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I am for one at this point is a bit tired and would like to watch a happy video about your product so I don't have to confront my doubts and insecurities while learning subtask.
Maybe I am wrong but thats the first thing I looked for on your site.
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Yes! My bank did something like this - they kept rejecting my password as too long without telling me how long it was supposed to be !! Turns out it was ten. Ten characters protecting my sensitive personal banking information. Upon e-mailing, they said they're going to be bumping it to 20.
My developer environment at work has a password that is synced across multiple services. Ran into a problem a few months ago where I changed my password successfully on the front-end, but one-or-many backend syncing operations mangled the new password by dropping the last n characters on the floor. So when I logged into the front end, it would look like everything was fine until I tried to perform some kind of operat…
Flashback. I worked on a failed mindmap startup with a web-based tool just like this (it was 1999 so of course it was Flash!). As the other commenter said, there's a split in people who learn well with mindmaps and others like me who prefer lists. The startup I worked on: Mindwarp Pavillion in Dundee got licensing rights to stacks of textbooks. They created loads of mindmaps based on study books and sold access to st…
"They could do it on pen and paper for free, while they're learning" And that active engagement with the text is the important thing! The student making their own mind map/flash cards/linear notes/annotations on past papers. Whatever. I like the node quiz idea though, and shall use that on the whiteboard one day (UK based maths teacher). PS: nice e-book
"At least 5 characters, only letters and numbers please." It's 2013. Why are there still constraints on what characters can be use for a password? I would love to hear from the author why this is the case.
Does anyone's mind actually ever work like this? Mindmaps drive me insane.
"At least 5 characters, only letters and numbers please." It's 2013. Why are there still constraints on what characters can be use for a password? I would love to hear from the author why this is the case.
It seems concerning that between entering and hash/(b/s)crypt-ing passwords there would be any step which required these limitations. A regex or similar validator on strength not equipped or written to handle other characters? Either way... really?
Does anyone's mind actually ever work like this? Mindmaps drive me insane.
I find that students split two thirds to one third on this. Two thirds prefer 'linear' lists of topics and notes, the one third like the mind-map approach. This is 16 year olds and older studying basic maths. So I have both available! Personally I don't like the 'strict' mind map format, but do like a two dimensional spatial arrangement of information. (Dia rather than freemind for the Linux desktop users out there.…
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Why? If it is a feature that will encourage people to upgrade, and/or a feature that only concerns the kind of people who buy "Enterprise" plans, then why not use it as a cost differentiator among the plans? I can see how SSL is important, but the 2 lower plans are free and a few bucks a month. I don't see a problem with reserving this to the bigger plans.
Pay-for-security is a bad path to go down. Compare pay-for-ssl to using md5 on the lower tier for password encryption, while the upper tiers get something like bcrypt, or you only get a salted password if you pay extra. It seems pretty absurd to require a payment for security, especially when you're implementing it for a subset of users. Its true that SSL is going to be more taxing on their servers, but the majority…
As for other reasons:
1. It leaves a bad taste in your customers' mouth. Security should be an option.
2. Imagine the disaster if someone makes front-page on HN complaining how their PW got snooped and their top-secret project plan is now public.
Pay-for-SSL was a bad idea back in 2005 - now it's a non-starter in my opinion.
[1]: https://www.subtask.com/privacy