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| bio | website | orthogonaltonormal.com |
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| location | Johnstown, PA | |
| age | 31 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 6 months |
| seen | May 15 at 13:08 | |
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//TODO Glorious Lies
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May 14 |
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What good is this moving captcha from Apple I'm saying the bots would just have to throw the image into GIS and just compare the radio button choices to the text returned. The only limiting factor on them breaking it is the strength of Googles captcha; which I'd imagine is a top priority for them to keep up with breaking. |
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May 14 |
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What good is this moving captcha from Apple Google image search broke your last example; so you're down to the strength of the captcha Google uses to stop bots from abusing its services. images.google.com/imghp?hl=en Click the camera, paste the URL of the image into the popup textbox, and you get a bunch of results about biking. |
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May 14 |
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What good is this moving captcha from Apple FWIW I took a half dozen screenshots to grab single frames from the animation. I'd rate them among the easier half of captchas I've seen. My hypothesis would be that by animating the letters so you can see all parts of them clearly at one point in time their objective is to make it trivial for humans while still requiring a bit of work for the spambot authors. |
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May 13 |
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What is the most familiar wording of linking to a PDF file? I'm partial to "View as PDF" over you other suggestions because it's the most agnostic RE view in browser vs download. "Get/Access page as PDF" would be better from that standpoint; but I'd worry about unconventional phrasing confusing non-technical users. |
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May 9 |
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Should I save mail list subscription information for users who unsubscribe? Did I overlook something in skimming the returnpath article? I see stuff about engaging a user while in the process of unsubscribing by offering alternatives; but other broken processes I didn't see anything about continuing the relationship after the subscriber has said "stop emailing me". Nor can I imagine any way that a company could keep emailing after the unsubscribe that doesn't enrage the recipient and violate laws like CAN-SPAM. |
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May 7 |
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Why does Skype's “x” button minimize the application instead of closing? Is this what you were looking for? "Title bar Controls ... Close. All primary and secondary windows with a standard window frame should have a Close button on the title bar. Clicking Close has the effect of canceling or closing the window." msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/… |
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May 3 |
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How to unobtrusively confirm a user's choice in a survey? Agreed. If you force me to lie and express an positive or negative opinion on something I didn't notice/couldn't care less about you're not going to like my lie. |
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May 2 |
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Who needs an external on/off Wi-Fi button? Also, if the laptop is docked and has a wired connection(?), flipping the external wifi switch only triggers a popup saying "you also need to do X to enable wifi". (Just tested a minute ago.) |
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May 2 |
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Who needs an external on/off Wi-Fi button? @oatmealsnap Dell Latitudes have switches stiff enough that an accidental bump isn't likely to toggle it. The slider switch is color coded for easy inspection while the laptop is off. When the laptop is on and open there's a wifi light above the keyboard that gives similar notification to the indicator on a phone/tablet screen. |
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Apr 29 |
answered | Is constantly updating the formatting of a numeric input box a good idea? |
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Apr 26 |
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Is shaking a device to refresh an accepted behavior? Obligatory Dilbert, and IMO the only case where shaking is an acceptable restart process: dilbert.com/strips/comic/1995-04-03 |
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Apr 18 |
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Are age verification banners effective? @jwenting dates in user name and voice chat seem like things that would only stop them once. New account name and claim to be deaf/mute for their new pron account. |
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Apr 11 |
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What word can be used to mean either click or tap? @rk if you're drinking the currently fashionable flat ui koolaide they all look the same. |
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Apr 11 |
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What word can be used to mean either click or tap? Disagree; select is ambiguous with other types of action. Ex Does "select start" mean click/tap something with the word start on it, or drag/swipe to highlight it to be copied onto the clipboard. |
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Apr 9 |
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Why did Microsoft put close and minimize buttons on the Office splash screens? @Shaamaan if you can't minimize it, it's blocking access to part of your desktop which is a problem for people who use it as an app/file launcher. |
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Apr 9 |
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Why did Microsoft put close and minimize buttons on the Office splash screens? It's not just addins. A multi-GB PST file and thrash the HD to death corporate bloatware running at startup can bog an Outlook start down for a minute or two even without anything added to it. |
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Apr 2 |
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Do touch screens have a harmful psychological effect on people? "I can put my finger on the trigger of a gun and not worry that it will accidentally discharge." I have to object to this example because it's endorsing something that you should never do. Putting your finger inside the trigger guard before you're ready to fire violates one of the most important rules of firearm safety. |
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Mar 26 |
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Should offensive/vulgar usernames be banned? @JoshBruce in the developed world you could demand a copy of govt ID to verify names. Doing so can become problematic in the developing world. |
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Mar 15 |
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Why are icons on mobile phone menu screens square or rectangular but not circular? You could minimize the wasted space between circles by offsetting them in a honeycomb pattern; but you'd either end up with a half icon/row of wasted space per row; or have to switch from discrete screens of icons to a single scrollable area with half icons hanging off the edges. |
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Mar 15 |
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Why are icons on mobile phone menu screens square or rectangular but not circular? Your link to a Nokia example is returning 403. |
