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by shajith 16y ago
I don't use Facebook as much, but I follow a similar strategy for other things, like GMail. Instead of a different browser, I set up a 'site-specific-browser', like Fluid[1], for each such website. Aside from the benefit of not staying logg
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Internet Censorship Bill is Delayed, For Now(eff.org)
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by shajith 16y ago
Does anyone know if the "Message from Earth"[1] sent towards Gliese 581c can conceivably be received at this new planet? If there is intelligent life in that system capable of detecting and transmitting signals of that form (NOT assuming th
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by shajith 16y ago
Note that this specific fix doesn't need you to open/monkey-patch ActiveRecord::Base, you can just do ActiveRecord::Base.send(:attr_accessible, nil) in an initializer.
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by shajith 16y ago
Thanks for the web-app security pointers in the post: the RoR security guide[1] and the OWASP Top 10[2]. These should be required reading for anyone making a public web application. [1] http://guides.rubyonrails.org/security.html (Well-wr
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by shajith 16y ago
Here's something that illustrates the sort of thing you can do in this game: a 12x5 LED display built in-game[1]. Reminded me of the Dwarf Fortress Computer[2]. [1] http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=24213 [2] http://
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by shajith 16y ago
I agree with everyone else: try to get your old job back. Throw away the 'it will look ridiculous' idea - none of this will matter in a couple of months. If they were disappointed to see you go, they will welcome your return. As another per
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by shajith 16y ago
You move your finger over the stock chart, and it reads out the X and Y values to you. Eg: "May 28 10, 256.17" (i.e, on May 28 2010, the stock was trading at $256.17). You can scan the chart with your finger to get the whole thing described
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by shajith 16y ago
That's quite a touching account. On a whim, I enabled VoiceOver on my iPhone (I'm sighted), and I must say I'm quite blown away. I recommend you try it if you aren't aware of this feature. It's easily enabled in the system Settings app (loo
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by shajith 16y ago
"In reality, for a vaccine to be effective, the portion of the population that needs to receive that vaccination is significantly less than 100%." I'm curious to know if there have been results that show what sort of percentages of vaccinat
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by shajith 16y ago
Part of me wants to say 'Cut them some slack, they just put their work-in-progress code on Github like they promised!'[1], but I understand that most of the criticism stems from caring enough about the project to want it to succeed. At this
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by shajith 16y ago
Well, I hope they do, and soon. Been reading the code, and it's.. not good :(
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by shajith 16y ago
I think part of it's that the README is SO long. They should really move the installation documentation into a different github page or something.
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by shajith 16y ago
There is now a security email ID you can contact: exploits@joindiaspora.com It's been added to the README at http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora
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by shajith 16y ago
You should try giving feedback about the query, Gabriel's usually prompt in responding to issues.
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by shajith 16y ago
Regarding decompiling Flash-to-iPhone apps, CS5's iPhone app packaging feature produces binary executables[1], not embedded SWFs - so they should not be vulnerable to decompiling. 1: From Adobe's FAQ at http://bit.ly/cxpzFe "Is the Flash
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by shajith 16y ago
Got it, thanks. I finally got around to learning JSONP. JQuery's $.ajax API handles it automatically for you too (if you use the 'jsonp' or 'script' dataType options), which is very nice.
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by shajith 16y ago
I'm curious: how do you get around crossdomain XHR limitations using <script> tags? Thanks!
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by shajith 16y ago
One great starting point is ActiveSupport, specifically the core extensions: http://github.com/rails/rails/tree/master/activesupport/lib/... Though this library isn't really Rails-specific, it has a bunch of self-contained ruby files, goo
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by shajith 16y ago
Maybe McAfee has a patent portfolio that Intel fancies some use for?
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by shajith 16y ago
They have awesome swag too, I love my EFF cap: https://secure.eff.org/site/Ecommerce/267350841?VIEW_PRODUCT...
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by shajith 16y ago
Re: the timebox. I noticed that the 'strongness' of it makes the whole page jump visually when you update them en masse at each poll. I don't know what to think about the time-ago being updated live, too, while we're on it. Maybe some kind
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by shajith 16y ago
Great clean type! Love the non-fussy auto-loading at the bottom of the page too (is there some kind of fade-in happening there?). I don't know if the italicized time of the post at the beginning of each blurb is useful, it feels like cruft
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by shajith 16y ago
I share this sentiment towards RSS readers to some extent. I've done a similar signup-giveup dance with Google Reader several times. It is all the work it adds to my day that I dislike. I've tried desktop RSS readers too, with the same re
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by shajith 16y ago
Nate Lawson debunked this and other arguments in a blog entry linked in the thread: http://rdist.root.org/2010/01/07/timing-independent-array-co...
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by shajith 16y ago
The original post to the mailing list mentions the ruby open-id library (along with Java and Python libraries) as being vulnerable. Checking out the code, it looks like the string comparison at the end of the check_message_signature method
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by shajith 16y ago
Here's a screenshot: http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7628/screenshot20100716at23...
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by shajith 16y ago
It looks like they used a low DoF lens (or similar post-processing effect) for most of the shots.
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by shajith 16y ago
I remember some reports on Twitter saying a backup-and-restore helped with 3G slowness on iOS4. Worth a shot?
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by shajith 16y ago
I second this! Passage is what convinced me of the possibility of Art in games. Art as defined by Ebert in this post, not beautiful visuals or anything like that - which is kind of the wrong way to seek art in games, IMO. > that simply

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