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Wow, does this apply to Covid tests?

Don't feed the troll.

If the messages are encrypted at rest on your phone, it seems reasonable to expect the same of backups on the server.

Yes, at least for Levenshtein-style edits (substitution, insertion, deletion). Although, I suppose a spell checker algorithm would be O(mnd) where d is the size of the dictionary, …

> Let me tell you folks. Writing spaghetti code with no separation of concerns and no version control is not exclusive to php Yowza. If I can give you some unsolicited advice: get …

Hilariously, ColdFusion strikes again. I should have used pound signs around the bad_memories variable. The above code would dump the string "bad_memories". Corrected:

Reminds me of CRN++, the molecular programming language. https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.07430

AFAIK it has nothing to do with physical disability. The word has a lot of meanings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimp

There does appear to be ARM64 assembly in Go's crypto code, but perhaps it's suboptimal for M1. Or perhaps there's a build config issue, and the assembly isn't being used. Just my …

I've definitely been the victim of my own git hubris. Once, when leaving a job, I decided to copy all of my local WIP branches to the server. I whipped out this fancy --mirror opti…

Yeah, sounds like an O(n) sort to me.

Keep in mind the adage "you get what you measure". If you optimize for CTR, you are not necessarily optimizing for user satisfaction/loyalty. Case in point: Netflix's auto-play fea…

By "positive response", are you saying that human "from" names yield a higher click-through rate?

void DocumentScribbler.scribble(String s)

> So, I should never drive? > The bad thing about it is I usually don't realize that I'm getting sleepy until after I've dozed off once. I'm not trying to be rude, but this sounds …

Does the policy disallow Oxford commas?

I'm hopeful it's a startup that sells only the tops of muffins.

"Factor X may contribute to low cognitive function and cannabis use."

I think you can click the compass to switch between these modes.

Your comment made me dig in a little more. I was wrong, it is only fetching the current tab, although it wouldn't need more permissions to see all the tabs. In popup.js[1]: chrome.…

I feel compelled to point out that this extension sends the URLs of all open tabs to algolia.com when you click the extension (at least on Chrome). I would much prefer if it only l…

The beautiful part is that they may have no idea which IP address corresponds to your email until you click a unique link in the phishing email (or load a tracking pixel?).

Awesome! Unguessable auth is the answer. You could even have the server generate a uuid token and have the user paste it into the browser extension.

To follow up: the solution is that the localhost server needs to make sure each API call is authorized (if you aren't already). This means there must be a login/setup step. An API …