dmitrygr

It is a very Silicon Valley thing to assume that everyone else is an idiot and needs to be disrupted, with not a thought given as to why things are the way they are. Sort of funny to watch it from the…

C++ (who uses that when perfectly good C is available?) :)

The argument that something IS secure is somehow supported by a whole lot of hypotheticals of the form "we could do $X and that would be secure if someone also did $Y". So say it how it is…

And yet again we have this MBA mentality that tech is unimportant. I quote: I was a non-techie founder and then college roommate [...] co-founder [...] no dev/design skills OK, s…

I considered writing this up publicly after, but did not do it. Hopefully they did find a good linux / graphics / embedded wizard whose work was not "crap"

No surprise. I interviewed there a while ago, it was one of the most surreal experiences ever: First the HR lady refused to proceed unless I told her what my current salary was. I refused, as I always…

I do wonder how you'd really feel if you got your wish, and your "google.com" tomorrow resulted in a "HTTP 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons"

search play store for "no root firewall" enjoy

> Why should my app be smaller than 20-30MB if Facebook can get away with 400MB? Because while some might tolerate FB, they might not you. And when they get that "storage full" message…

Anything that makes getting user data easier is bad. Better to fight each request. Better to not have a set procedure that is clear and concise. Let them figure it out each time. Change it up occasion…

100% agreed

Yes, except that case was decided correctly - USA was reminded that their laws did not apply outside of USA, and they can go use proper slow channels

I truly do not understand why anyone would want to "help" the LEOs of today. They are the enforcement arm of the ruling class seeking to take away whatever privacy we have left. It truly sad…

By explaining to them what start-up options are really worth, what the hours really look like, what the office "culture" is, etc. All this so they can make an educated decision about joinin…

A fun read. Glad the author prevailed. Not surprised at uber's action, sadly. Claiming they do not control the drivers' actions is their norm.

use a uuid - it is as private as imaginable - you'll never guess mine

This has existed and been free for 22 years already: http://www.mytrashmail.com/

That is correct except for places like pacifica

He could have brought down a plane on landing (moffet field flies planes low over mountain view often), cut power to a hospital, had the broken line kill someone. This action was easily more dangerous…

The law states that FAA owns airspace and that flying within 5nm of towered airport without contacting tower is illegal. Simple.

I hope they find the perp and hand him a reasonable jail sentence. A few decades should do. You CANNOT fly anything within 5nm of a towered airport without first contacting their tower. This was withi…

I was not aware that "artistic" is now a synonym for "user-hostile". I promise you nobody wants to spend 2%-3% of their monthly AT&T data allotment on your partially obscured b…

Time to start printing full yellow background instead of white. Con: lots of yellow toner needed. Pro: no tracking. Or maybe never refill Yellow toner and then dots fail to appear.

Very professional code there .... https://github.com/kryptco/kryptonite-android/blob/master/ap... Cannot wait to trust these guys with my ssh key! /s…

setting->apps->chrome->disable removes it form ever running, taking a byte of ram, or even in any way appearing to exist. it is not in /data, so it takes up no extra space

Android allows different browsers as first-class citizens. ChromeOS runs android apps, including those third-party browsers.

Open play store and install it unlike iOS, android supports setting any browser as default. You can then even completely disable chrome

source: seen it happen with my own two eyes