raving-richard

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by raving-richard 6y ago
Check out Server Side Includes. They used to be all the rage.  You don't need to reinvent anything. Just use what used to exist. (Also, you start doing SSI, and then you want
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by raving-richard 7y ago
Small claims court if it's less than the relevant small claims amount. Otherwise, a strongly worded letter from a cheap lawyer. The legal system is often abused. But it sounds like you've got an actual legit issue, which is what
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by raving-richard 8y ago
Of these, I've eaten horse, whale, shark and eel. Actually, probably I've also eaten bugs. The shark that I've eaten is perfectly good, and better than many other fish types (taste wise). Eel was good, but has to be prepared
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by raving-richard 8y ago
Great to see Toybox getting some attention. While I'm still not convinced that BSD-0 is the best license, it certainly encourages innovation in the space. Wait, you're not Robert Landley! Naming stuff: one of the hard problems of
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by raving-richard 10y ago
Ecigarettes are actually better for you than real ones, and not only that, they basically make it easier to quit using nicotine altogether (according to reports I've seen).
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by raving-richard 11y ago
Please note: "Happy Birthday" is well out of copyright in a number of countries that aren't the USA. Including Australia, and any other country that applied the rule that copyright expired 50 years after the death of the auth
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by raving-richard 11y ago
I too thought it was satire at first. I was all like "hmm, that's slightly amusing". And then I realised it was serious and I was all like "wtf is the point?", then "and if it's so amazing, why isn't
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by raving-richard 11y ago
Because it is GPL3, it won't be supported by Google on Android, by Apple probably anywhere, or by Microsoft anywhere. In other words, it's a lovely idea, but due to a poor choice of license, it won't get any adoption. C.f. Og
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by raving-richard 12y ago
I don't think I've seen an Australian university library that wasn't open to anyone to walk in and browse the shelves. When I was in the UK I found it incredibly odd that most of the university libraries required ID, and made
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by raving-richard 12y ago
(This comment originally posted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8023247 ) Please have a look at David A. Wheeler’s page on Trusting trust [1], including his 2009 PhD dissertation [2], where he clearly demonstrates tha
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by raving-richard 12y ago
Of course, for that initial period, paying extra would be the way to go. The difference between what I suggest, and an ordinary probation period is thus: with an ordinary probation period, still only one person is hired, but not only do the
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by raving-richard 12y ago
If I were ever in charge of hiring for many types of position (whether programming, or writing, or such), I think I would do something similar. The advertisement will say "looking for full time X (must complete initial contract period
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by raving-richard 12y ago
Sorry, but I'm not going to hire anyone for a technical position if they don't even have their own domain name. Seriously, talk about turn off. You're willing to spend £1500 on getting a job, but you aren't willing to sp
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by raving-richard 12y ago
A smart cookie could vote in such a manner as that when the information is entered into the system, it crashes it? Maybe that's what they mean by manipulation... Or, is it available online without any authentication other than knowing
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by raving-richard 12y ago
As per the AGPL, you don't actually have to distribute stuff that is linked to an AGPLed library or other software, if you are only using it internally (and/or via a network). Because you can claim it as GPL3, which doesn't h
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by raving-richard 12y ago
If you trust your compiler, then you can read the source code and then trust the compiled executable. If you are worried, then you can build the rest of your tool chain from source...
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by raving-richard 12y ago
Without JS, it's all bad :(. But, with JS, and without CSS, I can just right-click¸ view-image. This gives me the base64 in the address bar (Firefox). data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAPAAAADwCAYAAAA+VemSAAAgAElEQVR4n
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by raving-richard 12y ago
These are all interesting, but defeated by me with one easy keyboard command (for the rest of you, it's View->Page Style->No Style). Without CSS, the main image is displayed just fine. Some people really are trisky.
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by raving-richard 12y ago
Even if you hate Bitcoin for other reasons, this is one reason to appreciate it. Gitian, the software used by Tor for deterministic builds (of their build of Firefox especially), was originally written by Bitcoin developers. Which makes sen
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by raving-richard 12y ago
Please have a look at David A. Wheeler’s page on Trusting trust [1], including his 2009 PhD dissertation [2], where he clearly demonstrates that it is possible to have trusted (not in the MS sense...) computers (I think). You may also be in
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by raving-richard 12y ago
Because people go and make sites that don't work with JS. Even though often it's /more/ work to make the site not-work with JS. And then they justify it by saying "well it's only 1 or 2 percent". It's
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by raving-richard 12y ago
I don't support MSIE 6, or 7, or 8, or indeed any version of MSIE at all. But, and here's where it's different to not supporting users without JavaScript enabled, sites I make are still perfectly viewable in MSIE. And Lynx. A
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by raving-richard 12y ago
Yes you are supposed to cater to the 2%. Wolfram Alpha says 2% of the US population is 6.39 million people. That's how many potential people from just one country you are treating badly. And as for screen reading users, that's jus
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by raving-richard 12y ago
Could you explain why it is standard practice to downvote jokes? I don't get it. If it's funny, then people might want to read it. Over on /. a lot of the best comments are modded funny.
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by raving-richard 12y ago
Bah. I raided an Egyptian tomb, and ever since I've been followed around by smart people. They talk complex philosophy, discuss string theory, rave about Haskel, and talk about some the boast some French fella or another wrote in some
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by raving-richard 12y ago
Yes, to extend the postcard metaphor, it's like the bank sending a bank card PIN on a postcard. Not secure at all.
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by raving-richard 12y ago
Your software can try each key until one of them works. If none of them work, it can say "this message can't be opened with one of the keys available". Or even "this message requires key 1234 5678 to open, but it's
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by raving-richard 12y ago
Anyway, even if a encrypted anonymous message arrives for me, just working out who it's from without any metadata seems complex web of double decryption It's simple. You can encrypt everything, including the metadata. Th
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by raving-richard 12y ago
Whenever I get depressed there are some coping mechanisms I use. * Play games (e.g. OpenArena and FreeCiv), cheating liberally and/or playing on easy settings. (Yeah, take that bot...) * Go for long bike rides. Take water, some food, a
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by raving-richard 12y ago
That's brilliant. I was wondering if there was a list that actually provided the relevant information. Thanks for the link.

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