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Cozumel··on ‘I must fundamentally change and grow up’: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s apology
There's no such thing as a 'verbal contract'.
Cozumel··on Cross-Site Request Forgery is dead
Wouldn't an attacker just use an older browser that doesn't support 'SameSite' to launch a CSRF attack?

I feel like I'm missing something but relying on the browser to protect your site is leaving yourself wide open.

Cozumel··on Three reasons I avoid anonymous JavaScript functions like the plague
It's a bad workman who blames his tools.
Cozumel··on The Fastest Blog in the World (2015)
You can throttle your connection in Chrome developer tools.
Cozumel··on How promote app in competition with dating apps like Tinder?
Go low-tech, if you're only targeting one city you can probably get a blanket leaflet campaign for the cost of a couple days online advertising. Just put leaflets through peoples door with a QR code etc.
Cozumel··on Ask HN: How do you keep track of your learning and progress?
One way is to revisit your old code, as you get better you'll see ways to improve it that you just didn't know before.
Cozumel··on Ask HN: What do you actually care about in a web host?
Been able to talk with a real person if I need too, I've spoken with some 'tech support' that didn't even know what a server was much less how to turn one on!
Cozumel··on Girls of Paradise, escort site where the girls are dead
Yeah it's a good read, eye-opening.
Cozumel··on Girls of Paradise, escort site where the girls are dead
Before I clicked it I thought it was a necrophiliac spam site!
Cozumel··on Ask HN: Are there any CRUD boilerplates available to use with existing DB?
Yii (PHP) www.yiiframework.com lets you set up CRUD very quickly with a database, it handles all the relationships too.
Cozumel··on A Universal Basic Income Would Mean Massive Tax Hikes
This guy ran the numbers https://medium.com/@keredson/the-real-cost-of-universal-basi... and found there wouldn't be an increase.

And the author of that article seems to miss the point of UBI, yes the ideal would be to get everyone into work, but pretty soon there isn't going to be enough jobs for everyone.

Cozumel··on Steve Bannon: 'we're going to war in the South China Sea no doubt'
This is truly terrifying, and that's not a word I use lightly. First putting Iran 'on notice' and now China. It's like they don't realise they're not just mouthing off in a bar, they're declaring war against countries that are capable of wiping the floor with them.
Cozumel··on Oculus lawsuit ends with half billion dollar judgment awarded to ZeniMax
$3B http://uk.businessinsider.com/facebook-actually-paid-3-billi...
Cozumel··on Trump administration 'officially putting Iran on notice', says Michael Flynn
There's a terrible sickness in America, perpetual war.
Cozumel··on The “Auschwitz concentration camp personnel” database
You must be a Grammar Nazi because you're anti-semantic! :p
Cozumel··on LibreTaxi – A free and open source alternative to Uber and Lyft
Paid media coverage is a far cry from regular people actually using/talking about it. I've never heard of them.
Cozumel··on Guided meditation for beginners
When you've been doing it for a while your mind will be blank all the time, which sounds kind of bad but it's actually great, but the interesting thing is once you can control your own thoughts you'll start to realise that not all of them are yours.

People are like radios and broadcast their thoughts, and you'll be picking them up without knowing it. You'll also be able to project them i.e influence people. Those powers known as 'siddhis' are just a fraction of what you can attain.

Much like everything western though guided meditation is a horribly bastardised version of the real thing, if you're interested look into Raja Yoga when you're ready.

Edited: http://www.yogebooks.com/english/atkinson/1906-09rajayoga.pd...

This is the definitive course guide, the first lesson can take a year, 10 years, or a lifetime, don't go past the first lesson till you're ready. You'll know when you are.

Cozumel··on How Camus and Sartre split up over the question of how to be free
Camus said the only freedom is suicide. (The Myth of Sisyphus)
Cozumel··on How Camus and Sartre split up over the question of how to be free
It's worth noting Sartre spent 9 months as a POW, that influenced his outlook on freedom a fair bit.
Cozumel··on Saudi Arabia builds 600-mile border wall equipped with Airbus radar and helipads
Not sure if you're actually asking, but the answers America!
Cozumel··on Ask HN: Online Security Tips for Newbie Freedom Activists?
It's already too late, if you have an active Facebook group where you're discussing this stuff then you're already all tagged and profiled.
Cozumel··on Ask HN: Could we improve passwords this way?
Security is a mindset. Carrying your master password around with you isn't safe, it's only perceived to be safe because you're not a target, like waking down a dark alley is 'safe' only because you're not carrying any cash.

If someone wants access to your stuff and you're carrying your master password then you may as well just not bother using a password in the first place!

Cozumel··on Ask HN: Could we improve passwords this way?
It's an interesting approach. I can see it been useful if you need to log in from somewhere new and you don't have any of your gear with you, but relying on an external site to not change their links is dodgy.

You could put a page on your website with a key like mysite.com/mypasswords.php?key=1234 but that's not really that secure either. I agree with the others, you're better off just sticking with long random passwords and a password manager.

Cozumel··on Rising numbers of criminals are using Facebook Live to document their acts
'This week three men have been arrested in Sweden on suspicion of raping a woman in an apartment in Uppsala, about an hour north of Stockholm. It wasn’t difficult for the police to find the suspects because they broadcast the alleged assault on Facebook Live.'

Why do they still use those words when the entire point of the article is that they filmed themselves doing it?

Cozumel··on Ask HN: How would you secure your laptop against the NSA?
Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/538/
Cozumel··on Tell HN: We write the algorithms. We need to understand propaganda
If you're interested in this read anything you can by Edward Bernays and take a media studies course. Advertising (propaganda) is a huge part of it, even down to the opening sequence of TV programmes, it's an eye opener.
Cozumel··on First Release Candidate of Smack 4.2 has been released
I bet it's addicting to use!
Cozumel··on Show HN: Skuuddle – Arrange face-to-face interactions with online acquaintances
> Catching up with Facebook friends has never been this easy or straight forward before.

Isn't that what Facebooks for?

Cozumel··on [dead]
Sounds like the start of a drip advertising campaign!
Cozumel··on Sony and LG stop making 3D TV sets
I wonder if you were brought up with 3D TV as the norm if you'd still think the same.
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