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Re: Builder pattern vs. Multi-stage builds in Docker

Brad Choate — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 12:43:23 -0000

Pretty great! But I wonder if this could be extended to the Dockerfile operation level. Ie, each step of the Dockerfile results in an image. What if I could issue a RUN command that did something like installing sass and compiling the scss files to css, then switch back to the earlier image and COPY the *.css files created from that RUN command (which could then be thrown away)?

Re: Taken King: How To Get Black Spindle

Brad Choate — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:12:11 -0000

A more in-depth strategy guide: http://bravocompany63.com/p...

Re: What you can’t do with an Apple Pencil

Brad Choate — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:16:59 -0000

Yep, I'm in support of this design decision. Drawing around the edges of the canvas shouldn't trigger any UI side-swipe gestures. Something that third-party styluses can't prevent.

Re: Sir Jony Ive talks about the Apple Pencil

Brad Choate — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 18:40:57 -0000

What were they *thinking* though when they designed the charging mechanism? It charges from the iPad? Sure, it charges quickly, but how awkward looking is it to have it jutting out the end of the iPad like that?

http://www.mrbrown.com/.a/6...

WHY

Re: iOS: Mail's "Load All Images" button - Please. Fix. That.

Brad Choate — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 16:49:26 -0000

Yeah, all the instructions about this feature at https://support.google.com/... describe how to configure the Gmail web app to display images. So, I don't think this applies to client apps (nor should it, IMHO).

Re: iOS: Mail's "Load All Images" button - Please. Fix. That.

Brad Choate — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 14:02:38 -0000

That's weird, because I just did a View Source in Mail.app on OS X for a message delivered to a Gmail account and I see the original remote host referenced.

Re: Dive & Drive — Fall Retreat Registration Form

Brad Choate — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 23:34:54 -0000

AWEsome!

See what I did there?

Re: Apple’s statement on the UNIX Bash vulnerability

Brad Choate — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:06:36 -0000

Web Sharing disappeared from the Sharing preference panel in 10.8 (Mountain Lion). If you're running it and open to the public (Mac Mini colo or something), you probably know how to fix this yourself ahead of the OS X update that does it for you.

Re: The Best Streaming Boxes

Brad Choate — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 00:16:01 -0000

Retail price for an AppleTV is $99, but Apple is currently offering a $25 Apple gift card when you buy it from the Apple Store (that deal isn't available through Amazon).

Buyer beware: AppleTV is overdue for a refresh and this at-the-counter rebate is likely for clearing inventory. I expect a new model will be coming out for the fall.

Re: It’s time for open, shared home Wi-Fi

Brad Choate — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 17:18:04 -0000

I posted this there and I'll repost here, cause it needs repeating:

Nope. Just like I wouldn't want someone to pull up to my house and use my garden hose without asking to wash their car.

Guest networks are for house guests. If you're walking through my neighborhood, ask me politely for the password and we'll see.

From the other side, I don't trust open WiFi access points and you shouldn't either. There's a HUGE security risk there-- perhaps the house has left the network open so they can record activity. Who knows? No thank you.

Re: Google Wants To Make You An Android Developer—For Free

Brad Choate — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 20:11:49 -0000

Meanwhile, there are several free collegiate courses available on iTunesU for learning iOS development.

Re: Google Profits From Malware

Brad Choate — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:15:50 -0000

Hi Donna-- I came across this post via Hacker News (https://news.ycombinator.co... ) and wanted to thank you for the video. This is still a problem, but I have a couple of things to point out.

1) Blog posts need to be dated. There's absolutely no date information for this page, which is a little weird for a WordPress site, and makes me think you've gone to lengths to strike dates to keep the content from looking stale. But I see the video entry was published on January 2014, so I presume the blog post was made around that time. But certainly, for a post like this, the date is important, since you're reporting on the state of things as you see them at a particular time.

2) To drive that last point home, I've just visited each of the pages you highlight in the video and it seems things are changing. Only the Softpedia page still showed a confusing "Download" link, so perhaps Google is starting to clean up some of this egregious behavior.

