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by hetman 15y ago
I never implied closure behaviour would change, only the variable scoping is inconsistent. I agree it makes sense, but it's still going to cause surprises.
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by hetman 15y ago
I've mentioned this elsewhere but I think the following needs to be emphasised: "The "for" loop will not be changed."[1] I would argue it's a terrible idea to break consistency between how this is handled by the for and the foreach loop. Th
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by hetman 15y ago
It's important to note that scoping on Python for loop variables does not behave the same way it does for a C# foreach. While it's possible to write this in Python: for i in [1, 2, 3, 4]: pass final_value = i The same i
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by hetman 15y ago
Meaning this is still much more open than the iPad.
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by hetman 15y ago
The right is not the same thing as the ability. Since rights are enforced by a civil authority, it would suggest to me the only "natural" rights are the ones granted by said authority.
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by hetman 15y ago
I would find having my time wasted pretty insulting.
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by hetman 15y ago
Python 3 has full featured closures. In Python 2 it is not possible to alter what a variable references. It's still possible to alter the contents of the object being referenced leading to the "put the value in a list" type of hackery to si
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by hetman 15y ago
Might look odd if none of the files on the decoy have been modified in the last 6 months - logging in to do this regularly and in a believably meaningful way seems like a burden. The good news is unless you're an international crime lord, i
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by hetman 15y ago
You're assuming the breakage will be something obvious and clearly visible. No doubt many of them will be. However, I would foresee plenty of breakages in obscure or not immediately apparent places which may not be noticed for some time. Fo
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by hetman 15y ago
Can't believe so many people here need their fragile egos propped up. I thought the fake comments were silly and entertaining... which is a nice way to break up an opinion piece.
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by hetman 15y ago
I suspect that's who the author may have felt threatened by at some point, it's obvious this is specific to his experience.
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by hetman 15y ago
How does this look specifically with Google?
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by hetman 15y ago
Not to be pedantic, but I would have appreciated the title giving an indication of the House of which country made this vote.
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by hetman 15y ago
Which would be true if everyone was clambering to run Android on their PCs.
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by hetman 15y ago
I'd like to understand why Google didn't use a copyleft licence.
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by hetman 15y ago
Are you saying selling this kind of data would be less acceptable if it was indirectly inferred from chat logs rather than taken directly from the "relationship status" most people enter into Facebook?
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by hetman 15y ago
The question rather should be, why is nothing being done about those breaches in the UK. Passing legislation to firewall non-compliant sites shouldn't be difficult... unless it leads to outrage from the populace I suppose.
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by hetman 15y ago
The two option solution is probably a good idea (perhaps naming it something like "destroy" because "delete" no longer has those kinds of connotation for many). However, I would suggest penalising people genuinely concerned about their priv
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by hetman 15y ago
I found one thing interesting. While I wouldn't be surprised my expectations often affect my perceptions in much the way this article described, I noticed one exception, namely the last example given: movies. In fact the build up of expecta
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by hetman 15y ago
The second experiment involved experts and they were still fooled by their expectations.
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by hetman 15y ago
Could you expand on that? I was always under the impression their paths just happened to coincide given Canonical didn't have enough sway to make them adopt their own vision.
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by hetman 15y ago
So the good news is you can move the clock in Gnome 3 Classic. All you have to do is hold Alt to right click on the widget and move. I mean... that's completely obvious right? This has to be one of the worst UI decisions I've ever encount
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by hetman 15y ago
It's Linux. You should build one. It's "easy" after all...
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by hetman 15y ago
While we're on the topic of lost heroes, it seems appropriate to mention the Biuro Szyfrów (the Polish Cypher Bureau) and in particular Marian Rejewski. By applying permutation group theory he managed to crack the Enigma in 1932. In 1939 th
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by hetman 15y ago
Though claiming IE6 was the most secure web browser in 2009 is still pretty worrying.
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by hetman 15y ago
Except why only push it in their smaller markets?
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by hetman 15y ago
This is already possible with existing DRAM memory; simply cool the RAM chips sufficiently and you increase data retention enough to extract the RAM sticks and read back the data. However, if someone has physical access to your PC, there is
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by hetman 15y ago
Except addressing that amount of memory is still going to need a bus, it doesn't matter if the memory is sitting right on top of the CPU core or in the next room. It simply isn't going to be possible to provide direct access to every single
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by hetman 15y ago
Agreed. Thought I think the fact so much of the management doesn't even have a Google+ account is a much more telling/troubling indicator.
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by hetman 15y ago
Could you define freedom?

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