Giacomo

Software engineer, avid reader, DOTA player. Not a spy, possibly a werewolf.

[Giacomo @arthens]

What's the "a short history of nearly everything" of philosophy?

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@ajoneil @grrowl I used to have a life

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@zootm @newsycombinator Ah interesting. I'd be curious what these topics are. It wouldn't be too hard to write something that monitors the first few pages and detects which popular topics disappear

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I wonder how @newsycombinator is moderated. I just saw two stories about Apple's credit card disappear. 5 minutes ago they were in the top 10, now they are both gone. (you can still read the comments if you have the link or search directly, they are just not listed anymore).

[Giacomo @arthens]

@udemy are your servers having a bad day? I'm on a very fast connection (490 Mbps) and I can't even stream your courses in 360p without buffering every few seconds. I can stream YouTube in 1080p without any blip, so I don't think it's my connection/laptop.

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Comments at https://t.co/tGARg5Ot6l

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Great article from our security team! https://t.co/08jodn2wfx

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@bradfeehan @Uber_Support Did you not get unbanned? A bunch of people did

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@bradfeehan @Uber_Support @bradfeehan my account got re-enabled last night

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@bradfeehan @Uber_Support Did they say what activity?

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The dangers of using @Uber_Business

https://t.co/veo78wVWO7

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@poooorty @bradfeehan @Uber @bradfeehan @poooorty https://t.co/veo78wVWO7

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Me and ~10 of my coworkers got our PERSONAL @Uber accounts banned because our company BUSINESS account got compromised. Their solution was to ban everyone who ever used the business account. Even people who don't work at the company anymore got banned.

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@Uber @Uber_Support Oh and I forgot the best part. Uber did NOT notify us that our accounts were getting suspended. I only found out when I tried to book a ride to go home after a 23 hours flight.

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@Uber @Uber_Support This is a clear example of why Uber and similar services need more regulations. A taxi driver cannot refuse you service, but Uber is free to ban you for literally no reason? Let me repeat, I got banned despite doing NOTHING wrong. I'll be speaking about @Uber with my local MP.

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@LastPass why is generate secure password so hidden in the android app? You don't expect your users to create accounts from their phone?

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@GooglePlay Are you suggesting I change my home address every time I go on holiday to a foreign country?

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@GooglePlay why are you using my account country instead of my current location? I'm in Peru and I'm using a Claro sim card, but I can't check my balance because you won't let me install their app.

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@ClaroPeru how do I check my balance?