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I don't use Facebook as much, but I follow a similar strategy for other things, like GMail. Instead of a different browser, I set up a 'site-specific-browser', like Fluid[1], for e…

Does anyone know if the "Message from Earth"[1] sent towards Gliese 581c can conceivably be received at this new planet? If there is intelligent life in that system capable of dete…

Note that this specific fix doesn't need you to open/monkey-patch ActiveRecord::Base, you can just do ActiveRecord::Base.send(:attr_accessible, nil) in an initializer.

Thanks for the web-app security pointers in the post: the RoR security guide[1] and the OWASP Top 10[2]. These should be required reading for anyone making a public web application…

Here's something that illustrates the sort of thing you can do in this game: a 12x5 LED display built in-game[1]. Reminded me of the Dwarf Fortress Computer[2]. [1] http://www.mine…

I agree with everyone else: try to get your old job back. Throw away the 'it will look ridiculous' idea - none of this will matter in a couple of months. If they were disappointed …

You move your finger over the stock chart, and it reads out the X and Y values to you. Eg: "May 28 10, 256.17" (i.e, on May 28 2010, the stock was trading at $256.17). You can scan…

That's quite a touching account. On a whim, I enabled VoiceOver on my iPhone (I'm sighted), and I must say I'm quite blown away. I recommend you try it if you aren't aware of this …

"In reality, for a vaccine to be effective, the portion of the population that needs to receive that vaccination is significantly less than 100%." I'm curious to know if there have…

Part of me wants to say 'Cut them some slack, they just put their work-in-progress code on Github like they promised!'[1], but I understand that most of the criticism stems from ca…

Well, I hope they do, and soon. Been reading the code, and it's.. not good :(

I think part of it's that the README is SO long. They should really move the installation documentation into a different github page or something.

There is now a security email ID you can contact: exploits@joindiaspora.com It's been added to the README at http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora

You should try giving feedback about the query, Gabriel's usually prompt in responding to issues.

Regarding decompiling Flash-to-iPhone apps, CS5's iPhone app packaging feature produces binary executables[1], not embedded SWFs - so they should not be vulnerable to decompiling. …

Got it, thanks. I finally got around to learning JSONP. JQuery's $.ajax API handles it automatically for you too (if you use the 'jsonp' or 'script' dataType options), which is ver…

I'm curious: how do you get around crossdomain XHR limitations using tags? Thanks!

One great starting point is ActiveSupport, specifically the core extensions: http://github.com/rails/rails/tree/master/activesupport/lib/... Though this library isn't really Rails-…

Maybe McAfee has a patent portfolio that Intel fancies some use for?

They have awesome swag too, I love my EFF cap: https://secure.eff.org/site/Ecommerce/267350841?VIEW_PRODUCT...

Re: the timebox. I noticed that the 'strongness' of it makes the whole page jump visually when you update them en masse at each poll. I don't know what to think about the time-ago …

Great clean type! Love the non-fussy auto-loading at the bottom of the page too (is there some kind of fade-in happening there?). I don't know if the italicized time of the post at…

I share this sentiment towards RSS readers to some extent. I've done a similar signup-giveup dance with Google Reader several times. It is all the work it adds to my day that I dis…

Nate Lawson debunked this and other arguments in a blog entry linked in the thread: http://rdist.root.org/2010/01/07/timing-independent-array-co...