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I was a happy user of the python autocomplete package with Jedi for some time. Starting in November 2016 they introduced kite-specific code, shipping kite-installer as a dependency…

The developers of Kite also replaced the functionality of a popular python autocomplete Atom extension from using jedi to Kite without properly warning the users: https://github.co…

The author seems to use authorization and authentication interchangeably multiple times in the text. They may be right about the point they are making, but it leaves a bad taste.

GitHub Pages supports HTTPS, so please include your JS/CSS schema-relative (//) or directly with HTTPS. Otherwise people who force HTTPS on that domain get mixed content warnings a…

I'm the original creator of that repo. Keeping it up to date is unfortunately a time-consuming manual effort. Doing version control downstream is generally a nightmare because unra…

I'm using MyOpenID but with a delegation through my own website. In theory transitioning to another provider should just be about changing meta tags in my homepage. However, some c…

http://bitino.com/about/ says I have to keep my game URL private otherwise people can steal my BitCoins, but there is no HTTPS? No deal.

These procedures trade my freedom and privacy for security. I always have someone keep an eye on my stuff, but I've also been at similar events (Chaos Communication Camp 2011) wher…

Indeed. This is a commercial event with too much security - quite the opposite from the usual hacker events in Germany. You need to give lots of info on registration including a pa…

There is already drama, apparently they only address this to guys. How about "Grab your bikini"?

In GB the copyright definition apparently includes the mere idea of a photograph: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/photographers_face...

It's only free as in free beer if it's free as in GPL, otherwise you have to pay for a commercial license. GPL means you have to provide source if you distribute the app. And isn't…

Yes, if they are implemented via hash tables and do not randomize their hash generation somehow. The talk at 28c3 specifically mentions PHP, Java, ASP.net, Python. Ruby is fine, bu…

https://1000.postmates.com/ doesn't show the right page, 443 seems to be not properly configured for this domain.

BTW: The parliament in Berlin is actually not called "Parlament", but "Abgeordnetenhaus" because it's a city state.