mstade

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901.
by mstade 9y ago
At first I read this as "Nobody cares about the politics of Indonesia" and found it quite offensive on multiple levels. Somehow, my mind just stopped processing input! Thankfully I reread your statement, but boy do I need caffeine
902.
by mstade 9y ago
Alas it's US-only[1], like so many other services: > What countries are you available in? > We're only available in the United States at the moment. [1]: https://privacy.com/faq
903.
by mstade 9y ago
Looks great, but like many other services like it, it's US only[1]: > Is Emburse available outside of the U.S.? > Only companies incorporated within the U.S. may register for an Emburse account. In addition, the primary account o
904.
by mstade 9y ago
I'm in Sweden – which bank is this?
905.
by mstade 9y ago
Aww that's not fair – if you're going to quote then don't cherry pick and remove the relevant bits. > If it's JSON your program expects then I should be able to throw any valid JSON at your program and it should work.
906.
by mstade 9y ago
So we can ditch media types altogether then? What's the point of having actual contracts if all we need is a hand shake and a wink? We're not talking about malformed data here, that's something different entirely and yes –
907.
by mstade 9y ago
That's my point though – it doesn't have anything to describe metadata, so therefor trying to cram in additional semantics is futile if you still want to call it JSON. Call it something else and you can attach whatever semantics y
908.
by mstade 9y ago
You're right, thanks for the correction! Also kind of reinforces my point I feel. That any JSON document is just that, a JSON document; it doesn't carry more semantics just because you say so. My JSON parser will still just see si
909.
by mstade 9y ago
Also, for what it's worth, your point is exactly why I mentioned E4X. Sure wasn't a panacea, but it had some things going for it.
910.
by mstade 9y ago
Right, but you inevitably end up with boilerplate "massage" code around your data anyway. Case in point: dates, any number that isn't just a number e.g. currencies or big numbers, URLs, file paths, hex, hashes. Basically an
911.
by mstade 9y ago
Except JSON doesn't have semantics to describe schemas, only arrays, objects, strings, numbers and null. You can say "but this key is special " but then it's not JSON anymore. And if you're ok with that, may as wel
912.
by mstade 9y ago
True story. The status quo unfortunately conditions people into "just answer yes to the stupid questions" which then renders everything from developer certs to elevation warnings moot. "But you got a warning" is little r
913.
by mstade 9y ago
If there was an `XML.parse` just like there's `JSON.parse`, I doubt you'd say the same. As it stands, the added complexity in JS-land is to import a library that provides this functionality for you. Fortunately there are many, but
914.
by mstade 9y ago
> JSON Feed files must be served using the same MIME type — application/json — that’s used whenever JSON is served. So then it's JSON, and I'll treat it as any other JSON: a document that is either an object or an array, t
915.
by mstade 9y ago
That's the one, thanks!
916.
by mstade 9y ago
Sure but voting with your wallet isn't, as mentioned previously, always an option for various reasons. Shouting from the roof tops is little recourse, I agree, but if nothing else it can be cathartic. I don't think that should be
917.
by mstade 9y ago
Ok, I've missed your point now – what are you actually trying to say? That Google being unprofessional and delivering on the whole sub-par services is OK because a lot (but not all) people already know this, and so really paying custom
918.
by mstade 9y ago
No, my apologies, I'm not being very clear then. I don't mean to criticise Microsoft here, in fact I think their commitment to backwards compatibility is commendable and I think history proves they've at least tried to get
919.
by mstade 9y ago
I wonder how much of the never-upgrade mentality is down to Microsoft insisting on being backwards compatible back till basically the Jurassic period, and providing support for obsolete software for years and years. Their intention is comme
920.
by mstade 9y ago
> But you KNOW going in - there's no support. I know this but to say everyone does or should isn't exactly fair. As well, you assume I am holding the purse strings, that I'm in any way responsible or even have a say in
921.
by mstade 9y ago
That South African hackable (in the good sense of the word) bank that's been making the rounds on HN might be able to do this. (I forget the name of the bank.)
922.
by mstade 9y ago
Well, that's pretty much what a virtual card is – you transfer funds to it like you would with any other bank account, and it's not in your bank. It'll be a debit card with no overdraft, so any charges over what is in the acc
923.
by mstade 9y ago
I agree, let the providers take the risk. Typically, the providers will let it bounce a few times before cutting things off as well. This might just give you another week or two to sort things out, without having to lay out possibly signifi
924.
by mstade 9y ago
I don't think it's fair you're being down voted, I get your point of view, so I gave you an upvote. But the thing is, this isn't some kid-in-a-basement free-but-ad-supported service where you-get-what-you-pay-for. Google
925.
by mstade 9y ago
This. I too dreaded the switch because of all the history, but the migration to fastmail was quick and painless, and I lost nothing. (Arguably, losing everything would've been better, so much useless noise in my history.) Looking back
926.
by mstade 9y ago
> I bet they also have a "community" support forum or Google Group full of helpless people talking to a virtual wall. This is Google support summed up perfectly in a single sentence. It really is appalling.
927.
by mstade 9y ago
> Would you recommend against using GAE? I've been burned so hard by them, I'd recommend against using anything Google.
928.
by mstade 9y ago
I may be mixing up the years but in '98 I think a 333Mhz Celeron wasn't necessarily cheap. Not top of the line for sure, but also not your average dumpster find.
929.
by mstade 9y ago
Google? No such thing. AltaVista maybe.
930.
by mstade 9y ago
+1 for the magazine mention. A lot of what I learned from tinkering with computers back then came from magazine and the floppies (and later CDs) of shareware they tended to include.

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