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True, however my understanding is that, by contract, debit cards via Visa/Mastercard have the same protections as credit cards. So consumers can submit claims against fraudulent tr…

Debit cards can't be used without a PIN number, right? Target indicates that there is no evidence PIN numbers were compromised, so even if the cards got stolen, they're not that us…

I think it's the opposite. With Google's change, the sender can more accurately find out if you've opened the email, since a request to download the image will be made as soon as y…

I think that's a great feature. Loading images manually is always annoying and isn't a great user experience. Novice user's don't always understand why it's risky and they probably…

here's one that isn't the same style http://devmaster.net :)

I'm using SBT 0.13 on a fairly complex project. Not sure why it wouldn't work for you. What kind of project is it? Any specific frameworks you're using that are causing compilation…

What issues are you facing exactly? I've been successfully developing Scala apps since IntelliJ 12 with no issues. It's leaps and bounds better than Eclipse. One thing to note that…

http://devmaster.net for game development

Note that even with the changed default to 'acknowledged', data is not guaranteed to have been written to the journal. So, there is still no full durability in writes (by default) …

I've always believed it's time for Apple to embrace running some of their software on other platforms. Not only would it take the competitive advantage away from other companies pr…

I think that's a bit of a hyperbole. If I'm asked by someone for a recommendation, but I'm not comfortable recommending him/her, chances are I will simply ignore the request. If I …

> Visa, MasterCard, and co. have rules that effectively prevent you from using the same backends in different areas. What's the reasoning behind that restriction? Could you just re…

But how can they accurately identify a request as being by an actual US citizen?

Definitely, 1984 is a true classic. Out of curiosity, what are the other two books in your list?

This post answered my question: http://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2013/05/15/intellij-idea-is-t... "You can see the updated Android support in the Early Access Preview of IntelliJ IDE…

This is definitely awesome. I look forward to the stable release and moving away from Eclipse. Does anyone know if Android Studio will also be available as a plug-in for people who…

I use this really great comparison table for all EC2 instance types: http://www.ec2instances.info/ Summarizes things pretty well.

> You've never lived in Syria - you're a fake. Not only have I lived in Syria, I was also born there. It's precisely because I previously lived in Syria that I care deeply about th…

> FACT: the overwhelming majority of Syrians support the current government & voted for them in independently observed free elections. Had you even lived in Syria, you'd realize ho…