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by edlea 3mo ago
This is basically llvm but for documents. Makes a lot of sense
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by edlea 2y ago
So did I. Was the title changed?
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by edlea 11y ago
The timing of Google's AMP project is especially interesting considering the recent attention ad blockers have received. By limiting the functionality of pages, AMP makes them load faster, but also allows publishers to include ads. The
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Chrome and Safari extensions to view AMP versions on the desktop(github.com)
28 points by edlea 11y ago|19 comments
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by edlea 12y ago
Unfortunately, it only seems to work for apps that are on the US app store. It doesn't create a page for apps that are, say, only in the UK app store.
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by edlea 13y ago
tldr: Don't use bitcoind's "accounts" functionality This is the first article I've read that actually details what the issue is and why it doesn't just effect custom Bitcoin clients.
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Paddle(vine.co)
87 points by edlea 13y ago|40 comments
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by edlea 15y ago
It very much depends on the employer. I've hired people who haven't studied Computer Science (or even a science or engineering degree) and found that they can be a mixed bag. Generally they can program, but the quality of their code and the
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by edlea 15y ago
Looking at iPhoto "Journal", Apple probably decided they couldn't redistribute Google maps so switched to OSM. Just a shame they didn't do it within the parameters of OSM's license. Hopefully this was a mistake rather than Apple thinking th
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by edlea 15y ago
I'm assuming that most users don't know what root access is or the implications of having it
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by edlea 15y ago
If your device is rooted you're more likely to have routes for malware to get onto the device. When money is being moved out of your bank account, malware is the last thing you want on the device
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by edlea 15y ago
It's interesting to read some of the Android reviews for the app; an interesting insight into how users value convenience over security. Or simply how little they appreciate security https://market.android.com/details?id=com.barclays.apps.
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Users don't understand (or care about) mobile security(market.android.com)
2 points by edlea 15y ago|0 comments
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by edlea 15y ago
Work in an industry, any industry, until you get a feel for how businesses currently operate in that space. Find the things that are either repetitive or hard, or a different way of approaching the problems for these businesses. Then you ha
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by edlea 15y ago
This is something that the BBC did with iPlayer: http://po-ru.com/diary/device-discrimination-on-the-internet... I've not quite worked out how to implement it though
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by edlea 15y ago
If you're not familiar, it's definitely worth checking out WebWorks ( https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/html5/ ). Even though it is advertised to work on BB5+ it's only really worth considering at 6+. Also, definitely worth a look is bbUI
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by edlea 15y ago
I must be missing something. I've tried clicking on "Steamscope", billed as a free download, but it opens iTunes and lists the app as $0.99
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IBM go deeper into mobile; acquire Worklight(techcrunch.com)
1 points by edlea 15y ago|0 comments
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by edlea 15y ago
It's not pretty, but the code is here: http://edlea.net/o2.js
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10 minute Twilio hack to highlight O2 header issue(edlea.net)
5 points by edlea 15y ago|2 comments
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by edlea 15y ago
I've built a simple Twilio script that shows how easy it is to exploit this here: http://edlea.net/ Vistors on an O2 phone will receive an SMS on their first visit. An MD5 hash of their MSISDN is kept in memory to prevent multiple SMS bei
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by edlea 15y ago
I'm seeing something odd with the way you're building the results HTML - on Safari 5.1.2 text search doesn't pick up the majority of instances of a string. For example, the term you're searching against is only showing up 4 times, when it a
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by edlea 15y ago
If you're on an untrusted computer, the network is by definition also untrusted. What happens if the computer has a hacker's self-signed certificate for https://accounts.google.com installed and the hacker sets up a man-in-the-middle styl
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by edlea 15y ago
Looks more like a UK alternative to Dwolla ( https://www.dwolla.com/ )
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Simple coloured console.log() for node.js(gist.github.com)
1 points by edlea 15y ago|0 comments
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by edlea 15y ago
I can't work out if that would be possible or not. It might be possible to plot the location of a single point in 2D, but how would you differentiate for multitouch? If you have 2 microphones you might be able to calculate the distance from