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Re:2020 Leap Day Bugs on Saturday February 29, 2020 @05:14PM (#22453542)
I ran into this already on January first. Someone in the last 4 years changed/created a function in a MUD that I now maintain, to convert Unix timestamps into iso8601 strings for MySQL.

They did the math for which year is a leap year incorrectly, which wasn't the bug that bit us, they helpfully added the leap day regardless of where in the year it was. The tests they wrote targeted the middle of the year and missed it. I just pulled in date2j and related match from postgres, added more test cases.

Re:GitHub Archive Program on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @04:07PM (#21529570)
I found this out the hard way as well, at some point since I last logged in they quietly enacted a policy of deleting keys that aren't used for roughly a year.[1] This meant I couldn't use the not so public method of verifying I still had access to various associated keys.

[1] https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/d...

Re:The Grooveshark Settlement [pdf] on Sunday May 03, 2015 @11:23AM (#9481614)
You could, I've uploaded stuff from some bands home burned demo discs before. I probably don't have access to any of that stuff anywhere now.
Re:Put an end to people mispronouncing your name on Thursday July 03, 2014 @05:17PM (#7985901)
I have a different problem, my name Jensen generally gets said correctly but people looking at the spelling of my name get it wrong (Jenson / Jason) quite frequently.

This is primarily an issue with new contacts / acquaintances which I'm sure looks poorly on both of us, especially when this gets sent to other people on job searches etc.

Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream on Saturday March 01, 2014 @07:53PM (#7327073)
Mu.
Re:Dear ISP: Here's why your pricing is unfair on Saturday June 29, 2013 @03:04PM (#5963436)
That is what having an SLA ought to be for. OP paying for "up-to" service doesn't really have grounds here for either of these.
Re:Dear ISP: Here's why your pricing is unfair on Saturday June 29, 2013 @02:53PM (#5963397)
OP: This is your ISP.

Per your methodology we have adjusted your rate based upon services rendered. We are also adjusting your bill based upon exemplary upload performance.

((6.89/7)+(0.78/.75))/2 * 80

Amount Due: $80.97

Re:Rand Paul: Big Brother Really Is Watching Us on Monday June 10, 2013 @10:16PM (#5859160)
7 months later: He votes to retroactively grant immunity for warrantless wiretaps (among other provisions).

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/110-2008/s168

Re:Obama: No warrantless wiretaps if you elect me (2008) on Friday June 07, 2013 @10:31AM (#5839077)
Me too, I wanted him out of senate on this. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/110-2008/s168

I learned to be more specific.

I've seen enough crosswalks that go from solid red hand to a flashing red hand immediately, that I now ignore the flashing red hand until the street light turns yellow.

Shortening it makes it dangerous for a lot of parties.

Re:Harlem Shake - For Website on Sunday February 17, 2013 @01:52PM (#5236212)
To be fair:

    $ curl --head 'http://hs.fi/
    HTTP/1.1 301 Object Moved
    Location: http://www.hs.fi/
Re:Is It Cheating to Have a Side Project? on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @11:44PM (#5211443)
My company has the following statement, which basically sais they shouldn't for any purpose outside of breaking non-compete/confidentiality.

Ability for <Company> Employees to Accept Project Work Outside of <Company> Time

It is the policy of <Company> to allow employees to accept and function as independent contractors for other companies/projects while on their own personal time. That being said, the non-compete/confidentiality agreement remains in force at all times and <Company> trusts that this binding agreement will be upheld on the part of all employees and contractors.

It seems like he still wants to make awesome, and is at least well aware of the challenges he faces in selling people on buying into what may be a limited (albeit super dedicated audience)

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/10l1an/i_am_genndy_tar...

Re:Shapecatcher: Draw the Unicode character you want on Saturday February 02, 2013 @02:42PM (#5157046)
I was only trying to see the fried shrimp http://imgur.com/Ev3gGwd
Re:AdBrite will cease operations on Feb 1, 2013 on Monday January 28, 2013 @06:22PM (#5131406)
Sometimes things don't pan out as well as all parties hope, and it flows downhill.

I'd much rather see a company close up because they know they are no longer sustainable than to try and extend beyond where they can pay the people that are supporting them. (http://www.destiny.gg/n/own3d-tv-a-beginners-guide-to-being-...)

Use tabs to align stuff on the left. This means putting some_key_1 on the next line. Also move the closing brace to a new line and add a comma after some_var_3.

Added advantage that you can move all of the lines around, :sort them or comment out individual ones without breaking anything.

Use spaces to align anything after the key, I usually align them with a tab stop so that several blocks line up.

  thing = {
  [->]some_key_1: some_var_1,
  [->]some_key_2: some_var_2,
  [->]some_key_3: some_var_3,
  }
Re:Warrantless wiretaps? Congress votes yes on Saturday December 29, 2012 @01:39AM (#4981348)
Retroactively for what was illegal before the act was passed.
pavucontrol for pulse audio
Re:Pandorhack: Stealing Pandora Passwords on Friday September 21, 2012 @11:41AM (#4554184)
I know you're being funny, but for everyone else here's their spiel on saving your passwords locally: https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords

The default and most secure setting is to not save passwords.