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811.
by nfoz 13y ago
It is worth recognizing that our economic system fails to monetize the development of quality software. Software Freedom is a highly regarded aspect of software (users want it, developers want to provide it), but we can't find a way to
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by nfoz 13y ago
Ah, that's great. Thanks
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by nfoz 13y ago
Squipe!
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by nfoz 13y ago
> Creditcard.js avoids these design mistakes, providing an HTML/CSS/JS solution compatible with any payment form. If it requires JS, then it isn't compatible with any payment form.
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by nfoz 13y ago
I was surprised how quickly I got used to it. Occasionally I have to trace blocks but not very often, and the tradeoff feels wonderful (it's much more rare that I catch myself re-formatting things to avoid the 80char limit).
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by nfoz 13y ago
This is part of the purpose of lint tools, and they exist for many languages. e.g. http://www.jslint.com/
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by nfoz 13y ago
In that screenshot, it would help if the toolkit showed the extent of the textboxes. Having the bare floating text in a sea of white provides minimal context.
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by nfoz 13y ago
I do think that's better. But I'm concerned that if focus changes have a visible effect, that could also be disconcerting to a user. I think I'd have to try it out.
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by nfoz 13y ago
Not bad. Certainly better than inline labels. However, I think another con is the distraction of stuff moving around as soon as I start to type. Let me be clear, it's not that there's movement. It's that if a box asks me t
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by nfoz 13y ago
It was not acceptable in 1995, either.
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by nfoz 13y ago
> in production I would prefer that the error is handled and the user can continue to use the app. Maybe that's ok if it's a game or something, but this is a dangerous strategy. How do you know it's ok to use the app if t
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by nfoz 13y ago
Isn't the New Web great?
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by nfoz 13y ago
I see a lot of bb10s in the financial district in Toronto. A few friends hav them and love them, too. shrug
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by nfoz 13y ago
Not at all. I consider it wholly inappropriate for people to be restricted from copying and sharing data, and believe copyright should be abolished for human good. Of course I'm ok with some speech restrictions for, say, privacy re
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by nfoz 13y ago
Capitalism often presents a choice between aggressively building unsafe products, or losing out to the competition. It's extremely hard to win in a fast market by being stable, secure, and correct, at least when it comes to software.
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by nfoz 13y ago
I'm not trolling, it is a harmful business model that antagonizes their users. We will disagree, and that's fine.
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by nfoz 13y ago
Copying is not wrong, your business model was wrong. Shame on you for causing feelings of shame amongst your users while you try to condition them against what should be an acceptable and moral action: sharing software and sharing their re
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by nfoz 13y ago
Does that mean I can't refer a family member?
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by nfoz 13y ago
You're thinking entirely from the business side; how a business perceives its profit model. As a consumer, and thinking specifically to when I had less means: perhaps wrongly, but I have an acute perception of the value of anything I p
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by nfoz 13y ago
Well, that statement is true. You hire a statistician if you want statistics that are correct. Maybe people undervalue the latter...
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by nfoz 13y ago
Data-scientist is a sexed-up term for statistician without any expectation of mathematical expertise.
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by nfoz 13y ago
huh? what are these "negative undertones"?
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by nfoz 13y ago
Personally, I consider "free if you refer 5 users" sort of an offensive trick. It presents quite odorously the falseness behind the $20/yr pricetag, and makes me value the ethics behind that price less.
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by nfoz 13y ago
I'm at least four of them, and I've never wanted nor used G+. It's just force-attached to other services.
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by nfoz 13y ago
Wow that "kudos" thing is really f'ing obnoxious. If you mouseover it then it increases the global counter. Beware!
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by nfoz 13y ago
What is RVM?
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by nfoz 13y ago
This market segment has always been neglected. Silver is the new black is the new beige.
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by nfoz 13y ago
> I would hope that most large-scale modern email services somehow sign emails to vouch for their authenticity to avoid email spoofing. Wait, what? I don't think that is a thing.
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by nfoz 13y ago
Any statement from D-Link regarding this vulnerability?
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by nfoz 13y ago
> One problem with this is people as a group tend to be stupid. What stops the workforce from voting to reduce their work hours to 30 hours per week? Seems reasonable to me. How much work (both input and output) is required of humans in

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