Viewing profile — Johngibb

I am actually asking this question in good faith: are we certain that there's no way to write a useful AI agent that's perfectly defended against injection just like SQL injection …

This reads like an infomercial... like someone was paid to write it.

If we're going to grant that a machine can have infinite ram, surely we can grant that a spec of C can have infinite stack allocated arrays... :)

Can I have one please?

I think your criticism is well founded. That said, the author did put work into something, document it, and share it freely with the community - and for that reason, I'd rather not…

Please, be constructive instead of just dismissive. A nasty tone doesn't help anyone nor does it encourage trying new things.

I bet the variation in the size of people's fingers is greater than the difference in the size of touch targets between original and mini iPads... :)

Deprecated, but not removed yet. It "may be removed in a relatively distant future"

That's true, and I think assigning malice to this situation is unfounded. But maybe this is a problem worth solving?

Come on, don't reject it so flippantly. Sure, for the case of a woman getting married and taking a new last name, I doubt it's that big of a deal - you can change your name for fut…

That stood out to me too... is there an inside joke? What's the white have to do with it?

I know you'd miss the syncing, but why not let me just cc something@thread.is instead of having to gain access to my google account? It would be usable to people on exchange as wel…

Yea that pesky tablet revolution wasn't a thing either, and neither was the GUI actually. I'm still using lynx. (No offense to lynx users.) Snark aside, it seems like high dpi will…

I didn't know it had been confirmed yet, can you add a link?

That doesn't mean that people don't care. I certainly wouldn't able to remember the birthday of all my closest friends, but I do care and am glad to be reminded. On the other hand,…

Why the snark? They're just providing another piece of data in an open discussion that may encourage more people to try the app. What's wrong with that? If your argument is that th…

Is there any way to use it for say an iPhone app interacting with web services authenticated as a user?

Why shouldn't you be able to walk down a dark alley in NYC at night? It's not your fault if something happens. With that attitude, we are just tolerating crime and accepting it. If…

Yep, that'd do it!

Are you sure about that? I am almost positive that you're wrong, and @@identity is per connection. Otherwise how woul it know which table to return an identity for? I thought that …

Someone capable of burning their cars changing a light bulb probably shouldn't be driving :)

You still paid for the device generating revenue directly to Amazon. The ads are just supplementing a discount on the product. Google is not making money off of the Android devices…

Exactly. It's not a bad thing, it's a pretty fundamental basis of the Internet and the reason we get so much for free. At the end of the day it is still a win for consumers. I'm gl…

Googles not making any revenue off you directly, yet they're paying engineers to work on it. They're making money somewhere - it's off of the ads you you see while you likely use g…

Agreed. I get the point that new cars are intricate, crammed and complicated but a light bulb is a user serviceable part that is really not much harder than changing a lamp at home…