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901.
by bloak 6y ago
That particular site: the code is properly formatted with comments, there's a link to a GitLab repo with the source, you could check your network traffic while using it, ... But in general: I suppose what we need is a flexibly configur
902.
by bloak 6y ago
That's a great example. Instantaneous response to queries even on an ancient Chromebook.
903.
by bloak 6y ago
JavaScript by itself isn't evil. A static web site that uses JavaScript to let the user do everything on the client provides more privacy than an old-school web site with CGI scripts and forms. I've been playing with this idea rec
904.
by bloak 6y ago
> My opinion is that this should work on a per-content basis, where the platform only becomes legally responsible for a unit of content once it associates itself with it by promoting, modifying, etc. this content. Such ideas are certainl
905.
by bloak 6y ago
> Seatbelt and helmet laws are a condition of using property that isn't yours (the road). In England, at least, the law also applies in the (somewhat unusual) circumstances that you happen to own the road. Going meta here: There see
906.
by bloak 6y ago
I followed this story a bit as it happened. This seems like a good retrospective summary. It is a tragedy that we can't have access to at least some of those books. What's needed is a major change in international copyright law, b
907.
by bloak 6y ago
Possible yes? It's a definite yes. Enumerate all possible hash values into a single very big file. I think that even counts as "construct", in a mathematical sense.
908.
by bloak 6y ago
Why is CO2 different for "small" animals than "large" animals? If CO2 is humane for chickens, say, then why do they sometimes use Nitrogen or Argon, which are more hazardous for humans and probably more expensive?
909.
by bloak 6y ago
The only sensible alternative to UTC for the system time is TAI, but I don't know of an OS that lets you use TAI for everything. Perhaps some specialist OS used for satellites? Being able to take the difference of two numerical values
910.
by bloak 6y ago
If you can't write a correct (according to RFC 4180) CSV parser in 15 lines of Perl then you're not a Real Programmer! (Yes, I understand that not all CSV files in the wild are correct according to RFC 4180. Yes, I also understand
911.
by bloak 6y ago
According to Wikipedia, John Searle is known for sexual assault, sexual harassment, and the "Chinese room" argument. I'm not sure with which of these he's done the most harm, but I suspect he's done the most harm wi
912.
by bloak 6y ago
Justified text with a monospaced font is an unusual choice. (I can't work out whether my browser is stretching the space between letters as well as the space between words.)
913.
by bloak 6y ago
The obituary I found mentioned Simenon as an influence, which makes sense.
914.
by bloak 6y ago
The article mentions this: "session cookies that allowed access to Netflix and YouTube (and attached Gmail accounts)" If you use Gmail it's worth knowing how to log a device off from a different device because it's likel
915.
by bloak 7y ago
The leaflet that came through my door says "STAY AT HOME". The Downing Street letter signed by Boris says "you must stay at home". I have seen "stay home" a few times, which I notice, because it seems like ba
916.
by bloak 7y ago
Terms like that might put you off if you're a big company and very cautious, but "sent through their services" != "submitted by you".
917.
by bloak 7y ago
> Every time a language dies, like latin or summerian did, we gain uniformity. So when Latin evolved into French, Italian, Spanish, ... we gained uniformity? I'm not convinced!
918.
by bloak 7y ago
> Arabic numerals originated in right-to-left languages But I thought they originated in India, where left-to-right scripts were in use, which is why Arabic is bidirectional with the digits written left-to-right.
919.
by bloak 7y ago
So in some countries a government initiative to track people using mobile electronic devices might lead to greater privacy. We could end up with government-issued phones as an alternative to phones designed and continually updated by foreig
920.
by bloak 7y ago
I'm not so sure. It depends what you mean by "depression". If you mean exactly what's written in the DSM then you should be sceptical. See "Crazy like us" by Ethan Watters: a great book, only part of it about d
921.
by bloak 7y ago
One of the many things that annoy me about Markdown is the complexity of generating it and the difficulty of converting a Markdown document into a normal form. However recently I stumbled across this project: https://github.com&#
922.
by bloak 7y ago
It exists, but is it art?
923.
by bloak 7y ago
That's a strange rule! It's the definite article in "the owner of that trademark" that confuses me. The same word could be a registered trademark in each of about 45 classes, with a different owner for each mark. Perhaps
924.
by bloak 7y ago
This has nothing to do with copyright.
925.
by bloak 7y ago
The Incas didn't even want the wheel. They had children's toys with wheels, but they didn't use wheels for anything serious. Or so I've heard. Presumably a llama carrying 50 kg on its back is cheaper and more reliable.
926.
by bloak 7y ago
We had a locust in a tank at the back of the science lab and had to draw diagrams of the nymphs. But that was a long time ago.
927.
by bloak 7y ago
A couple of questions: * Why can't you use the 3-letter ISO code? (I noticed that several of the larger Wikipedia editions have a 3-letter language code.) * Is repeating the language code as a fake country code (jb_JB) really the right
928.
by bloak 7y ago
> Sanitize your inputs so that it can be safely stored in your data store What kind of data store can't hold all possible strings of characters? Except perhaps '\0'. I'll make an exception for '\0'. (EDIT: T
929.
by bloak 7y ago
If the login credentials are used within 24 hours by the intended recipient to log in and then change the password then perhaps it doesn't matter if the message is decrypted by an attacker six months later. So I can think of worse use
930.
by bloak 7y ago
Apparently they're "responsible for the popular JPEG, JPEG 2000, JPEG XR, JPSearch, JPEG XT and more recently, the JPEG XS, JPEG Systems, JPEG Pleno and JPEG XL families of imaging standards". Some of those may be more popula

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