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by dhx 15y ago
AppleDouble format version 2. Home file system is "Mac OS X". There are 2 entries in the file. Format specifications for this file are available: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1740 General information on the file format: https://en.wiki
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by dhx 15y ago
Agreed -- although the profit margins available to intermediaries will be very small. Buyers and sellers have a mutual interest in squeezing the intermediaries as much as possible. Thankfully the costs of operating an intermediary on the In
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The development of websites that group together different brand/name mattresses according to physical properties would eliminate any advantage sellers have of creating artificial value in model naming and numbering. Widespread use of such w
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by dhx 15y ago
The problem with this article is that it only seems to present options for intelligent selling agents. Where pricing inequality exists, so too does a market for equally intelligent buying agents. Personalised pricing, complex pricing struct
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by dhx 15y ago
Usability testing should involve more than just "time taken for a new user to become familiar with the interface". Experienced users also need to be observed to ensure that prolonged use also shows desirable usability results. Pop-ups provi
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the user is not going to intuit that the function must be invisible because he can't see it User intuition changes over time as familiarity with new interfaces is gained. A system whereby edit/action buttons appear only when the m
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The actions flowed from the company credo which is engraved in granite at the entry to company headquarters, which makes crystal clear that customers are first, then employees, and shareholders absolutely last. Why do businesses
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LinkedIn appears to build "social graphs" based on profile views. If person A visits the profile of person B and C it is quite likely that some form of relationship exists (perhaps an inverse relationship too). It doesn't just have to be pr
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by dhx 15y ago
This is very important. Code that is simple is easy to maintain. This is not to say that simplicity wins over the use of complex design patterns and abstractions in every scenario. It's a trade-off that needs to be considered on a case-by-c
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by dhx 15y ago
You don't need 5 years of experience in any single language to have a solid understanding of the fundamentals of computing and programming. I'd rather hire someone that can give you an approximate assembly of a C function (as executed by a
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Why? Firefox already stores passwords in a local database and it wouldn't be that hard to automatically log users into sites. The method they describe here requires every web site be changed and requires cross-domain JavaScript to be enable
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They can address power and network redundancy in software. What they can't address is security: one of the primary reasons data centers exist.
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DECENT: Decentralized architecture for enforcing privacy in social networks(arxiv.org)
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Two pieces of "random information" (a one time pad and some encrypted data) are located in two or more different countries and are combined together in a third country. How does jurisdiction apply in this scenario? This is a real question t
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by dhx 15y ago
Some ideas: 1. By being "stupid", git doesn't treat the user as stupid. 2. git allows repositories to be uploaded or transferred anywhere for others to use with a single, simple command. 3. git is efficient and fast. No one likes waiting fo
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by dhx 15y ago
After reading through the source code, I'm no closer to figuring out how this is different to plugging functions, classes or external libraries together. Can someone describe what makes this library different to a standard utility library?
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A poor article ("stub") that needs a complete rewrite can be better than no article. The reason is that a poor article encourages a rewrite. An article that doesn't exist will probably remain non-existent.
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The costs of setting up a geographically redundant GitHub clone and continuously updating software and configuration are far in excess of the mere $200/month GitHub charges for their Platinum plan: unlimited users, unlimited public reposito
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GitHub _is_ service company. The primary advantage they have over competitors is a trusted brand name. This name has been built, in part, by engaging and contributing to the open source community. If GitHub were to open source _all_ of thei
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by dhx 15y ago
AltaVista. Yahoo. America Online. Nortel. WorldCom. Excite. GeoCities. Xoom. Hotmail. MySpace.
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TCP uses a 32bit sequence number that should be initially seeded to a _securely generated_ random number. As each packet is sent back and forth between endpoints, this number increments by 1. If an adversary wanted to disrupt the connection
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Anti-virus software is not necessary. It's a side effect of poor system configuration, slow release cycles for patched software and to a lesser extent, poorly designed software. If a severe vulnerability is discovered, open source communiti
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by dhx 15y ago
I'd argue that the key motivator for hackers is the presence of interesting and creative course work that has a clear purpose. Schedules tend to arbitrarily restrict creativity and learning. This means that courses should be designed around
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by dhx 15y ago
Does anyone know of other software that can be used to prepare network topology and rack layout diagrams from simple text files? Blockdiag seems to be one of the few options available so it'd be nice to see a focus on this "niche".
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by dhx 15y ago
Is this a case of enforcing strict work hours and conditions as a "performance management" technique to ensure employees aren't slacking off? I imagine it is difficult to know whether someone in a creative job has actually performed as much
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Marketing: who is the client? what image are they trying to create? what are the target demographics? how much time do they have? how much money do they want to spend? which mediums should be targeted? Those factors can change quickly depen
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by dhx 15y ago
The real answer to this problem is to recognise that different people have different chronotypes ( https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Chronotype ). Flexible working arrangements allow workers to adjust their lives to match their
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The problem with HTML is that it tries to simultaneously solve two completely different problems: 1) How do I provide data in a meaningful, semantic, machine-readable format? 2) How do I display data in a web browser, on a phone or in print
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by dhx 15y ago
"Coordinate and oversee the bodies responsible for technical and operational functioning of the Internet, including global standards setting;" All they need to do now is write up their proposal as a draft RFC and mass post it to important h
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Every dishwasher needs an LCD panel that reads "The dishes are CLEAN"

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