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by axanoeychron 12y ago
This is a good thing. If something terrible is posted online and it is true but it hurts nobody if you take it down, it seems like common courtesy to not repeat it. You have to weigh the public interest versus peace of mind for the individu
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
> Besides, you've already switched phones. This does not follow. If I change water providers, the previous water provider does have the right to stop me from receiving more water.
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
Scary rationality. An ex-customer who is being irreconcilably inconvenienced by your product through no fault of their own may not produce any additional revenue for you but seems pretty unnecessarily disrespectful to treat them that way. I
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
I suppose the question is, should you even have to do this? Can't you assume that if a phone has iMessage open, you assume that number is active and poll to send keepalives. If the user has not opened iMessage for a while, you disassoc
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
Unnecessarily dismissive. The OP has said [1] that he dissociated his number from iMessage and people who text him from iPhones are not getting through to him. That is problematic if you want to receive text messages on a non Apple phone. I
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
I use GlusterFS for storage across my LAN. Each machine has its own brick and uses replication for a bit of safety. Works really well when you want to go a level below 'file sync' and things like Dropbox and use the network as the
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
In that example I agree with you. I've seen my fair share of bad design with good test coverage. Then I have also seen my fair share of good architectures with no test coverage. When I see a good architecture with effective testing - t
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
This is a funny coincidence.
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
It is not ironic, it's just a coincidence.
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
A bad architecture and bad code structure can be achieved without TDD. I don't think well thought out design precludes unit testing. I don't think producing bad architecture/bad code structure is goal of TDD and I suspect it
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
I don't think we're missing the point. We are not necessarily arguing that developers should not use it. We are hoping they choose not to use the platform _exclusively_ or as a substitute for their own login. To use an analogy: we
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
Woops - I didn't realise who it was from.
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
Am I though? Isn't that what we are doing - we are expressing our views on a site that targets startups, site and app developers who might be considering what login technology to use? Afterall, those sites are under construction - the
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
I'm confused. You're actually saying the exact same thing as him and assuming something in the process. You're saying that he is not considering other people when he is actually saying the opposite: that people should think o
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
Indeed. However this doesn't mean that TDD is dead - which is what a lot of people who do not like TDD seem to believe. I know you might not have said this but this whole movement is misguided. If anything, if the adherents of TDD were
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
Could testing preconditions and expectations of OpenSSL rooted out Heartbleed and the the Safari goto gaffe? Those bugs were process orientated - not cryptographic algorithm failures. I think now is an important time as ever for TDD. (Test
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
Does not belong on HN.
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
I suspect users of these sites are fully aware what kind of a bad deal these websites are. If you are in a situation where you cannot be fully employed or start your own business, they seem like your best hope. These websites are exploitati
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
I assumed that the study was targeting people who have the routine of commuting and getting a takeaway coffee near the workplace. I could be wrong but it should equally apply to any other coffee shop in a location near offices and public tr
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by axanoeychron 12y ago
On Slashdot this would have gotten +3 Funny.
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by axanoeychron 13y ago
I honestly find this behaviour so difficult to understand. Why treat people like this? What advantage does it serve? If someone does not know something, it is not an excuse for belittlement. It is not an upperhand. It's an opportunity
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by axanoeychron 13y ago
Yes. This is known. It is to stop spam bots and to detect whether you are a regular user and not a VPS.
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by axanoeychron 13y ago
I was personally tempted to buy BTC from Mt Gox when they were worth around 90 dollars but decided against it. Shortly thereafter, they were breached and now this. When the currency stabilizes, I'll consider getting some.
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by axanoeychron 13y ago
This argument is weak and your tone is dismissive. I think you're ascribing too much intent based on your own biases. You can't just say 'someone doesn't understand' crypto and not explain why. It reeks of an appeal
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by axanoeychron 13y ago
This is Colbert's 'truthiness' showing.
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by axanoeychron 13y ago
This does not follow. Private property is private but you can still commit crimes on private property. This logic would permit egregious abuse to go on unchallenged behind closed doors because its private property. This cannot honestly be w