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cfinke

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About cfinke

I'm an engineer at Automattic/Akismet, fighting spam so you don't have to.

http://www.chrisfinke.com/ chris@efinke.com

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    Comment #46893502

    Thanks, I've fixed the connections arg name and the missing requirements file.

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    Comment #46891081

    The script searches using quoted names, while these examples all search with unquoted names, which will match either the first or last name. Searching for my name in quotes ( https…

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    Comment #46890845

    Weird, I set it to public an hour ago and it was private again. Fixed now.

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    Comment #37620214

    I'm an Akismet developer; the best thing to do would be to email us at support@akismet.com with your info and we can look into why your comments are getting caught.

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    Comment #34768258

    I considered using something like that, and I did indeed have a mostly functional prototype built just using VLC and its playlist management features, but I wanted something that h…

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    Comment #9620060

    > No it isn't, because no payment is required to view the page in question. The "payment" is the implicit agreement to view the ads. > How it works is that your browser downloads a…

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    Comment #9619056

    Ad-blocking is more akin to eating the good parts of an apple and then not paying the grocery store because you didn't want the rotten spots.

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    Comment #9486552

    > What's the #1 Google result for T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM? This blog post is. > What's the problem? Some of us encountered it back before Google returned helpful results about it.

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    Comment #8962479

    Our API is entirely focused on identifying comment spam; we don't have anything that would be useful for identifying spam signups.

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    Comment #7202766

    You could speculate that he is trying to make a name for himself, so that the upcoming games would make him a stable income. Are you speculating that, or are you suggesting that ot…

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    Comment #7175637

    Facebook Paper was codenamed "Konami" during development because the navigation pattern is "Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right..."

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    Comment #7172849

    I disagree that it's "incredibly well-designed." Extensively designed maybe. What bothers me more is the blanket sarcasm and disregard in your comment. I downloaded it and tried it…

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    Comment #7172453

    Based on this Quora answer to "What was it like to help develop Paper?" ( http://www.quora.com/Facebook-Launches-Paper-January-2014/Wh... ), I expected it to at least fold my laund…

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    Comment #7172305

    I tried it and found no redeeming qualities, except that the app is pretty when it's filled with demo content. * Do you find Facebook's iPhone app too easy to understand and naviga…

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    Comment #7160661

    http://friendda.org/ "WHEREAS I possess a bright idea that I am choosing to disclose to you, The Advisor, with the mutual understanding that you are my friend and that you will not…

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    Comment #7082326

    Who can be cookie-bombed? Blogging/hosting/website/homepage platforms: Wordpress, Blogspot, Tumblr, Heroku, etc. WordPress.com would not be vulnerable since users cannot upload or …

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    Comment #7052379

    Those who work on Ghost have always maintained that WordPress has become too focused on being a CMS instead of a blogging engine, so it would make sense that they would use it when…

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    Comment #7044203

    but about their non-customers, too! You would have had to have "interacted with Target", meaning that you gave them the information in the first place.

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    Comment #7044193

    This is beautiful. I can't wait for the source to be available so I can use it as the frontend for everything I've imported into a WordPress-powered lifestream using Keyring Social…

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    Comment #7044184

    The Publicize module of the Jetpack WordPress plugin allows that for a limited set of services: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Google+, and Path. http://jetpack.me/support/pu…