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The paper is here, I think: http://ftp.cse.sc.edu/reports/drafts/2010-002-tpms.pdf (I didn't see a link in the article)

I assume that your centralized repository of (email, id, provider) tuples wouldn't just spill out all of its contents to the world, preventing mass email harvesting. Instead, it wo…

I like the protocol-agnostic (and locally-stored) connection information, but I don't like the fact that I (I'm assuming) have to manually synchronize them between my devices -- if…

I think there's value in documenting and discussing this sort of thing. If it won't always happen (or will always happen but is one of those things that earns a degree of passive (…

I'm not really familiar enough with the subject to know whether I should be. If there are any serious studies out there about gender and code quality, I'd love to read them. While …

I'm a gay programmer, and I'm not quite sure how my sexual orientation would affect how I code. If it is any help, most of the people around me seem to think I'm competent enough, …

The actual report is here: http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/soups/2008/proceedings/p117Falk.pdf I wonder what sort of attack they had in mind to exploit the fact that contact information and…

First: congratulations on getting far enough to feel comfortable sharing your work with us. What sort of requirements do you have for email addresses? In help (/help.php) you say t…

I do swear in code occasionally. If the cheap laugh is enough to make me realize that I need to step away from the computer and think about what is making me want to swear at it (s…

What are your feelings as a beginner in each language? Have you found any little design decisions that leave you scratching your head, or make you start cursing loudly at the compu…

I think it is what you make of it (or, as you say, it is largely dependent on the kind of person you are, and your actions). I don't doubt that there are lonely programmers. I thin…

I think the answer kind of depends on the nature of the project. Re-writing something you have now in another language/framework can be (in addition to fun) a great way to learn th…

FreeBSD (6.3) on one, OpenBSD on another. Both choices were made mostly for the fact that I'm familiar with them, and they seem trustworthy (reliable, lacking gaping security holes…