exabrial

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Comment · 2 days ago
String.getBytes(UTF-8) is an incredibly common way to kneecap yourself

always Base64Encode/Decode!

Comment · 4 days ago
Don't worry, thanks to the Democrats, then affirmed by the Republicans, your car will soon dial them directly!
Comment · 5 days ago
I wouldn't complain about this, I'd turn it into a business opportunity and sell the leads somewhere
Comment · 8 days ago
I wanted to use Arc. I downloaded it and it wanted me to sign up for an account. So I uninstalled.

Dumb. Browsers, Cars, TVs, should not require accounts.

Comment · 9 days ago
If innocent, the prosecutors need to fail jail time. This is absurd.

I hope she wins, sues the state, sues the individuals, sues everyone, and retires on a private island.

Comment · 11 days ago
iPads are something you give to a kid to keep them entertained. You should not make any production system wholly dependent on a platform you don't have root access to without some sort of backup or egress plan.
Comment · 12 days ago
The same rules from 10-20 years ago:

have an architecture

Be consistent. All parts of the app should look like all other parts of the app.

Dont allow clever code

break things into modules

do true unit testing, meaning test the smallest unit of code possible.

Comment · 14 days ago
Dont tell that to the EDDSA people... they've tried to make their mark in history riding on "p256 is a government plant"
Comment · 14 days ago
what creeps are actually buying these things
Comment · 15 days ago
if (zuck) {

  printf(fakeNews);
} else {

  goOnWithLife():

}
Comment · 17 days ago
Our corporate policy doesn't allow personal phones to be linked to corp accounts, for obvious reasons. We have no idea what kind of security your personal phone number has setup, nor do we compensate employees for their personal phones, nor do we want corporate communications happening on your personal device (work/life separation).

If the vendor is unable to comply, all we're using them for is email. Time to look elsewhere.

Comment · 17 days ago
doesn’t Garmin support completely local synchronization with their devices still?
Comment · 17 days ago
I'm reminded of the Dilbert Comic with Accounting's Random Generator.

I tried it. Several 9s later, it figured me out.

Comment · 18 days ago
>Changes merged to our monorepo

> monorepo

Well, there's your problem.

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