pillock

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by pillock 13y ago
I wish people would stop trying to defend PHP against "the haters" - firstly because no amount of reasoned argument is going to change the views of fundamentalists, and secondly because they are a minority group whose opinions are
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by pillock 14y ago
> Maybe I'm an ignoramus, but what's wrong with storing your credit card number in a cookie, as long as it's encrypted? This is how session management is typically done, right? Your session information is stored encrypted in a cookie so
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by pillock 14y ago
The TimeClass:relative() function is a bit nasty, how many times do you need to calculate date('d/m/Y', $time) ?!. [edit] Or, time() for that matter, in fact this could be a subtle bug, as the return value of time() may vary throughout the
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by pillock 14y ago
Of course you're right, but surely there's a balance to be found between delaying the launch of this product vs. maximizing profits. If the company involved is more interested in money they'll tend to err towards delaying release, if they'
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by pillock 14y ago
That passage leapt out at me too. In my simplistic geek mind this is totally arse-about-face, like the tail wagging the dog. Are these companies more interested in money than what they're actually doing? But to answer your point: Patents.
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by pillock 14y ago
The fact that "Tech companies sue each other and get import bans all the time" doesn't strike me as being "a non-issue". It's strange that your summary of said "non-issue" comes across so negatively.