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Comment · 15 years ago

I think Mazzo is referring to a lack of Django's ORM.

Comment · 15 years ago

Isn't that the problem that version control has solved? Once the first commit is done you're just uploading deltas/changesets, so the size of the project doesn't really matter.

Comment · 15 years ago

Would it be possible to implement user input via the REPL instead of the current javascript prompts? Would be much less clunky.

Also, at the moment something like this doesn't work at all (Python):

  while True:
      user_input = raw_input()
      if user_input is 'q':
          break
      else:
          print user_input

Comment · 15 years ago

Specifically this page: http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2011/2/7/maze-generation-algorit...

Comment · 15 years ago

The idea of Open Street Maps is not to make tools for map viewing or journey planning, it's to collect user contributed mapping data for the world. That data can then be used by any project that wants to use it.

This tool (using OSM data) allows you to view routes http://www.openrouteservice.org/

I agree though, there is a bit of a lack of good quality tools using OSM data, it's a shame.

Comment · 15 years ago

It's a shame that people contribute data to Google Maps when something like Open Street Maps exists.

If I'm going to spend the time it takes to map something, I'd much rather it go into an open source project rather than just improving the product of a for-profit company.

http://www.openstreetmap.org/

Comment · 15 years ago

Your website comes up as the 4th results for "slang dictionary". Where was it before panda?

Comment · 15 years ago

Seems like browser extensions would be the way to go.

Here's the SJCL demo: http://bitwiseshiftleft.github.com/sjcl/demo/

Comment · 15 years ago

I always remember it as "night night".. "ni' night"

Comment · 15 years ago

Button background still isn't appearing for me.

Comment · 15 years ago

Someone please make this!

Comment · 15 years ago

Personally I use an online password manager. (Passpack)

This allows you to randomly generate strong unique passwords for each website, and have them accessible from anywhere.

You are obviously putting trust in the service, but you have to weigh up what is more of a risk; the service going AWOL and stealing your passwords, or someone breaking into your accounts due to bad/repeated passwords.

LastPass is another major online password manager.

KeePass is a great offline solution. There's also 1Password.

Comment · 15 years ago

If someone managed to compromise LastPass' servers, they would be able to modify the content that was sent to your browser, and thereby do anything they wanted with your master password after you typed it in.

That's the weakness of services that are supposedly "Host-proof". If the host is sending you the webapp/javascript/webpage in which your data is decrypted, each and every time you visit their website, you have to trust that they wont (or someone else wont) modify it in a malicious way in order to gain access to your data.

The only way to be safe from this kind of attack is to use the same trusted copy of the code, and not use any new versions until you trust that it is also safe, or to somehow verify that the webpage sent to your browser is exactly what you expect it to be.

Cortesi has a very good write up on this issue: http://corte.si/posts/security/hostproof.html

Comment · 15 years ago

Back.. back.. back.. back..