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by cknight 9y ago
I've wondered such things myself, but it sorta depends on the industry as to where the limit should or could be. It's one thing to have multiple search or email providers, but how many companies can afford the investment for a new
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by cknight 9y ago
Works for me on your site! (Chrome)
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by cknight 9y ago
The last one I tried was SpiderOak. I've got to be honest though, I wasn't a huge fan then, and it still looks like things haven't improved all that much recently: https://ctrl.blog/entry/review-spideroak
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by cknight 9y ago
Yep. And although my own work leaves me with complete creative freedom (I do all the branding), I am looking at Facebook and thinking that the small blue bar at the top is probably subtle enough to not have a big effect on the eyes. Certain
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by cknight 9y ago
Something I've been pondering recently: If there is broad acceptance of the research, and sufficient industry agreement to justify programs like f.lux and other night lights, should web developers like myself be more considerate as to
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by cknight 9y ago
I tried it out and found the gradual transition to be still too abrupt and distracting. With flux I don't notice it gradually changing over the course of the evening, and that's enough for me to stick with it.
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by cknight 9y ago
I built https://suitocracy.com very slowly over the last few years. It is for collating information on the ethical conduct of large corporations, as well as rating and ranking them on various criteria. It'll never make mone
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by cknight 9y ago
I think wind makes more sense at sea than solar. It can operate 24x7 if things stay breezey. In these chosen locations, that is indeed most of the time, and what sets them apart from most land-based locations. Going to the expense of making
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by cknight 9y ago
I can't even count the number of times I've been stuck behind someone in Rewe, waiting while they scrounge around in their purse or wallet for those final few cents. It is far from uncommon, at least where I live. You're righ
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by cknight 9y ago
I've been able to witness the change over the last 5 years in Germany. While gradual, it has been quite noticeable to see more plastic options become available, and my ATM visits have become less frequent. It's still a far cry fro
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by cknight 9y ago
Yep. The architecture is fundamentally not capable of dealing with the heat. I moved from Sydney to Germany a few years ago and 30°C has gone from being perfectly fine to abject misery, long before air conditioning comes in to the equation.
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by cknight 9y ago
It seems like it would be incredibly expensive to retrofit to existing buildings compared to air conditioning, while remaining much less effective.
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by cknight 9y ago
Aside from the banking tip above, I am not sure I have any other tips for avoiding stress on arrival in France aside from simply "don't go". As a same-sex couple who aren't married we also have some challenges most coupl
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by cknight 9y ago
It was a nightmare for my partner and I as well. We lived together in Germany for 3 years with no problems (We are Australian), but moving to Lyon nearly broke me. I won't go in to details (unless someone asks) but one thing that I wan
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by cknight 9y ago
It's an interesting comparison. With IE, Microsoft was influencing what the web was viewed with via its control of the client - Windows. Google is influencing what the web is viewed with by simply being such a key part of the web itsel
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by cknight 9y ago
This seems very similar to my current trajectory, though my "therapy" consisted of flying around the world to visit family back home once a year (EU->AU). I found that while the jet lag would wear off after a few days, my sleep
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by cknight 9y ago
If a consensus does eventually form around the acoustics, it'll be interesting to see what they do about it and how long it will take them to implement a fix. The Sydney Opera House was likewise ambitious, iconic, stupidly expensive, a
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by cknight 9y ago
Firefox has never supported the X-XSS-Protection header.
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by cknight 9y ago
I doubt it, but for consumer-grade devices that need to have sufficient mass-market appeal, it's the logical choice.
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by cknight 9y ago
These are not designed to be portable, though demountable/removable ones certainly exist nowadays. At both of my houses in Sydney when growing up, they were set in the ground in concrete. So, I am not surprised you'd never see the
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by cknight 9y ago
"a dumb access point" is correct. It's all about vowel position in the very next word as spoken/written. =)
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by cknight 9y ago
I can certainly understand how some features in the list would require sending user data to Trend Micro - blocking malware domains, for example. This makes sense - and it already happens with all the major browsers. I am less sure why, for
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by cknight 9y ago
I am not sure why any bandwidth usage history, web history or QoS system would require Trend Micro's services.
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by cknight 9y ago
Thanks. I'll admit I am likely to still be somewhat Reddit-minded with sharing things, so I appreciate the criticism.
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AsusWRT sends network traffic data to Trend Micro if certain features enabled(ctrl.blog)
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by cknight 9y ago
I am an avid Cloudflare user who of course maintains an exit strategy in case I need to stop using their service for any reason. On the web, this isn't a big deal - I can switch DNS and reconfigure my web server with relative ease, and
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by cknight 9y ago
"Moreover, the whole argument is disingenuous. IoT devices are likely to be several orders of magnitude simpler than PC's (Or Mac's or whatever) which are general purpose computing devices as opposed to an IoT devices which i
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by cknight 9y ago
Big agree, and this worries me as it points to a possible way to undermine what I'm trying to do with Suitocracy ( https://suitocracy.com ) - that is, to record and rate companies based on their ethical conduct, verified by m
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by cknight 10y ago
What struck me most in Atlas Shrugged was Rand's focus on rail. By giving the Taggart family a self-built, privately-run transcontinental rail network, very little of the story mentioned roads at all (there was one road trip, as I reca
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by cknight 10y ago
Nice one. For those who haven't read Atlas Shrugged: amongst the group of protagonists in the book, the granting of favours or donations is clearly outlined as immoral, as per Rand's philosophy. All goods and services are to be tr

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