m_eiman

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by m_eiman 18y ago
You should look at PCI DSS, the new requirements for processing credit card purchases. I haven't looked into it very deeply, but according to the reporting about it you'll no longer be able to use a simple form on your own site to handle cr
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by m_eiman 18y ago
The number of people in the country will have a marginal effect on the time it takes to count the votes, since each voting station counts the votes received there. The central system where the results are registered might need a database wi
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by m_eiman 18y ago
We have three elections at the same time (national, regional, communal), and the solution is simple: make the slips for each election have different colors. The national election slips are white, communal slips are blue etc. To make sure no
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by m_eiman 18y ago
There is no unhackable system. So the idea should be to make the system as simple as possible, and make it obvious if things are tampered with. Using a computer system is not very compatible with the basic principles of voting: * Each perso
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by m_eiman 18y ago
What I'd like to read is the customer's reply to the reply :)
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by m_eiman 18y ago
Hm, looks familiar. Mine has chat, though. http://click-a-billion.com/
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by m_eiman 18y ago
They do, but they're getting aquired Soon(tm) (before the end of the year, they say), so it might be a good idea to wait a while and see who is buying them before choosing them.
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by m_eiman 18y ago
http://lostgarden.com/Rules%20of%20Productivity.pdf More hours doesn't mean more progress.
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by m_eiman 18y ago
Agreed, like someone smart probably said at one time or another: "I haven't failed, I've just found a hundred solutions that don't work".
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by m_eiman 18y ago
Ah, then I see the problem. Seems like it's no longer a problem though, saw some headline about the nda being dropped.
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by m_eiman 18y ago
How would GPL make an app incompatible with the NDA?
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by m_eiman 18y ago
Sure, but it would be different from the one we have now. Things might be moving slower, but crashes should be less frequent. The main difference is that that system isn't built on the assumption that the economy will always expand, which t
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by m_eiman 18y ago
Change the links so they're redirects from the HN app, count the number of clicks and factor that into the ordering. Instead of putting most votes on top, put highest votes per click on top. Sure, it's easy to game the system - but if someo
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by m_eiman 18y ago
One alternative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAK_members_bank Basically: money lent is less or equal to money deposited; no interest (only fees). Interest including fees is ~2.5%, and will "never" change.