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This doesn't make the target object read-only - it just returns a reference to it. data = {one: "one"} ref = makeRef(data) ref().two = "two" data => Object {one: "one", two: "two"}…

Just delete the modal from the DOM and you'll have full access to the article.

5 year ban for parking violations? That seems extreme.

Wow.. this is amazing. I'm kind of blown away by how cheap it is. Is this your permanent residence or a vacation home? Does it feel weird to not have neighbors?

Most automated phone systems will connect you to an operator if you press 0 repeatedly (as in 10 to 20 times in a row). There's almost always a way to get around automated phone sy…

It's simple. People who have more experience generally demand higher salaries. The company in question is probably seeking someone who's fairly experienced but doesn't have the bud…

>Regardless, I think the author's point was more that there's nothing "special" about getters and setters in Ruby. They're just plain ol' methods. Ah, that's a good point. That see…

Ruby really is a great language. The author just posted a poor example that is frankly NOT idiomatic Ruby. The proper way to create a getter and setter method on an instance variab…

And by "automatic classification content filter" they mean "someone manually added the Guardian to a blacklist".

How far do you take this? Kickstarter is a business and needs to make money. Should it be acceptable for people to Kickstart escort businesses, "legal high" websites, or Amway pyra…

Kickstarter is a business and has no obligation to uphold free speech. They need to curate their projects to protect their reputation. What if they allowed filmakers to Kickstart p…

Something like that already exists: http://www.wired.com/business/2013/05/one-click-selling/

True, but the risk of dying at the hands of these people is extremely slim. According to tabular data found here[1], which chronicles US terrorist incidents and assassinations dati…

Thanks for making it! Computer security is a fascinating field that I've only begun to dive into recently.

The password is sent in plaintext in the POST body.

I'm confused by that as well. The POST data sends a nonce value but the message itself is in plaintext... not even Base64..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

You have to know the right people. I have a non-CS degree from a pretty average state school but I somehow fell into the world of HFT algo development. I suppose luck played a larg…

Nested if statements? I'd be interested to see how that looks. You only need one if statement, and you only have to involve a single guard.

'guard' is just a placeholder. Try typing key = @xzoor.askKey(@door)

Yeah, it was really meant as more of a dark joke than a serious point. But it does make you wonder what people consider "serious enough" to warrant a trip to the hospital, given th…

Only in America would somebody think twice about seeing doctor after being struck by lightning.

>One of the healthy side effects is that you'll rarely end up with the "can you just quickly add x" requests Up until now I've always billed by the hour, but this sentence alone ha…