMc 8y ago
I'm not surprised by this. It's pretty clear that having a pre-ticked checkbox is not allowed under GDPR. It's also against the intent of the law to require 6 clicks to deny consent but only 1 click to grant it.
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Here's an example of that user experience: User: Set my password to 'monkey' Website: Sorry that's a common password User: OK, set my password to 'monkey1' Website: Sorry that's a common password User: Wha
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AT&T to Advertise on YouTube Again After a Nearly 2-Year Holdout(nytimes.com)
2 points by MarkMc 8y ago|0 comments
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If you say to the user, "sorry but that password is too common - please try again" then the user will simply add a 1 to the end of the password and press submit. That doesn't offer much improvement in security.
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by MarkMc 8y ago
I think Apple's decision to have a rectangular watch face was a major unforced error. Here are two smart watches from 4 years ago: https://m.imgur.com/V9YZ5Kz The Moto 360 looks beautiful and classy while the Apple wat
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Don't you give Jeep your name and address when you buy the vehicle? Seems like they are missing an opportunity to improve their advertising. Also Google could place a survey question instead of an ad, asking "Which of these produ
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by MarkMc 8y ago
And it's not just about selling BMWs. Maybe Mercedes would like to place an ad in front of Steve? Or Rolex? Maybe a payday loans company finds that people like Steve are less likely to be interested short term loans - so they avoid a
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by MarkMc 8y ago
I would be absolutely astounded if targeted ads did not provide significant long-term advantage to a big player like Google. How can it be that having intimate knowledge of someone would not allow you to sell them more stuff? John has a 1
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by MarkMc 8y ago
> Without permission, without compensation, and with little in the way of resistance, the company seized and declared ownership over everyone’s information. No, Google has permission - it's given when you click I Agree in Android, o
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by MarkMc 8y ago
> That's why you use text based communication, if the internet drops for someone all they have to do is scroll up a bit when they rejoin... And that's partly why working remote is so inefficient that less than 3% of people do i
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by MarkMc 8y ago
Actually I think Apple's decision to have a rectangular watch face was a major unforced error. Here are two smart watches from almost 4 years ago: https://m.imgur.com/V9YZ5Kz The Moto 360 looks beautiful and classy whi

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