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jdbevan

85 karma · joined February 6, 2012

Web developer (PHP, Javascript, MySQL), rookie sysadmin and minor entrepreneur.
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jdbevan··on TU-95MS – Soviet Bomber
Sorry, cash in person only.
jdbevan··on Clear Sans
I've started noticing different a's recently in typography since it was pointed out to me that people with dyslexia and people with lower literacy skills struggle with the "upright" style lowercase A (as show in this font and a lot of other popular fonts) as opposed to the "italic" style lowercase A that most people hand write.
jdbevan··on The new PHP
There's some discussion on the RFCs and mailing lists about creating new backwards-incompatible OO APIs for the core libraries which would eventually replace some of the legacy mess.
jdbevan··on What we discovered by scanning 235 OSS apps for security issues
Shame this isn't an unbiased/independent report.
jdbevan··on What we discovered by scanning 235 OSS apps for security issues
It's a combination of laziness, ignorance and a reluctance to migrate/fix legacy code.
jdbevan··on The beauty of Git in Dropbox
I already successfully use this method between my work laptop (Windows 7) and my home laptop (Ubuntu 11.04) and haven't run into any problems yet!
jdbevan··on Gmail and Drive - a new way to send files
Is no-one else worried about these TOS applying to their email attachments?

you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This license continues even if you stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing you have added to Google Maps).

EDIT: I guess it's a moot point if you're already using Gmail.

jdbevan··on Ask HN: is poutsch a good name for a web app?
IMO it's kind of hard to pronounce (-tsch is not common in English) and remember how to spell.