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by djKianoosh 14y ago
Still, the important takeaway for webapp developers is never to rely on just one form of protection. Add timestamp checks, honeypots, etc, in addition to captcha and use them appropriately for your application.
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by djKianoosh 14y ago
LOL I think we both want the same thing. I'm just being realistic. I highly doubt you'll get all the data you really want, this year or next. Federal agencies have a hard time releasing data quickly. Too many checks and balances, too many
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by djKianoosh 14y ago
iguazu.js - Under the mist of the Devil's Throat at Iguazu Waterfalls : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls yeah baby sign me up!
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by djKianoosh 14y ago
I think this is more about changing the mindset of the typical workers at the federal agencies (hundreds of thousands of whom are not doing IT related tasks as their primary function). Those of us who work for these agencies as programmers
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by djKianoosh 14y ago
As a programmer/contractor for DHS, I'd love to hear what you all think would be a useful set of APIs for DHS to make public. It's all fine and dandy to say 'oh yeah we have an API' but it needs to be something useful. So what would you wa
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by djKianoosh 14y ago
Yes. HQ specifically.
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by djKianoosh 14y ago
off topic, but dont feel bad, vimeo and youtube are both blocked at DHS.
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
"use the most apropriate tool for the job" is a hard place to get to, as it requires a combination of experience and critical thinking. If they want to make something to make new programmers write better programs, by all means!
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
I think the problem is the original link doesn't really go to the beginning or the 'home', as it were. Here's the start: https://www.economist.com/debate/overview/225 then it starts to make sense IMO. in the end, yes, a bit of a usability
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
tangentially @ "isn't this like the post-office opening all your mail"... Iran does exactly this. When my grandmom used to send stuff here from Iran, sometimes the letter or package got to the US already shredded open and in a plastic bag
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
For one, the default app is horrible at browsing podcasts. Positively awful; can't see the full title of the individual podcasts, in any view; can't see all my synced podcasts in a single view; and as far as I know I can't browse other podc
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
FYI, this is the structure of DHS and its Components: http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/editorial_0644.shtm
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
Honestly, I've found the best approach is to learn another art form. Lots of devs get into photography, for example. Through that I think you gain an "eye for design", so to speak.
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
I think one potential answer to this is the ability for mobile/tablet apps to embed a browser inside the app. So you see this already with the twitter app on the ipad, when you click a link, it opens a browser in-app. The app makers don't
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
I don't think buying COTS or GOTS actually saves the government money in the long term. I dont have actual facts to back this claim of course, but it's just from many years of experience in this scene. Many times the requirements of an agen
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
"This fits neatly into the point I was making recently about government projects always being doomed because they end up with bad developers on projects with too many owners, and that governments everywhere should just buy off-the-shelf so
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
Probably better described as appropriations by the federal government for 'homeland security', which is mostly DHS, but also several other Departments and agencies.
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
zless, zgrep, zcat... Only recently found out about these and now I love them
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
Have you seen codeacademy or rubymonk?
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
I agree wholeheartedly. Another good one is http://learn.knockoutjs.com/
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
the color scheme is awesome too
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
copy/paste is one of the cancers of our profession
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
:) How would you propose approaching your manager with that? Seriously? "Hey boss, I'm not really working these last couple hours anyway, why not let me just go home?" I'm not saying it can't work. I'm just saying. I haven't met a manage
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
truly a beautiful application bravo
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by djKianoosh 15y ago
Bravo.. If you read between the lines they basically ignored outdated/inappropriate processes/bueracracy to provide a service to the end user. And by not adhering to those rules they indeed saved taxpayer dollars. Glad they pushed through