adtac

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   by adtac 8y ago

   Do you have JavaScript disabled? Don't you know we need JS to view nearly static mailing lists with minimal user interaction in 2018? /s
2. 602.▲
   by adtac 8y ago

   I don't know if this qualifies, but aren't there strict restrictions on bypassing the AppStore for updates? Would downloadable binary blobs (code logic, not assets) like this be allowed by Apple?
3. 603.▲
   by adtac 8y ago

   I know, I'm just using compression as an argument to show how significant 30%+ is.
4. 604.▲
   by adtac 8y ago

   How are you using messenger.com on mobile? I use it on the desktop, but on mobile, the website just links to the app.
5. 605.▲
   by adtac 8y ago

   Oh I completely agree it's bloated as fuck, but your statement that it's not a significant decrease is untrue. Edit: sorry, just saw you're not the person I replied to.
6. 606.▲
   by adtac 8y ago

   Tbh that is a significant decrease. Find me a compression algorithm that can compress already compressed binary data by 30% and I'll give you a million dollars (after I make a few million dollars myself).
7. 607.▲
   by adtac 8y ago

   And this doesn't include Messenger does it? The last time I had the misfortune of installing the app, they forced me to install a separate app for that. I figured I'd just use facebook.com on the browser, and I happily did until t
8. 608.▲
   by adtac 8y ago

   >So there's no cost to open sourcing Not true, there's a legal cost associated with making sure something is really ready for public eyes.
9. 609.▲
   by adtac 8y ago

   I know right? I find it difficult to focus on programming even if I listen to new music; I mostly just put on instrumental music or stuff I've listened to a lot so that it's subconsciously in the background. Audiobooks are complet
10. 610.▲
    by adtac 8y ago

    I can attest to this. I don't read that much (trying to change that), but I so badly wanted to re-read The Martian because it's just that good, and I must say I enjoyed it even more.
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    Microsoft Announces New Canadian HQ in Downtown Toronto and $570M in Investment(newswire.ca)

    3 points by adtac 8y ago|0 comments
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    by adtac 8y ago

    Ah I remember going on cuil back then. Just read up on why they shut down and this is appalling: (from Wikipedia) >... on the morning of September 17, 2010 "employees were told about Cuil's demise [...] and the servers were tak
13. 613.▲
    by adtac 8y ago

    You don't require your password-storage disk to be under constant use. Just like how you'd take out a piece of paper only when you need to use it, you could have a flash drive with no mechanical parts storing your passwords.
14. 614.▲
    by adtac 8y ago

    IMO, you don't trust the independent source, you trust the journalist. Naturally, you'll only trust journalists who have proven to be right most of the time.
15. 615.▲
    by adtac 8y ago

    Uhh no, I created a country and ICANN assigned me a two-letter TLD. Was this not a part of your webdev bootcamp?
16. 616.▲
    by adtac 8y ago

    Not just his name, his whole company even!
17. 617.▲
    by adtac 8y ago

    >a huge percentage A hard number would say more than that phrase :)
18. 618.▲
    by adtac 8y ago

    >It's also debated whether these were bugs from Ada or transcription errors Transcription errors would make this the first bug due to bit rot in a special sense! Still quite remarkable :)
19. 619.▲
    by adtac 8y ago

    Opt-in security is the best form of security, after security by obscurity /s
20. 620.▲
    by adtac 8y ago

    >We asked repeatedly, but Intel provided no advance notice. We did not even receive replies to our requests for dialogue. Intel's treatment of *BSD is frankly quite insulting, especially so given that they serve a _huge_ portion of
21. 621.▲
    by adtac 8y ago

    Here's a subset of what Google knows about you to tailor ads for you: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
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    by adtac 8y ago

    +1, I recommend FastMail's web client too if you like to manage your email and calendar using a browser. It's fast and snappy, has a clean interface (they have a couple of themes you can choose from), and it's pretty lightwei
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    by adtac 8y ago

    Interestingly, his Medium post from two years ago [1] also says "5 years ago", and happens to be the only activity there. [1] https://medium.com/@sadikkapadia/i-wrote-the-recommendation-...
24. 624.▲
    by adtac 8y ago

    Perhaps they dictated their FAQ answers as dogfooding :P
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    Hardware backdoors found in some x86 CPUs(twitter.com)

    3 points by adtac 8y ago|0 comments
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    by adtac 8y ago

    How does the amount of blue light we see from our computers and mobile devices compare to the blue light seen from the rest of the world quantitatively? While I agree that f.lux helps in the night, I'd guess that the impact caused by f
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    by adtac 8y ago

    Along with all the security risks? Or do I get to choose just the good parts? :)
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    by adtac 8y ago

    The irony of Buzzfeed talking about psychological tricks lmao.
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    by adtac 8y ago

    I can only assume that they don't even save your choice as a cookie. I think this should be a necessary cookie that's saved regardless of the choice.
30. 630.▲
    by adtac 8y ago

    I think just 0 and 1 would suffice ;)