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alias240··on WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide Today by a Single Judge
WhatsApp are owned by a company that is known to cooperate with PRISM. For that reason, I can't trust them.
alias240··on WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide Today by a Single Judge
Unless they are covertly decrypting them on the fly using a master key.
alias240··on WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People
The crypto might be superior, but we do not know for sure that Whatsapp/Facebook is not covertly decrypting the messages and funneling through some Prism v2 NSA surveillance operation.
alias240··on WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete
No, it is not safe to assume that. Edward Snowden already proved that we cannot trust large US corporations.
alias240··on How Badoo Saved $1M Switching to PHP7
It would not suprise me if they had invented some kind of AI to control their "female accounts".
alias240··on The Next Front in the New Crypto Wars: WhatsApp
A part of me wonders if I should believe this, and the story about the Apple case. Or maybe it is all just a conspiracy to gain our trust.
alias240··on State of the Art JavaScript in 2016
fetch does not support cancellation or onprogess events.
alias240··on Step by Step Guide to Building React Redux Apps
MobX is a nice alternative paradigm to Redux that is gaining traction in the React community. It allows you to declare your data as observable, so that components can update automatically to changes.

https://github.com/mobxjs/mobx

alias240··on Why We Moved to React
Take a look at MobX. It's a different paradigm that requires very little boilerplate and results in more isolated components that react independently upon changes to state. https://github.com/mobxjs/mobx
alias240··on She’ll Text Me, She’ll Text Me Not
I am from the UK.
alias240··on She’ll Text Me, She’ll Text Me Not
No, it's a sign of respect. In these days of Tinder, girls are used to guys hitting on them all the time. By not contacting them, you are actually sending a message.
alias240··on She’ll Text Me, She’ll Text Me Not
My strategy when I meet a girl I like is to exchange numbers, but have no intention of contacting them. The girl always has to contact the guy first. It's just how it works.
alias240··on SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44m losses
It looks nice. Good luck with it. As with all audio hosting services, after a moderate amount of success you will surely find yourself on the radar of the anti-piracy agencies. I hope you are well prepared and can overcome this challenge.
alias240··on Antioxidants May Make Cancer Worse
> a deficiency in any nutrient is less to do with a lack of it in the diet and more to do with the body's ability/willingness to absorb and utilise it

I too have come to realise this. Many times when I have been eating well, good quality food with plenty of variety, I catch a heavy cold that puts me out of action for at least a couple of days. Other times I have eaten like crap for weeks at a time, living off of pizza and fast food, skipping meals, and been around sick people and still don't catch anything. I have seen this pattern repeat over and over throughout my life.