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by billpg 8y ago
Is this going to be used as an opportunity to get us all to buy new phones much earlier than we normally would?
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What's a Gallon?(grr.crankybill.com)
2 points by billpg 8y ago|0 comments
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Why the UK cannot see that Brexit is utterly, utterly stupid(newstatesman.com)
4 points by billpg 8y ago|0 comments
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by billpg 8y ago
That would be ideal. Keep SMTP as a server-to-server protocol only and IMAP as server-to-client.
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by billpg 8y ago
It has been a long time since I looked at IMAP. Are servers that do this now commonplace? (None I could find used to.) Can I know from a capability exchange if the remote server will send emails after adding to the "Outbox" folder
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by billpg 8y ago
Last time I looked at IMAP, I was a little peeved that servers didn't accept messages added to the "Outbox" folder and send them, instead requiring that clients talk SMTP and then (or not) save a copy of the same message to t
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by billpg 8y ago
<IMG SRC=" http://(20-random-digits).example.com/ad.png" />
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by billpg 8y ago
Shameless plug: "GIT isn't perfect, and other blasphemies." https://blog.hackensplat.com/2018/12/git-isnt-perfect-and-ot... (Addresses some of the points raised in this article.)
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by billpg 8y ago
An important feature (for me) is seamless integration with GIT. This system looks like a separate version control system with an option to sync with GIT as an afterthought.
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GIT isn't perfect. (And other blasphemies.)(blog.hackensplat.com)
3 points by billpg 8y ago|3 comments
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by billpg 8y ago
Remarkable for so many to have invested that amount of money, only to abandon the project so quickly.
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by billpg 8y ago
I recall having a friendly argument with a friend who insisted that 30°C was exactly twice as hot as 15°C.
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by billpg 8y ago
"What's the decryption key?" "I don't know."
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by billpg 8y ago
Is this running-a-native-app scary or running-JS-in-a-browser scary?
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by billpg 8y ago
That's what TLS is for - To stop you from doing what you want to do. Check if the code running on your machine has a way to store the session keys somewhere so you can decrypt the TLS traffic later.
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by billpg 8y ago
[ ["If", "we're", "going", "to", "improve", "CSV"], ["Let's", "do", "it", "with", "some", "JSON"] ]
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by billpg 8y ago
If only you were famous. You could have made millions from that idea.
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by billpg 8y ago
Looking forward to the pro-brexit commenters posting their realistic workable plans for leaving the EU that addresses these issues. I mean someone must have plan. You've been complaining about the EU for (checks notes) decades. Didn&#x
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by billpg 8y ago
Is the objection that the web server has no IPv6 address, or that a client on IPv6 can't connect?
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by billpg 8y ago
At which point have you just replaced so much hardware that you've just got a modern PC on your desk?
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by billpg 8y ago
They both have "European" in the name, so obviously the same thing. Now if you'll excuse me I'm reading my Daily Mail.
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by billpg 8y ago
My advice to British learner drivers - just take the test in an automatic car. Yes you won't be able to drive manual cars but who cares about that? It's 2018 people! Leave obsolete technology behind. You want to learn how to drive
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by billpg 8y ago
It was only a year ago. Would it be substantially different if written today?
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by billpg 8y ago
I think you mean the block market! (I'll get my coat.)
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by billpg 8y ago
We would need some rules for how to resolve collisions. If I change a record in two different ways, which one wins?
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by billpg 8y ago
Exactly how terrified should I be right now?
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by billpg 8y ago
He chose evasive. (See recent Channel 4 News video. Alas, I don't have a link to hand.)
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by billpg 8y ago
"Do you honestly believe that Britain is better off outside of the EU?" [You have been banned from CorbynBook]
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by billpg 8y ago
"We have a problem." "Solve it with block-chains!" "You've not heard my problem yet." "Doesn't matter!"
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by billpg 8y ago
No wonder I couldn't find it.

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