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There is another basic choice: write a code that is intentionally incompatible with ad blockers. They can name an important navigation element "ad", so ad blocker will hide it for …

You can store this hash on the server and use it as a password. If this hash gets stolen, the attacker will be able to log in on YOUR website, but not on other websites user may sh…

I'm afraid there are plenty of potential victims out there for both FBI and Al-Qaeda. So one organization does not really interfere with another.

Atwood's Law: any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript. // quoting https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-principle-of-least-power/

Potentially, higher acceleration/deceleration would allow a computer to use simpler collision prevention algorithms. Also, there is no shifter there.

> Without inheritance, as soon as you want to cast mixer to something else, you're either relying on binary wizardry by the compiler Why would you want to cast mixer to something e…

> Personally I believe that psychiatry can be both a science and not a science Like alchemy, astrology or theology? Or medical sciences in middle ages? Like all those "sciences", p…

> Do you believe that psychiatry provides us valid knowledge that allows us to No, it really doesn't. If someone comes into a clinic and ask psychiatrist for a help, he is gonna be…

I remember some people being offended by an auto-generated captcha text.

Better solution is: BEGIN TRAN; DELETE (without where clause) ... on the same line. I've lost a lot of data to "oh lets find that line in mysql history... up, up, enter, FUCK"

I've read a few. Admittedly, I've read ToS less times than I've clicked on "Accept" button. Nonetheless, there is an external "Just let me ignore this!" button here: http://bugmeno…

The way to ask politely is to provide "close this popup" button at an easily accessible place. Saying "you can't view this content unless you register/disable adblock" is NEVER pol…

That's what being politician means. This job isn't about solving problems, it's about making an appearance that you solve them. Suppose a terrorist did something with his shoe that…

If he doesn't own BMW car, he didn't receive a written offer and can't really act on it. You have to refer to actual written offer made to one of their customers. The argument that…

"Popularity" and "Thanks" happen, those aren't very strong emotions. Sure people +1 post or two, but it wears off quickly. "Mercy" is a very popular way to counteract -1's, but it …

In a professional context it is essential that people can express disagreement provided they write exact reasons why they disagree. You know, "+1" usually has only one meaning: - "…

Hmm... I wonder, if they put everything (both navigation and ads) on the same canvas (maybe pixel-by-pixel even), is there any way to block ads inside? If webgl will be adopted wid…

"unlimited plan" means "you pay for a bandwidth instead of an amount of data downloaded". And if you're able to download 2TB in a period of time, you have the right to do so. Yes, …

It doesn't list the word "Belgium". Even though according to Douglas Adams that's the most offensive word in the galaxy. :)

> It is, to its very roots, a bad word. Even if every single human being using it was meant to be insulting, it still wouldn't make it a bad word. Because there are no bad words. J…

> I've known a lot of awesome people with intellectual disabilities who have had this label applied to them in the past. It's amazingly hurtful. Applying it to someone is hurtful. …

I don't remember the exact quote, and might have used one out of place. I am thinking about it in binary terms, because it helps to prevent security through obscurity trap many see…

If facebook allows you to put an arbitrarily large img tag onto any of the pages under its domain (so internal navigation could be hidden under it), then yes it is a valid attack v…

It doesn't change anything. As some people used to say, "security is binary; you either are secure or you are not". While it's useful for phishing pages to be interactive, it's not…