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781.
by cbr 13y ago
If it were open source it would be legal to copy it. Large corporations and OEMs that wouldn't consider pirating Windows would be happy to switch to using it for free.
782.
by cbr 13y ago
50 to 100 years ?? That's an extremely long time frame. If you said "10" I might be on board, but will Windows really exist in 50 years? The cases where we've seen really long-lived software is custom enterpri
783.
by cbr 13y ago
If the host name is encrypted the server needs to provide an SSL certificate identifying itself before it knows what host the user will request. This works if there's only one host on that IP, but if there's a 1-to-1 mapping betw
784.
by cbr 13y ago
You're saying Google made a change that hurts SEO? Isn't that what they're supposed to be doing?
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by cbr 13y ago
I wish I could recommend an Android device to them that they could carry around without having to use a purse My wife really likes her Razr M. Almost no bezel, so big screen for its size. And with a small hack you can ru
786.
by cbr 13y ago
Could exit-node functionality be added to firefox? Make it more peer-to-peer?
787.
by cbr 13y ago
You could do that. As you type into any <input type="password"> the browser would buffer the text and not send it through to the DOM immediately. When you hit enter, leave the field, submit the form, etc then it'd get
788.
by cbr 13y ago
At first there was no plain text. Then ASCII became standard enough and if you passed a file to someone they would be able to read it without you needing to tell them an encoding. Extensions of ASCII and other options spread, and there wa
789.
by cbr 13y ago
Why are you singling out Home Depot? Most stores use security cameras these days. Have you considered compiling a list of stores that have taken a stand against cameras for privacy-conscious people to selectively patronize? That would pro
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by cbr 13y ago
If a lot of able-bodied people start doing this then the TSA may start giving people who actually can't raise their arms a hard time.
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by cbr 13y ago
I sit down at your computer and Opera is open. I go to facebook.com, click on the password field, press ctrl+enter. I then use the dom editor to change the field to text. Will I see the password?
792.
by cbr 13y ago
Not knowing why they did this, my guess is it's faster. When you go to site-that-requires-a-login.com Chrome can have the password box populated immediately instead of needing to ask Keychain for it.
793.
by cbr 13y ago
Having Apache and Nginx both listening on port 80 might be an interesting way to A/B test them.
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How Much Can a Webpage Inflate?(jefftk.com)
1 points by cbr 13y ago|0 comments
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by cbr 13y ago
The people I know who work in prisons in the US aren't allowed to take their phones in. At least here the guards wouldn't have phones to use in an emergency.
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by cbr 13y ago
Perhaps you want a tsunamni-proof boat that you can keep behind your house, on dry land, for emergencies?
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by cbr 13y ago
Your link begins "A false dilemma (also called false dichotomy, ...)". Both are standard terms for the same thing.
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by cbr 13y ago
Huh? This solution doesn't use any javascript.
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by cbr 13y ago
This article isn't basic css, it's a discovery of a simpler way to do a somewhat common layout task. But overall your point is fair: HN has a lot of people (including me) with weak front-end skills.
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by cbr 13y ago
wouldn't it be great if Google Glass had an app that showed me information about the flora and fauna I'm seeing? Oh wait, it can't yet I think Glass could do this, but not as an overlay.
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by cbr 13y ago
Filtering out the random noise wouldn't be very hard.
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by cbr 13y ago
Perl was started in 1987, Python in 1989 [1]. [1] http://python-history.blogspot.com/2009/01/brief-timeline-of...
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by cbr 13y ago
If you're worried about this, use an incognito window to search for your name. Its a good idea anyway, because it turns off personalization.
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by cbr 13y ago
Difficulty of implementation isn't the issue here. This is an important feature of Android and if moxie's approach would make things better for users I think Google could get it right.
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by cbr 13y ago
People have enough trouble remembering one password. Add another that is used only in very unusual circumstances and nearly no one will remember it.
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Text-Only Fallback Browsing(jefftk.com)
4 points by cbr 13y ago|0 comments
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by cbr 13y ago
Text version, at least until Adam says something more popular: http://www.reddit.com/user/dudethatsmeta?sort=top
808.
by cbr 13y ago
Looking at your [1] link I don't see any "download traps" there being served by Google. (No "ad choices" triangle in the upper right.)
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by cbr 13y ago
If people get pissed off even when companies "do everything right" then companies won't try as hard in the future. Getting other people to accept changes like this from companies helps change the incentive structure so that
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by cbr 13y ago
It's risky to own lots of stock in your employer because you losing your job would be more likely to come at a time when your investments were worth less. It's risky to let your SO handle too much of your social life for similar

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