Johngibb

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by Johngibb 1y ago
I am actually asking this question in good faith: are we certain that there's no way to write a useful AI agent that's perfectly defended against injection just like SQL injection is a solved problem? Is there potentially a way to
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by Johngibb 14y ago
This reads like an infomercial... like someone was paid to write it.
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by Johngibb 14y ago
If we're going to grant that a machine can have infinite ram, surely we can grant that a spec of C can have infinite stack allocated arrays... :)
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Can I have one please?
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I think your criticism is well founded. That said, the author did put work into something, document it, and share it freely with the community - and for that reason, I'd rather not see someone hurt their feelings calling their work an 'abom
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Please, be constructive instead of just dismissive. A nasty tone doesn't help anyone nor does it encourage trying new things.
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I bet the variation in the size of people's fingers is greater than the difference in the size of touch targets between original and mini iPads... :)
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Deprecated, but not removed yet. It "may be removed in a relatively distant future"
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by Johngibb 14y ago
That's true, and I think assigning malice to this situation is unfounded. But maybe this is a problem worth solving?
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Come on, don't reject it so flippantly. Sure, for the case of a woman getting married and taking a new last name, I doubt it's that big of a deal - you can change your name for future commits, but your old name will exist for historical com
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by Johngibb 14y ago
That stood out to me too... is there an inside joke? What's the white have to do with it?
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I know you'd miss the syncing, but why not let me just cc something@thread.is instead of having to gain access to my google account? It would be usable to people on exchange as well that way...
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Yea that pesky tablet revolution wasn't a thing either, and neither was the GUI actually. I'm still using lynx. (No offense to lynx users.) Snark aside, it seems like high dpi will inevitably become standard in the next few years.
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by Johngibb 14y ago
I didn't know it had been confirmed yet, can you add a link?
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by Johngibb 14y ago
That doesn't mean that people don't care. I certainly wouldn't able to remember the birthday of all my closest friends, but I do care and am glad to be reminded. On the other hand, there are of course a ton of bday wishes from people who pr
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Why the snark? They're just providing another piece of data in an open discussion that may encourage more people to try the app. What's wrong with that? If your argument is that the comment didn't add much to the discussion, I'd reply that
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Is there any way to use it for say an iPhone app interacting with web services authenticated as a user?
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Why shouldn't you be able to walk down a dark alley in NYC at night? It's not your fault if something happens. With that attitude, we are just tolerating crime and accepting it. If more people walk around at night, the crimes will gain mo
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Yep, that'd do it!
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Are you sure about that? I am almost positive that you're wrong, and @@identity is per connection. Otherwise how woul it know which table to return an identity for? I thought that the difference had to do with what's returned if a trigger d
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Someone capable of burning their cars changing a light bulb probably shouldn't be driving :)
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by Johngibb 14y ago
You still paid for the device generating revenue directly to Amazon. The ads are just supplementing a discount on the product. Google is not making money off of the Android devices they don't sell, although it is changing as they start buil
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Exactly. It's not a bad thing, it's a pretty fundamental basis of the Internet and the reason we get so much for free. At the end of the day it is still a win for consumers. I'm glad it works that way, since I'd rather view ads then pay a m
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Googles not making any revenue off you directly, yet they're paying engineers to work on it. They're making money somewhere - it's off of the ads you you see while you likely use google's services. Please note that I don't think this is a b
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Agreed. I get the point that new cars are intricate, crammed and complicated but a light bulb is a user serviceable part that is really not much harder than changing a lamp at home. Would you hire an electrician for that because you didn't
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by Johngibb 14y ago
The difference is with Amazon you're the customer, and the device and content are the products. With android, _you_ are the product and the advertisers are the customers. This distinction means that Apple/Amazon's interests are more aligned
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Wow, I hadn't heard about that Apache situation. That's not ok....
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by Johngibb 14y ago
Peeing in a park where there could has been children can put you on the list, with the rationale being that while urinating in public you're also potentially exposing yourself to children. It's definitely outrageous that it's on the same sc
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by Johngibb 14y ago
In my mind the reason for this is often increasing government transparency and encouraging citizens to be more critical of the government by exposing them to the gruesome realities that most of us don't see often. I think that the hypothesi
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Tyler Hamilton on Lance Armstrong: The Secret Is Out (outsideonline.com)
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