dr jimbob

506 reputation

Good Morning how are you, I'm dr jimbob
I'm interested in things.
I'm not a real dr,
But I am a real jim bob.

Have a PhD in Experimental High-Energy Physics, but left academia in mid-2010 to program professionally.

Mostly program/script in python, django, and jquery these days doing mostly web apps.

Also have experience programming in C, C++, java, haskell, php, and (bash) shell more in the past.

Linux as primary OS since 1999, ubuntu user since 2005 (Hoary).

	506 reputation	bio	website		visits	member for	1 year, 11 months
25 badges		location	Brooklyn, NY		seen	Apr 18 at 21:45

13 Actions

Jul 22	awarded	Yearling
Mar 21	awarded	Good Answer
Jan 30	comment	Refusing a user permission to click a URL @corvec, I know I didn't contribute to the ux answer; but his question was vague "Is there a better way" than sending the user a message he has no permissions when he clicks a link. I agree not seeing that forbidden content exists (+1) OR seeing it with a link disabled and a lock image (+1) seem like great options. But its critical to mention that access control should not be done by disabling/rerouting links (which seems to be what spiral13 claimed to be doing).
Jan 30	answered	Refusing a user permission to click a URL
Dec 12	awarded	Critic
Dec 12	comment	How could one prevent drunk users from using a mobile application? Look at the field sobriety tests. Most are ~65% accurate and usually test multitasking (e.g., say alphabet backwards without slurring while walking in a line) and can't be done in a way that's not trivial to cheat, except maybe the eye gaze test though would be difficult to implement (computer vision/adequate lighting/front camera). It will also exclude users with certain diseases (multiple sclerosis) who will always fail it.
Dec 12	awarded	Editor
Dec 12	revised	How could one prevent drunk users from using a mobile application? corrected grammar.
Dec 12	awarded	Nice Answer
Dec 9	answered	How could one prevent drunk users from using a mobile application?
Oct 10	awarded	Supporter
Jul 22	awarded	Teacher
Jul 22	answered	When should hyperlink text be used?