Thanks again for helping to bring attention to this problem that undoubtedly affects thousands (millions?) of users.

Re: Bitlyize link shortening OS X Service - BrettTerpstra.com

Brad Choate — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 11:15:01 -0000

There's a PopClip extension for this too: https://pilotmoon.com/popcl...

Re: Mozilla is investigating why Dell UK is charging £16.25 to install Firefox, says no such deal exists with anyone

Brad Choate — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:08:35 -0000

Section 3.5 of the MPL 2.0 license says: "You must make it absolutely clear that any such warranty, support, indemnity, or liability obligation is offered by You alone, and You hereby agree to indemnify every Contributor for any liability incurred by such Contributor as a result of warranty, support, indemnity or liability terms You offer."

IANAL, but I believe that means that Dell must make it clear to the buyer that this fee solely covers the installation of the software and that Mozilla and other contributors to Firefox are not liable for any issues that may arise from that service (although, Firefox self-updates, so that muddies things a bit).

But, $30? That's ridiculous.

Re: Apple just got dead serious about listening to IT -- here's what you need to know

Brad Choate — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:23:58 -0000

Gah. Can you pick a stock photo with less ear hair next time?

Re: Google: We can’t guarantee Android is designed to be safe

Brad Choate — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:20:16 -0000

That whole quote is fascinating. Instead of acknowledging an obvious deficiency (most other phone OSes are pretty locked down), he blames it on popularity and doesn't say anything like "we're working on it". Instead, he offers validation to malware authors by saying he'd exploit Android too if he were in their shoes.

Unbelievable.

Re: iOS 7 Bug allows disabling of Find My iPhone without AppleID password

Brad Choate — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 15:51:07 -0000

Well, okay, but this requires the device to be unlocked.

Re: Microsoft helps FBI disrupt click-stealing ZeroAccess malware

Brad Choate — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 10:50:28 -0000

Seems only fair for Microsoft to help with these efforts. They provided the fertile ground for these weeds to take root after all.

Re: MindNode 3 for iOS - BrettTerpstra.com

Brad Choate — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 20:52:47 -0000

I've tried to find utility in apps like this, but they don't do much for me. What do you do with it? It'd be a little more useful if I could attach additional text or a link or *something* to nodes.

Re: The New Mac mini is Going to be Ridiculous

Brad Choate — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 18:03:41 -0000

You can build-to-order a Mac mini today with a Fusion drive (traditional 1 TB drive + 128 GB of Flash) or a 256 GB Flash drive.

Re: Budget Network Drive

Brad Choate — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:13:42 -0000

"NSA", right there in the model code. Just blatant.

Re: The voice of Siri

Brad Choate — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:11:41 -0000

Oof. Very glad they didn't choose the Tilly personality.

Re: LinkedIn customers allege company hacked e-mail addresses

Brad Choate — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:35:41 -0000

Here's a cautionary tale from Matt Haughey about how he accidentally connected with over a thousand of his Gmail contacts.

"LinkedIn is a Virus" - http://a.wholelottanothing....

Re: Microsoft sued on behalf of shareholders over Surface RT

Brad Choate — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:30:05 -0000

Disappointed the article didn't read: "The suit says that Surface RT’s failure is due, in large part, to 'the limitations associated with its operating system, Windows RT.' And that just scratches the surface."

Re: Fast SSH Windows with iTerm 2 - The Hiltmon

Brad Choate — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 23:23:11 -0000

You're probably well aware of ~/.ssh/config, but that's my preferred way of making shortcuts to commonly-used servers:

# ~/.ssh/config
Host servername
    User hiltmon
    Hostname servername.domainname.local
    RemoteForward 52698 127:0.0.1:52698

Even if you use iTerm 2 shortcuts, it's better to stick this info in ~/.ssh/config and use the short "Host" alias in iTerm 2 instead of replicating all that setup in a ssh command line and duplicating it for every ssh tool you use. These settings will automatically "just work" for those tools, like Transmit and command-line scp, etc.