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Journalist questioned by police after reporting Facebook security flaw(thenextweb.com)
26 points by brandall10 15y ago|9 comments
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by brandall10 15y ago
Awesome. A few years back I was on the board of my HOA (77 unit loft structure in downtown San Diego) and this was an issue that came up every quarter. We repeatedly asked for them to stop doing it - that it was wasteful, that it was unwan
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by brandall10 15y ago
I wonder if they disclosed to Apple et al. that they would also be pursuing licensing from their developer base.
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by brandall10 15y ago
Regardless, if Apple were to just to remove IAP and let the devs rot on this the message would be terrible - that the devs, who likely have minimal resources to fight back, are now fair game for using Apple's platform in the way Apple presc
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by brandall10 15y ago
To add to that - Ecological advantages. Am I crazy or does it seem many pro-environment types are pro-dead-tree? Nostalgia is a factor, but I think vinyl vs. mp3 would be a better analogy in that the proponents can point to certain experien
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by brandall10 15y ago
Remarkable success tends to have some correlation with taking chances. Doing phenomenally well in school might coincide with a risk averse approach toward life.
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by brandall10 15y ago
I do the Pomodoro technique when focus is crucial... it's surprisingly effective. Something interesting happens when you have permissible but cleanly defined segments of time to goof off.
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by brandall10 15y ago
Bingo. Algorithmic insight = power. But it's difficult to get that insight without the context of experience.
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by brandall10 16y ago
- Either crack a joke and direct the conversation to something else, grin and bear it, or if possible calmly slip away for a few minutes. - What you say is not nearly as important as listening. Let their words be your guide. Sometimes jus
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by brandall10 16y ago
I did shrooms a few dozen times throughout my college years. Most of the time it was in a group environment just for fun. Sometimes we would try things like the artists you mentioned, but as we were all bio/engineer types it was never ser
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by brandall10 16y ago
The front loaded cost of that is pretty high vs. $8 for Netflix though - and we're talking a handful of premium/new releases vs. the Netflix's streaming catalog which has been rapidly growing in size/quality. That said, I can only speak to
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by brandall10 16y ago
"Pretty cheap" is quite a bit more expensive than free. Believe the parent is referring to an all-you-can-eat vs. PPV for your actively selected viewing pleasure.
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by brandall10 16y ago
It's much more the packaged content model that big cable props up. It's good it you watch tons of TV. But what if for instance you hardly watch TV, but only have a set of favorite shows? For instance, I really want to see BoardWalk Empir
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by brandall10 16y ago
Interestingly enough, if you read The Beatles Anthology they make the case that they were so good _because_ they had little else to do. When we talk great composers, you might argue about Beethoven vs. Mozart vs. Bach... but would you throw
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by brandall10 16y ago
Hyperbole = $$ (tuition/living expenses/opportunity costs) + 4-8 years of youth. Valuable stuff that inspires hand waving. Overgeneralization = The source of this ire seems to me to come from the idea of "hey, it wasn't long ago that a deg
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by brandall10 16y ago
They're the perfect demographic. Keep in mind the ads being pushed are in the form of promotions based on the examples Amazon is giving, for um, this promotion.
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by brandall10 16y ago
He says forums, but his example is "places like Reddit and HackerNews and Slashdot" - articles are the focus, he's talking about comments sections. "Looking at them in awe?" What's wrong with lurking to learn?
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by brandall10 16y ago
I don't look at these comment sections on information rich sites to converse. I look at them to see curated content that many times is more valuable than the source material being discussed. On the best of them, I get to see what incredibly
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by brandall10 16y ago
In my case I've had this issue (advantage?) since childhood, where I vacillate between both states in 2 week blocks - 2 weeks at a time where I'll get 7-8 hours, and 2 weeks where I get approx half as much. In the latter case I simply don'