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by qjz 16y ago
It saddens me when I work with a non-governmental organization (NGO) and need to copy some text from a website, only to find that the name and contact information is embedded in a graphic, with no text equivalent anywhere in the content. A
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by qjz 16y ago
I arrogantly procreated in my bid for total world domination until I was defeated by my arch nemesis, The Urologist. We're all condemned to preach from our own unique positions.
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by qjz 16y ago
I agree that a lot of people need less stuff. But the lifestyle you describe is minimalism for one . Minimalism for two is exponentially different, and minimalism for four is exponentially different to that. I need to keep my kids in o
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by qjz 16y ago
I use a similar commenting style, but in addition to the description, arguments and returns, I also list globals used (if any) and side effects (even if none). I find it very helpful to show if a function depends on or alters state.
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by qjz 16y ago
The license plate makes the vehicle's owner accountable, mainly to ensure that the vehicle is fit to drive. But it doesn't identify the driver. I'd hate to see my insurance rates go up due to this app because I lent my car to a friend, or
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by qjz 16y ago
Can I use this app to report people who text while driving?
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by qjz 16y ago
Agreed. When I write code on a single core machine, then watch it peg only a single core when I run it on a multicore machine, I start thinking about changing languages. That's a pretty big change! [Before you say I should leverage features
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by qjz 16y ago
If Chaos Monkey hits during a test, you just run the test again. Multiple tests are a good thing, after all, and the failure might expose a weakness you wouldn't have seen otherwise.
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by qjz 16y ago
Isn't it a bit prudish not to fully expose the skin? It's not much better than a Barbie doll. And where's Ken?
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by qjz 16y ago
Many common services (HTTP, SMTP, IMAP, POP3, and especially DNS, if you think about it) are provided by daemons that don't really care much about the domain name of the machine they're running on. For example, you can configure your web
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by qjz 16y ago
...it is built from the ground up around a flat social network and that maps really poorly onto real social networks. This flaw is obvious enough that it inspired an SNL parody ("Damn It, My Mom Is On Facebook Filter"): http://www.youtub
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by qjz 16y ago
I'd be happy if they developed a protocol for testing the constitutionality of a law. That would have to be part of any experiment, since the effectiveness of a law is irrelevant if it's unconstitutional.
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by qjz 16y ago
It's a fair criticism. If the OS is a web browser, why use tabs? They just steal valuable screen real estate. Replace them with a windowing system where each page/app gets its own resizeable window, and you can reclaim some of the virtues o
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by qjz 16y ago
There are people who have absolutely no passion for a task, yet perform it expertly, without practice. One would have to conclude after reading this essay that these people are, in fact, talented [i.e. possess some innate ability].
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by qjz 16y ago
Comedy isn't pretty! - Steve Martin A rich man's joke is always funny. - Thomas Edward Brown It's funny 'cause it's true. - Homer Simpson You can have one, maybe two, but you rarely get all three.
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by qjz 16y ago
Since moving a host to another IP address practically requires temporarily setting a low TTL (which may have been what actually caused the DDoS), creating an entirely new domain with a high TTL is a reasonable (albeit desperate) attempt to
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by qjz 16y ago
What would you replace it with that doesn't have the same weaknesses? DNS already has a robust distribution model (as long as most TTLs are set reasonably high). Its main weaknesses are trust (in the crypto sense, i.e. that lookups are reli
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by qjz 16y ago
Panopticlick shows if you can be uniquely identified, but it doesn't show if you have been uniquely identified. I'd find it useful for the site to show me a record of my past visits ("You last visited the site on...") as a proof of conc
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by qjz 16y ago
In my experience, there's enough basic information in the HTTP transaction to identify a unique visitor for most forensic purposes. However, the level of detail available for fingerprinting goes far beyond this. I just performed a little ex
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by qjz 16y ago
"The key to success will be sales..." "Nothing that hasn't been done before..." "I imagine an experienced hacker..." "So there's little technical challenge..." FWIW, these are exactly the kind of statements that would raise red flag
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by qjz 16y ago
In the article, the hypothetical business wants to outsource because programming is hard for them. Ideally, they want it all: easy, fast & cheap .
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by qjz 16y ago
I don't understand: What constitutes a fake Facebook account? Why does Facebook need to establish your real identity? Serious question, as I am not a Facebook user.
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by qjz 16y ago
Each SSL cert should correspond to a unique IP Not true. SSL doesn't even really know what an IP address is, and it's quite possible to use a single SSL certificate on multiple IP addresses if the CN resolves to all of them (in round robi
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by qjz 16y ago
Regardless of the length, passwords are obsolete, at least when used in single factor systems. The biggest problem with authentication is identity assurance, an attribute that passwords simply don't possess. Better and more factors are nece
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by qjz 16y ago
Perhaps a little background will help explain why some consider this a big deal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer
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by qjz 16y ago
I'm the parent of "gifted" children, and found that the tests these days are pretty objective, focusing on identifying traits in order to optimize the curriculum for all students. In spite of different capabilities, kids in an age group are
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by qjz 16y ago
hunchentoot_stop () { echo -n "Stopping Lisp Hunchentoot Server process..." echo "" # 6200 is the port to signal end of lisp process (telnet 127.0.0.1 6200 &) > /dev/null (sleep 7) } Surely
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by qjz 16y ago
The card from Moo isn't oversized. It's the only company in the group based in England, where that's the standard size. Oversizing your business card might make it stand out, but some peoople might find it annoying, like television commerci
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by qjz 16y ago
Any sufficiently entrenched incompetence is indistinguishable from evil. [Paraphrasing Arthur C. Clarke]
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by qjz 16y ago
Here's my problem: Since when is my email address your information? Why is it okay for you to hand it over to a complete stranger, just so you can play Farmville? I understand that there's always a risk that my email address might becom

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