oldrny

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by oldrny 9y ago
Software can be usable but 'incomplete', in the same way that stools and Aerons are both usable, but stools weren't an unfinished technology. If your bug count is low and your software has features, it's already done.
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by oldrny 9y ago
It seems like your suggestion is a little backwards -- computer science is its own thing, and for some reason, people started thinking that computer scientists are ideal software developers. Since that clearly isn't the case, employers
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by oldrny 9y ago
The instructions say that you can just use SQLite, though. "Based on your choice, install one of supported databases or skip this step "
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by oldrny 10y ago
Javascript performs unchecked memory accesses? Or are you alluding to their both being weakly typed?
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by oldrny 10y ago
Isn't the idea of network neutrality to prevent discriminating between traffic sources, not quantities? I.e. providers can still charge an arm and a leg for heavy users, and allow 'light' users to pay significantly less (mayb
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by oldrny 10y ago
I used to use IPE [1] + GraphViz [2] to draw diagrams for assignments -- perhaps something similar could work for you? [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipe_(software) [2]: https://dreampuf.github.io/G
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by oldrny 10y ago
Oh no; 27 can't be old. I can't be old D: 27 isn't old!
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by oldrny 10y ago
So this is definitely down to how you define the word, but by the above definition, shouldn't Globally Unique Identifiers be called Globally Distinctive Identifiers? Also, because my brain has been damaged by modern programming languag
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by oldrny 10y ago
Still learning about this, but couldn't you: 1. Sign a cookie. 2. Store revocations in a database (remove after session expiry time). 3. Use a distributed bloom filter to avoid db hits for every request. ?