freedompeace

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by freedompeace 15y ago
How could Facebook do this (technologically)? According to a redditor, " - It's not IP address . Facebook successfully identified a number of specific locations (bars, theaters, etc) even though I had uploaded the photos from my home - It
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by freedompeace 15y ago
Yes, but it's much easier for me to click the buy button than to go to the store to get it or to torrent it, so I just click it.
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by freedompeace 15y ago
This is especially for me because I have 3 computers which don't have an optical drive, things that are becoming increasingly irrelevant thanks to the internet. I share a single USB DVD drive amongst the three computers; it's a pain in the
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by freedompeace 15y ago
They aren't tricks. Inviting your a friend to Facebook via. email isn't a trick, and keeping a record of it so that Facebook can notify both parties that the request has been accepted isn't a trick, for example. It's still, nevertheless, fa
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by freedompeace 15y ago
I'm going to bet that these "attacks" aren't going to do anything to the Facebook network. Also, Facebook users have opted in to Facebook, and its data storage "tactics". If you aren't happy with it, then don't opt-in. As a 16 year old ki
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by freedompeace 15y ago
Except that they're boasting about how good their software and coding are ...
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by freedompeace 15y ago
Don't worry! It's an industry-wide standard (apparently).
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by freedompeace 15y ago
For a well-designed website, I must say, I'm a bit worried. > The cooperation takes place by our Group Business Platform using current security standards and ciphering methods. A secure data interchange has high priority! Because that's
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by freedompeace 15y ago
I don't think the Facebook API allows you to find your location (although it is possible to retrieve your Facebook location by scraping the Security page for your current login session (which displays your location)). Also, the location d
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by freedompeace 15y ago
In case anyone doesn't know yet (and for future reference), ILSpy ( http://wiki.sharpdevelop.net/ILSpy.ashx ) is an open source alternative, and .NET Reflector was the first "popular" .NET decompiler that was used until they decided to forc
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by freedompeace 15y ago
Many times when I'm stuck, I seem to draw the conclusion that this is because the documentation is lacking. It might be me scapegoating, but many times I find that it is because there is a lack of documentation that I spend hours on hours t
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by freedompeace 15y ago
I agree whole heartedly with the conclusion of the article, that " the things that matter to engineers aren't the things that matter to real human beings. " I also noticed immediately at the end of the keynote that there wasn't an explicit
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by freedompeace 15y ago
It does - my Downloads app is reported as using 10 GB.
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by freedompeace 15y ago
Amazon Silk uses the EC2 infrastructure -- they explicitly state this in their video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u7F_56WhHk )
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by freedompeace 15y ago
No air bubbles -- it doesn't exist.
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by freedompeace 15y ago
I've only one thought: WTF?
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by freedompeace 15y ago
Google Chrome offers a version for enterprise, where Chrome is installed into the Program Files directory.
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by freedompeace 15y ago
Agreed. This is the very reason my next phone will be an iPhone. I have been loving my Windows Phone for the past year -- it has the most amazing and well thought out user interface I've ever seen, but the advantages and convenience of Siri
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by freedompeace 15y ago
Unless, of course, you are the victim.
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by freedompeace 15y ago
B-b-but they have my keys stored in that datacenter !
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by freedompeace 15y ago
So they're allowing us to store our data in encrypted form, but they keep the encryption key, and will decrypt requests for the data? How exactly will this protect my data?
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by freedompeace 15y ago
Some of us browse HN at work with prehistoric browsers or micromanaging IT departments that won't even let us run a portable version of Chrome. Plus, my beautiful phone is IE.
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by freedompeace 15y ago
The indentation is fine on IE7 mobile (WP7).