kuzmin
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Comment · 9 years ago
The github project has a license file that says MIT
Comment · 9 years ago
I feel like it should be clarified here that async/await is not exclusive to TypeScript, but a ES7 (?) feature that is also available if you use the Babel transpiler.
Having type safety is great of course, but it might be too heavy to add if you just want good async handling.
Comment · 9 years ago
Hehe, there aren't.. I looked in the source code. Another aside is that getting the Blockchain technology opens you up for the hackers that steal $10M, so it's really just a big loss.
Comment · 9 years ago
Also got this error somewhere around $1B in profits!
This game was a great way to spend a transatlantic flight though, bugs aside!
Comment · 9 years ago
Doesn't WET stand for "Write Exoressive Tests"? I didn't think it was anything negative
Comment · 10 years ago
Even if everybody does not have the same aptitude, that should not mean that the people who might have more difficulty with certain subjects should avoid them.
Sure, it might be more difficult for me to learn to play the piano than for some virtuoso, but my life will still be richer after I learn it, instead of giving up because it is difficult. No?
Comment · 10 years ago
Yeah, this would be really simple, and even without this, I do not believe that fingerprinting the phones and using that as an ID to join identities is that complex these days?
Comment · 10 years ago
If you read the case decision, specifically paragraphs 137 - 140 it becomes even more ridiculous: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m721...
This quote sticks out as a bit of an exaggeration regarding the difficulty of this operation:
"Notably, integration of WhatsApp's and Facebook's networks would require matching WhatsApp users' profiles with their profiles on Facebook (or vice versa). This would be complicated without the users' involvement since Facebook and WhatsApp use different unique user identifiers: Facebook ID and mobile phone number, respectively."
However, after reading this I feel like the decision focused mostly on the possibility of Facebook merging WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger into a unified communications platform. This feels different to me than merging user-ids over platforms to improve targeted ads. But IANAL, and there are probably documents that I have missed.
Comment · 10 years ago
Same here :)
Comment · 10 years ago
Your RFID card is very easy to attack. Recently I heard of an attack where a guy was sneakily putting a RFID card reader against people's pockets on the subway. With this he was able to charge each card $20 without them even having to authorize the transaction. (above $20 usually requires some auth)
Phones authorize the transaction differently and are this still safe to use for tap & pay.
Comment · 10 years ago
Swedish prisons are very similar.
Comment · 10 years ago
This is not really true. Immigrants are not being appointed housing in Stockholm City and they do not contribute to the housing problem. Most parts of Sweden actually have problems with housing for the opposite reason, urbanization is pushing big parts of the population into the big cities so there's rather cheap housing in the more "rural" parts.
The issue with housing is Stockholm has existed way before it became popular to blame all problems on the immigrants.
edit: had unclear language
Comment · 10 years ago
Nobody has commented on that Russia only has 2% of jobs that they see are easily automated. That feels utterly ridiculous
Comment · 10 years ago
Such a great moment when they open the "Buzzfeed instant app" and half the screen is covered by an ad..
Comment · 10 years ago
Yes, but you can still see how the model (mistakenly) arrives at this date