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by foxylad 12y ago
It may be negligible, but for me it's evidence of a humility that I haven't seen before. "Old Microsoft" would never have publicly admitted that MSDN was inferior to SO, and if they admitted it privately their response w
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by foxylad 12y ago
> I can substitute/add/send... Only if you control any of the infrastructure. If you do, then you can make my life a misery anyway, encrypted or not.
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by foxylad 12y ago
Off topic, but possibly useful information for the OP. Your use of "haha"s are quite off-putting for me, I think because to me they imply you are not taking what you just wrote seriously. Do they bother anyone else, or am I just o
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by foxylad 12y ago
I do get canal soreness from foam plugs. I've recently found that the silicone blob ear plugs are much more comfortable (perhaps because they stay in the outer ear), and are also more effective at sound reduction. I guess one of the
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by foxylad 12y ago
+1 for Eddy Izzard!
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by foxylad 12y ago
Once upon a time, long long ago, the most powerful dinosaurs got together to consider the proposal of a young pterodactyl. The pterodactyl had come up with the strange proposal that the other dinosaurs should bring her food while she concen
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by foxylad 12y ago
You don't have kids yet, I take it? One of the most universal desires parents have is for our children to live better than we did, hence the sacrifices we make to fund education etc.
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by foxylad 12y ago
I'm guessing it's Android under the covers, and I believe that Google voice recognition is now processed on the device - so it might well be powerful enough to do the voice recognition without the cloud.
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by foxylad 12y ago
There are "ah ha!" moments, and there are also "oh no!" moments. I love Ghost's simplicity for blogging, but then I spotted an egregious spelling mistake in one of the articles I'd published. I went back to the
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by foxylad 12y ago
> Just because the code is available doesn't mean it does no damage. Only that you have the ability to find and fix the code. Also your shenanigans become visible. You'd have to code extremely carefully to break the fake with p
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by foxylad 12y ago
Not totally divergent - those of us who are able to maintain our own PCs will have the best of both worlds. We'll be able to use either our own local apps, or the cloud ones. Most people will prefer the managed computing experience pro
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by foxylad 12y ago
No comments? Am I brave or stupid?
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by foxylad 12y ago
What Namecheap do is better - two-factor authentication. usernames are not meant to be secret, and forcing users to look up a username as well as a password is going to be annoying. Off-topic, I switched to Namecheap (from GoDaddy) a couple
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by foxylad 12y ago
One factor in favour of the single direct flight in smaller aircraft is the horrendous efficiency of airports. The amount of time spent queuing (checking in, enduring security humiliation, and in departure lounges) is usually a very signifi
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by foxylad 12y ago
...the same spoons you can buy for 80c... if you live next to Walmart. The killer app for 3D printers would be to supply whatever it is you want whenever you want it - even if you live in Arrowtown NZ (lucky me!). I see a massive battle c
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by foxylad 12y ago
I doubt that data would be useful in court without a lot of other supporting evidence. To sue the imbecile who ran you over despite this device, you'd be far better buying an additional actioncam instead - that would likely show licens
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by foxylad 12y ago
It could suck more... try being a Kiwi startup! Seriously, interesting article. I can relate to many of the points (online payments, for instance). I'd put premature taxing of stock options at the head of the list - it's something
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by foxylad 12y ago
I'm probably just giving in to my terroristic anti-consumerism pinko tendencies, but... don't buy a soda?
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by foxylad 12y ago
You're probably right, but Windows-only stopped me in my tracks too. I won't bother trying this, because the advantages over an Arduino mini pro (more memory, a snappy USB interface) don't seem to justify the pain of struggli
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by foxylad 12y ago
Yes, but the Electric Imp has wifi built in for $30. Ironically it uses the Squirrel language to program it, which I think was a mistake - I found it very unproductive.
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by foxylad 12y ago
Interesting - so you perceive non-anonymised results as better. DDG's main drawcard is anonymity, and Google/Bing are hoping the masses will prefer customised results. So if your perception is common, DDG is in trouble. Or perhaps
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by foxylad 12y ago
The socially accepted response is a one sentence description which then allows the person to enquire more if they are interested, or move on to other topics if not. In general society "I'm a web developer" works for me. At a
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by foxylad 12y ago
Nice ad, dumb idea. One or both bottles will squirt coke out, and unless you were very lucky one would open but the other wouldn't - depending on which seal breaks first. I'd also be surprised if you couldn't open a smooth co
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by foxylad 12y ago
I swear by the crystal deodorant, but it was completely ineffective on my son. This may be due biome differences between the young and middle aged. EDIT: I use normal soap and shampoo.
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by foxylad 12y ago
Akin to "Analyze theories before acting on them", my first rule of debugging is "There is always a reason - understand it completely". A large part of my judgement of fellow programmers depends on whether they are satisf
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by foxylad 12y ago
You're right we shouldn't shoot this down in flames, but I think most of us would consider evidence with a sample size of one as un-evidence. Providing better evidence will not take a multi-million dollar RCT - all you'd need
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by foxylad 13y ago
Wow, this storm in a teacup would be amusing if it wasn't so sad for a generally well-regarded outfit (Mozilla). They can't win - people with either your concerns or the opposite will dump Firefox. Meanwhile both sides will contin
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by foxylad 13y ago
Given that both systemd and upstart exist, it would seem that it is time for a next generation init. And given that Ubuntu has now accepted systemd, it has critical mass and should be the new standard. "Doing one thing and doing it wel
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by foxylad 13y ago
One issue would be that your messages would be constrained to the lowest common denominator. Twitter means messages can only be 140 characters, and SMS precludes attaching images or links. As for language/platform, I'd recommend p
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by foxylad 13y ago
A bot would solve this one with a random selection 25% of the time. You would need multiple puzzles to make this a useful solution.

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