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by twhb 9y ago
Is it really Perl best practice to assume all non-scalar data types are trusted?
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by twhb 9y ago
It can't be coincidence that Google's increased focus on areas and places brings it closer to Apple Maps. It's easy to miss because of Apple's poorer data, but I think their app legitimately bested Google in some areas (
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by twhb 9y ago
Yes, it's immediately usable. CVC verifies you , not the transaction - websites ask for it not because they need it, but to see if you get it right. So, lacking the CVC may cause some cautious companies to refuse to take the card, but
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by twhb 9y ago
.. and that's the profit model of sourceforge etc. You need to consider all parties involved, of course.
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by twhb 9y ago
What it illustrates the need for is understanding why you're receiving things (which is a pretty vital outside of software, too). If you pay for your product then you won't see phishing on the download page. If it's a subscri
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by twhb 9y ago
Would somebody please explain the reasoning behind fining companies, not individuals, to change the behavior of individuals? Because it seems to me that if the net result of doing X is a bunch of money and no jail time, the smart move is to
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by twhb 9y ago
Note that they no longer maintain their own rendering engine, they use Blink.
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by twhb 10y ago
You're forgetting the biggest factor: immediate disclosure also informs malicious parties. What's really more dangerous, an extra week with a vulnerability that might be known, or two hours with a vulnerability everybody knows abo
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by twhb 10y ago
ISPs should calculate how much this will make them then charge us that much to opt out. Wins all around - the ISP makes every dime they can, privacy-conscious customers aren't abused, unconscious customers don't need to pay more.
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by twhb 10y ago
I am sure that other significant business losses will also cause Amazon to take action, like understanding how many sales they're losing for lack of trust. So I ask everybody reading this: next time you get ripped off, make sure your c
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by twhb 10y ago
Note that you can transfer your Google Voice number to another provider. I think there is a small fee the first time you do it. https://www.google.com/voice/unlock
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by twhb 10y ago
The Mac App Store provides real benefits: reduced app permissions, effective malware screening, improved auto-update, and easy uninstallation. I do see that it's incompatible with many OS augmentation programs, but for the App Store to
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by twhb 10y ago
Specifically, up to 136˚F and 99% humidity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Crystals
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by twhb 10y ago
It's already a good idea to add elements where logical, even when unnecessary, to aid styling, scripts, coder comprehension, and sometimes automated comprehension, and to reduce likelihood it must be edited later. One could argue that
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by twhb 10y ago
I like Safari too, but end up doing the opposite, returning to Chrome. My main complaint is that tabs are slower to open, switch, and close, all things I do very frequently and while impatient. I'm going to guess that these are largely
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by twhb 10y ago
The perf problems referenced are in front end not back. reddit's mobile website really does have terrible performance, resulting from a whole list of mistakes. Paul Irish did a study - https://github.com/reddit/red
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by twhb 10y ago
You're not actually disagreeing. Maybe I was unclear. What's superior about rich text is the user experience - writing notes, reading notes. I agree with the issues you list, just don't think they outweigh the benefit.
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by twhb 10y ago
I love the idea, I have for a while. I hope to see this project grow. But, without a rich text editor it's not the efficient option. I've done Markdown notes before, rich text notes are much faster to read and write. Enough to mak
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by twhb 10y ago
I have. Formulas for both have of course changed over the years, but the way in which they work has not. Both have also become more tailored for their use case. For example, shampoos sell better if they create a pleasant lather, and soaps i
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by twhb 10y ago
I disagree with your logic. Small, technically trivial but conceptually polished tweaks can add up to a difference that takes over the market. For example, everybody used to clean their hair with soap, then somebody decided to sell it in li
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by twhb 10y ago
Note that you're pre-selecting respondents who are just fine with a bare-bones JS-free website. My opinion, refusing to use JavaScript is like driving a horse and buggy because cars can crash. It's not productive.
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by twhb 10y ago
Going on a tangent for a moment, please don't take it as a comment on Facebook, Facebook's culpability, what Facebook should do, etc. Say we have a Facebook alternative X which implements no filter, makes no effort to garner views
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by twhb 10y ago
"helden" is German for "heroes", concatenating words is fine in German grammar, I'm guessing he means compilers that try to be the hero and write their own code, rather than dumbly transform code into instructions.
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by twhb 10y ago
You're forgetting the less diligent users. I guarantee some Google users don't remember their password and just count on never being prompted, I know some of them.
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by twhb 10y ago
Performance is poor on my older laptop. Maybe I'm getting to the point where web devs should leave me in the dust, but, it's also a shame to waste resources on newer systems. I suspect the problem is that it's built on React,
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by twhb 10y ago
You've got to take the ecosystem into account. There are a lot of very depended-upon modules that are 1 KB of code and bump their major version as a morning habit. Forcing people to reconcile all 8 ways they indirectly depend on the mo
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by twhb 10y ago
That's not just the tech industry, that's more or less the foundation of society: maximizing value. The only aberration here is that Google, not Yahoo, sees that there is a second component of X: [how much the average customer bel
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by twhb 10y ago
A bit off-topic, but I would be very interested in somebody making a case for why an OS license is better than a simple line like "This code is free for everybody to use as they wish." I've read about it plenty, but remain un
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by twhb 10y ago
Speaking of, Apple is to blame for the absolute worst case of discoverability I've ever encountered: getting the iOS App Store app to list all apps labeled "Essentials". Dug around, couldn't find it. Googled it, found a
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by twhb 10y ago
This guy's advice is exactly what Google advises you to do, and exactly what Google does. You say this website is only fast because it's "without any content". If there's no content then tell me how it communicated

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