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871.
by seiji 13y ago
Whoops. Didn't mean it that way (or read the post long enough to figure out where or who in the world it was referencing). We're all apes anyway, not monkeys.
872.
by seiji 13y ago
• If you rent time at virtual hardware, the real hardware owners can see everything you do. Reminder: the same goes for all your favorite hosted-because-we're-too-lazy-or-inept-to-run-it-ourselves services too. It still amazes me tho
873.
by seiji 13y ago
How do we reconcile the part of humanity pushing advancement towards understanding the universe and creating entirely new paradigms every six months while half the world is still monkeys with sticks (and the monkeys inevitably get advanced
874.
by seiji 13y ago
Mass adoption ends up being the problem though. It doesn't hurt the evil privacy invading corporations to cut off 0.0005% of the population consisting of privacy conscious computer nerds. Maybe a partnership of some sort. "You c
875.
by seiji 13y ago
It almost certainly does. Very few people realize they're giving Google insight into their live thought processes as they type a query, maybe refine it a few times before submitting (which gives google a lot of information about if the
876.
by seiji 13y ago
It's time for another browser fork. The new browser will disable invasive javascript methods (mouse tracking, reading every key press, over-zealous XHR partial-entry saving) on known-bad sites and on any site including javascript from
877.
by seiji 13y ago
Bluetooth LE / iBeacons
878.
by seiji 13y ago
it's just not a lot of senior dev or team lead experience. In the traditional world, yes. But what about our wacky tech world where the 22 year old is a founder/ceo/manager of the entire company? Are you less experienced
879.
by seiji 13y ago
wasting an employee's time In the sense of "meaning of life stuff" (fulfillment, meaning, purpose, etc). Your salary is what you charge someone to make you do things you wouldn't normally do. Sometimes, especially in
880.
by seiji 13y ago
Yup, nothing to do with APIs though. Another clever new-ish one is .ac, but it's more expensive than the already expensive .io.
881.
by seiji 13y ago
"indian ocean"
882.
by seiji 13y ago
https://www.loyal3.com kinda does the same thing and it's live now. It works with the companies to provide fee-free stock for longish term buy-in. Plus, you don't have to be an institution to grab some IPO fluff. Pl
883.
by seiji 13y ago
Why does a .io TLD make you think about API access?
884.
by seiji 13y ago
Well, Horowitz loves the rap music. It also gives them an excuse to be total baller VCs and hang out with their rap idols.
885.
by seiji 13y ago
Kyle's responses at the end are brilliant. You have to shine a light on wealthy bro moron stupidheads with ingenuity and openness.
886.
by seiji 13y ago
There's junior in social standing and junior in official position. If you're told your boss manager will be a 23 year old who was BFFs with the founders all growing up, and you are 35 with 15 years of experience, that's kinda
887.
by seiji 13y ago
I did the same thing (~2 years), but then it took three months and five rejections (including flying to four offices) before a compatible offer materialized. I was getting worried and kinda running out of money. Whoops.
888.
by seiji 13y ago
Why doesn't anybody exploit the never ending stream of Windows zero days to install blanket ad blockers on every machine possible?
889.
by seiji 13y ago
The "off != off" is a good point, but that's still redefining Off a bit. The "capability in practice" you link to is slightly questionable because we have A Dumb Bad Guy claiming they turned their phone off. We don
890.
by seiji 13y ago
That's what makes cell phones creepy too. If you pause and think about it, cell phones don't have in-series recording lights on either front or rear or side or underside cameras. Few people think "cell phone out" = &quot
891.
by seiji 13y ago
Off = powered down = no broadcasting or receiving. Now, in most devices these days you can't be sure "Off" is actually "Off." I bet many Android phones lie about "turning off" and just go into a low-power
892.
by seiji 13y ago
Most of them can be summed up with "Give Google More Details About Your Life and Relationships"
893.
by seiji 13y ago
Since there are a lot of generic mattress questions in this thread, start here: http://www.themattressunderground.com/mattress-forum/ They've coved every question and every scenario imaginable from people (typical
894.
by seiji 13y ago
a.) use a mattress protector. they are waterproof and prevent transfer from body<->mattress. b.) people naturally sweat and have oils in their skin that get transferred through sheets. it's normal to have discoloration where yo
895.
by seiji 13y ago
bzzt you ran out of context. The context of the post is "micronutrient" things, which a vitamin supplement powder surely provides a comparison for. The Soylent post reads like someone re-inventing a programming language and wri
896.
by seiji 13y ago
Still not sure how this varies from a basic bulk vitamin and mineral powder (besides the übernerd ego "this one weird nutritional trick" loyalty marketing): http://www.gnc.com/graphics/product_images/pG
897.
by seiji 13y ago
We should teach 5 year olds computers with technology available in 1993. QBASIC, Logo, HyperCard, ... (Not joking.)
898.
by seiji 13y ago
Almost half of one snapchat (with only 20 employees).
899.
by seiji 13y ago
Web server logs are okay. Any javascript-based tracking and cross-site usage aggregation is not.
900.
by seiji 13y ago
You have no right to know what your users are doing after you send them a message. The privacy invading "tracking pixels" shouldn't exist in the first place.

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