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by ejr 12y ago
Resource efficiency has a lot to do with that, I think. Crawling sites twice will add not only to the burden of the bots but the sites too. Admins may disapprove of this. I wonder if users can be motivated to do the checking themselves when
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by ejr 12y ago
Good point. I borrowed a computer that had "HTTP Nowhere" installed on Firefox, but that seemed to break a lot of things to the point I had to turn it off. That may explain why browsers still default to http.
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Ask HN: Why are so few links posted as https?
15 points by ejr 12y ago|19 comments
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by ejr 12y ago
Is this the same Nedb? https://github.com/louischatriot/nedb/ Looks like a pretty nice project.
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by ejr 12y ago
That's part of it: "When exact birth year was not tagged, the individual was prorated over the appropriate time period." Which makes sense as you still get a relatively accurate portrait of the scheme. I wonder how
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The TSA’s Instagram Feed Is Terrifying and Totally Awesome(wired.com)
1 points by ejr 12y ago|1 comments
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by ejr 12y ago
That's a good idea. A friend of mine created a little wooden stand and holder for his phone on his desk. Once he's done with a piece, he puts the phone in the holder, swings it around and takes a picture on a delay so he has time
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by ejr 12y ago
What happens if the book is lost in transit? Isn't that worse than "forget them forever when I leave it in a dusty box somewhere"?
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by ejr 12y ago
Humour works best when it's true ;) It amazes me that the majority of computer related books I've read are really not fit for human consumption. It's really refreshing to see that he understood this and made his work and lect
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Stabilization of unstable space debris(google.com)
1 points by ejr 12y ago|0 comments
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by ejr 12y ago
It kills a lot of autoplay videos, popups -- the "in page" variety -- and other dark patterns I see on a lot of sites. The only regret I have is that ads get disabled too so if it's a place I really enjoy a lot and they have
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Verizon’s “deteriorated” phone lines cited in demand for investigation(arstechnica.com)
2 points by ejr 12y ago|0 comments