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by james_pm 9y ago
This needs to be the #1 comment in the thread. If you use a transactional mailer, make sure you are not archiving emails with security-sensitive content. That includes resets, username reminders, signin notifications, etc. Also secure acces
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by james_pm 9y ago
That's a fine example of a goal that isn't SMART. Not Specific, or Measurable in the least. Attainable? Good luck to you, Mark...although you have a ton of resources at your disposal. Realistic? Probably not. Timely? Yes. Very.
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by james_pm 9y ago
Are there really that many patrons who feel the value they get from whatever they are supporting is a single dollar? Leave the transaction fees as they were going to be, and make the minimum amount of patronage $5 or $10.
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by james_pm 9y ago
This is good work by Mouseflow. Spells out clearly what users (data controllers) of Mouseflow will need to do prior to May 2018 to be compliant, and also what Mouseflow does for data subjects.
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by james_pm 9y ago
I'm really liking what Firefox is doing around Private Browsing and FF57 has brought me back to Firefox as my primary browser. With the amount of tracking going on these days, a FF Private window is literally the only way I'll sig
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by james_pm 9y ago
Excellent news. I dropped Uber because of how they run their business. My experience with Lyft in US cities has been excellent. Uber could use some competition in Toronto as well (outside of our generally terrible taxis).
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by james_pm 9y ago
Conveniently, Google Public DNS. "This does require the DNS you are using to have DNS over TLS support, though, but it’s a start. Users can switch to Google’s DNS if they wish to benefit from DNS over TLS." Cut the ISPs out of the
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by james_pm 9y ago
Bought a new Macbook Pro in April. Keyboard failed in June. "n" and "o" keys were flakey and either double typed or didn't type. It went back and got a new top case. No computer for three weeks. Fast forward to Octo
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by james_pm 9y ago
"If none of that succeeds in returning the driver to the task of controlling the vehicle, it will slow to a stop in the lane of travel, put the hazard flashers on, and summon help via OnStar." I presume they call OnStar since once
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by james_pm 9y ago
If you can't trust all the members of the team, or the person you send the message to, then no amount of encryption will save you. But this does remove (reduce?) the need to trust that the the 3rd party provider (eg. Slack) is capable
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by james_pm 9y ago
I saw this feature request submitted the other day via the subreddit. Here's hoping! https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/70rent/enhancem...
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by james_pm 9y ago
Domain names as identity is something I would love to see happen, mostly because I have a vested interesting in selling millions of people those domain names via Hover.com Keybase does a nice job aggregating those various identities, be it
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by james_pm 9y ago
This very same meme is on Reddit in multiple places, including /r/ImGoingToHellForThis.
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by james_pm 9y ago
Police in Toronto have been doing this for years. Specifically, some parking enforcement cars have plate scanners on them that look for stolen vehicles as they drive around. Ontario Provincial Police also scans plates for cars with violatio
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by james_pm 9y ago
The provisions are already there, just waiting to be used. National security, secrecy, etc.
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by james_pm 9y ago
Original article: https://www.fastcodesign.com/90137157/the-hardest-working-of... How hard is it to link to the original instead of the short summary article on a site designed to turn clicks into ad views and nothing
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by james_pm 9y ago
We'll see. So far they are DDoS'ed offline along with the entirety of Dreamhost (the new registrar and host). Interesting choice given the DOJ stuff with Dreamhost these days.
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by james_pm 9y ago
Not true. They are back on the "open" web under a new domain.
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by james_pm 9y ago
It causes problems for those who call (signal) for a boycott of all companies who advertise on Breitbart but don't want to have to stop using Amazon.
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by james_pm 9y ago
There's a valid concern that Medium would be sending money to those with "alt" viewpoints, or that Medium ends up having to censor those same "alt" viewpoints (de-platforming) to avoid that.
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by james_pm 9y ago
iPod touch: $249CDN iPhone SE: $579CDN If dropped or lost, it's not the end of the world as a parent of two kids. Same reason why they both have $100 Android phones to carry around. For $350CDN, they have a phone/SMS device and a
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by james_pm 9y ago
Already torn out because his steps were not even close to being to code and were dangerous. No footings, wood right on dirt. No landings, trip hazards, poor railing. There's a reason that the steps cost $10,000 (the real cost to the ci
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by james_pm 9y ago
Like .ai, the new "hot" ccTLD.
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by james_pm 9y ago
Solution: when creating the alarm, you can toggle snooze off for that alarm and then the CTA on the lock screen is "STOP".
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by james_pm 9y ago
And News. Surely they could do the News app for Canada.
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by james_pm 9y ago
I've been using Opera Beta for about a year now but with Vivaldi adding some more of the core features that were missing in earlier releases (bookmarks), it's probably worth another look.
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by james_pm 9y ago
The remote work aspect makes it even easier to lose sight of the human doing the work. Once they are just another resource in the dashboard like an AWS instance, some system somewhere can spool more up when you need them, cut them loose whe
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The secret lives of Google raters(arstechnica.com)
80 points by james_pm 9y ago|27 comments
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by james_pm 9y ago
International borders are not immune to this kind of thing either. Point Roberts, WA is only accessible by driving through Canada. https://goo.gl/maps/ZZqPvck2oU82
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by james_pm 9y ago
Air Canada, for a short period of time in 1986, operated a helicopter shuttle from a helipad near downtown Toronto out to the tarmac at Toronto International Airport. http://gofar.aircanada.com/en/popular/legends-o

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