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by ccheney 4y ago
You may be interested in reading about the Linux incident[1] perpetrated by some University of Minnesota researchers[2]. Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670 [1] https://lkml.org&#x2
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by ccheney 4y ago
Outage seems to be limited to their website as I'm able to access my data through their native apps & extensions
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by ccheney 4y ago
Also seems a bit suspect that they had a "perfect UI/UX example" to show how they would have handled these dialogs. Is this whole thing an advertisement for HTTPie?
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by ccheney 4y ago
Whew, seeing this is relieving. We just received a bill for $84k for using 10.5 million GitHub Actions minutes...
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by ccheney 5y ago
Sounds exactly like fiat money...
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by ccheney 5y ago
I recall in the mid/late 2000's implementing a markov text generator to create thousands of static html pages based on certain keywords. This has been a problem for over a decade and will probably get worse as text generation tool
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by ccheney 5y ago
Very possible to attach an event listener to the scroll event and use that to scrub a video
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by ccheney 5y ago
Can you even purchase a dumb but modern TV set? e.g. a dumb 4K OLED?
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by ccheney 5y ago
How about dynamically changing prices as you move around the store based on the data they have about your person (income, etc) (some stores have been implementing digital price tags)
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by ccheney 5y ago
Minneapolis has the Northstar Line[1] which essentially matches what you're describing here. Unfortunately, there's talk of shutting it down[2] due to low ridership stemming from the pandemic. [1] https://www.metrotrans
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by ccheney 5y ago
Excellent idea, thanks!
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by ccheney 5y ago
For preview URLs how are y'all handling SSO? No SSO provider supports wildcard redirect URIs. Looking for ideas...
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by ccheney 5y ago
Perhaps tie into bluetooth instead. If your Watch or iPhone goes out of range, lock the machine.
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by ccheney 6y ago
There's also DNT (do not track) where the standards group was disbanded[1] in early 2019 [1] https://github.com/w3c/dnt/commit/5d85d6c3d116b5eb29fddc6935...
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by ccheney 6y ago
You're right, we're still not there yet. I love the idea of cryptocurrency but it's being treated more like a speculative investment vehicle than a currency for goods & services. Sure, you can buy some stuff with it but i
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by ccheney 6y ago
A big reason is likely so they can place ads in your feeds while using the app and avoid ad blocking extensions, push notifications, etc. For mobile usage I use the third party app, Apollo[1], highly recommended. For desktop I use a couple
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by ccheney 6y ago
I also had this epiphany awhile back and what helped me understand the difference was to think about how HIV (the virus) causes AIDS (the disease).
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by ccheney 6y ago
I tend to do the same, clicking, right-clicking, and highlighting text. Very likely using the Web Speech API[1]. I was able to reproduce your report of the audio not stopping when closing the tab so I dug a bit and found this open bug[2] i
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by ccheney 7y ago
That damned notch is why I still have an iPhone 8 in clutch
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by ccheney 7y ago
Tesla recently started billing $10/mo for internet service[1] (might be at a break-even price). They've also started to release in-app DLC ($2k) that makes your car accelerate quicker[2] [1] https://www.tesla.com/s
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by ccheney 7y ago
About 12 years ago I hacked together a "black hat SEO" website using synthetic content. I picked a niche (baking/recipes) and cobbled together a PHP script to generate content based on a keyword list I put together. I found a
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by ccheney 8y ago
Here's a flaw I'd love to see fixed (2013) https://github.com/semver/semver/issues/145 Issues with delimiters in release versions on Linux
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by ccheney 9y ago
This is how i've been doing it: const elements = document.querySelectorAll('li'); [...elements].forEach((element) => element.addEventListener('click', this.onClickHandler));
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by ccheney 9y ago
I don't think this is the case. It seems to be a part of the overall fingerprinting test and having Flash disabled didn't block me from viewing the final results.
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by ccheney 12y ago
Last month my Visa debit card was cloned at an ATM and several hundred dollars were withdrawn. It happened on a Friday and my bank had to cancel my card leaving me without access to any funds. It took about five days to get a new card creat
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by ccheney 13y ago
#62, cts.com About 4 years ago the company I worked for had this in their domain portfolio and at one time offered shared hosting from this domain in the mid-late 90's to Present. There are likely a lot of legacy accounts still utilizi
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by ccheney 13y ago
AFAIK, it works the same online as your typical magnetic strip card, however, it's associated with a PIN which likely (hopefully) isn't stored by the merchant. Similar to a card security code (CVV). Otherwise, offline you place it
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by ccheney 14y ago
2.25 / 10 years
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by ccheney 14y ago
What irks me is when they reject special characters like ?!#$@", etc.
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by ccheney 14y ago
What's the incentive to put my blog content on your website? You say you're trying to provide a platform that is maintenance free but what about say, tumblr, twitter, blogger, reddit, and all-the-others? Maybe you have more planned for a fu

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