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781.
by billpg 10y ago
Doomed...
782.
by billpg 10y ago
I completely missed that the sponsor's message was even there until I scrolled back to look at it.
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by billpg 10y ago
"a test plot [in Ethiopia] for Farm From a Box had to be cancelled, due to ethnic protests there" There's a sentence that asks more questions than it answers.
784.
by billpg 10y ago
Okay, so I'm shipping my hypothetical computers with a HOSTS file entry that directs Playboy to an invalid IP. Am I conforming with the law?
785.
by billpg 10y ago
I tried learning PHP some time ago, back when it was pretty much the only choice for cheap web-hosts. I stopped when I realized that life is way too short for PHP.
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How to save datetimes for future events – (when UTC is not the right answer)(creativedeletion.com)
1 points by billpg 10y ago|0 comments
787.
by billpg 10y ago
Just wait till you see how many people use "America" when they mean "The United States of America".
788.
by billpg 10y ago
Best not do that anyway, even if it would be legal to.
789.
by billpg 10y ago
I tend to avoid using switch/case for quite irrational reasons. The break statement just looks wrong and I can't layout the code in a way I find at all pleasing. I'll almost always use a sequence of else if conditions instead
790.
by billpg 10y ago
I typed "true", without the quotes. Did I do it wrong?
791.
by billpg 10y ago
(To complete my above comment...) This would have the benefit of bringing that initial certificate negotiation outside of the TLS black-box. For years, TLS deployment was held back because you couldn't have multiple domains on a single
792.
by billpg 10y ago
Just like real-world TLS, the browser would validate the certificate before using it. TLS can be MITM'd too - if you can find a way around browser validation of the certificate.
793.
by billpg 10y ago
I wonder what happens when it asks you to type in a word from the manual.
794.
by billpg 10y ago
If we're designing in hindsight... Browsers should connect to port 80 and perform a GET for /tls-cert with an Accept: header listing all the certificate formats it knows and the applicable Host: header. The server would respond wi
795.
by billpg 10y ago
The "dead man's switch" which would effectively destroy the funds in the future is interesting. Assuming whoever it is doesn't do it themselves, would anyone actually make the effort to feed that transaction into the sys
796.
by billpg 10y ago
Have Microsoft confirmed the issue or planned to roll out a fix?
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by billpg 10y ago
"Partners were notified about the issues described" I left Android a year or so from the aftermath of the "Stage Fright" incident. I was very disappointed when my fairly new Android handset didn't get any updates to
798.
by billpg 10y ago
Next week, a communist argument for private ownership of the means of production.
799.
by billpg 10y ago
If anyone needs me, I'll be sulking in the corner with my Windows Phone.
800.
by billpg 10y ago
Does anyone have any experience of using hardware tokens (like the sealed key-fobs) running TOTP? For some services, I would much rather have a key-ring-ful of these devices rather than an app on my phone which I also use for reading websit
801.
by billpg 10y ago
Is this why Murdoch wants the UK to leave the EU?
802.
by billpg 10y ago
The problem is (thing I hate)! The solution to the problem is (thing I like)!
803.
by billpg 10y ago
I noticed this morning that HTTPS was failing but HTTP was fine, but it "fixed itself" after ten minutes. No idea if this was related.
804.
by billpg 10y ago
Do diplomats ever ask what Texas thinks?
805.
by billpg 10y ago
"Can we be sure you're going to stick to this trade agreement?" "Why would you think we wouldn't?" "You're breaking your treaty with the EU."
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Brexit has put the UK in an impossible position. This Venn diagram explains why(vox.com)
1 points by billpg 10y ago|1 comments
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by billpg 10y ago
I installed flash/java blockers when I was worried about vulnerabilities in those plug-ins, later removing those plug-ins entirely. You should not install an ad-blocker if you really want a flash/java blocker. You'll still be
808.
by billpg 10y ago
Is the success thanks to PHP or in spite of PHP?
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by billpg 10y ago
There was me expecting a page with "4" on it.
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by billpg 10y ago
If they're successful, the people who run the dirt-diamond industry may end up bankrupt and digging for scraps of food on the streets. I really can't see a down-side.

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