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I just got an email notification and while I can understand that they're doing this (all those GB must add up to a significant cost), the relatively short notice seems unnecessary.…

Your full name does not appear at all in the human readable text of your website...

Even having a publisher doesn't address the underlying issue: There are simply too many 'indie' games. Relatively simple high-concept low-fidelity retro games don't have a huge aud…

Knapsack is only about weight, while this is about (most likely) packing 3D cuboids. But that problem is NP-hard, too ;)

But what percentage of systems is actually ONLY implementable using a block-chain-based cryptocurrency? I love decentralisation as much as the next guy but it's not a feature. Apar…

Clicking yes might not even be necessary: I recently went to a laywer-oriented event (IANAL) that discussed the GDPR and it had a cheerful talk about "Alternatives to Consent" The …

This xkcd came to my mind when I read that: https://xkcd.com/1019/ It's sobering to think about how easy it must be (for a sufficiently funded organisation) to effectively determin…

I'm sorry to say this but your country uses an outdated, deprecated implementation of Democracy. While we respect it greatly for its historical value as one of the first stable imp…

That's a great idea! Not only does it just 'feel right', it also prevents some of the legal mess people were seeing with effectively moonlighting for the hiring company.

As a minor, your parents decided for you, but once you're 18 nothing is stopping you from either trying to re-negotiate the contract (i.e. become politically active) or trying to f…

What's the point behind Gulden, though? Why do I need a cryptocurrency for anything they're doing? Do they allow anonymous gulden -> IBAN transfers? If yes, that'd be a unique feat…

That's a great concept: The fact that a list of {name, email, mobilephone number} allows you to effectively re-create your own network wherever you want is pretty cool. I read the …

For some reason I get a horizontal scrollbar - there's a bit of white background to the right that doesn't seem like it's supposed to be there.

I know you're just using it as an off-hand metaphor but fire is actually one of the most useful tools in preventing and fighting large fires (e.g. forest fires).

It's just an if, not an iff ;)

Short answer: They didn't survive. IIRC a significant portion of all humans born in past centuries simply died as infants/children, usually from things that are trivially preventab…

I think the long tail isn't an issue. We'll probably have dual stack equipment for the next few decades. What matters is getting the large websites on IPv6 so that people browsing …

It makes sense that Google would be fully IPv6 enabled, after all they are the mobile-first company and IPv6 can make mobile connection experiences a lot better, especially during …

NAT. If your server is only available via IPv4 then the client (user) needs an IPv4 address. Sadly there are so few IPv4 addresses that virtually everybody has to share with at lea…