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But how can they do in a way that scales? Certain people seem to be annoyed that they don't just ask questions that can't be verified and take the candidates word at it.

How is Facebook inherently evil?

What were some of those concepts that ended up being usefu?

It's more akin to file diffing. Developers are notified of any differences in snapshots. The developer can they either accept the new snapshot, or investigate and fix.

Here is are a couple: https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/r... https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/c... Would be interested to hear of…

From the article: "Where could a public health approach to violence be introduced next? One possibility is London, where in 2017 knife crime among under-25s reached a five-year hig…

I agree, and try to write all my react without it, using redux, thunks and reselect heavily. I think it's easy to say it was a design error with hindsight. I'm happy React came alo…

> As demonstrated by the instant downvote of my comment, media that isn't explicitly controlled is generally self-censored to protect the mythical reality supporting the war effort…

Before clicking on the link, I thought for some reason this would be article explaining how Paul Graham had got his own number, much like the Erdos number http://en.wikipedia.org/w…

Completely off topic, but the comma in the title feels very out of place.

Your response implies that you've not read the thread of comments I was contributing to. I wasn't taking a position on firewalls, nor on the current publication/journal practise. R…

Most academic institutions pay to have access to the large academic sites. If you do need to read a paper that's still behind a paywall, you usually email someone at a different un…

> In the UK and US at least, you do not need to show your photos to a person that tries to detain you, and you do not need to delete any photos. If you are arrested and charged wit…

In that case, the presence of the cameras gave a sense of security that was unwarranted. It didn't prevent the crime from happening, but did let the citizens think that that their …

The flip side to your flip side is that the cameras, for a number of reasons, do not always work. I remember dealing with a case of robbery, and it turned out that the camera was n…

I agree with that. As I mentioned in another comment, the behaviour of the security guards and the police officers is often the most unsettling part of the experience. To quote mys…

> I've gotten into arguments about this before, but I still fully believe that any long-term security measure requiring secrecy is bound to fail and/or be ineffective. Agree with t…

Photographers being detained seems to be an unfortunately frequent occurrence in London (anecdotal belief rather than based on any numbers). There are a number of videos on youtube…

I was about to ask this question, though not sure I can share in the conclusion. I was under the impression that people who spend money on consumables help drive the economy, thoug…

In what appears to be the original paper on the 10,000 hour rule (The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blog…

I'm in Eastern Europe right now, and the percentage of people I know who do this, either via a friend, friend of a friend, or a client, is high. Obvious, though not insurmountable,…

I think people also forget that the point of the 10k hours is not just the time, but also the fact that experts actively spend time figuring our their weaknesses, and focus on that…

I'm intrigued to know how the process for a 8$ cert is different to that of a basic free StartSSL cert. The last paid for certificate I got was a year ago, and getting a StartSSL c…

That the assumptions you made are not necessarily feasible/possible/correct in a real world, startup scenario.