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by devrandomguy 9y ago
I have been in a situation like that, when I worked for a company that had me managing 12 to 30 clients directly. There is a standard solution to this problem: a ticket / issue system. If clients won't use that, and you need to ke
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
I'm glad they don't, and would rather that everyone else just stop. It is an affront to my sense of control over my browser. Middle click is just as easy as left click; let me decide how I want to arrange my input. How could the s
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
Yeah, there does need to be some sort of inhibition against highly traumatizing content, it should certainly not be promoted to people who do not seek it out. But purging news videos of statues being destroyed and ancient buildings being de
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
Based on your name, I assume that you are not ethnically Asian. Do you find racism / xenophobia to be a significant issue for you in either Shenzhen or Taiwan? As a very white Canadian, if I wanted to explore, work and travel for years
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
For many users, Youtube is the only video publishing site, and many people get their news through YT. Very few people are aware of the existence of LiveLeak; it is an ineffective platform for spreading awareness.
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
Excessive automation considered harmful: even if you want something to happen 99% of the time, it should still be a manual operation. Otherwise, it will bite 100 of your 10,000 users at least once.
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
I would call it a UX design lesson, primarily, although all undesirable changes are also backup lessons.
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
Streisand effect is taking off: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/32795
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
I agree that this is important. Optimizing and integrating the tools is a fairly significant part of my work, when I am leading a small team. Webhooks and a plugin framework are decent compromises, but there are so many times when I just wa
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
And even those could be just inflatable doughnut plugs with a pair of inwards opening flaps. You could even squeeze the air out of the lock, against the user's suit, to avoid the need for a vacuum pump!
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
That would be lame. Maybe, try massive multiplayer soccer, with an average of 1 player per square decameter? Now the captain's most important quality is management skills, and they might need a handful of squad leaders. I guess this is
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
Perfect timing! Isaac Arthur just kicked off Outward Bound with an in depth look at colonizing Mars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmFOBoy2MZ8
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
Failing is not dying, it is just a painful phase of growth and change. At least, that's how I choose to view my own failures.
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
Having specialized in the web stack, it really pains me to see this fail. However, it is unreasonable and counterproductive to expect end user devices to continually increase in computing power and memory. The future, for most users, is in
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
Well, your constant mass means that you will still have the same inertia when playing sports. I would expect pairs of fractured skulls, pairs of broken shins in soccer players, etc. Wow, soccer would be epic in low G!
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
No need to wrestle with the ethics, terraforming is just plain inefficient. Imagine the megastructures that could be built with the resources required for terraforming, and how much quicker we could begin moving into them. Or, let Isaac Art
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
Why are you screaming? Don't do that.
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
Betteridge has our back, we're good to go.
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YouTube has an illegal TV streaming problem(mashable.com)
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
Ah yes, that. MLS compliance was a source of many tickets for me, in a previous job, in Canada. The employer didn't even want me to waste time trying to learn it all, just follow the compliance officer. IIRC, this stuff varies quite a
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
That click wrap contract is kind of an interesting thing on it's own, for those of us who only enable JS when absolutely necessary. If I never see the agreement, and I am not specifically avoiding it, does it still apply to me?
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
So, as the first tech hire/partner, what can we do to protect our users? - Expire non-critical data after 30 - 90 days, e.g. activity data, not account data. - When feasible, have the client encrypt the really private user data, only s
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
That would identify the GP to within a small group (the meeting). They probably worked under an NDA. It would be great if an unrelated leak were to happen, though.
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
likesharecoin
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
Clojure devs: 3.5 is the figure you are looking for, and it does look very good, at first glance.
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
What's the difference between running out of a UBI stipend, and running out of a paycheck too early? Either way, that addict is in trouble. At least UBI won't put them on the street when their addiction renders them useless for wo
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
I think we're a bit too late for radio silence. Even if our comms are indistinguishable from noise at that distance, I bet our previously detonated nukes would have sent distinctive pulses across the near cosmos. I wonder, does SETI lo
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
They would be useful for making agreements across a large imbalance of power. For example, if I am a one-person operation selling on Amazon, and they screw me over in a clever way, I could not afford to fight them in court. Even if they wou
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
I block all ads because my safety is a higher priority than the site's profitability. Internet ads are a malware vector, with no accountability. Also, advertising companies have made an art out of psychological manipulation; I protect
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by devrandomguy 9y ago
There are times, when I can't honestly claim that my behavior is any smarter than that of the houseflies that die in front of the window, or the salmon that spends the remainder of its life searching for a way past a dam. The environme

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