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by qjz 16y ago
I don't know, I think it's fair to say that computing is a field where really smart, but shy, individuals can participate and excel, compared to many other fields of work. That doesn't mean that everyone in computing fits that description,
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by qjz 16y ago
The most important and valuable aspect of a top level domain is that it can be treated as an individual asset if there is an opportunity to sell it (or if it needs to be split away from the parent organization for some other reason). To sup
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by qjz 16y ago
If you write well, removing the formatting won't delete information.
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by qjz 16y ago
Works for me on Mint (a Ubuntu derivative). I'm glad I use Slackware on my production machines (no PAM).
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by qjz 16y ago
I was a vim user for whole years before I got around to running vimtutor. I was pretty amazed at how much I learned. The funny thing is that I knew of the command from the start and happened to be looking for ways to kill time while I was s
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by qjz 16y ago
The flexibility of cron is pretty amazing, compared to other schedulers I've been forced to work with. It would be helpful to see some cron examples and their Clockwork replacements for comparison.
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by qjz 16y ago
It's trivial (but evil) for an organization like a school to set up a proxy for https, since they are in a position to install the necessary root certificates in browsers (classic MITM attack). Devices are already on the market to make this
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by qjz 16y ago
It is, but if you're not logged in, that link goes directly to an https://www.google.com login page.
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by qjz 16y ago
Unfortunately, Google didn't have much of a choice. However incompetent or misguided the schools' reaction to blocking encrypted search, it immediately broke Google Docs (and possibly other resources) for many of them. Google probably can't
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by qjz 16y ago
Apparently, the login for Google Docs is within https://www.google.com/ , so they can't simply redirect the entire domain.
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Google Encrypted Search Moved to New Hostname to Address Concerns from Schools(googleenterprise.blogspot.com)
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by qjz 16y ago
The website promises "smarter versioning" but each of the examples have only a single version, so there's no opportunity to review this feature.
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by qjz 16y ago
In general, I mean the major release version, although I have seen applications pinned to a specific minor release because an update introduces a critical bug (which is especially frustrating when you want the update for security reasons).
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by qjz 16y ago
The JVM requires unexpected tweaks. It's surprising to discover that it doesn't use the time zone files provided by the OS, or that it might not use the available memory on your awesome new server. It's scary to realize that a lot of applic
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by qjz 16y ago
SPF doesn't verify the sender, it only tells you if the server is allowed to send mail from a domain. You can still use the password for your account to forge the sending address of another user in the domain. Besides, the fact that your do
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by qjz 16y ago
Interesting point, because it suggests that an email address that was kept private and dedicated to Posterous posting could have prevented this attack. So, is this weak security on the part of Posterous, or excellent social engineering on t
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by qjz 16y ago
The nice thing about buying a MacBook is that it's much easier to comparison shop on price. I almost bought my netbook from a major chain until I realized they sold it with a 3-cell battery instead of the awesome 6-cell battery in the one I
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by qjz 16y ago
On the Mac, I edited /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/searchplugins/google.xml, changing http to https where appropriate. Now the builtin Google search plugin uses SSL system-wide (and so does the autocomplete, AKA suggest queries f
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by qjz 16y ago
The problem is that WYSIWYG is a concept that has almost nothing to do with writing. It's more about typesetting and layout. It's easy to write in a text editor or even this little box on HN. Now try to just write in Word. Wait until you're
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by qjz 16y ago
I wish they'd serve everything from subdomains in google.com. I mean, seriously, why does Google keep registering new domains for projects (google<something>.com) when they could easily use <something>.google.com instead? Wh
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by qjz 16y ago
Tiny Core Linux is another candidate at only 10MB (or its X-less variant, Micro Core, at 6MB). It includes a capable terminal server for PXE booting with support for loading extensions via NFS/TFTP/HTTP: http://wiki.tinycorelinux.com/tiki-
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by qjz 16y ago
I'm curious: If you knew Flash was going to be problematic for a large part of your target audience, why did you choose to base your project on it?
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by qjz 16y ago
What about wireless clients? Is it even possible to diskless boot (PXE or otherwise) a wireless laptop? This is one significant change in networking that the article overlooks when discussing the fall in popularity of diskless booting.
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by qjz 17y ago
Fascinating. I've always fully justified the text on the sites I work on. But I've never compared samples side-by-side as demonstrated on this site. I was immediately struck by how much easier the "ragged right" version is to read. Somethin
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by qjz 17y ago
Not consistently. This is a critical part of URLs. Not displaying it is like not displaying zip codes in US addresses (I recently lived at an address that differed from a nearby address in zip code only. We were constantly returning misdire
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by qjz 17y ago
I didn't say it was broken, but that the change increases the possibility of errors. Look at the other links provided in this thread to see why this is so. I stand by my statement, which I made after reading up on the issue.
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by qjz 17y ago
The scheme is an essential part of the URL. Copying an URL from a browser's location bar used to be a reliable way of sharing links, but this change introduces a greater potential for errors (there's no reason to assume an https resource i
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by qjz 17y ago
I don’t think Linux is at the stage where non-computer people can use it enjoyably. I've found Linux Mint to be comparable to OS X in power and ease of use. I even used it to set up a computer for a 5-year-old, and he took right to it wit
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by qjz 17y ago
Cpedia is the Lorem Ipsum of search engines! Hmmm, a lot of uses suddenly spring to mind...
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by qjz 17y ago
I'm just blocking originating connections from AWS on select servers. It's riskier in theory than in practice, as even the nonmalicious connections don't add much value. But you're right, I'm revisiting and will probably scale it back to ju

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