alexjeffrey

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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
The only problem here is that because the Javascript is delivered by the server which is supposedly offering privacy from itself, nothing is stopping the developers from simply changing the Javascript and stripping away the encryption throu
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
technically your example is incorrect unless the same attribute name is used quite a few times. Regardless, premature optimisation is the root of all evil, especially in places that are highly unlikely to be a bottleneck and even more so wh
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
this is part of the popular svbtle blog network theme and the obtvse theme copied from it. You'll see this theme used on at least 1/3 of the blogs posted on here, I've always been against the whole "mouseover-as-action" thing too.
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
arguably, google are well positioned to see where improvements to traffic protocols can be made due to both chrome's large market share and their massive traffic requirements for google search et al. Later on if/when their protocols are fin
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
I hate to think what would happen if tesla's user database was hacked. Not that that's a reason not to have a REST API of course, I hope to see a lot of car-app innovation come from this!
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
Why has this been downvoted? greendestiny raises some valid points.
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Not to mention 9. using their game as a platform for urban planning and development in poorer countries: http://www.mojang.com/2012/09/mojang-and-un-presents-block-b... It doesn't get a lot of mention which only really adds to the idea th
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
was the British way
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
this seems like a good service, but they seem to mainly provide cutesy and modern names whereas I'm looking for something more traditional, similar to what I put in my origin al post.
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
it's far from an excuse, I've been very active in other areas related to the launch of the business - I just want to turn as many odds in my favour as possible pre-launch.
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
I suppose the concern I have is that I'm starting a B2C security company. This means I have to (or at least feel like I have to) balance the requirements of having a short, trustworthy domain and making it accessible to less-technical users
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Ask HN: is having the .com domain for your business important?
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One thing that made me blink here is that there's no economies of scale in the pricing - there's no benefit for me to sign up for more tests at once. It's likely there's a good reason for this but I thought I'd bring it up as users can alwa
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
It sounds like I'm not the only one here who wants to use this for marketing a web app - do you have some sort of a mailing list I can subscribe to for updates? I'm sending you an email directly but if you do I'd like to subscribe. If not y
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
sounds pretty good to me - a decent house in England anywhere except London will cost you at least £120,000, and developer salaries average out at £30,000. [edit] oh, and my impression is that a decent sized house here is quite a bit small
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
I don't see why not, I misread your original post but I'd still be happy to help.
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
I do PHP development and would be happy to lend a hand - I have a lot of respect for people like your friend who build things purely to help people so if there's anything PHP development wise he might want help with, send him my way. My ema
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
now I know where tumblr and flickr got their names.
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
being from Swindon, I'm very proud to see this on the frontpage of hacker news! I took my driving test on it... It's actually a lot easier to navigate than it looks, you can essentially treat the whole thing as one giant roundabout by takin
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
agreed, which is why Microsoft should be held to account for not prioritising fixing this problem. However, I felt that the portrayal of this particular hole in the linked article made it out to be more than it is.
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
While this seems like something that Microsoft should fix as a matter of urgency, I don't believe the problem is as severe as is being portrayed. In order to get any meaningful information from this attack, you would need to know what appli