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by jarrett 15y ago
Correct. I use OS X 90% of the time. The other 10% of the time, I'm running Windows-only software. I'd much rather be able to run that stuff on my Mac.
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by jarrett 15y ago
Certain applications that professionals need are only available on Windows. Most games are as well. Even for software with Mac/*nix versions, a person may have quite a bit of money tied up in Windows-only licenses. I'm not commenting on whe
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by jarrett 15y ago
I should have been more clear--I was referring to Java, which seems to be what the OP was talking about.
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by jarrett 15y ago
Controversial might be too strong a word, but there is a counterargument to be made. Suppose you have a member named "x." Someday, you might want to stop storing x, and instead make it a calculated value. At which point you'll need a method
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by jarrett 15y ago
"I suspect he's going to have to give them the money back." In the US, if two parties owe each other money, it can sometimes be handled as a suit and counter-suit. I.e. one case for both debts. At the end, a balance might be calculated in f
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by jarrett 15y ago
I don't think this question has an answer, because there is no way to precisely define "knowing how to code." Here are several reasonable definitions: 1 You know how to code if you can get a simple application to run. (No requirements as to
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by jarrett 15y ago
Generally, an app would need select, update, and delete on most or all tables. Therefore, simple MySQL permissions would not be sufficient to prevent an attacker from corrupting huge amounts of data belonging to other people's accounts. "We
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by jarrett 15y ago
Fair question. A web service would indeed be a better solution. With a web service, you have a server-side application layer, and all database reading and writing is done by that layer. Sure, you might be able to authenticate and send bogus
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by jarrett 15y ago
I haven't read the contract, but I'll go out on a limb and speculate a bit. The article mentions "copyright assignment." This suggests to me that perhaps the contract assigns copyright on all future reviews to the dentist. E.g. something al
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by jarrett 15y ago
This is the script I'm using for calling and emailing my Senators and Congressman. Feel free to adapt it. "I'm a voter in Congressman Rush's district, and I'm calling to ask the Congressman to vote against SOPA, HR. 3261. As the owner of an
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by jarrett 15y ago
Nice! What are you using to generate your thumbnails? Are you outsourcing that to a thumbnail service, or is it roll-your-own? (Judging by the image URLs, I'm guessing the latter. Awesome if so.)
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by jarrett 15y ago
The OP isn't saying "let's not offend anybody." She's asking conference speakers and organizers to maintain a minimal level of professionalism and respect as is standard in pretty much any other industry. Dirty/sexist jokes in professional
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by jarrett 15y ago
Based on the OP, it seems that both parties are overseas. But you're right about the TOS. I think it could go either way.
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by jarrett 15y ago
It appears this would be litigated overseas, but I'd like to speculate based on sound legal principles that should hopefully apply anywhere. I fail to see what sort of claim GoodData would bring against Start2Cloud. Suppose, for the sake of
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by jarrett 15y ago
To me, the problem isn't that authentication depends on cookies and JS. The problem is that the system does the exact opposite of what it should. An authentication system should allow access if and only only if the client presents valid cre
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by jarrett 15y ago
"If conventional wisdom is your only guide, small wonder you are blown and tossed by the wind." This is exactly the attitude that I'm against. It may seem easy for us on Hacker News to ignore conventional wisdom. But I think it's perfectly
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by jarrett 15y ago
Yes, insofar as the law is brought before the court. But everyone--private citizens and governments alike--are constantly "interpreting" the law, in that they're operating on certain assumptions about what the law means. For example, when y
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by jarrett 15y ago
"Blaming society is the same as blaming yourself (who else makes up society but the 99%-ers?)" Not the slightest bit true. Economic and political power are concentrated. That's one of the main gripes of this movement. The college grads who
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by jarrett 15y ago
In addition to what BCM43 said, the unemployment rate also doesn't reflect discouraged workers, i.e. those who have given up on looking for jobs but would work given the opportunity.
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by jarrett 15y ago
In the hacker community, I often hear the following reaction to this kind of story: "You got shafted by the system? I guess you shouldn't have blindly followed someone else's life script." I'm doing well, and I can't complain. But I'm bothe
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by jarrett 15y ago
Maybe they anticipated a leak and wanted to get out in front of the story.
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by jarrett 15y ago
Does anybody know what operating system the infected machines run? If it's a Unix variant, ouch--I guess they have some really bad luck. But if this is just an everyday virus, as opposed to cyber warfare targeting the drones specifically, I
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by jarrett 15y ago
We can't unequivocally say it's not racial profiling. All we know from the article is that ethnicity is being used as a factor. If a person's race/ethnicity can in any way make it more likely for the system to flag that person, then racial
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by jarrett 15y ago
I'd venture that 2-3 hours is far too little for someone to learn the topics you list from the ground up. But I'm just nit picking :). Your point is well-taken. But one big problem is that these are unknown unknowns for many people. Suppose
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by jarrett 15y ago
It seems we now have three camps: 1. "Node is the magic bullet." 2. "Node sucks." 3. "Nothing is that simple. Learn you some computer science." #3 is the correct answer, but I'd like to see this point explored in more detail. The current ba
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by jarrett 15y ago
Just a friendly question to anyone at BBB who may be reading this thread: Suppose someone on here happens to own a business with BBB accreditation, and that person posts a comment to this thread critical of BBB's handling of the FeeFighters
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by jarrett 15y ago
The original post quotes the term.
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by jarrett 15y ago
Clarification: I don't mean that players have the same legal status as depositors at a bank. The TOS for these sites could say just about anything, and they could characterize your "deposits" any way they want. (I haven't read the TOS, so
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by jarrett 15y ago
True, but it's very different than an investment. They're holding your money in trust. And significantly, no purchase has taken place. You haven't traded your money for equity. You haven't traded your money for anything at all. Thus, it is
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by jarrett 15y ago
The difference is that players were not investors , they were depositors . When you invest money in a company, you do so with the understanding that the money becomes the company's and will be spent. In return, you get equity (typically).

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