chrismcb

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by chrismcb 13y ago
No, no it isn't.
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by chrismcb 13y ago
What cues did the author miss? Why would the author (or anyone) expect the file they JUST copied to their desktop to now suddenly be in the trash can?
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by chrismcb 13y ago
I don't think the issue is emptying trash deletes the files. The issue is "moving" a file from Google Docs to the desktop, creates a link on the desktop, but moves the Google Docs file to the trash. You now have a link on you
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by chrismcb 13y ago
Events WILL occur, with or without security. And they will also occur at malls, schools, places of work, and sports stadiums. but the solution isn't to treat every customer as a criminal. Especially when it doesn't solve any probl
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by chrismcb 13y ago
The problem is there are too many entry points into an airport. If you wanted to get a device into an airport and on a plane, you can. It might not be quite as simple as walking it through the security gates, but it can be done. The body sc
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by chrismcb 13y ago
Why should airports have security? Just because other countries have security, doesn't mean the airport needs security. I don't know of any other transportation that requires airport like security, why are airports so special? I&#
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by chrismcb 13y ago
You are assuming that something needs to be done, that something "needs to work." In reality we would be just as safer (actually safer) if we did away with TSA, than we are now.
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by chrismcb 13y ago
You should be hiring for a "culture fit." But that doesn't mean every person has to fit the same mold. Many different types of people can fit the culture. And you are right, you don't want to be hiring "rockstars.&q
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by chrismcb 13y ago
Data isn't copyrightable. The format is, but the data itself isn't. Yes, it would be nice to sanitize a list. And yes it would be nice to not actually use real names with real addresses. But no copyright violation here.
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by chrismcb 13y ago
While it might seem pretty clear to you, it isn't clear to most users. There is very little indication that you are getting the boots for $39.95 as a VIP member. In addition there is a SINGLE large action item; "continue checkout.
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by chrismcb 13y ago
This really isn't a freedom of speech issue. This is a customer service issue. Would you rather do business with a company that stops doing business with customers that complain, or with a business that listens to customers complaints
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by chrismcb 13y ago
Apparently EasyJet DID treat him better because he was a journalist (well actually because he taught law) Apparently if he was just a lay person they wouldn't have let him on the flight. So you decide if it was a real complaint or not.
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by chrismcb 13y ago
In America the goal of copyrights has always been to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts. Of course this is done by giving the authors exclusive rights over their work. With the hopes they can profit from it, so they can make mo
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by chrismcb 13y ago
These seems to imply that copyright lengths should be about 25 years.
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by chrismcb 13y ago
The folks at Disney can. Personally I believe that any copyright term that exceeds the average human lifespan does not live up to the spirit of "limited."
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by chrismcb 13y ago
Shouting "fire" is actually a bad example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_the...
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by chrismcb 13y ago
Clicking "like" on something in facebook is nothing like a form of voting. It is a form of subscription. It says you want to get updates about the thing you "liked." Maybe you hate the competitor, but you want to get not
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by chrismcb 13y ago
You keep saying that they weren't really worthy of scorn, and yet they were fairly scorned industry wide BEFORE stackoverflow came into existed. So, yeah, obviously they did things that people disliked. I never saw a "kill EE&quot
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by chrismcb 13y ago
Generally you could find the answer elsewhere. They made it more difficult to find the answer's elsewhere, as they were generally in the top of any query. If it happened occasionally, it would be no big deal. But when it happened every
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by chrismcb 13y ago
Personally I felt they made it difficult to find an answer. I get that they wanted to make money, but I felt like they could have done a better job on that end. But they were constantly filling up the first page of my search results. They w
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by chrismcb 13y ago
I'm curious what sanctions prevent hosting a Syrian website? http://damascus.usembassy.gov/sanctions-syr.html claims there are only 3 sanctions: No US goods(basically) can be exported to Syria, something against the c
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by chrismcb 13y ago
It is not about bashing non-technology people. It is about bashing the news, who are disseminating bad information. If they got this wrong, what other things have they gotten wrong? And why do they need to explain what github is?
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by chrismcb 13y ago
Actually they got the law exactly wrong. "If the police demand that you give them the key to a lockbox that happens to contain incriminating evidence" you don't have to turn the key over without a warrant. The police have to
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by chrismcb 13y ago
Why not make the correct comparison and do BOOL b = pointer != NULL. Now the code says what you mean, is easy to understand, and assigns a boolean value to a bool.
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by chrismcb 13y ago
This isn't urban sprawl, this isn't the tearing down of forests. This is removing a park in the middle of the city. Imaging if they came in and bulldozed Central Park.
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by chrismcb 13y ago
I recently returned from Istanbul. While there isn't a shopping mall on every corner, it sure seems like. I'm sure every city has a "x on every corner" that isn't literally true, but x is more numerous that one might imagine. I was amazed n