sshykes

Joined 13 years ago

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I'm S. Shykes. You can contact me, just google me.
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Comment · 10 years ago
Not accusing you of being intentionally misleading, but it would be nice if you put a clear disclaimer pointing out that you work for CloudHarmony.
Comment · 10 years ago
That last link /company/join doesn't work, FYI :)
Comment · 10 years ago
Why would Sergey Brin advocate startups being founded where all the action and high valuations are?

He knows that it's hard to move your company once you've settled in somewhere. Much more economical for Google if you stay on the fringe outskirts and let them acquire your baby for pennies on the dollar.

Comment · 10 years ago
Not that surprising considering it doesn't really matter how outdated their website looks.

Stocks will still allow themselves to be bought by BSHW.

How did this make it to the front page? grin

Comment · 10 years ago
Disclaimer: I am not a psychiatrist or medical professional.

With that being said, I've known a fair number of varying degrees of paranoid people.

I suspect this tactic would oftentimes just play into, indulge, and validate their paranoia.

Comment · 10 years ago
Please get rid of the annoying "this will only take a second" popup, I was reading but closed the window immediately when that shit started.
Comment · 10 years ago
100% agree with this method. Math calculations are never really used with IDs in my experience.
Comment · 10 years ago
Vehemently disagree. What you are proposing is everything wrong with security-by-obscurity.

In this case the security hole of /user/123 just needs to be properly locked down. That is all.

Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
Ditto that. This just started up again a week or two ago and it's driving me mad!
Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
I wonder if they tried using any sort of infrared vision at night to locate her?

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