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by kamjam 14y ago
Exactly. And what happens when a user needs a legitimate refund/exchange and Amazon then refuse because their account has had so much fraudulent account gone unnoticed? Not very good customer service at this point...
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by kamjam 14y ago
I read that comment and immediately thought of this HN post and why i disagreed with everything in that article. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4934417
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by kamjam 14y ago
Why did you not just specify the dataType in your ajax call? http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/#data-types
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by kamjam 14y ago
I use XML comments on every function I'm not talking about your opinion on point 2 here specifically, but your comment reminded me of a discussion I had with someone about comments... well, they were arguing (like the OP) that you should
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by kamjam 14y ago
But the point is that comments for that function are bad! They'll rot if you ever change the function or the assumptions at all Do you leave unused functions in your code when you refactor? No. So refactor your comments, or delete them if
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by kamjam 14y ago
we recommend at least iOS 5 or Android 4.1 I agree with you. I was going to ask this same questoin. From TFA, they stated above. Well, that really sounds like Mark Zuckerberg didn't know what he was talking about at the beginning of thi
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by kamjam 14y ago
Right, fair enough. Stackoverflow used to add in a nofollow to all links posted on their site. I think they have removed it now for users of a certain rep. If your site is small, then just moderate the comments yourself. If there are not th
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by kamjam 14y ago
You mean it's not as simple as: 1. Buy Instagram for $1 billion 2. ??? 3. Profit! I never should have followed that business plan from those damned gnomes!
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by kamjam 14y ago
And at the same time it allows someone in the middle of a war torn country to take a picture with their mobile phone and instantly upload it to the world. You are essentially talking of the same kind of barriers of entry that Anil complains
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by kamjam 14y ago
Meh, I disagree with a lot of that. You speak as if the internet ONLY consists of social now. Your points are nostalgic and looking at the past through rose tinted glasses IMO. Five years ago, most social photos were uploaded to Flickr Yo
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by kamjam 14y ago
Does the correct spelling (googol) also get cencored? What about with combinations with number? e.g. g00gle or goog1e?
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by kamjam 14y ago
And you're complaining about crappy browser security and you're then supporting IE6? Why support such an outdated browser when you know it has numerous well documented and unpatched vulnerabilities? Yes, yes, I know, the powers that be ne
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by kamjam 14y ago
Number 3 is easily bypassed, I saw it down by Tom Cruise once in a movie where he simply abseiled into the room. True story.
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by kamjam 14y ago
I'm just gonna plug this, cos they are a great charity and I really like how they are ground roots innovative and solving real problems. http://www.thefullbellyproject.org/Products/SolarHandCart.as... Guess all they need is a couple of US
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by kamjam 14y ago
So you're telling me that in 11 years, your server has never been down, even for a reboot, software update or hardware failure? Going on 11 years here with no real issues. Define "no real issues" cos I would define GMail going down for so
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by kamjam 14y ago
Or maybe you have so few users, that when it does go down no one notices?
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by kamjam 14y ago
Thanks for that. Would make a lot of sense if this were true though!
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by kamjam 14y ago
The only one that I heard of which "worked" is this one in South Korea. Pretty innovative really! http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/10/29/koreas-e...
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by kamjam 14y ago
At least it would be if the servers were not down. Would have thought Google would be able to manage traffic. Another fail like the Nexus 4 releases! http://snag.gy/WbSye.jpg
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by kamjam 14y ago
Ha, never realised it was a Chrome only feature... mainly since I only use Chrome these days. But was about to say the same thing!
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by kamjam 14y ago
It's a shame when companies cannot let their products speak for themselves, and rather than showing off the positive aspects of their product they have to resort to (trying to) belittle the competition. Are Microsoft now using the same PR f
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by kamjam 14y ago
That's kind of the scenario I was thinking of for the UK, where they have a very limited mileage insurance (2-3k miles per year). Typically owners of these cars only drive them rarely at the weekends, and only in the summer/in dry condition
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by kamjam 14y ago
On a car that age, even with the insurance comparison websites in the UK, it is often better and cheaper to go to a specialized broker who specialize in vintage/classic cars. They are often much cheaper and since they are small companies te
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by kamjam 14y ago
Only if you don't start singing the theme tune! :)
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by kamjam 14y ago
There are legal reasons why the U.S. doesn't have true comparison sites Yes, and I stated that in my original comment. My point is that these corporations need to get with the modern times. It's a global playing field these days, technolo
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by kamjam 14y ago
Glad to read you are launching country wide, and with over 100 companies on board. Hopefully that will be a wake up call for the remaining to get with the times and open up some services to consume. Good luck with the venture.
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by kamjam 14y ago
Welcome to doing something that has been done in Europe for many years now, and not just on auto-isnurance: http://www.confused.com/ http://www.comparethemarket.com/ http://www.moneysupermarket.com/car-insurance/ to name a few... I un
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by kamjam 14y ago
This was my instant feeling about this. Karma has a way of coming back to bite you in your ass, and the way twitter has been behaving lately...
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by kamjam 14y ago
That's true. I just can't justify the high price when I won't use the features, especially since by that stage things in my possession are pretty broken :-p
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by kamjam 14y ago
Yes, you're right, I didn't check! This never used to be the case. Now that is stupid! I know a lot of people write it in their posting, only users with 10+ feedback.

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