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johndavidback

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    I keep a little pocket notebook. Moleskin makes them and others. One of them is just for to-dos, I keep another for ideas.

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    Comment #37152505

    Yes but perhaps it reminds you of fond memories? Or just makes life a little more interesting - "Hey, dentist, sorry I'm an hour late!"

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    Comment #36681420

    I tend to agree here - of course security is a concern and the horror stories are just that, horrific, but how often (specifically on mobile) do they happen? And with such a signif…

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    Comment #23908315

    > It’s just a massive time sink with little to no benefit. There is arguably a large social benefit to preventing widespread misinformation being disseminated. Perhaps no great bus…

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    Comment #19554552

    Yes - reading the post it appears OP's specific value proposition is keeping DRM'd videos in sync. This reminds me of watching Dawson's Creek with my girlfriend in 8th grade - we'd…

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    Comment #19513288

    We're debating this internally at work, ad nauseam, and one of our engineers put together this post on why. Just in case others are having the discussion. There are merits on both …

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    Comment #17755187

    Ideally, but until someone asks for it the first time, they probably don't even have an account for the purpose. So, an irritated DBA who has myriad other backlog tasks probably ru…

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    Comment #16361996

    The last line from his CV is a gem: "Two years experience in swing dancing (east coast swing and lindy hop)."

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    Comment #15759203

    Fair point. I use a little hyperbole to emphasize the fact that a product with an incredible global reach should default to well-planned and executed features, particularly if they…

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