jontas

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   by jontas 13y ago

   Don't hold me to this (I'm on a different team), but I think the goal is a closed beta by the end of this year, primarily for the content creators. This is to seed the platform with lots of content so it isn't empty when it
2. 122.▲
   by jontas 13y ago

   Nope, it is free!
3. 123.▲
   by jontas 13y ago

   It hasn't been released yet (still in development), but that is exactly what my employer (Knewton) is working on. It is still mostly under-wraps, but you can sign up to stay informed here: http://learn.knewton.com/join
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   by jontas 13y ago

   Open source alternatives exist for most major Microsoft and Adobe products. It is just a question of how much user experience you are willing to sacrifice for safety. And open source products are not inherently safe--vulnerabilities are fo
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   by jontas 13y ago

   From the whitepaper ( https://github.com/kholia/dedrop/blob/master/paper/accepted/... ): > We found that two-factor authentication (as used by Dropbox) only protects against unauthorized acces
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   by jontas 13y ago

   I just read the actual whitepaper ( https://github.com/kholia/dedrop/blob/master/paper/accepted/... ) and one of the interesting takeaways is that this particular reverse engineering resulted in
7. 127.▲
   by jontas 13y ago

   As a quick fix, just grab the source from the Google cache and throw up a static HTML file.
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   by jontas 13y ago

   > Calling for changes to patent law is where I don't understand what you're hoping to accomplish. If there was going to be any change, it would already have happened. If true, that's a pretty depressing statement, however,
9. 129.▲
   by jontas 13y ago

   I'm sad that I (a professional web developer for the past 7 years) failed the grandma test.
10. 130.▲
    by jontas 13y ago

    > Agreed, I stumbled for a second before realizing I could type a name in the card I didn't realize this until I read your comment.
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    by jontas 13y ago

    I would definitely appreciate an open source option, though to be honest I am more interested in the correction feature than I am in validation. I have been using the same regex[1] for years it gets the job done adequately--at least, I&#x27
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    by jontas 13y ago

    Would you mind linking to that account/post? I don't doubt your story, I'm just curious to see the comment that people perceived as spam (maybe it included some words or phrases that triggered the algo?).
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    by jontas 13y ago

    If it was just a tool to collect user feedback I could find a use for it on my sites, but I wont touch this because of all the additional premium content access and payment stuff[1]. It seems like this service is trying to do way more than
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    by jontas 13y ago

    Sorry about that--I actually just created a new folder and moved into it before running the command, I probably should've mentioned that to prevent the issue you ran into.
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    by jontas 13y ago

    I downloaded and merged the individual PDFs into one file, you can grab it here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6428759/merged.pdf Edit: I did this using commands mentioned in some other comments and some Go
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    by jontas 13y ago

    You can find that here: https://github.com/milkymist/migen (one directory up from the OP's link)
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    by jontas 13y ago

    Are you sure about this? It was my understanding that MtGox meets the legal requirements of its jurisdiction (Japan), and I know they require identity verification depending on how much money you're moving around(1). What I would like to k
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    by jontas 13y ago

    I noticed a couple of other odd tidbits: > The rise of virtual currencies has been exemplified by bitcoin, which lets Internet users create new money by solving complex math problems. While technically correct, this explanation would p
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    by jontas 13y ago

    Not sure what language you use, but it almost definitely supports PCRE. For email addresses, I always use this regex: http://www.regular-expressions.info/email.html I've yet to run into a problem with it. If you want to extract an addre
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    by jontas 14y ago

    I got all of my clients via word of mouth. It sounds weird on the surface, but honestly, as a web developer, I didn't even have my own website. I can't think of a single client who didn't approach me first. I guess it is a bit of a chicke
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    by jontas 14y ago

    I used to do freelance web development on the side in addition to a full time job, and I pulled in the income numbers you're aiming for, but I must admit it was hell. There's little worse than coming home from a stressful 9 hour day at the
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    by jontas 14y ago

    I dont have the original post, but the author wrote earlier today that due to copyright/licensing issues with his previous employer he had to take down the project he had released as open source. Also, just wanted to say hi--remember me? Y
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    by jontas 14y ago

    I didn't notice at first, but based on the number of obvious typos in the parent, I'm pretty certain it was intentional.
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    by jontas 14y ago

    I just did: setInterval( function() {$('img').trigger('mouseenter'); }, 100 ); (probably burning up my cpu)
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    by jontas 14y ago

    If you dont mind, could you share some of the gym websites you mention in your comment (especially the good one)? I'm a web developer and I happen to have a lot of clients in the health club business so I am very curious to see the sites y
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    by jontas 14y ago

    When they're handing out jobs, I sure hope I'm not the one assigned to drive these stakes and run the ropes through the minefields :)
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    by jontas 14y ago

    This is a topic I know next to nothing about, but I have two responses for your question: 1. Is it really useful at all to only clear half the landmines? I would assume the area is still too dangerous to be useful even with only 40% of th
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    by jontas 14y ago

    I can't reply to your other comment about reading the actual proposed rule, but I just read through it and this is what I found: > Reported incidents involving children continued to increase unabated from 8 cases in 2010, 17 cases in 20
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    by jontas 14y ago

    I looked up the info on the CPSC website myself: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12037.html >Reports of incidents involving these high-powered ball-bearing magnets have increased since 2009. Specifically, CPSC received one
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    by jontas 14y ago

    I am not questioning your integrity (I've been a long time admirer of you on HN, and always found you to be fair and intelligent), however, I don't believe those statistics are correct. Can you point me towards your sources? You still have