kree10

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by kree10 13y ago
Try loading any Meteor-based site (such as the linked story, or http://www.meteor.com/ itself) with cookies disabled on Chrome or Firefox and watch them break. (Meteor doesn't appear to trap exceptions when using local
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by kree10 13y ago
But seriously: if you sell the CD, should you delete your MP3s?
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by kree10 13y ago
Mentioning CDs reminds me that the price of physical CDs on Amazon in some cases has dipped below $0. For some CDs, Amazon throws in the MP3 download (with the usual cloud storage) for "free". The funny thing is, the price of th
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by kree10 13y ago
Also, this will turn on vi-style line editing in programs using GNU readline (things like mysql, psql, sqlite3): echo "set editing-mode vi" > ~/.inputrc For programs linked against libedit instead (as on OS X):
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by kree10 13y ago
Take a look at bcvi if your preferred local editor is vim: http://sshmenu.sourceforge.net/articles/bcvi/
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by kree10 14y ago
I remember reading that longboxes were a way to prop up the LP jacket manufacturers, since the materials and process were similar, but... "citation needed".
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by kree10 14y ago
I'd take that further. Is there any good reason for anyone to run an FTP server (public or otherwise) in 2012?
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by kree10 14y ago
This made me smile, but I think Perl is more like Robert Pollard/Guided by Voices. Both seem like kind of a mess to the uninitiated (and even the initiated). Both hit their stride in the mid-90s. And both are still around, remain influentia
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by kree10 14y ago
That's the thing. Once you have "fixed" PHP, you're left with a brand new language that few people know, won't run your existing code, isn't included in Linux distributions or hosting packages, have no books about it and no answers on Stack
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by kree10 14y ago
I think some organizations see this kind of implementation leakage as a feature, not a bug. I remember when http://microsoft.com/ began doing external redirects to "default.asp" circa 1997. If you were a "webmaster" (do these exist anymor
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by kree10 14y ago
While seeing "index.html" (or "index.ANYTHING") makes me cringe, I have some sympathy for the developers who do this. Let's say I have an old-school, all-static site with pages at http://example.com/x/index.html and http://example.com/x/
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by kree10 14y ago
How did we end up with OK/Cancel in the first place? When I run into an OK/Cancel box (usually on a web page using the generic built-in confirm()), it often feels to me like the meaning would be far more clear if the options were "yes" or "
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by kree10 14y ago
It's not just simplified, but more secure. Your version doesn't write to predictable filenames in /tmp like the original does.
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by kree10 14y ago
I think that reason is mostly inertia. Also, because it's GNU. Just as IE is the Microsoft browser, bash is the GNU shell, and most Linux distributions are built around GNU userland. But that's just Linux. The BSDs don't see bash as the bes
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by kree10 14y ago
So you could say bash is the Internet Explorer of shells. It's the default, it's what most people use, and it's good enough.
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by kree10 14y ago
I just went through the iTunes "forgot my password" process and had a different experience. According to that box to the side, my new password passed all their requirements, yet on submit it kept rejecting it. I finally got it to accept a p
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by kree10 15y ago
They do solo projects, but I don't think that's analogous. Would Radiohead have been allowed to self-release albums while they were under their major label contract?
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by kree10 15y ago
This is good for sanity checking the right side of the '@' but detectable things go wrong on the left side sometimes, too. One phenomenon I've been seeing for years is the erroneous "www." prefix, often tacked on to @aol.com and @yahoo.com
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by kree10 15y ago
Take a look at rsync's "--inplace" option. I think this does what you want.
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by kree10 15y ago
I think you're underestimating child-related expenses. Since we're talking about both parents working full-time, just take the cost of child care: http://www.naccrra.org/randd/data/docs/CA.pdf says this California family with 2 kids could
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by kree10 15y ago
Not that I'd like to encourage it, but there could be a sudo in FTP, along the lines of WU-FTPd's infamous support for a "SITE EXEC" command.
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by kree10 15y ago
Also don't forget that rsync does not overwrite a remote file until it's completely uploaded. Compare to ftp, sftp and scp, which overwrite the file from the start, possibly breaking your site during the transfer (or definitely breaking you
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by kree10 15y ago
Text-only Google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6jeyroO...
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by kree10 15y ago
I don't know; this hypothetical family of 4 making $200k would have about $12k/month in take-home pay. After rent, utilities (including cell phone bills with data plans for 4), food and clothing, 2 cars (loan payments/gas/insurance/maintena
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by kree10 15y ago
DarwinPorts/MacPorts, Fink, and Homebrew all require the OS X developer tools, so "you have to download a DVD just to be able to compile stuff from source" still applies.
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by kree10 15y ago
What does Netflix use for their iOS app? That's not based on Silverlight is it?
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by kree10 15y ago
I don't understand using red to mean something other than "stop" or "cancel" either. It reminds me of the first time I tried to use a cell phone: I didn't own one and had borrowed one for a trip. I could not figure out how to turn it on. I
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by kree10 15y ago
I got it working on Chrome by executing webvi_init() on s.onload(): javascript:(function(){var d=document;var t=d.getElementsByTagName('textarea');for(var i in t){if(typeof t[i]=='object') t[i].setAttribute('class','webvi');} var s=d.cr
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by kree10 15y ago
One of my favorite time-wasters is to think of a word or phrase, tack on ".blogspot.com" and see what's there. I rarely find active blogs this way. Just now I tried http://chainsaw.blogspot.com/ and found a quintessential blogger blog wit
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by kree10 15y ago
Yes, though I think this plays into the poster's point about respect/prestige. Right or wrong, a popular perception in the USA is that a lawyer wears nice clothes to work, and likes to unwind with a round of golf, fine scotch, and a cigar.

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