lumisota | 9 years ago | on: Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs Down
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lumisota | 9 years ago | on: Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death
I don't mean (and I don't read from the Guardian quote) that the people are in turmoil; but the institutions we're talking about (the UK and the EU) are.
lumisota | 9 years ago | on: Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death
If "kingdom" in your Guardian quote refers to the United Kingdom, then it is surely in turmoil when a non-trivial number of people (say ~50% in Scotland, ~25% in Northern Ireland) don't wish to be a part of it.
lumisota | 9 years ago | on: Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death
The Scottish government is seeking a second independence referendum, and Sinn Féin (Irish republican party) has gained its highest vote share in Northern Ireland -- is this not a kingdom in turmoil?
lumisota | 9 years ago | on: Monzo’s Response to Cloudbleed
> "Our developer API does sit behind Cloudflare with all of its traffic proxied through their service." .. "Data sent to and from our developer API may contain the following information:" .. "Customers’ personally identifiable information"
lumisota | 9 years ago | on: Adding a SHA1 collision vulnerability test hoses WebKit's source repository
Isn't it the SVN repo that's "hosed", not the Git repo as suggested by the title?
lumisota | 9 years ago | on: Monzo’s Response to Cloudbleed
While it should be applauded that they responded promptly, it needs to be remembered that this is a regulated, licensed bank that proxied sensitive customer information via a (now compromised) third-party. We should expect this kind of disclosure from such organisations, not be surprised by it.
lumisota | 9 years ago | on: Carbon fibre makes Australian debut
lumisota | 9 years ago | on: The History of the iPhone on its 10th Anniversary [audio]
lumisota | 9 years ago | on: UK Government is breaking the law by collecting everyone's internet data
The "defacto two party system" results from the first-past-the-post voting system, not the number of voters who cast their ballot for other parties.
Other parties got around 30% of the vote at the last General Election, but won only 13% of seats.
(It is also worth noting that the Liberal Democrats did not gain a "significant increase in votes" in 2010 (23%) vs. 2005 (22%), and that they won fewer seats in 2010 than in 2005.).
lumisota | 9 years ago | on: Fast.com: Netflix internet connection speed test
Netflix releases a monthly "ISP Speed Index" at https://ispspeedindex.netflix.com.
lumisota | 10 years ago | on: Elon Musk personally cancels blogger's Tesla order after 'rude' post
let's not let the facts get in the way of a good rant
lumisota | 10 years ago | on: Map of rail station usage in the UK: 1997 – 2015
Statistics available from: https://www.drdni.gov.uk/articles/northern-ireland-road-and-...
lumisota | 10 years ago | on: You can't defend public libraries and oppose file-sharing
You say "only" as if this isn't an important distinction in terms of creating value for a copyrighted work.
lumisota | 11 years ago | on: 3 reasons why story points are better than hours
So, teams are terrible at estimating hours, but individuals aren't?
I'd argue that the reason we're poor at estimating hours is because we're poor at perceiving complexity. Story points don't fix this.
lumisota | 11 years ago | on: Inconvenient Truths About the Apple Watch
tl;dr: "If you’re interested in the Apple Watch and are considering buying one, go to an Apple Store and try it on."
lumisota | 11 years ago | on: Termui – Go terminal dashboard
Not sure about web apps, but Status Board (http://panic.com/statusboard/) is an iPad app that lets you create dashboards.
lumisota | 11 years ago | on: With a watch called Time and Kickstarter return, Pebble's not backing down
"Those ordering early will have an opportunity to upgrade their purchases if they prefer whatever deluxe versions may appear in the coming few weeks."
A Steel version?
lumisota | 11 years ago | on: Introducing Pebble Time
Cue the advent of colour e-paper smartphones.
lumisota | 11 years ago | on: Introducing Pebble Time
It depends what "smart" actually means. Something like the Withings Activité [1] can afford to be a well-designed piece of jewellery because there is no expectation (or possibility) of software updates. This isn't true of Android Wear or the Apple Watch; models sold this year will become obsolete within a timeframe that is much shorter than one would want for high-end jewellery.
How do you compare ice-cream with cheesecake?