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by gagege 13y ago
Do phones send some kind of unique Bluetooth signature that could be used to authenticate a user? The user would have to just tether their their phone to the computer. A browser plugin would authenticate sites that way. That seems like it&#
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by gagege 13y ago
I like the idea of getting a text message on your phone with a very quickly expiring key (60 seconds), or having an authentication app like Google's, which works for a bunch of websites. I do admit, even that's kind of annoying. T
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by gagege 13y ago
People learned, over time, that they have to lock their doors and keep their wallet safe. How is this different? Just make the learning curve as shallow as possible.
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by gagege 13y ago
True, which is why I think it might open up a nice new revenue channel for VPS hosts. Pay a company a monthly fee and they host your personal API. Also, it's encrypted, so they can't get to it. Someone else mentioned user stupidit
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by gagege 13y ago
Yep, exactly. That's where I got the idea. I feel like, if someone's going hold all of a user's data in one place, and be their online identity, in a sense, it should be the user.
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by gagege 13y ago
What if each user had a personal data store, either running on a server they pay for, or one that they host themselves, at home? All their blog posts, comments, pictures, videos, location history, and everything else, is owned by them. They
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by gagege 13y ago
I'm using the app now and I see that I have "0 thank you cards." That seems like it might be some kind of points system. We'll see once I can get someone else to install the thing.
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by gagege 13y ago
> "There are some obvious reasons for this, such as UPS’ decision to let its workers take Christmas day off." Good for them. I respect that a lot more than them being able to deliver every single package on Christmas Eve.
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by gagege 13y ago
Interesting. I didn't know they had those limitations. Better off with regular SD card backups then.
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by gagege 13y ago
Moto G with Firefox. Header renders but has graphical errors. Main body of page doesn't render at all. html5isready? Funny.
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by gagege 13y ago
What's wrong with storing contacts on a SIM card? Seems like a good idea, just move it to a new phone and boom, all your contacts are there.
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by gagege 13y ago
Throwing ideas around is almost always helpful. Often when someone points out a solution to a problem or presents a good idea for something new, someone else, who hadn't thought of it themselves, will be inspired and go do the implemen
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by gagege 13y ago
I laughed when I got to The Futurist, because it's totally me. Then I felt shame when I got to The Artist and The Island, because those are also me.
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A war game for coders: Code & Conquer(codeandconquer.co)
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by gagege 13y ago
The scene right after the hunter gives her a chance to run away, where she's running through the woods and the trees look like they're alive, and then she falls in water and her hair gets wet, is amazing. Also, the shadows in the
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by gagege 13y ago
Facebook is more robust and convenient than email (huge amounts of videos, pictures, "statuses" in one place, plus messaging and a way to search for profiles. Email doesn't have those). Phone calls aren't asynchronous, y
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by gagege 13y ago
I don't think I'm missing the problem at all. The problem is that that average business trusts Google way too much. They think Google is some kind of free public service. They're putting all their eggs in Google's basket
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by gagege 13y ago
The problem comes when you scroll past some detail because the speed changed. That happens to me a lot with these things. Also, I'm never sure when I'm supposed to stop scrolling. As others have said it's just distracting.
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by gagege 13y ago
Let's say I own a single store and it happens to be in a space in a mall. Also, the mall is letting me do business there for free. I get exposure, electricity, easy access, all kinds of good stuff, for free. (The mall is Google) Sudden
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by gagege 13y ago
Yeah, it was pretty bad. It's just a trend that will go away soon. It wouldn't be so bad if the animation speed was constant. Sometimes it even stops, which is super unnerving if your used to pages moving when you scroll.
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by gagege 13y ago
I remember almost not installing HL2 when it first came out, because I didn't want to install Steam. Back then, the concept of being locked in to a certain launcher felt so wrong. I didn't do anything with Steam (besides having to
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by gagege 13y ago
Apparently the SteamOS can stream games, OnLive style, from your Windows computer to your TV.
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by gagege 13y ago
The acting, story, soundtrack and effects all seemed good to me. What didn't you like about it?
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by gagege 13y ago
Have you seen the movie Europa Report? I don't want to spoil any part of it for you, but it's really good. If you have Netflix, it's on there.
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by gagege 13y ago
In the help section there's a very helpful video with trendy music and people playing with balloons.
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by gagege 13y ago
The whole experiment seemed strange. Some of the lines you said were unreadable, I could read. Also, some of the ones you said were readable, were unreadable to me. Seems pretty subjective.
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by gagege 13y ago
I had to switch to mostly indie games with I switched to Linux, which is great, there are a ton of awesome indie games. There are some mainstream Windows titles that I can get to run in Steam via Wine, but it's a pain. I really hope Va
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by gagege 13y ago
I appreciate and use Wine quite a bit, but it's far from perfect. A lot of things just plain crash from the get go. Also, I wish that Steam on Linux would attempt to install and run Windows games via Wine. If I want to play, for instan
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by gagege 13y ago
Hacker news should be renamed "Start-up Web Presence Critics" I think.
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by gagege 13y ago
This would have been relevant to me a year ago, before I started using <insert password manager with browser plug-in here>.

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