SilkRoadie

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by SilkRoadie 12y ago
So you have never shared a joke a work, got home and repeated the joke to friends or family? People like to have a laugh. Most people repeating the joke are not claiming credit for creating it. They found it funny and shared it so others co
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by SilkRoadie 12y ago
Bit sad how someone trying to contribute to an open source project is shoved on hn with the sole intention to ridicule them without explanation.
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by SilkRoadie 12y ago
This is the Microsoft way. Take Vista and Windows 7. With Vista they tried something new. In Windows 7 they fixed it. In 8 they tried something new... and the cycle continues. Personally I don't mind the start menu being fullscreen. Wh
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by SilkRoadie 12y ago
Congrats in launching and getting your product to this stage. Unfortunately I do not find it too useful. I buy from a lot of places, Amazon represents perhaps 5% of what I buy so your product doesn't add much for me. Have you considere
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by SilkRoadie 12y ago
I can confirm this. Recently got a complaint from a blind user about an inaccessible form element that was buried deep deep within our JavaScript web app. We learned a couple of things that day.
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by SilkRoadie 12y ago
It is no better than their Amazon Instant Video. Their video offering is pretty terrible. Takes ages to move between menus. You cannot just continue from where you were previously. It doesn't skip the credits and offer the next episode
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by SilkRoadie 12y ago
It doesn't matter what the engineer did. The fact that the car company had so few controls that a single engineer could approve something faulty then change the specs of it in future models without anyone noticing is worrying to say th
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by SilkRoadie 12y ago
Where is the step forward? The drone requires a skilled pilot to fly it. The drone cannot knock on doors. It cannot navigate stair cases. The recipient is inconvenienced and must stand in an open place to receive the pizza.
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by SilkRoadie 12y ago
We as web developers need to create websites that make money. Part of that is to create websites which are visible and indexable by search engines.. In the UK people have been naming their businesses AAA whatever to appear first in the yell
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
I find the write up for the United Kingdom interesting.. 1. Spying - indefensible.. 2. Terrorism laws to go after journalists - What does this have to do with the internet? I wonder what this was referencing. If it is stopping Greenwalds pa
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
Piracy will always have an inherent risk of getting caught. As a result piracy isn't free at all. It is potentially very very expensive. To do piracy properly you have to pay for a proxy so it isn't really free at all. I don'
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
Ignoring some of the obvious conversation points. As a developer I like posts like this and find them very useful. Information like this demonstrating ways to discover exploits should be more common knowledge. I feel currently attackers hav
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
I think the issue is down more to a lack of awareness than a lack of care. A while ago a site was hacked because they didn't upgrade rails which put out an urgent security update a few day's previously. This is sloppy. There is no
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
This is it, not sure how you could read this another way. When reading the article it hit me that this was a great bit of business from Microsoft. A million dollars isn't much for MS to pay to make this go away... and then only paying
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
Google have indexed the Internet. They have indexed public roads (Street View). Both things are pretty useful. Pretty cool. The issue now is they want to index people.. pretty creepy. This can be seen with Google+ and the various inflexible
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
> In the UK many leading retail groups have called for reform, highlighting what they see as unfair tax advantages afforded to multinationals such as Amazon by outdated tax treaties. Currently Amazon pay very little corporation tax in ma
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
PC sales are declining because more people are realising that they do not need one. They can do most things - surf web, consume content - more comfortably on a tablet which is a fraction of the cost of a decent computer. Your point also hol
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
I would be suprised if this is a revalation to many people. PHP itself has been pretty solid for a while. PHP had a bad wrap for a good reason. It deserves it. Looking past the various naming inconsistencies etc, `register_globals` was a te
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
I prefer a pen and paper. 1. Doesn't require a login 2. Is always visible on my desk and not lost behind a window. 3. Supports crude drawings. 4. Doesn't require power or an internet connection. I have yet to find an online equivi
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
Do you feel that making half as many things and spending twice the time on each app would lead to better sales? Presumably the extra time would allow for more content / polish / marketting before release?
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
Generally speaking there seems to be a lack of engagment by experts in a varity of subjects. This is no different. The problem is the ease of access to pornography for anyone, mainly children. It is hard to deny this is a problem. A solutio
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
How can you defend someone who repeatedly vandalises a public space just so he can prance around a cell and say how horrible it is? It is easy enough to find people who have had these experience and document them. I am sure the math could b
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
> people like you What kind of person do you think I am?
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
The guy vandalised property, wasted police and court time so he could "have an experience." This is why his sentance was harsh. The judge wanted to deter this nonsense going forwards and the judge is right to do this. I have littl
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
If this is in reference to Samsung... Most "Internet Facts" are not facts. Apple didn't get paid in nickels.
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
We need more women in the industry but I am not sure this is the way to do it. It is specifically for those "who cannot afford to live without an income during Hacker School." What does this mean exactly? To me it sounds like gett
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
A couple of days ago commenter on HN said they had pulled their savings from the bank and dumped it into bitcoins. It will probably recover but betting on bitcoins is akin to taking one hell of a ride by the looks of things.
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
Why not delete an account without removing the content? Basically disassociate the comment from the creator. This would give people back some control. I don't see why comments by [deleted] would damage the site or flow of comments.
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
I am not certain but I think you mash 3 buttons. The player who presses these buttons the fastest win's
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by SilkRoadie 13y ago
Title is misleading, the story shouldn't be on HN. Swearing in private calls doesn't lead to a ban. What does is uploading videos with profanity in it. This is Microsofts right to do. It would probably be better to age gate conten

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