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by jcroberts 16y ago
We can rest assured that facebook simply doesn't care about this non-issue of image access, so increasing the bit width is not worth their time, but assuming someone actually had this need, doing it right is a lot more complicated than it s
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by jcroberts 16y ago
Thomas, I agree with you on all points you've posted _except_ the difficulty of attacking the system. It cannot be a truly random number of "X" bits because it is used as a permanent unique identifier. If it was actually a random number, th
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by jcroberts 16y ago
This is rather sad. Kevin Maney is flapping his mouth without doing the least bit of research. Though at the moment it takes some serious connections to get your paws on one, the Verizon model of the Apple iPhone exists and is slated for re
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by jcroberts 16y ago
The article on zerohedge.com has more detail (and some nice but rough translations). http://www.zerohedge.com/article/two-norwegians-face-6-years...
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by jcroberts 16y ago
Yes, convincing each other is pointless. ;) At the same time, I'm still curious what could be learned from the data? What are the real usage/access patters of mobile devices on such sites? --Mostly due to always wanting to know more about h
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by jcroberts 16y ago
> you are looking at this from a technology-warped lens, placing too much emphasis on an aspect close to you (i.e., websites). Actually, I'd tend to agree with you but the specific aspect would be "accessibility" rather than we
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by jcroberts 16y ago
I'll agree my "I'm not welcome here" statement was a bit too strongly worded. None the less, you're "let me try at home tonight," statement is actually quite important. --What if the person and their friends were already out on the town loo
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by jcroberts 16y ago
You're not thinking it through completely. It is perfectly fine if I'm not his target customer. Same is true for others like me; we're just not the intended target customer. On the other hand, a javascript/flash-only site can be problematic
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by jcroberts 16y ago
You take the time to post an URL to the site for your club, and I take the time to look at it... --I find a useless and unreadable site at the given URL that requires both javascript and Flash. We can probably just agree that I'm simply not
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by jcroberts 16y ago
> thinking around a corner is hard, let alone thinking outside the box. Well, thinking around a corner means you're already on the outside of the box. ;) Considering you posted this to HN, you're already thinking around corners. I think
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by jcroberts 16y ago
I refuse to believe in imaginary property.
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by jcroberts 16y ago
You're only seeing the very first steps, but not noticing where the intent is. Building an entirely new replacement implementation will fight the battle of adoption. By wrapping initially an abstraction around the existing code, you can the
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by jcroberts 16y ago
The majority of open source projects, OpenBSD included, have difficulty differentiating between attacking a problem and attacking a person. If you read the recent HN article: "How to keep someone with you forever" http://news.ycombinator.c
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by jcroberts 16y ago
Have you ever actually talked with any of the OpenBSD developers? Marco is a fantastic human being and absolutely hilarious. On top of all that, he's also an amazing programmer. Yes, I've met him in person, and we've traded emails and packa
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by jcroberts 16y ago
BIAS: I'm an editor on undeadly.org If anyone is interested, an overview/interview with Marco Peereboom was recently published on the OpenBSD news site. http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=201009072...
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by jcroberts 17y ago
Hello HN! Yep, I'm the person who posted that message to the misc@openbsd list. I've been a very avid silent reader (non-member) of HN over the last year or so... until today. Wow. I made the front page of HN. Hopefully next time it will be