shimonamit
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A C++ Windows Client Application Developer and Linux Web Developer. Email is gmail.com with shimon.amit as my user.
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Comment · 3 years ago
For security.
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years 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 webapps.
Comment · 4 years 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.
Comment · 4 years ago
They did, at least in Israel. The Jerusalem-Beit Shemesh route was restored and it is a beautiful commute.
Comment · 5 years 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 recognize there are certain distractions that are simply too difficult for young children to refuse.
Comment · 5 years 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. I like SafeDNS because they provide a Desktop client that prevents tampering.
You can configure different profiles such as 'Education', 'Creative' and 'Default' for different modes you want to put your child's computer on - remotely. So during schooling hours I configure their computers to be on 'Education' mode, but if they want to just do Scratch or some other brain-stimulating activity, I put it on 'Creative' mode. For free time I'll put it on Default which I've configure to allow YouTube.
I configure each profile to block preconfigured vendor-supplied site archetypes such as Videos, Gaming, Advertising, Shopping, Chat etc. I have full control over each profile type. I can also whitelist a domain if they get in a snag.
I'm sure there are other good DNS filtering service providers, but this one is the one that worked best for me.
Comment · 6 years 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://www.codeproject.com/Articles/372559/DirectUI. Maybe someone else can add some insight?
Comment · 6 years 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 print.
Usually works with #4 or #5. Having a family member print is a major tech support undertaking.
Comment · 10 years 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.
Comment · 10 years 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, cut off the power
> supply and temporary closed the airspace around Incirlik
> as they fought off the coup launched on Friday.
Comment · 11 years 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 and faye"
Comment · 11 years 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/legacy applications using a secure method such as Google Native Messaging, but Microsoft hasn't committed to anything similar.