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by axod 16y ago
>> "show me the code that allows users to enter basic HTML (<a>, <b>, <p>, <u>) while preventing the bad stuff (<script>, <body>)." 1. Disallow everything. Escape everything 100%. 2. N
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by axod 16y ago
It's not rocket science. Escaping HTML properly is a good start. Not just "Oh yeah we better disallow any <script> tags". I mean properly, escape every single character so that there is absolutely no possible way that anything can b
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by axod 16y ago
I'm referring to the source code. Also though ugly in terms of "eugh this isn't going to run efficiently. Mem usage will be crappy etc" I've written a large amount of async code now, both in js and in java. I don't ever feel it's awkward, d
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by axod 16y ago
Good intro to continuations, but just reinforces the reasons I dislike them and wouldn't use them. Also disagree about "What is asynchronous programming, and why is it so damn awkward?" It's not awkward in the least. Either you write your c
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by axod 16y ago
Well, each to their own. I used Google translate API for the last year or so. Implementation took an hour or so. They haven't changed the API, there are no other translation API providers that come close to Google. Wrapping it an abstractio
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by axod 16y ago
I know node.js is massively hyped up right now, but seriously. Using the Google translate API directly is hardly rocket science. http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/documentation/#Exam... Wrapping simple existing js APIs and presenti
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by axod 16y ago
> "Every startup has more reasons to fail than to succeed. That doesn't stop a few from succeeding though." That's true for an average startup. But a facebook competitor??? Really? cmon. The odds of success are billions to one. It's pro
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by axod 16y ago
That's slightly different. Other search engines were poor. They focused on the wrong things, and didn't actually give good search results in the way users wanted. Facebook actually solves most peoples needs very well for a social network /
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by axod 16y ago
What is the point of a social network if only you use it? ;)
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by axod 16y ago
The issue is, you'll get complete fragmentation and confusion. It won't get widespread adoption. It's a fun thing for geeks to play with, but I don't think there is any way in hell this can succeed with the current setup.
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by axod 16y ago
It's not broken, it's just the way it works in js. Maybe it should be called something else, but then maybe people should read the language specs better to see how things work in js...
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by axod 16y ago
compete is CRAZY . Check their quantcast figures and you see a drastically different picture, with box.net way ahead. But in any event, page views probably are a very bad measure of these sorts of companies.
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by axod 16y ago
I disagree. If any job asks for degree etc I just ignore it. I don't think I'd enjoy working at a place where they value that sort of thing.
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by axod 16y ago
no evidence to show that facebook users see it that way, or care. Also FWIW, I think the name "diaspora" is terrible I cannot see it working at all.
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by axod 16y ago
Right. but the OP said "Is it just paying their rent in SF or what?" Which seemed to imply that would be a bad use of money - salaries.
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by axod 16y ago
"In the world we live in with security becoming more of a general concern" Which world is that? The one where people post minute details of their life on twitter? The one where they send naked pics of themselves around, expose themselves on
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by axod 16y ago
Personally, I use facebook to communicate with friends and family - neither of which are universally geeks or techy. So I'd still use facebook. Just because a few privacy freakouts and geeks flock to this I don't see any reason anyone else
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by axod 16y ago
What do you think they should spend it on? What did you think they would use it for? Creating something like this - or most web startups - isn't expensive, it's just time consuming.
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by axod 16y ago
This is excellent to see. After so many years of labour adding red tape on top of red tape, interfering more and more into our lives down to the very last detail. Refreshing to see this happening.
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by axod 16y ago
It seems like this 'dropped call' thing is mainly a US thing also though. Most of the blame must surely rest with the carriers.
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by axod 16y ago
I know it's "hip" these days to use a vote up/vote down news/reddit type system, but sometimes I just wish a site was laid out more like a flat forum or directory. This is definitely one of those times. I'd much rather see things organized
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by axod 16y ago
No WebSocket :( boo
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by axod 16y ago
Back to the future Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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by axod 16y ago
1. It's a tweet submitted as 'news'. 2. It seems that the 'earth shattering' announcement was boring. I think there's a couple of good reasons why it got killed.
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by axod 16y ago
It still seems like a small feature to be added to a phone, rather than a complete startup company to me though.
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by axod 16y ago
I agree, the 4 looks like a step back. Maybe to a 70s type of design. Looks cludgy to me.
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by axod 16y ago
Surely it's like saying "Ford pay so much detail to every part of their cars, it's amazing the level of care put into each and every model" and later saying "Of course Ford did forget to include wheels on this particular model"
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by axod 16y ago
If they did that surely there'd be hardly anyone left on the site.
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by axod 16y ago
This includes WebSocket support - which seems to work great :) Well done Firefox team!
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by axod 16y ago
Some things are more important than money, companies, startups etc. Don't be so quick to pass judgement if you don't know the full story.

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