birdmanjeremy

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by birdmanjeremy 12y ago
Largely unrelated to your post, but it was incredibly difficult to figure out where you were located (and even more difficult to figure out if you shipped to the US).
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by birdmanjeremy 12y ago
If you use this approach, the idea is then that you use a generic login failure message. This prevents leaking of any account information, but provides a different (poorer, IMO) user experience.
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by birdmanjeremy 12y ago
Yes, this was the alternative we discussed. We opted to go with the simpler (and very common) signup process, which does admittedly leak some information.
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by birdmanjeremy 12y ago
This is exactly the approach we took.
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by birdmanjeremy 12y ago
Every time you introduce a password constraint, you've reduced the potential password complexity. I absolutely hate arbitrary password requirements. "not more than 2 identical characters in a row"? WTF? Stop with this nonsens
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by birdmanjeremy 12y ago
Agreed. I actually just fought and won this battle at work. If you don't want to expose the specific error when logging in, you must either not leak usernames/emails through the signup process either. Otherwise, it's just sec
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by birdmanjeremy 12y ago
I actually really enjoyed the interview process with Google. It was expeditious and respectful. It was, however, clear they are not used to taking "No" for an answer, and that's when things got a little uncomfortable.
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by birdmanjeremy 12y ago
Yes. You are referring to a locking differential, of which there are several types. Some use clutch plates, and will work even if one wheel has no traction at all, others use more complex gearing and can transfer torque from one to another
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by birdmanjeremy 12y ago
I'd be interested in this for tuning carburetor jets. I'm sure there are lots of air-density related uses.
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by birdmanjeremy 13y ago
This would be cool. I think winning in the fewest moves would be the most impressive. i.e. how few tiles you 'waste'. Though winning with the lowest score may approximate this.
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by birdmanjeremy 13y ago
It took me a few tries, but it's definitely winnable.
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by birdmanjeremy 13y ago
Wow, that was fun, thanks! It starts to make sense after a while. Are lower or higher scores better? I'm at 21,204. http://imgur.com/4tnVPZ4
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by birdmanjeremy 13y ago
Not usually. For a few reasons: 1. If you aren't careful, specific feedback could be used against you. 2. It's not my job to help people get good at interviewing. The one exception I can recall is when a candidate had exactly the