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   by debacle 14y ago

   So this fluffy piece of linkbait is even less relevant? Fantastic.
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   by debacle 14y ago

   > My Apple, Twitter, and Gmail passwords were all robust—seven, 10, and 19 characters, respectively, all alphanumeric, some with symbols thrown in as well—but the three accounts were linked, No, you had one 'robust' password, one good p
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   by debacle 14y ago

   It depends on whether he's bad and doesn't think he's bad or he's bad and he doesn't know he's bad. If it's the former, he could literally kill the startup. If it's the latter, I can honestly say I have only met a few programmers who were i
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   by debacle 14y ago

   I don't see denying professional healthcare to the sick while traveling internationally to seek it yourself as a "flaw," but we can agree to disagree.
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   by debacle 14y ago

   It's a matter of maintainability. For the startup scene, the latter provides faster development, more flexibility, and a more intuitive codebase. When you reach corporate scales, convention needs to aid in the grokking of the codebase. I gr
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   by debacle 14y ago

   This isn't about you and me. It's about the million other subscribers that TWC or Verizon or Comcast are bilking to the tune of millions of dollars a year.
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   by debacle 14y ago

   While I know what you meant, Mother Theresa is a bad example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa
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   by debacle 14y ago

   And delicious.
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   by debacle 14y ago

   The difference, at least in my eyes, is that OO languages have a convention for the grammar of the DSL.
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    by debacle 14y ago

    But only if you buy enough contracts to cover your costs. One of the big hiccups in straddles is that the stock has to move far enough to cover your costs, plus a bit. It's very easy to make small amounts of money on options, but you can pr
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    by debacle 14y ago

    Both parties did something inexorably stupid. Can we at least agree on that?
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    by debacle 14y ago

    I really like the story behind the domain acquisition. It sounded like it was going to be unfun before you got to it, but I'm really glad it went over well and it sounds like both parties were happy. Sometimes it's the hardest part of the r
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    by debacle 14y ago

    Posing for naked pictures of yourself not thinking about what the consequences of those pictures will be in the future makes you an idiot, full stop. In the battle of idiots vs morons, only the lawyers win.
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    by debacle 14y ago

    An MBA is like an engineering masters - you're more valuable with a BS/BA and 3 years experience. After you have ~5 years of experience, that graduate degree becomes highly valuable compared to additional years of work experience. An MBA is
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    by debacle 14y ago

    I don't know the particulars of fraud as it relates to the website - I haven't read anything but the OP - but the extortion claim is difficult because the images themselves have value to the website. It really depends on the representation.
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    by debacle 14y ago

    Right about what? I said "I don't know if that makes it illegal." And I don't. It might be illegal and it might not be. This is one more incidence where the ubiquity of technology in our world is creating a situation that is morally clear b
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    by debacle 14y ago

    Like many things, the rain is great when you don't have obligations. When you do, it's frustrating in many ways.
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    by debacle 14y ago

    That guy certainly looks like a douche, and what he's doing is probably wrong, but I don't know if that makes it illegal.
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    by debacle 14y ago

    I could buy that, but try and prove it. There's a strong correlation between our intelligence and all of the other crap we have going on. We've got too much crap going on right now.
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    by debacle 14y ago

    Do you work at Microsoft?
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    by debacle 14y ago

    Then half of the Internet has pretty bold convictions.
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    by debacle 14y ago

    I don't think things have necessarily gotten worse, but instead people are just done believing that things will get better.
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    by debacle 14y ago

    This is an interesting reality. I know that some of the SO guys frequent HN. I wonder if we'll see a valid response. The only possible reason I could see is spam avoidance.
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    by debacle 14y ago

    I find the term discriminatory against stools and benches.
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    by debacle 14y ago

    You can't really solve this problem. It's why things like Stripe and PayPal cost so much money. The only way to solve it would be a la Google, where you need to have a certain account balance before withdrawl, but that opens you up to other
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    by debacle 14y ago

    The solution: Stop playing startup in the walled garden. You're going to get boned every single time. I don't even understand the logic here. Companies exist to make money. Companies who own the platform will notice you if you are profitabl
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    by debacle 14y ago

    The real pivot would be soccer-balls-as-a-service.
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    by debacle 14y ago

    Sting: Like Bono, without the douche?
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    by debacle 14y ago

    1. Encapsulation Learning to encapsulate code is very easy. It basically comes down to templating your code. Everywhere you might put a comment like: // Do database authentication That should instead be a function: var db = do_database_auth
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    by debacle 14y ago

    For those who want the TLDR: > You can play ChesSMS by texting "PLAY" to +1 (415) 494-8454. Working with SMS is a very interesting space because of the limitations of the protocol.