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by divtxt 11y ago
You're quite right. Switching from a db to a log as the "master" loses the simplicity of the app-to-db model. As the article says: "For now, a better option is to extract the log from a database" - i.e you use some
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by divtxt 13y ago
Have to agree - despite the good reviews, the keypress on the 4000 feels wrong. I was on the Microsoft Natural Elite for a long time. Unfortunately it's been discontinued so I need to find a replacement.
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by divtxt 13y ago
> if it turns out to be negligence on Apple's part, I'll be very angry I doubt you'll need to get angry - because if it's negligence, you/we won't be told.
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by divtxt 13y ago
I just polled some friends on chat: - iPhone + Vodafone Bangalore - SMS notifications - inconsistent frequency - Galaxy Y + Airtel Bangalore - SMS alert only so it seems carrier/plan dependent to me! > it sends whenever there's 3G trans
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by divtxt 13y ago
I have to say that it's (mostly) the carrier's fault. I have the same issue sometimes with Airtel India, and I'm pretty sure this notification was turned off 2 years. [ edit or maybe i just had a good data connection then] Also, this issue
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Show HN: Binder - a lightweight SQL mapper for Python(github.com)
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by divtxt 14y ago
I & millions of others will be proving you wrong this winter. Though I can afford a $500-700 device, but I can't justify it. Meanwhile, one of the big battery life tips for smartphone owners is to disable 4G. So, no Google has not scr
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by divtxt 14y ago
And callback "events" have been renamed to... "events". I'm going to have to agree with the parent here. Without example code to compare, how is this different than MVC? (or "MVCE")
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by divtxt 14y ago
"Tech press ignores expected next phase of ICANN's gTLD sales." would be a more accurate title. Like a public good, the dilution costs of issuing gTLDs is externalized and paid by everyone (other than ICANN). ICANN has an exclusive license
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by divtxt 14y ago
Also, take my money, Showtime!
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by divtxt 14y ago
Texts - a Markdown editor for Mac & Windows - http://www.textseditor.com/ I like that it's a true wysiwyg editor in that you actually edit rich text instead of typing the markdown syntax.
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by divtxt 14y ago
Better to ignore revenue and be thought worthless, than to attempt to make money and remove all doubt. (paraphrasing)
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by divtxt 14y ago
Possibly similar: I accidentally had flashblock disabled, and a malicious flash ad on wired.com performed many MB of requests and then redirected me to another site after 5-10 seconds.
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by divtxt 14y ago
Cmd-` only switches windows of the current app. So, even if you see your window, you can't switch to it with Cmd-`.
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by divtxt 14y ago
The window is the unit of focus (not apps), so I can rightly argue that switching focus should work on the unit of focus i.e. windows. Note that I'm not arguing against having an app concept or a "switch app" action. The problem is killing
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by divtxt 14y ago
> Having the application's functionality split across two completely separate menus does not constitute a usability improvement. That's putting it mildly. A split menu may be correct from some design point of view (e.g DRY principle)
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by divtxt 14y ago
Thank you for pointing me to X-Frame-Origin! So, in the context of this discussion, why don't the browsers make X-Frame-Origin: DENY the default behavior?????
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by divtxt 14y ago
I don't want the legitimate uses prevented. The default behavior should be to prevent, and the legitimate uses should explicitly opt-in. That way, you only have to do security analysis for those explicit points.
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by divtxt 14y ago
I have no problem with cross-site GET requests because I know GETs should behave as 'read-only' anyway for lots of reasons. What I don't get is how arbitrary cross-site POSTs with malicious values are allowed. As far as I can tell, anyone
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by divtxt 14y ago
CSRF is like a kafka-esque joke. Here's my take away from every CSRF article: A malicious site will load your site in an iframe, fill in your form and post it. Fixing it requires some a token in your form, but I can see you don't understa
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by divtxt 14y ago
The real short answer seems to be: encryption is done client-side by Javascript. I'd worry about the extra attack vectors because of that - man in the middle, snooping browser extensions, etc (or even just strong-arming them into silently c
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by divtxt 15y ago
What I meant was: I wish they had gone with at least 2 copies offsite. Sorry for the ambiguity. And you're right - 2 copies would mean 1TB out of 3TB.
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by divtxt 15y ago
I wish they had gone with At least 2 copies offsite - that was one of my first thoughts too. Then I remember that I used to do backups at most once a year until I moved to the Mac and Time Machine. (edit: clarify sentence)
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by divtxt 15y ago
Yes, bandwidth is a concern, but it should be easy to let users choose bandwidth limits. The question then is whether the product is still useful if it takes 10/20/30 months to fill the hard drive. I suspect that there's a segment of the
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by divtxt 15y ago
Off-screen buttons ruin the "touch the app" magic of touchscreen direct interaction. The screen is the app and the app is the screen. Therefore, any button outside the screen is not part of the app! BTW, I used to agree with you but exper
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by divtxt 15y ago
I had written off Unity partly because of the top-bar menu decision. This post shows me that they do have a grand vision to justify that change. > power users say things like “every GUI app now feels as powerful as VIM” A UI designed
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by divtxt 15y ago
Unit testing is another simple topic that provides insights into how a person thinks about code. Exercise: give them a class with empty functions, and some unit tests. Ask them to write the class and add some more tests. Also, one of the
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by divtxt 15y ago
Pretty nice! Too bad a non-trivial segment of the population won't be happy with 13. You might as well call the new month Deviluary. :D
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by divtxt 15y ago
My bad - "the world has moved on" was too strong. I meant something like: other languages have risen in popularity because they are better than C++ for many types of projects.
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by divtxt 15y ago
> He explains that the languages should have been merged into one, so that C would have been a subset of C++ instead of nearly a subset of C++. Thank the stars this didn't & won't happen! Bjarne has been stuck in "C++ is the best

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