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by nivla 13y ago
>"posts" would connote more than one, correct? Yes, the same applies for you calling everyone who doesn't share your view a "shill". So according to my posts, I am pro MS, pro Firefox, anti Chrome, pro Google etc
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by nivla 13y ago
>Keep up the pro-microsoft posts! Yeah I listed one pro and three cons, that is definitely a pro MS post. According to you, anyone who says anything good about MS or Google is a shill. Glad we aren't living anymore in the 90's
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by nivla 13y ago
I agree, Windows 8 is the snappiest mobile OS I have come across. Got my parents the Nokia Lumia 521 (for $120 @ Walmart - an absolute steal) and they love it. Big tiles, information right on the screen, offline maps, easy to use etc. Howev
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by nivla 13y ago
I thought this was a known fact. Isn't there numerous articles were people were surprised how Facebook knew and was recommending their dentist/plumber/clients to be added? Towards the end it turned out to be from the contact
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by nivla 13y ago
But isn't that only if you enable Ghost Rank, which is disabled by default?
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by nivla 13y ago
Yes and No. I honestly don't believe there are backdoors in SELinux but it still follows the same path of Truecrypt. A lot of privacy advocates are wary of Truecrypt despite being open source because: 1. No one has yet thoroughly audit
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by nivla 13y ago
I have used the Safe Browsing API for one of my projects and if I remember correctly, you are supposed to sent hash of the root domain along with the hash of the URL. Assuming it works similarly for browsers, once the root domain is blackli
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by nivla 13y ago
I know but that also turns off the malware links protection. I don't mind the malware site/link protection since it only sends in a small part of the URL's hash for matching (similar to how we have in Firefox). Comparatively,
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by nivla 13y ago
Love the new changes in IE and the direction it is taking. >IE11 allow you to turn off the SmartScreen filter right in the download UI. Now only if chrome would do that I can keep myself from switching away from it. Its frustrating to kn
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by nivla 13y ago
+1 I guess this is a very good solution. It merges the best of two worlds. However, with the mixing of digital and physical world, I wonder how many fraudsters will sell their games digitally and then try to sell the disk on ebay? Or vice v
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by nivla 13y ago
Guess this is their only choice right now. Have a divide between digital and physical copies. People who buy digitally gets better rewards (subjective) than people who buy the physical disk.
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by nivla 13y ago
But how does that work when you are trading in the physical disc at Gamestop and you still have the game stored on your console that is disconnected from the internet? Or if you were to sell it virtully, pop in the physical disc onto your f
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by nivla 13y ago
During this whole fiasco, I was trying to put myself into their shoes on what they were trying to achieve. On the outside, it looks like a great idea. The ability to share games with family. No longer you need to carry discs to your friends
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by nivla 13y ago
Actually I am excited about the new Kinect for personal hacks. According to MS, you will be able to turn off the Kinect, if not, its nothing some tape can't fix.
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by nivla 13y ago
I have been really thinking about switching my DBs from MySQL to MariaDB. Wondering if someone could help me out with a few questions.. Is it a really a drop-in replacement? Any gotchas I need to be aware off? How does MariaDB compare with
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by nivla 13y ago
>Yeah, so vastly superior that they can't even convince their enterprise customers to adopt their latest platforms (phones, tabets) and operating system (Windows 8). If you have ever worked in a corporate world, you will realize the
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by nivla 13y ago
You know what surprisingly I am not that outraged by it. Why? Because I was expecting far worse. Installing backdoor for the govt and purposefully leaving an exploit open.. etc. So the govt get a head start with the vulnerabilities that Mic
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by nivla 13y ago
Yes it does. Check this page out [1] and this stackoverflow question.[2] "If a file isn’t from a known source, Chrome sends the URL and IP of the host and other meta data, such as the file’s hash and binary size, to Google." [1]
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by nivla 13y ago
Just as an FYI, new versions of chrome also sends back the full URL and the hash of any file you download or save. I bumped across this when I was trying to download light table and it din't let me open it. After a bit of research I fo
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by nivla 13y ago
>It has absolutely zero technical superiority over everything else out right now. Not necessarily in the enterprise market. Based off my experience, their enterprise softwares are vastly superior other alternatives. May I also mention th
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by nivla 13y ago
The CA doesn't have/or need your private key. It works by signing your public key with its private key, thus affirming that you are whom you say you are. Think of it as getting a recommendation letter from your professor with his
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by nivla 13y ago
You do realize that there is more to flat design than just removing gloss? If I were to agree with your statement then I would say the opposite is also true. Draw a rectangle, add some gloss and voila.. Apple's design right?
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by nivla 13y ago
Huh? Are you referring to Office 365 or is there something I missed?
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by nivla 13y ago
Awesome! Will give that a try. Thanks :)
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by nivla 13y ago
Interesting, din't know it was uncommon. Could they be targeting certain areas, maybe the ones with high data usage? It happened to me when I moved to NYC and found myself stuck in an apt with no internet for the first few days.
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by nivla 13y ago
I had my contract renewed back in Jan and it din't include any tethering option. So I guess I am stuck for the next 1 1/2 years. However its great to see the new bundling option being offered. It really comes in handy when you are on the mo
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by nivla 13y ago
I have had great experience being on T-mobile for about 5 years. Their customer service is exceptional and they also allow you to unlock your phone after 3 months. However there are a couple of things that do irritate me: [1] They sniff the
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by nivla 13y ago
I hope so too. As much as I love my XBMC built, recent versions have been clunky and unstable. Competition is always good.
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How corporations hijacked the First Amendment(newrepublic.com)
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by nivla 13y ago
>It's not Google's job to make sure every webmaster has a "fair shot" at rankings. It is as much as it is the job of Microsoft to allow you to install 3rd party browser or OS on a desktop. When you have a monopoly in an industry, you do

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