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I love the Idea, and I think it's pretty smart. When I'm doing work on my laptop, I always have my phone nearby. I think it's unlikely that both of them are compromised or stolen simultaneously.

Also, the Android app requires no device permissions, haven't seen that in a while.

Re:SourceForge's GitHub Importer on Monday June 11, 2018 @01:23AM (#17282019)
You're obviously very frustrated by how people see the service, but you can't blame them.

The GIMP incident made pretty big news, and for many people, the name "SourceForge" will stay equivalent to a malware-injecting host. Anyone who decided to keep the name should have anticipated that.

Yes, it really is. Although I had absolutely no intentions of creating a game, I tried it out a few months back just because it's such a well-made project with an active community.
Re:I’m Nat Friedman, Future CEO of GitHub. AMA on Thursday June 07, 2018 @02:49PM (#17258916)
An online toolchain would be a nice concept in theory, but at least on my laptop, performance is still an issue.

Online IDEs still eat up a lot more resources.

Re:Performance Reviews Are a Waste of Time on Thursday June 07, 2018 @08:52AM (#17255309)
It may be increasingly hard to find because employees see things differently now. It's a job market. My employer wants me to put in overtime and go out of my way to improve the company? Great, let's go. But I demand appropriate compensation.

I think that's a reasonable position. My company treats me as a human resource, I treat my company like my client who writes checks for the work I put in.

What I find interesting is that people who like those mate drinks are quite brand loyal (at least in my experience).

I've tried at least 10 different brands since I had my first Club Mate 15 years ago, and I hated every single one of them. A few friends hate Club Mate and only like a single other brand.

Let's hope this takes off and leads to regulating the oceans.

For example: industrial, unregulated fishing destroys coral reefs every day. They are thousands of years old and won't come back.

Re:An Open Licensing Organization for Open Source Software on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @03:25AM (#17245020)
I'd like a dead-simple and globally accessible way of donating.

Like github/gitlab/etc allowing to easily deposit money via CC, Paysafecard, Google Wallet et al. The projects could have a "donate" button by default.

I often clone and browse projects and absolutely wouldn't hesitate to donate a few dollars here and there if it's just a click away.

Re:An Open Licensing Organization for Open Source Software on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @03:20AM (#17244995)
Godot engine has hired full-time developers through Patreon backing.

https://www.patreon.com/godotengine

Re:Brussels says new GDPR law doesn't apply to EU on Friday June 01, 2018 @01:04AM (#17202738)
The burden of compliance lead to many businesses scrambling to meet the deadline or else they would pay fines up to £17.5million (€20million).

I can't hear this anymore.

Downloading YouTube files is ridiculously simple.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XxXxXx&layout=mobile&ajax=1

There you have all stream files in a nice json format, which means opus and m4a for audio files.

I have a python project which is very quick to gather metadata, because I wanted to have a responsive YouTube app without using the browser. Had no time for it recently, though.

And how can be a business sustainable in this way?

By not building their entire business around ads and tracking.

> A colleague once tried to put a flatworm in his mouth, Justine recounted. The man still describes it as “one of the worst experiences of his life.”

You just gotta love scientists.

Re:GDPR: Removing Monal from the EU on Friday May 18, 2018 @12:56AM (#17098812)
Is safety a real concern here? I would have never viewed Kinder Eggs as dangerous in any way.

I haven't found a single case of a child getting hurt in Germany. Only news reports about them being unhealthy (big surprise).

Re:The .app domain is now availiable on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @05:49AM (#17028584)
I'm willing to invest if you also incorporate a neural network. HMU
I think it depends on the income. But, considering many people buy regular watches costing 20 times more, I wouldn't see an Apple watch as a status symbol either.
Very interesting, but incredibly complex. I'm tempted to make a python implementation to play around with for better understanding.
There was a time where is discovered the speedrun and tas communities and binge-watched everything it has to offer. I was constantly amazed by what the players achieved, and I especially liked the ones where the gap between tas and human player closes.

SethBling made an elaborate, frame-perfect glitch exploit run of Super Mario World where he warps from the first level to the end credits - absolutely unbelievable.

https://youtu.be/14wqBA5Q1yc

Yes, they are. I just removed p7zip from my arch box for now. Looking at the project, I think it may take a while to get up to 18.05
On a desktop app, you can see what kind of request the program makes and which servers it contacts. With a webapp, you'll never know what the app does.
Re:Oh GDPR, what have you done on Monday April 30, 2018 @10:02AM (#16958617)
Well, it's his fault, because he apparently doesn't understand how the GDPR works.
Re:Illegal prime on Friday April 27, 2018 @06:17AM (#16939646)
I always felt that that "illegal numbers" is a misunderstanding of data.

There are no illegal numbers. But if you provide context, they can become illegal data. Let's take child pornography for an example, because that's universally accepted as illegal. I could come up with a formula which translates a huge number into a bitmap. I could post the number (i.e. the input for the formula) online, because it is absolutely meaningless to anyone else. But when I publish my formula, it is no longer a number. It's data which can be interpreted as something meaningful, an image.

Everything is just a number without context.