Category: Thoughts
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Ads From The Past Millennium
Despite all modern browsers have popup-blocking features, AOL decided to advertise their browser toolbar* promoting specifically popup-blocking. On TechCrunch. Have these guys been living under a rock for the past 5 years? *) I have no idea what are the toolbar’s features, but I’m pretty sure it’s useless, bloated and quite possibly dangerous for your…
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Small Android 4 Usability Issue
One thing that I don’t get about Android 4 (a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich a.k.a. ICS) is the recent apps list button. I mean, it’s a nice thing to have, but does it deserve a dedicated button always visible in the UI? I don’t think so. There is a major flaw about the feature itself, which…
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More Bitcoin Woes
I already expressed my opinion about Bitcoin: it seems cool, but will hardly work in the real world, where real people with real fears and paranoia live. Not to mention the resistance it will face from banks and governments. Now it has become clear how Bitcoin doesn’t talk well with the current established banking system.…
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YAML Is Dead, But Not Dead Enough
I’m trying to wrap my head around YAML. I can’t point my finger at any individual problem, it’s the whole format that stinks. It just doesn’t feel right. It’s overly-complicated, has 2 million ways to do the same thing, and in the end it’s still very verbose and not really human-readable. Not more than JSON…
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Mystery of The (Banking) Universe
It is a complete mystery for me how banks handle wire transfers. I mean, I can imagine the technology involved, but there’s no way to figure out why it takes 24 hours to transfer money from Italy to Belgium, and it takes at least 72 hours to transfer it between 2 Italian banks – with…