tnorthcutt

> On iOS, I think if you're working on a file of 5,000 lines then something might be wrong, and if you're working on a file of 22,000 lines well I don't know what to say.

Some people use an iPad as their main at-a-desk/stationary computing device, so that might not be as much of an edge case as you'd think. But maybe it still is; maybe those people aren't prone to editing large text files.

This seems pretty neat, but also like something that would be doable on a raspberry pi for a lot less than the $1,199 price tag. But maybe that's a "why do you need this, just use rsync" argument.

My first donation to Watsi was on July the 6th, 2013. I continue to be impressed with the work your team does. Bravo.

I think Alton Brown covered this on his show Good Eats quite a few years ago as well.

> DF Tube extension

This extension is no longer available because it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions.

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I wasn’t aware that taxpayers funded drug development.

Can you share examples? I am genuinely asking.

This was a really good, and entertaining, read. Obviously (as the author notes multiple times) the takeaways probably don't generalize, but I suspect there are lots of other places where something similar could be used to improve performance a lot.

Thanks for the reply! I think I disagree with you, mostly because it seems like this particular bug could have been company-destroying because of the potential reputation hit if it was exploited on a wide scale.

But regardless, I appreciate your perspective and it gives me some stuff to consider I hadn't previously.