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by doktrin 12y ago
I don't know why it's so important that some random HN contributor be polite about this. Isn't everyone here speaking to you , and not your friends? Why does their tone matter so much?
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by doktrin 12y ago
my experience is more direct, and contradicts yours. yay for anecdotes.
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by doktrin 12y ago
The parent is being a bit of a dick, but he does have a point. Not every job in the world is ethical, and simply being good at something is not always enough reason to do it for a living. This is ultimately a deeply personal choice that eve
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by doktrin 12y ago
> GitHub should get the full support of federal law enforcement, if not the military. With a few exceptions, the US military has atrocious "cyber" readiness and capability. This isn't yet in their wheelhouse, and any publi
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by doktrin 12y ago
if by a 'real fight' you mean a ring fight or smoker match, then yeah I totally agree. on the other hand, if you're referring to an unstructured 'street' fight, then I couldn't disagree more. there are too many
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by doktrin 12y ago
This is a sound point. There's nothing wrong with some price flexibility.
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by doktrin 12y ago
I'm also surprised that Amazon has such a poor handle on their product reviews. Obviously fake reviews absolutely litter the site. Speaking as only a consumer, it makes the process of purchasing much more cumbersome than it ought to
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by doktrin 12y ago
You're entitled to that opinion, but it was intended in good fun.
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by doktrin 12y ago
Dear MIT : one day, you will receive your deserved comeuppance. Best regards, CMU.
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by doktrin 12y ago
> abuse management The article gives the impression that they were combating some sort of systemic (malicious?) abuse. I don't doubt the statement, but I'm having trouble picturing exactly what they're going through. What
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by doktrin 12y ago
> It is mundane routine paperwork that can be automated or done by assistants. In my experience, this is 100% true. I spent a few years working in "legal technology", which is just industry parlance for categorizing documents i
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by doktrin 12y ago
> which, as I said, is what users really care about when they ask for native apps That's true, but that's not what developers understand "native" to mean. Since most readers here are technical in some fashion, it make
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by doktrin 12y ago
Do you really think this is an apples to apples comparison?
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by doktrin 12y ago
He didn't say external developers wouldn't need any documentation to consume a REST API. The implication made was that developers are more accustomed to REST, hence REST is easier to consume. Speaking for myself, I've found
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by doktrin 12y ago
Or overly pedantic alpha nerds, the lot of us.
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by doktrin 12y ago
It's a bit of a silly statement because it completely ignores the fact that in the recent past video games were almost universally "indie" efforts.
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by doktrin 12y ago
> There's a big difference between not being a sports fan, and going out of your way to be an elitist snob about it This entire line of reasoning strikes me as such an epic straw man. What is the difference between not being a sport
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by doktrin 12y ago
> If not liking sports makes me a snob then ok, I can live with that. but let's not pretend working class sports culture is all good clean fun. It can be as venomous as any other culture. As evidenced by the top comment in this very
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by doktrin 12y ago
You sound like a complete snob.
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by doktrin 12y ago
What a dumb article. You don't have to like professional sports. There are other things in life that are worth paying attention to.
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by doktrin 12y ago
That's a great point. You're 100% correct. Can you recommend any good reading on offensive security?
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by doktrin 12y ago
I don't see how. WebRTC may leak your local IP, but that doesn't mean someone outside your local network can interact with it (without compromising a machine on said network).
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by doktrin 12y ago
I have my own office (I'm nothing special, all the engineers here do) and I usually take a nap in the afternoon. It's a no brainer in my book.
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by doktrin 12y ago
> They've probably left a lot of loop holes. They've made it "secure" based on their understanding of security. -> Appreciate it. The feedback be given in a much more positive way by acknowledging their existing wo
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by doktrin 12y ago
> My point here (perhaps poorly made) is that people behave as though they're mutually exclusive. e.g. that you're not really paying your dues unless people are shitting on your work (and when you've progressed, you'l
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by doktrin 12y ago
> The attitude that you somehow have to 'pay your dues' is part of the overall problem and is akin in spirit to 'hazing'. > There are may ways to give encouraging feedback You seem to be implying that these two con
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by doktrin 12y ago
I sympathize with the general sentiment but did not like the piece itself. I am open to considering the possibility that I am in fact part of the problem. Nonetheless, I will share my thoughts. > But because of the urgent need for new b
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by doktrin 12y ago
It sounded silly to me as well. I do work with web technologies, albeit in research and not industry. Maybe it's a web startup thing.
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by doktrin 12y ago
> Soldiers like Carton de Wiart are a real example for troops serving today. It's quite sad that having sacrificed so much his story isn't particularly well-known. de Wiart was clearly a man of superhuman grit, but I'm a l
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by doktrin 12y ago
Couldn't agree more. I recently saw Princess Kaguya after being essentially dragged to the movie theatre by a friend. I've never really developed a taste for Japanese animation, and went in with no expectations. Frankly, it's

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