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by xirdstl 11y ago
As a consumer that uses credit cards, I don't think of this as much of a problem. All the credit cards I've used have 0 liability for fraud. It's a nuisance if my card is used fraudulently because I'll be issued a new ca
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by xirdstl 11y ago
Soon: cloud backup via the Bitcoin blockchain
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by xirdstl 11y ago
I didn't realize you could get the raw data. I looked a bit on their website and didn't find anything indicating you can. What format(s) will they export?
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by xirdstl 11y ago
That sounds pretty fun. Despite not having played fantasy baseball for about ten years, I still have dreams (not aspirational dreams, the sleep kind) about playing, at least monthly. Maybe it is time.
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by xirdstl 11y ago
Well, is there any surprise they've chosen a couple of fall guys to blame it on?
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by xirdstl 11y ago
The problems I had when trying jet.com were that they didn't have a lot of the things I was looking for, and when they did, it was the same price as ordered from Amazon Prime. That being said, I'll look again now with this announc
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by xirdstl 11y ago
That's exactly right. Anonymity has its place, but it lacks the context that comes with identity. How often have I wished I could at least see the age of someone when reading through comments.
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by xirdstl 11y ago
I think it takes a lot of cognitive dissonance to apply that principle to this case.
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by xirdstl 11y ago
That is pretty chilling... Why did it take so long to refactor the main pages if they were so inefficient?
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by xirdstl 11y ago
Who defines 'unreasonable'?
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by xirdstl 11y ago
A sobering reminder of the disproportionate power of professional sports leagues. MLB antitrust exemption, anyone? (disclaimer: I love MLB, but c'mon).
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by xirdstl 11y ago
I don't know. They may think it's impossible to have an advantage, but there's always an incentive to find that loophole. Forbidding employees to play on others' sites at least disincentivizes it a bit. Also, I don&#x27
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by xirdstl 11y ago
The death of hacker culture? Would most of these people otherwise would have been into what would be more traditionally considered hacker culture? Most hackathons now are for PR and for recruiting. Fine. With all the preaching about how eve
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by xirdstl 11y ago
I really love JetBrains software and use IntelliJ daily, and this initially had me really annoyed. However, after looking at the detail, I'm intrigued. I have a personal IntelliJ license that's a couple versions old, and an even o
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by xirdstl 11y ago
This is great! I was hoping to get a reaction from my cats, but they were pretty indifferent, giving me a look that said "So what? I'm still hungry." I am addicted to having the sound of a fan when I sleep. I can trace that b
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by xirdstl 11y ago
You're exactly right. The context is missing. When I install an app and it asks for permission A, B, C, and D, I probably have no idea why, and it's scary. If I'm using the app and discover a new feature that asks me for perm
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by xirdstl 11y ago
I use Atlassian Sourcetree as a git GUI on Windows. Does GitHub Desktop do anything different / better?
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by xirdstl 11y ago
You could say the same about Richard Nixon
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by xirdstl 11y ago
Agreed. After the first few, they just sound too 'cutesy' to me.
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by xirdstl 11y ago
That was my first reaction also. I wouldn't think too much of it. It's reasonable for the likelihood of 'garbage collection' referring to memory management to be higher than collecting trash on HN. Conversely, if you saw
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by xirdstl 11y ago
If I'm not mistaken, they have also increased the price of the powder. It is listed now at $280 for 28 days (112 meals), which used to be $255 (when I bought it). Or had they already changed that pricing?
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by xirdstl 11y ago
96 won't get you a month. Each bottle is 400 calories, so you'd need five per day, assuming a 2000 calorie diet. You'd need around 150.
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by xirdstl 11y ago
In my experience, there was some issue with 1.0 and 1.1, and 1.2 was the worst offender. 1.3 fixed it, which was refreshing! I can't speak to 1.4 or 1.5, because having been disappointed in 1.4, I've hoarded 1.3
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by xirdstl 11y ago
JFK, 1962: We're going to go to the moon. You: You do realize that we don't even have clean water on a global scale?
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by xirdstl 11y ago
For these kind of purchases, I have a credit card that allows me to credit virtual card numbers with a limit and expiration that I can set. I'll set the limit to the order amount. If they try to charge more, the transaction is declined
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by xirdstl 11y ago
In my experience, an exception is thrown in my Selenium test if a button is hidden or not clickable and I try to click it.
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by xirdstl 11y ago
I'd go further and say it's not just big companies. I've worked for big companies and small, and they have all avoided GPL as much as possible. It is worse, though, in larger companies. There is generally several layers more
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by xirdstl 11y ago
For the same reason I am skeptical of the "Internet of Things". Do we really want every device in our home to be exploitable from someone across the globe? Continually applying firmware updates to appliances to close security hol
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by xirdstl 11y ago
Not everyone considers SF to be a top US city. To each his own.
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by xirdstl 11y ago
Interesting. How many transactions were needed to 'fill' the network?

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