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chris24

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About chris24

software developer in waterloo, ontario

chris@cthomson.ca

Recent public activity

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    Comment #6574840

    This actually happened. The site's unavailable now.

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    Comment #6435708

    It does not. Further down the page, they link to a document [1] that states that they would be required to report NSRs and law enforcement requests (combined) in ranges of 1,000, i…

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    Comment #6111779

    10 articles per month, yeah.

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    Comment #5319523

    Wrong thread?

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    Comment #5288637

    iCloud's free* now, actually. It became a free service when they transitioned away from the MobileMe branding. * You need a Mac or iOS device to join, though. And you can pay for a…

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    Comment #5157004

    The Twitter API exposes a user's ID. Some Twitter clients (like Tweetbot) show this information. You can use http://mytwitterid.com/ to find yours.

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    Comment #5022319

    You're not the only one - I also initially thought this was going to be about a LinkedIn employee quitting.

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    Comment #4983182

    When I was in tenth grade I'd just use my dad's credit card.

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    Comment #4854903

    FWIW, they were charging $3/package for their initial launch at UWaterloo, and people were actually paying for it. You're right - probably not enough people for it to be feasible, …

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    Comment #4775987

    $29 is a small price to pay to increase your productivity.

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    Comment #4737145

    Most likely not. Apple generally does not redirect people to their locale-specific version of their site. I'm in Canada, and I can visit apple.com without being redirected to apple…

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    Comment #4565035

    How does your system define "porn sites"? What about if it was some porn site no one has ever heard of with an innocent-sounding name/domain?

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    Comment #4545201

    There's no license.

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    Comment #4543670

    Is there really much of an expectation of privacy on a front porch though?

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    Comment #4433690

    This story reminds me of that recent Mac genius ad with the sketchy computer salesman.

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    Comment #4388745

    It must depend on the data they're given. I can see bus lines in Toronto, but not in Waterloo, ON, for example.

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    Comment #4373096

    My understanding is that yes, identica and app.net are similar, except for their business models. Identica didn't have a clear business model (AFAIK), so they would likely resort t…

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    Comment #4035843

    The license was a nice touch.

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    Comment #4029340

    Using the left/right keys is a great idea, but you'd have to have some clever way of making users aware of it. You'd also have to come up with a solution that works on devices that…

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    Comment #4026331

    Are authoritative answers like those still being posted on Y! Answers these days though? Craig's answer was from 6 years ago.

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    Comment #4022052

    From that one statement alone, I suddenly have a lot more respect for AOL. That was hilarious.

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    Comment #4015669

    I was just about to say... I guess that's to keep people's hopes up.

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    Comment #4015665

    Or the developer might have to spend more time on support now.

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    Comment #3961800

    I've found that most Canadian retailers seem to support chip cards now.

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    Comment #3961778

    I've only used VbV once or twice, years ago. Do they still use iframes? I've never understood why they try to make the site more "secure" by using these services, but then use an i…