madiathomas

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by madiathomas 7y ago
Instead of learning JavaScript frameworks, isn't it better to advise people to learn and master JavaScript itself? I feel learning HTTP, HTTPS, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript inside-out will benefit someone than to try to learn a framework
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by madiathomas 7y ago
What is the difference between Mswati and the Queen of England? eSwatini also have a Prime Minister. Just like Britain. We can say the same thing about the Queen of England and other royals. He is living like a King because he is a King of
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by madiathomas 7y ago
This is the simple but not obvious way to hide a billion dollars. While you are still looting resources of your country, make sure you are friendly to United States of America and allow them to also loot. They won't touch you. No-one w
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Most of the maintenance involves making small changes that can be done even on a phone. E.g., if app is crashing because there is a piece of code which isn't doing array bounds checking, you can add that code quickly and push changes.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
To avoid distraction. Majority of calls I received from landline numbers, are from robocalls.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Thank you lavios. I will install it later.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Let me try that and see how it goes. Let me go and install it.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
When I encounter an unskippable advert, I refresh the browser or report it as inapprporiate. I don't want to be forced to watch an advert.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
That's my goal too.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Unfortunately I watch YouTube on a smart TV. I have no way of blocking their adverts. I can only wait for skip button and skip.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Then they must make their adverts smaller. 5-10 seconds is enough to remind me there is a soft drink brand called Coca-Cola.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Then I am a profitable user then.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
I skip all YouTube adverts that are longer than 15 seconds and never click on any advert when searching. I am probably considered "commercially unviable", even though a company I own 100%, pays Google thousands of dollars every ye
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by madiathomas 7y ago
I am using an iPhone. I wouldn't mind switching back to Android just for this feature.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
My phone is always on silent. Unless I am expecting a very important call. I prefer not to be notified. I am even tempted to invest some time and write an app that does exactly what I want -> Reject all calls from unknown numbers.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
In my country, landlines starts with certain code. So I simply ignore and block any number that starts with those code. I hate robocalls. I wish there was a way to reject all calls coming from numbers who aren't on my contact list.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
They are indeed hurting their business for short term profits. Due to a number of robocalls I receive, I decided to ignore and block all calls from landline numbers. 99% of landline call I receive, are from robocalls these days. If someone
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by madiathomas 7y ago
As someone who resides in a neutral country, I fully support your decision. That’s how I feel about HN. Go well. I am also considering leaving HN because of propaganda against China and Russia. You will think USA is this saint when you read
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Before I decide to use an open source library, I check bug reports and see attitude of the library maintainer before I use it. If there is a lot of WONTFIX or arrogant attitude, I simple stay away from such a library.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
This is how mafia operates. They come to you and offer protection in exchange for a recurring "protection fee". If you refuse, they are the ones who commit crimes against you until you fork out a "protection fee".
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Pressure from the higher ups to release to production can force you to dump all the IT security knowledge you accumulated over the years.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Flash is one of those technologies that I refused to learn. It was in fashion when I was still starting my career in Software Development. I didn't like the experience on websites using flash. I saw Flash and other similar technologies
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Firstly, I belong to a minority tribe in SA. That tribe is called Venda. Just over a million people out of around 55 million people. Secondly, no group of people is being oppressed in SA. China isn't interested in regime change or loot
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Unfortunately I don't know a website which is as good as Hacker News when coming to technical news. I wish there was a Hacker News site without politics.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
One-sided complaints? When we point out millions of people which were murdered by US, we are downvoted and suppressed because we are a minority on this US-dominated website. I am seriously fed-up with the bullshit spread on this site. You c
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by madiathomas 7y ago
I pointed out to you what China is doing economically in an African country that I live in. Also pointed out what US has done recently in my country and continue to do. I wouldn't mind if someone feels I am inferior but leave me alone.
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Anti-China propaganda machinery is in full force today. So many anti-China propaganda articles in a technical news site. This isn't what I was expecting when I joined Hacker News. I was expecting to see Hacker news, not this rubbish th
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by madiathomas 7y ago
I live in an African country. I know what China is doing in my country. This is what they are doing -> Investing billions of rands and they never supported an unjust government like US which was sponsoring apartheid government in my coun
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Show me evidence of China travelling to other countries and kill millions of people like the United States. As a non-citizen of China, I am not worried about social credit system and any monitoring that happens in China. Every country does
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by madiathomas 7y ago
Are you suggesting that facebook must fact-check each and every of their billions of advert? That will be to unmanageable. Facebook runs billions of adverts annually. Even with a budget of the United States, they simply won't be able t

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