scorcher

5 ms·

1.
by scorcher 9y ago
My view is that its hard to form a generalised opinion on a entire sector. Especially when that sector is in a country with 1.3 billion people.
2.
by scorcher 9y ago
Mixers actually make it impossible to trace. What typically happens is you deposit an amount. Some amount similar to that minus a fee is then sent to the address or addresses of your choice in multiple small transactions over a period of ti
3.
by scorcher 9y ago
Thats where property based tests come in very useful
4.
by scorcher 12y ago
Yeh, just looks at the header; node activity detected Found x-powered-by: Express header in response
5.
by scorcher 13y ago
This graph is pointless, revenue is not the same as profit. Sure total revenue has stayed the same but that tells you nothing about profit. One the the major increases in revenue is concerts. They are expensive and often operated at a loss
6.
by scorcher 13y ago
Its true one should FAVOUR self documenting code. Going to the absolute and never commenting your code is obviously stupid, there will always be cases when more context and information on "Why" is needed.
7.
by scorcher 13y ago
For a start there is no guts to the article. It could be summarised in one line, "Time is valuable, make your default position no"
8.
by scorcher 13y ago
Daft. Even if any company could just get its workers to manage their own IT needs it doesn't mean its cost efficient. The average hourly wage of IT support is often going to be less than the people they are supporting (i.e. programmers mana
9.
by scorcher 13y ago
Firstly it seems like its time to take a break. When you disillusioned you need to stop for a bit. Perhaps do a while of "normal" work. Secondly I would advise a frank and in depth post mortem. Find out really what when wrong and when. Perh
10.
by scorcher 13y ago
If I saw a big metal thing attached to the front of an ATM I would run a mile. The turning mechanism really needs to be inside the ATM.
11.
by scorcher 13y ago
I only partially agree. For things like hangout gmail android and reader giving support would cost so much they couldn't continue to roll out new products (given that they would have to support them). However where significant money is conc
12.
by scorcher 13y ago
Just because burning calories from exercise will never replace proper diet doesn't mean its worthless. You can easily double your weight loss rate by going to the gym a few times a week. Far from worthless in my books.
13.
by scorcher 13y ago
I would go for a Jawbone Up if your using it mainly for sleep tracking. The sleep tracking on a fitbit is a bit of a hassle since you have to get it out and put it in its own separate arm band.
14.
Service bus, the most useful component you have (possibly) never heard of(squiressoftware.com)
1 points by scorcher 14y ago|0 comments
15.
by scorcher 14y ago
You could only make an app that would explode if/when they decide to change keys
16.
by scorcher 14y ago
I'm not sure Amazon can give away your personal information without a court order. I think it breaks their terms and conditions and could get them in legal trouble. Unfortunate but really not Amazon's fault.
17.
by scorcher 14y ago
Perhaps its unusual but every company I have worked for this could be sorted out with a quiet word with upper management or HR. A little disruption moving people between teams is well worth averting a potential clashes
18.
by scorcher 14y ago
I really don't think 2.2% increase in happiness during two studies is statistically significant. Especially given the user base increased by over 300% in that time so presumably the demographic will have changed. Still, clever use of inform
19.
by scorcher 14y ago
Ahh. Could be me just being dumb but you might want to clarify that on the site. "you both can take it from there." is a bit ambiguous.
20.
by scorcher 14y ago
This seems to be pitched somewhere horrible between the fun side projects ideas site and contract work. Take out the $50 charge and it suddenly looks great $50 isn't very much for a days work. Also if I'm doing contract work it would be nic
21.
by scorcher 14y ago
Me too (signing in with github)
22.
by scorcher 14y ago
I had some trouble getting adult content on my phone on GiffGaff. Their webpage fell over took several weeks and three support tickets to get it fixed. To their credit though when I made a formal complaint about the issue it got fixed withi
23.
by scorcher 14y ago
Perhaps I'm being nieve but it seems like very bad coding when front end exploits can lead to cash being stolen. I would expect the bare minimum of a message bus or some other separation between back end payment components and the public fa
24.
by scorcher 14y ago
British Telecom do extensivly
25.
by scorcher 14y ago
Completely agree with you on the bad flash and links point. Not sure I agree with you on the webapps points though. Would have been nice to have some depth on why you feel PushState is a "bandaid" rather than a full solution. You also seem
26.
by scorcher 14y ago
I don't really get this. Surely JavaScript and C# are so hugely different that any converted code would be horrific? Wouldn't it be simpler to just write JavaScript in JavaScript?
27.
by scorcher 14y ago
I'm not surprised. I got the expiry date of my credit card wrong. It stores it and will not let you change overwrite or delete it. In the end I just had to top up offline till I could move carrier.