zaraflan

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by zaraflan 12y ago
The single biggest everyday-use thing I miss with PHP is keyword arguments. With PHP the only real equivalent is passing an array of arguments and then checking if each possible key exists, and that's just way clunkier.
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by zaraflan 12y ago
The most provable thing is that if you ever make the mistake of granting them access to your email account, everyone on your contact list can expect multiple spam messages FROM YOU begging them to join LinkedIn. It's the kind of thing
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by zaraflan 13y ago
Extensions are still a big malware vector so I can't see this as anything but a net win as long as developer mode remains available for power users.
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by zaraflan 13y ago
Comcast/Verizon/AT&T/et al already have terrible reputations. They also have dominant local monopolies and the legislative power to defend them.
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by zaraflan 13y ago
Yep, it's a social status dogwhistle, just like requiring college degrees for jobs where it is in no way relevant. There's also a significant racial component to it. It's not a coincidence that top power-broking universities
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by zaraflan 13y ago
It's astounding that an article like this is published in 2013 anywhere but the dark corners of supremacist sites and the memoirs of fading British lords, where it belongs. This is nothing more than moaning that the modern predominantl
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by zaraflan 13y ago
I love these "economists" waffling on about reasons why young people aren't spending money on X like their parents used to, that have nothing to do with oh I don't know "stagnant wages", "crippling student
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by zaraflan 13y ago
At which point you're back to the same basic problem with passwords: the weakest link and root-problem is the average user's lack of knowledge. There wouldn't be such a mad scramble to find a decent alternative to passwords
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by zaraflan 13y ago
Never forget that you are not the customer, you are the product.