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by xanderjanz 10y ago
no worries, cool project. Here's the changes I had to make to make it hostable if you're interested.: https://github.com/lutherism/WikiQuiz/commits/master
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by xanderjanz 10y ago
For the lazy, hosted: https://wiki-quiz.herokuapp.com/
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by xanderjanz 10y ago
Don't go to localhost:5000/, like you might think. Open file://.../WikiQuiz/index.html as a file in Chrome. It will make ajax requests to localhost:5000
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by xanderjanz 10y ago
Seems like most commenters here didn't read the article. Snowden isn't suggesting you leave facebook because of free flow of fake news. Quite the opposite, he's saying facebook controls the flow of news too much.
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by xanderjanz 10y ago
From all my research, I feel like Promises end up making better code than async await. Am I the only one who thinks that? Like, what's the equivalent of Promise.all with async/await? And how do tou do stuff synchronously after kic
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by xanderjanz 10y ago
I'm enjoying it. There's a lot still to be to learned about DevOps and massive codebases.
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by xanderjanz 10y ago
Given up? No. Prioritized development speed over bug prevention? Yes,
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by xanderjanz 10y ago
Glad to hear. I'm building a similar system with Gulp and Mandrill. Thanks.
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Ask HN: How do you write and maintain email templates?
4 points by xanderjanz 10y ago|3 comments
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by xanderjanz 10y ago
I imagine we'd treat it like we do getting hit by a drunk driver. Vilify reckless programmers, and don't think about it.
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
most RCE bugs can be compounded into major data dumps. That doesn't make each individual RCE a million dollar bug.
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
Developer set parametres are pretty common in industry "machine learning", the kind of thing Google NEtflix and Amazon use. Academic models aim to reduce the amount of human input, but most real world applications have no such mot
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
Their logic is that because elements are typically deeply nested, it's better to sacrifice the readability for the saved indentation. By the time you get 4 child elements deep, almost half your line space goes to tabs.
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Banksy and the Problem with Sarcastic Art(nytimes.com)
1 points by xanderjanz 11y ago|0 comments
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
In a certain sense, twitter's one-to-many messaging is simpler, because it is a smaller volume of messages that have to be served.
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
Several of the requirements feel like the quirks of the authors implementation, rather than technological ideals. (Don't reuse previously fetched sith? Fetch each sith lord separately?)
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
To quote the Minutemen, Being bored is power! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxjEi4tgvU0
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
json wins
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
Because those giant companies have an army of managers and accountants that will be sure to check every box and cross every t. A group of Valley engineers is thoroughly less thorough.
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
Signed, Sillicon Valley's Collective Naivite
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
Hmm, it seems like you've forgotten Detroit's history. Why it became your go-to example for a failed city.
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
Doesn't this just set up a central failure point? Does Keybase have a forward secure key system?
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
Group A bought Dell stock with the intention of legally seeking a higher appraisal. But Delaware corporate law has a strange feature of saying appraisal seekers must own their shares continuously after demanding appraisal. But in this case,
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
You make a good, if harsh point. But this: "it wouldn't help the economic position of Apple, Google, FB, or Microsoft if everyone knew what code is and how it works. It strengthens the tech economy's stranglehold on society w
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
you could structure it such that the longer they sit there remembering the data, the more they get paid. When they want to leave, they enter what they remember and get paid.
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
Sure it is. Depends on your definition of authentication. But it's totally a "supported feature of the internet". This plugin isn't fundamentally different than spoofing a session cookie.
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
Useful for obfuscating executable JS for security reasons.
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by xanderjanz 11y ago
This barge is in a turbulent ocean, so it's already doing a lot of work just to stay somewhat still. Plus the vision tracking on the rocket is already accounting for the movement of the barge.
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by xanderjanz 12y ago
"to save their lives" is a little dramatic, considering they were in a closed tech interview. I'm sure if you gave them 20 seconds on the internet (you know, the resource they would have in a real life problem solving situati
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by xanderjanz 12y ago
I skateboard to and from work now. It's not a huge workout, but does get me to sweat twice a day.

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