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zxer

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About zxer

independent iOS dev

Recent public activity

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    Comment #7901271

    How could a bank transfer be less safe? I don't know the US system but if I give out my bank account number the only thing someone can use it for is to send money to me. On the oth…

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    Comment #6245471

    Except when not. When I was interviewing they didn't make me sign one. They rejected me for the original position, but later occasionally called me with some alternate options. The…

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    Comment #5602143

    Seems strangely similar to the allegedly planned bitcoin attack from 2 days ago: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1cu4ck/ridiculous_d... It also started with a first step t…

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    Comment #5397747

    another datapoint: Linode 512: 3.96647 s, 50.8 MB/s DigitalOcean 512: 5.87315 s, 34.3 MB/s (though the digitalocean one feels much snappier)

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    Comment #4308302

    > (though that website is still being set up) Even if it's just a quick-and-dirty list, or an appstore link, it would make a huge difference if the applicants had at least some ide…

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    Comment #3822679

    To different fake testimonials... splendid :) When google rolled out their images search, I thought similar simplistic sites would stop using pictures obviously stolen from the int…

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    Comment #3813525

    I don't think it makes any sense to follow any community-agreed guidelines until Notch finalizes his design. Do you plan to make a short description of what exactly it took to crea…

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    Comment #3773086

    In this case it does, but very often doesn't. It seems to me that this happens mostly with rapidly changing websites, as if the cache showed a somewhat later state than when it was…

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    Comment #2856374

    The plot thickens: http://itunes.apple.com/app/lockitize-your-lock-screen/id445... This is the exact same app from a different developer, who claims that the other one is a copy-ca…

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    Comment #2400289

    If you are looking for algorithmic puzzles you can browse the archives of topcoder.com : http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=MatchList These usually require less time and less math s…

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    Comment #2255873

    The email also says "take user feedback [...] into account". So perhaps the automated system isn't that automated after all. And frankly, I am not surprised if Facebook isn't comfo…

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    Comment #1823329

    "search was totally and completely useless" Often I feel that in recent years the quality of the results are declining again. Now if you search for X, you get a lot of webshops, wh…

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    Comment #1739528

    Isn't this whole timestamping thing overcomplicated? Just set up a twitter account and post the hash codes. The code in itself is useless, so it does not have to be kept secret, an…