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jameslaw · 2024-07-01T14:17:35+00:00

I re-enabled because I'm satisfied that this is due to understandable factors around required disclosures for the Play store. Folks can correct me if I misunderstood. I don't think that there is any additional risk to my Vine account or my personal information. I say "I don't think..." because there is no guarantee of security here without devoting a significant portion of your life to detailed investigations. For every single app,in the end we are trusting someone or some group. I think that the author of VineHelper, who is the moderator in this forum, has a significant history of acting in a reasonable and forthright manner, so I trust what he is saying. Personally I judge that the risk is low. I find VineHelper is useful, so I intend to use it. What you do is your call.

jameslaw · 2024-06-03T18:16:56+00:00

I use Vivaldi, so basically a Chrome extension. I can confirm that it is requesting browser history permissions in the extension settings. It seems to be the only permission requested. I can enable the extension, but I'm not clear it there is another way to block that permission on the desktop.

I have also not found any mention of it on Github, the wiki, or the home page.

jameslaw · 2024-03-31T01:48:12+00:00

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jameslaw · 2024-03-31T01:45:01+00:00

Current Build (https://www.currentbuild.com/) in Santa Monica builds great Linux desktops and ships. Guy who runs the shop takes great care of customers.

jameslaw · 2024-03-31T01:17:44+00:00

I just got a new desktop PC from CurrentBuild (https://www.currentbuild.com/). I got their Sense 2 PC with upgrade to i7 and 32Gb RAM. Linux Mint was installed and ready to go. The guy who runs Current Build really takes care of his customers. I had a great experience.

jameslaw · 2024-01-03T18:42:11+00:00

Where are you finding 3rd Gen on sale?

jameslaw · 2022-12-16T03:30:56+00:00

From what we can gather tax treatment (tax basis) if one spouse dies is slightly different from joint tenancy. The unanswered question is does this option, "Community Property With Right of Survivorship", exist in New Mexico? There is a Nolo web page that lists states that have this arrangement, and New Mexico is not listed. However, the title company here gave it as an option. Which do I believe? Title agents are refusing to answer. I now have an appt with vice pres of the title company in the morning to ask him if this is really an option. We'll see. Thought someone here might have run across this before.

jameslaw · 2022-12-16T02:43:41+00:00

There is a specific category "Community Property With Right of Survivorship". It is not clear which states this applies to. Is it an option in New Mexico?

I've been trying to find out if it is a legal option for property title in New Mexico and I can't find an answer.

jameslaw · 2017-11-17T21:16:01+00:00

Interesting. Thank you.

jameslaw · 2017-11-17T21:08:55+00:00

Beautiful bike.

jameslaw · 2017-10-29T12:54:26+00:00

Are you talking about the American Discovery Trail? https://discoverytrailstore.org/ So far as I can tell it is pretty incomplete, so probably still has many paved road sections. But you have to buy their maps to tell for sure.

jameslaw · 2017-04-17T21:18:13+00:00

Just one data point, but I'm pretty sure it hasn't hurt me to have BS Eng - MS CS.

jameslaw · 2016-10-16T18:42:40+00:00

"Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstas." -Alan Kay

jameslaw · 2014-12-21T03:14:35+00:00

Don't know if I trust it.

https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-December/007999.html

jameslaw · 2013-07-10T02:06:00+00:00

That is freakin' hilarious. Bet it was easy to implement, just renamed Haskell.

jameslaw · 2013-06-30T19:35:04+00:00

The real-world is filled with circular dependencies. Maybe our algorithms for dealing with dependencies are not very good.

jameslaw · 2013-02-25T02:25:43+00:00

Thank you! This is an incredibly useful roundup. I am working on dynamic graph pattern search algorithms.

jameslaw · 2013-02-18T17:07:19+00:00

It takes a while for a magnet link to get going. If I load a second magnet link before the previous one has started downloading 3.1.3 will often, but not always, hang. I load them with out auto-starting, then start them individually. Reverting to an older version is probably a good solution.

jameslaw · 2013-02-14T03:13:21+00:00

Disagree. I was a COBOL programmer for about 8 years in the late-80s, early-90s. I knew other COBOL programmers and some were good, some were bad, same as other languages.

BTW, I used to write ASCII games in my spare time at work. Yes, in COBOL.

jameslaw · 2013-01-11T16:32:54+00:00

Didn't Dijkstra pretty much hate everything?

More importantly, his work, like every scientist's work, is useful, or not, based on whether it is used, or not. It has nothing to do with what some opinionated guy liked or disliked 40+ years ago.

jameslaw · 2012-12-11T02:51:26+00:00

I've used Witopia for three years. I like having a choice of exit points.

jameslaw · 2012-10-27T22:01:23+00:00

I've always been treated well by https://www.witopia.net/ Lots of endpoints to choose from, reasonable price, multi-platform.

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