alistair77

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by alistair77 10y ago
Could also be related to HSP http://blogs.psychcentral.com/adhd-zoe/2011/06/10-signs-that...
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by alistair77 10y ago
That's really confusing cause and effect. For some sectors we rely on 'Europe' but the cause is that talented individuals are often discouraged from training or staying in the UK. Nurses are a prime example of this issue
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by alistair77 10y ago
I understand your intent but please don't find this satisfying. Many who voted 'out' did so simply because they felt they had no other method of getting their voice heard. They used the referendum as a way to express their lo
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by alistair77 11y ago
+1 for Signal (used to be TextSecure). They now have a desktop app in beta which synchronises perfectly with my mobile
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by alistair77 13y ago
I listened to an interview with the Home Secretary, Theresa May, yesterday. She explicitly stated several times that she had no say in the Miranda's detention as it was a police matter. Odd, then, that she is responsible for the secre
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by alistair77 13y ago
The Press Regulation Scheme is in no way similar to the use of MI5 and police resources to interrogate an individual who ,for all in intents and purposes, seems innocent of any terrorism related crime. I see no conflict here with the Guardi
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by alistair77 13y ago
As a European I feel very sad that many national governments are so much under the thumb of US. To divert the plane of another nation's leader without due legal justification is a big statement about the lengths our governments will go
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by alistair77 13y ago
That's only true if the voters have visibility of what they're voting for. That's wht is so bad about this situation, the secracy negates the foundation of democracy
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by alistair77 13y ago
Being in receipt of tax revenue is no measure of being a useful department. And how does it work when other countries are found spying on the US or UK? presumably this is also perfectly acceptable.
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by alistair77 13y ago
Obama, "you can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy." OK, I agree. So how about you and your "security" agencies are a lot less private about what you're doing. Be completely op
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by alistair77 13y ago
The US government's attitude is akin to an angry parent shouting, "how dare you!" at an impertinent teenager. General Alexander's statement that, "What Snowden has revealed has caused irreversible and significant da
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by alistair77 13y ago
There is a key difference between this story and the Snowden case. It is unlikely that the UK government will actively pursue and convict any of the sources of the story. The UK, for now at least, appears less desperate to demonize its citi
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by alistair77 13y ago
I am very reluctant to draw parallels between real-life and fiction, but the steady stream of stories from the US from Bradely Manning to Snowden to Barrett Brown is making the possibility of a 1984 style state a real possibility. I have n
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by alistair77 13y ago
I guess you're completely ignorant of how widely used their software is. I really need to get enough points to downvote :<
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by alistair77 13y ago
I agree. But the second part of the statement is still true, "the US look like a self righteous sabre rattling bully"
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by alistair77 13y ago
hmm, construction and medical practice require legislation because dodgy practices may well result in harm to individuals. I don't see that's relevant here. BTW, I support the move by Mozilla.
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by alistair77 13y ago
some of the faqs are ridiculous; apparently blocking some 3rd party cookies by default goes against users freedom of choice yet enabling them by default is great for user choice!
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by alistair77 13y ago
Yes, I can't argue with that, though I am meeting an increasing number of non-techies who are interested in different (better) ways of using the web and IT in general.
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by alistair77 13y ago
That's confusing two different concepts. URLs are the equivalent of a full postal address whereas searching is the equivalent of asking a stranger how to get somewhere. Why would you want to always ask and trust a search engine when you a
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by alistair77 13y ago
Given who he is, I imagine pcwalton is far more familiar with it than you are. Either way, you're wrong. Bytecode is not human readable which, as even your definition states, asm.js clearly is.
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by alistair77 14y ago
Angular and Backbone are very different. Angular is a full framework; it's brilliant but also gets in my way on a regular basis. It may take me longer to write the same app in Backbone but it's a library and happily co-exists with other li
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by alistair77 14y ago
Given Mozilla's goals for Firefox OS can you explain how these web technologies are anything but the best option? If you think that Java, C# or Objective C would have been better choices you've misunderstood what they're trying to achieve
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by alistair77 14y ago
"when good developers are driven away by a lousy technology stack". This fear of JavaScript and a web stack says a lot more about you than the technologies. There are a huge number of good developers creating great software with these langu
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by alistair77 14y ago
You just need to add an additional line such as, "I've used product x and it's a brilliant alternative" or "I develop product x and would love your feedback" or "I'm the CTO of..."
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by alistair77 14y ago
You've made the mistake of finding a rule that works in a particular environment and trying to apply it in all situations. The HN community is nothing like the financial industry. Applying that level of cynicism to all aspects of life is
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by alistair77 14y ago
LOCs aren't a great metric. I'm far more productive with Backbone than with JQuery alone and Angular offers a fundamentally different approach (stuff auto-magically just works) which is brilliant but isn't always easy to customize. I agree
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by alistair77 14y ago
I use Firefox Nightly and the latest Chrome stable. You're just plain incorrect. The Firefox user experience is very different to Chrome. Sure there are similarities but it's ridiculous to claim it's just a copy. They've taken a complet
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by alistair77 14y ago
OWASP has lots of useful security info, https://www.owasp.org
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by alistair77 14y ago
Good news is that this will be fixed in Chrome v25 ( http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=94369 ). Recent versions of Firefox and IE already provide good support.
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by alistair77 14y ago
Web browsers aren't HATEOS clients, the web sites/applications they make accessible are. I work with a team on a complex web service and agree with all of Steve K's points. A REST-like approach using appropriate HTTP verbs and a good resou

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