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by jarrett 13y ago
I would venture that any such programmers ought not work on a math-intensive domain like signal processing. Sure, not every programmer has to know high school math. You can, for example, do great work with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript without
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by jarrett 13y ago
Mathematics offers a standardized, internationally accepted notation for its various problem domains. Turkish is not the standard language of software comments. So I don't think the analogy holds.
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by jarrett 13y ago
As to the security concerns, I strongly recommend passing the results of Markdown compilation into a separate HTML sanitizer library. Preferably one based on whitelisting. You should do this even if your Markdown compiler claims to protect
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by jarrett 13y ago
According to the article (though I haven't verified this), there are sellers on eBay using "the exact same logo." That does sound like it might be unethical. Assuming the copying is as audacious as the article suggests, I wouldn't character
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by jarrett 13y ago
I have one theory as to why: It would penalize online retailers that happen to be based in a high-tax location. As a Chicagoan, for example, I would have a really hard time starting an online retailer if my customers all had to pay the 9.25
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by jarrett 14y ago
Indeed. And there is more than one way to do it. The most obvious thing is to write a Ruby C extension. But you could also write a totally separate worker process in the language of your choice and glue it to your main Ruby app with a messa
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by jarrett 14y ago
My suggestions: 1. Let the mouse do more. It's cool that you can use the keyboard, because that's efficient. But I expected to be able to do things like click the thumbnail on the right and have it move to the center. 2. When you press X an
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by jarrett 14y ago
But imagine this scenario: I'm running for office, and I opt in to the matching funds program. All well and good. But then, some extremely well-funded organization, which is totally separate from me and my campaign, spends lots of money glo
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by jarrett 14y ago
The free speech issues here should not be underestimated. It's true that money and speech are not identical. But we must consider the right to spend money broadcasting one's speech. For example, what if I'm allowed to speak about patent
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by jarrett 14y ago
You've identified a very real pain point, one that affects all programmers. One of the most difficult and annoying tasks is configuring the computer to run your darn software. I've sometimes spent days just setting up a computer (either a V
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by jarrett 14y ago
One certainly could. But to obtain the same properties you get with Erlang, you'd have to reimplement some features of the Erlang VM: Lightweight threads, message passing, etc.. Erlang is opinionated. It imposes a very specific model of con
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by jarrett 14y ago
I'm assuming it's there because it's a popular bad argument. Well, it's an argument that's often bad. Slippery slopes can actually happen in the real world. But I suppose anyone making a slippery slope argument has the burden of showing t
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by jarrett 14y ago
It reminds me of something where I live ( http://www.aiachicago.org/special_features/2011dea/awards.as... ). The architects obviously recognized the beauty and impressiveness of the HVAC systems and wanted to showcase them. As a software gu
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by jarrett 14y ago
Legally, that's murky. There's still the oral agreement. Others have suggested that the oral agreement would be unenforceable due to the statute of frauds. But I don't think it actually applies here. So I think the oral agreement might, in
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by jarrett 14y ago
There is much to be decided about any investment deal beyond what is contemplated in the protocol. For some examples: http://mashable.com/2011/05/27/term-sheet-startup-investing/ Just as a thought experiment, let's imagine what would happ
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by jarrett 14y ago
There is a written component to the protocol: The follow up email/text. "This is to confirm you're in for X." "Yes."
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by jarrett 14y ago
In that country? Maybe, I wouldn't know. In the US, it could actually be a more serious offense, it if were classified as hacking. I am in no way suggesting that I'm 100% comfortable with the framing of the current hacking laws. Just poin
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by jarrett 14y ago
Interesting. Here in the US, I can imagine a scenario where the Pirate Bay logo makes it a priority. Our government is sometimes very aggressive about anti-piracy. While it appears that the Pirate Bay logo was just put up as a humorous homa
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by jarrett 14y ago
My guess is, the billboard has some kind of control protocol using wifi, bluetooth, etc.. And that such protocol is not secured or is minimally so.
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by jarrett 14y ago
In the US, this could be life-ruining for the students. Anyone familiar with Serbian laws: How, if at all, does law enforcement typically respond to these sorts of hacks?
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by jarrett 14y ago
The question I would most like to see asked and debated (in Congress and here) is whether there is or should be any legal distinction between drones and more traditional weapons. Here's why. It has long been established that the federal gov
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by jarrett 14y ago
Agreed, and furthermore: Mocks don't verify that you're calling external code correctly . Suppose you think API method does X, but it actually does Y. You won't detect that with mocks. Maybe you have integration tests (i.e. tests of the en
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by jarrett 14y ago
The 2nd amendment doesn't say anything about guns In Heller v DC, the Supreme Court said: "United States v. Miller, 307 U. S. 174, does not limit the right to keep and bear arms to militia purposes, but rather limits the type of weapon
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by jarrett 14y ago
True, and yet given that gun control is an important political battle of our time, data pertaining specifically to guns, not just violence in general, is important. (At least to the extent that data ever influences these kinds of public dec
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by jarrett 14y ago
I would argue that you would need it to be finer-grained. As the story was told, Wellford's preemptive gun use was a response to a perceived threat that did not exist. You'd want to count those types of incidents separately from those in wh
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by jarrett 14y ago
Having something on a security recording can be classed as "hard evidence". The case in question was one of using circumstantial evidence alone to "statistically" decide whether she was guilty or not. And yet, aren't all types of hard e
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by jarrett 14y ago
Really cool, but using Chrome 25.0.1364.99 on the Mac, the spoilers only de-blur partially, then stop.
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by jarrett 14y ago
Agreed. I think consumers should be allowed to explicitly enable that for certain merchants, and perhaps set some kind of limit on how much can be debited. So you do this for a handful of companies (the electric company, the gas company, et
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by jarrett 14y ago
That would be great.
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by jarrett 14y ago
Yes, capability is a fine word for this. I'd say the practical consequences are still exactly the same, regardless of the label. Ugh, no thanks. The system you describe is more like cash. I have to actively dole out the necessary amount, a

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