SeanDav

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by SeanDav 13y ago
Agree with you. Not really surprising that the Chrome crowd are finding something else to fixate on now, until that gets better, then it will be something else....etc...etc Honestly the main reason I used FF over Chrome historically was t
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by SeanDav 13y ago
A pity this is not available under Windows (unless I missed something).
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by SeanDav 13y ago
I would be quite fascinated to learn if the AdviceAnimals moderator that quashed the first investigation into gtw08 was receiving kickbacks from Quickmeme. The article does not go into that at all and it seems like an obvious point to addre
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by SeanDav 13y ago
Well, as a long time fan of Firefox, I am sitting here with quite the smile on my face. Not sure how long it will last but this little victory is rather sweet.
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by SeanDav 13y ago
I also run with JS off by default and use the NoScript addon to control JS whitelists and blacklists. I find it useful to remove all the tracking, analytics and social bits that infest most websites. I get more speed and far more security f
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by SeanDav 13y ago
I generally avoid any submissions from Medium unless they have over 100 comments, in which case it is the meta discussion that attracts me and not the Medium post. The problem I have with Medium is the posts typically lack depth, they are m
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by SeanDav 13y ago
I believe that the USA always thought of itself as very secure. The richest, most powerful democracy ever. 911 was a very nasty wakeup call and to me the government reaction following that just shows how badly shaken the USA was to that. Wh
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by SeanDav 13y ago
oh, the irony of using Google to translate these....
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Who is Leaking More: Edward Snowden or the Government Officials Condemning Him?(pressfreedomfoundation.org)
1 points by SeanDav 13y ago|1 comments
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by SeanDav 13y ago
Took about 2 minutes before the animation actually started, but clever effect.
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Patent troll that sues public transit systems gets hauled into court(arstechnica.com)
3 points by SeanDav 13y ago|0 comments
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by SeanDav 13y ago
It is absolutely not about the hours taken to write it, but the skill and knowledge required. How many hours does it take a doctor to remove your appendix? Is that a relevant metric to judge or place a cost on?
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by SeanDav 13y ago
Unless you actually enter a seed string it generates a 256 byte random string each time you open it for the first time. I used firefox debugger to retrieve the string, it is stored in a variable called "floorseed".
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by SeanDav 13y ago
Is there a way to save the current world seed? I have a layout that is defeating all cars even after 50 generations and counting. Would love to keep on testing against this world.
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by SeanDav 13y ago
OT: Love your style of writing - I am a fan. Back On Topic: 1. With the examples you gave I can see there are going to be issues, however I have seen many, more focused examples with sometimes a very large number of upvotes, get closed. Typ
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by SeanDav 13y ago
The changes are a step in the right direction, however I see no mention of the situation where questions with many upvotes are closed. I find it incredibly arrogant that a mod can come close a topic that has many upvotes. It is basically sa
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by SeanDav 13y ago
What sort of coverage is this getting in the USA? I had a quick look at nytimes.com and didn't see anything. I realize that HN is kind of an echo chamber, especially about these events, so it would be nice to know as a non US resident
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by SeanDav 13y ago
The situation gets nice and juicy when you realize that the NSA has a data sharing agreement with the UK and some other countries. So if the NSA want to spy on a US citizen they simply enable the UK to spy on that USA citizen and share data
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by SeanDav 13y ago
As I see it, there are two elephants in the room that need addressing. - Do you really want to get involved with anything Google given their links to NSA? - Do you really want to place company or personal resources into this product given t
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by SeanDav 13y ago
I love the idea of the developer causing a buffer over-run to patch their own game. Does kind of make one wonder what other dragons lurk in that particular code set.
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by SeanDav 13y ago
Agree pretty much completely with this. I don't think I saw this mentioned but another technique that companies use it to subject you to formal tests. Usually produced by some 3rd party. I have huge experience with Excel and spreadshee
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by SeanDav 13y ago
> "Anytime an engineer tells me that the only solution to something is to "bite the bullet and rewrite everything," I lose all respect for them" Pretty closed minded approach. Just because it is usually not a good
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by SeanDav 13y ago
They clearly tried to do this with the treatment of Bradley Manning but it just as clearly, has not worked.
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by SeanDav 13y ago
I like SO, but its focus is just too narrow. Any question that seems to involve an opinion is shut down as not constructive, yet I can assure you that the vast majority of questions that bring me to SO are of this type. You already rely on
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by SeanDav 13y ago
To this list you can add the deal breaker - Firefox is not mining your data and then passing it on to the NSA.
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by SeanDav 13y ago
How about using TOR to connect to a VPN and then to Facebook, so Facebook only sees the VPN but you still "protected" by TOR. Is this possible/practical?
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by SeanDav 13y ago
Not sure what you are trying to suggest here: - We don't talk about this because it is not relevant? - We don't talk about it because it takes focus away from the Chinese, who are the real villains here? What exactly is your point
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by SeanDav 13y ago
Probably one of the tricks poster use when there is already a duplicate submission that has not gained traction but they feel should. Or maybe I am just feeling uncharitable. Still, I would like to know how this is done.
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by SeanDav 13y ago
He was earning 200k right? You think they pay morons that type of money? His education is completely irrelevant. His body odour (if he has it) is irrelevant. The size of his nose is irrelevant. if he was an axe murderer is irrelevant. What
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by SeanDav 13y ago
I presume you have heard of McCarthyism? There are many, many examples of American abuses on American citizens, where innocent people lost their jobs, friends, families and even lives because of what they believed, or even what the America

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