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DomBlack

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About DomBlack

I used to develop and co-run a network of sites called FilesNetwork before and after we where brought into FileFront. Sites like; ef.filefront.com etc.

my public key: https://keybase.io/domblack; my proof: https://keybase.io/domblack/sigs/qewBxsm49wanyhfgQhdY0VYpf0P62QKZ96VxwlBmgDs

You can mail me at thephenix at googles mail service

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    You can use oauth tokens with the permissions of auth_key write to use long lived tokens to permission ephemeral nodes

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    Hi folks, I just wanted to share that the latest release of Encore automatically captures a trace of every test, providing much more visibility into what's happening and making it …

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    Comment #30843338

    This has been my first technical blog post in a long while, so any constructive feedback is greatly appreciated.

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    Comment #30802289

    I agree; there are entirely different ways to achieve this same goal without generics. I mentioned using a struct and including the data from the struct in the post. However, what …

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    Comment #14356684

    > Always build your architecture in a way that will avoid becoming trapped into a specific service. Amazon’s AWS Lambda sitting between any services and your app is a strongly reco…

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    Comment #13947592

    We spent a good hour or two when Chrome 56 came out trying to work out why our .eu domain didn't work but the .com did. Even though it was the same startssl cert on the same IP. Tu…

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    Comment #13052111

    Two others in my office read the front page, but quite none of us have yet found invites (not that we've looked hard), but the idea of an invite only community sites feels counter …

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    Comment #12779180

    I'm interested in what you're looking at which says that. Against the dollar 2.5-3 years ago GBP was never below 1.47, since the referendum, the highest it has been is 1.34 and tha…

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    Comment #12248250

    Source? I'm interested into reading why - given Henry VIII.

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    Comment #11489461

    I was under the impression that online shops didn't get Sales tax (not sure where I heard that, thanks for clarifiying)

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    Comment #11489050

    Interseting to see that the UK price is £269.99, and the US price is $289.99 (£203.95). Seems a steep price different, even accounting for VAT. Edit: Wasn't taking into account Sal…

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    Comment #10750332

    I tried the beta briefly, but to be honest it came no where close to http://www.sequelpro.com for ease of use.

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    Comment #10691037

    I've been looking to move to FastMail for a while, but Mailbox was holding me back (the whole zero-inbox with the remind me this weekend stuff). Does anybody know of a good zero-in…

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    Comment #10623883

    How far down the FCA application process are they? As far as I know only 2 companies have been granted permissions in the UK so far this year. One is a law firm, the other a stock …

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    Link to the paper http://arxiv.org/pdf/1509.03622v1.pdf

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    Comment #9003312

    Don't forget the Google Closure compiler in advance mode.

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    Comment #8139510

    I had never heard of this product until now. Who uses it? Why would a company outsource it's authentication to an unknown body?

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    Comment #7703762

    It always concerns me when big companies like this do weird things when it comes to passwords. Why do banks for instance have stupid password requirements; max lengths, disallowing…