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As the article says: "For now, a better option is to extract the log from a database" - i.e you use some tooling to generate a log from the db.

Indeed, you can now see tools that go in this direction usually by using the replication stream. (eg https://github.com/shyiko/mysql-binlog-connector-java and https://github.com/xstevens/decoderbufs)

I was on the Microsoft Natural Elite for a long time. Unfortunately it's been discontinued so I need to find a replacement.

I doubt you'll need to get angry - because if it's negligence, you/we won't be told.

- iPhone + Vodafone Bangalore - SMS notifications - inconsistent frequency

- Galaxy Y + Airtel Bangalore - SMS alert only

so it seems carrier/plan dependent to me!

> it sends whenever there's 3G transaction and the usage period ends

Sure - what I was guessing is that sometimes the phone is on a "single" 3G connection all day & there's no alert, and some days the phone makes "many" 3G connections & there are lots of alerts. (or perhaps it does not work this way & there's some other cause - not a telecom expert!)

[EDIT: oops both friends say they get SMS not USSD alerts]

I have the same issue sometimes with Airtel India, and I'm pretty sure this notification was turned off 2 years. [edit or maybe i just had a good data connection then]

Also, this issue is not consistent. I'm guessing what happens is: carrier sends usage alert when you "turn off" data + bad connection that keeps dropping => many notifications even though you never turned off data.

There are a few apps that convert USSD alerts to notifications - try these - but it would be nice if this was a built-in feature.

Though I can afford a $500-700 device, but I can't justify it. Meanwhile, one of the big battery life tips for smartphone owners is to disable 4G. So, no Google has not screwed up.

I'm going to have to agree with the parent here. Without example code to compare, how is this different than MVC? (or "MVCE")

would be a more accurate title.

Like a public good, the dilution costs of issuing gTLDs is externalized and paid by everyone (other than ICANN).

ICANN has an exclusive license on this valuable virtual real estate, little accountability and a well demonstrated intention of making all the money they can.

Don't blame smart buyers who get in early - they're not the ones who created the situation.

I like that it's a true wysiwyg editor in that you actually edit rich text instead of typing the markdown syntax.

(paraphrasing)

Note that I'm not arguing against having an app concept or a "switch app" action. The problem is killing the "switch window" action.

That's putting it mildly. A split menu may be correct from some design point of view (e.g DRY principle) but from a usability point of view, it's recipe for frustration.

On a more general note, does no one else consider Mac-style "alt-tab switches apps" and "global menu" usability mistakes? (on grounds of being modal)

With both Unity and Gnome adopting these, I no longer have a compelling reason to switch from Mac back to Linux.

Which is a pity really, because Gnome 3 is one of the prettiest and most usable desktops I've seen: I love how the windows key gives you access to the dock, all windows, workspaces and search at the same time.

So, in the context of this discussion, why don't the browsers make X-Frame-Origin: DENY the default behavior?????

What I don't get is how arbitrary cross-site POSTs with malicious values are allowed. As far as I can tell, anyone can post this form:

<form action="http://bank.com/send_money><input name="to_account" value="SCAMMER-1234"></form>

Worse, one article will tell you to only allow Referrer == "bank.com", and then another will tell you that even that is no longer enough?!!!

Why can't we change the browser or the web server layer to prevent this by default?!

Here's my take away from every CSRF article:

A malicious site will load your site in an iframe, fill in your form and post it. Fixing it requires some a token in your form, but I can see you don't understand how an extra hidden field in your form will make a difference so you're clearly not going to handle it correctly. You're screwed. Go home.

As far as I can tell, CSRF should have existed since javascript & frames. How have the browser vendors not fixed such a huge insecure-by-design flaw?

I'd worry about the extra attack vectors because of that - man in the middle, snooping browser extensions, etc (or even just strong-arming them into silently changing their javascript do no encryption)

To his credit, he writes about this as well:

> On a trust scale, is it better to use PGP or PrivateSky if you want to be 100% sure that no one can see your data? Answer: There is no question that [...] a system such as PGP is better [...]

> There is only one problem. PGP and the current state of the art are too damn hard for the general population at large to use. [...]

And you're right - 2 copies would mean 1TB out of 3TB.

Then I remember that I used to do backups at most once a year until I moved to the Mac and Time Machine.

(edit: clarify sentence)

The screen is the app and the app is the screen. Therefore, any button outside the screen is not part of the app!

BTW, I used to agree with you but experience changed my mind: I once used an Android timer app for months without pressing the menu button.

> power users say things like “every GUI app now feels as powerful as VIM”

A UI designed for keyboard power-users? I suddenly care about Unity again!

Exercise: give them a class with empty functions, and some unit tests. Ask them to write the class and add some more tests. Also, one of the tests you provide must be subtly buggy.

I meant something like: other languages have risen in popularity because they are better than C++ for many types of projects.

Thank the stars this didn't & won't happen!

Bjarne has been stuck in "C++ is the best & only language anyone needs" long after the world has moved on to Java, C#, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, etc.

C occupies a sweet spot combination of:

- low-level with "no magic"

- small enough for most people to "hold in your head"

C++ matched these conditions for a brief time in it's life - the early 90s aka "Stroustrup 2nd edition" - when the only "magic" was basic virtual functions, and templates where just a promising experiment in an appendix.