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by shimonamit 3y ago
For security.
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by shimonamit 4y ago
Or https://github.com/typesense/typesense
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by shimonamit 4y ago
Note the difference between "lots of writes" and "lots of concurrent writes". "Lots of writes" in succession without heavy concurrency support is just fine for desktop/mobile apps. It is not okay for busy
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by shimonamit 4y ago
I use SafeDNS which filters adult content (plus many more categories), without forcing YouTube Restricted Mode. But, you can opt into YouTube Restricted Mode if you choose.
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by shimonamit 5y ago
They did, at least in Israel. The Jerusalem-Beit Shemesh route was restored and it is a beautiful commute.
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by shimonamit 5y ago
With age comes responsibility, so with time and coaching we remove restrictions. But it takes time, and I'm not willing to sacrifice my child's education in the meantime for YouTube and gaming distractions. I've grown to reco
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by shimonamit 5y ago
Practical tip for parents here struggling with the problem of 'distractions during school hours': use a DNS filtering service. I use the Family package from SafeDNS and I'm generally happy. It is also cheap at $20/year.
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by shimonamit 6y ago
I was examining Zoom's bin directory looking for a cross-platform GUI library they might be using, and found a library called DirectUI, also duilib. DirectUI was originally developed by Bjarke Viksoe. Looks like this here: https:&#x2F
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by shimonamit 6y ago
Printing in Windows is an unsolved problem. It never was. To print in Windows I have a checklist: 1. Print 2. Restart printer 3. Cancel print job, try to print again. 4. Restart print spooler, try to print again. 5. Restart computer, try to
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by shimonamit 10y ago
I haven't tried it recently (as in the past month), but I like to fire up the browser, press Ctrl+L, type an address and press Enter in a few seconds. That seems to take forever on Firefox compared to Chrome.
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by shimonamit 10y ago
The U.S. stores nukes in Turkey as part of the NATO deterrence strategy. During the coup the Turkish authorities were quick to siege the military base supposedly hosting the nukes. From CNN: > Turkish authorities encircled the base,
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by shimonamit 11y ago
An interesting tweet by Sam Saffron: "@dhh this is just a bit too much https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/rails.gemspec#L28 … now every Rails install requires redis, eventmacine, celluloid a
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The Struggles of Publishing a JavaScript Library(nolanlawson.com)
1 points by shimonamit 11y ago|0 comments
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by shimonamit 11y ago
HTML5 is an excellent alternative to ActiveX, particularly in the area of mime type handling, but it does not facilitate native desktop interaction. There is still a basic need for certain websites to interact with pre-installed native&#x2F
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by shimonamit 11y ago
Not necessarily. Looks like it is an immediate mode, HTML-like syntax but without the DOM.
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by shimonamit 12y ago
Javascript's arrays cannot be used as maps or associative arrays. Arrays require numeric, consecutive keys. Otherwise it's an Object. -- Clarification edit: Creating a new key on an array using arr['key']=1 creates a pro
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The Curse Of Smart People(apenwarr.ca)
3 points by shimonamit 12y ago|3 comments
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GatewayIndex: How does your payment gateway stack up?(gatewayindex.spreedly.com)
1 points by shimonamit 13y ago|0 comments
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by shimonamit 13y ago
Not Mobile Chrome.
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by shimonamit 13y ago
So far Mobile Opera is the only browser to support: * Readable text size after double-tap-to-zoom * Text reflow I still can't find a browser that remembers my zoom level per site.
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by shimonamit 13y ago
Paul Irish also discusses this in his blog post from Feb. 2012: http://www.paulirish.com/2012/box-sizing-border-box-ftw/
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by shimonamit 13y ago
The author writes in the link: > Note that the goal here was to make the source code as small as possible, not clarity; so even the original code before minification is a horrible mess. This doesn’t do justice to the elegance and sim
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by shimonamit 13y ago
The longest key in the world won't protect you from a FISA warrent.
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by shimonamit 13y ago
Just imagine how I'll feel if he says we/us on his site and then I discover in our introductory call that he is a loner. Only say "we" if you can justify it. If you tell me you're networked and have a working relationship with ux/designers/
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by shimonamit 14y ago
"This failure corrupted encryption keys used to access stored credit cards to process recurring transactions" Looks like they were sharing encryption keys by replication or shared storage.
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by shimonamit 14y ago
Adding HATEOAS resource links should not break client code. It is nothing more than adding an attribute or sub-element to your xml.
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by shimonamit 14y ago
Easier for you, that is. The problem with HATEOAS is that it requires commitment on both parties (server and client) to that convention. For the client developer that means no hard coding changing URLs. But they will, and you'll be to blame
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by shimonamit 14y ago
Isn't there a TL;DR;TL;DR;TL;DR^25 somewhere?
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by shimonamit 14y ago
I would assume their client DB stubs invoke server RPCs. A few server hooks for your webapp would solve that.
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by shimonamit 15y ago
http://basecamp.com/transition I want to migrate, but... > Basecamp Classic and the new Basecamp don't offer the same features, so some data in Classic won't make it into the new Basecamp. So maybe I'll stay. But wait... > Will

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