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This is super sweet.

It would be great to tie this into a release pipeline, where the release process is actively keeping an eye on failure rates of that service, so that bad deploys could be halted or rolled back automatically.

I was thinking this could work really well when using production integration tests. A percentage of that traffic can be dynamically routed to the newly running services, allowing the release pipeline to ensure the service is functioning correctly before routing any real users.

I really don't think there is any excuse for it this day and age especially when building sites from scratch. There are so many different techniques and technologies for doing zero downtime deploys, not to mention the numerous PaaS that will do it out of the box if you dont know how.

Would it not make sense for broadband router manufacturers to step up here, especially ISPs who provide routers to customers.

First of all, IoT devices really need to be connected on isolated vlans with very strictly controlled WAN capabilities. Obviously this already exists, but not in the fashion a layman, who wants to put their fridge on the wifi will understand. The average home routers need cleaner interfaces and clearer abstractions rather than the cruft that exists now.

Does your fridge really need to access the internet, and if it does, perhaps you could setup your router to only allow access at certain times, to a single host and with circuit breaker protections in case traffic has a signature that matches that of a DDoS attack. This circuit breaker pattern could be extended to all traffic running through the router, and provide the user with reports of potential infected devices and traffic hungry users.

No, but we are led to believe this wont be long. They recently got partial approval with full approval expected next year. Not bad for a startup that has only been going ~20 months in quite a slow industry.

Money is currently stored with a third party that do have a license, so there are some guarantees that money wont be lost.

I've watched about 30 minutes of this, and I am growingly disgusted by the TPP and the US government. I am a brit, and all though we aren't part of the TPP, we are still in the back pocket of the United States.

It's a shame that we rely so heavily on trade with the US, that we feel that we need to look past the so called "lobbying" and corruption in US politics, and implement such overbearing rules on behalf of Hollywood and others.

The stuff about the US putting Canada on "probation" and mandating that every 6 months Canada has to report back to the US "as if it was some kind of naughty student to the teacher" is just ridiculous.

This has to stop.

iMessage purgatory 12 years ago

Its a bit confusing, but in my experience, as soon as the message finishes sending, whether its been delivered or just hit apples server, the send as SMS option will disappear.

Sometimes the message will say its failed to deliver and you get the option back.

iMessage purgatory 12 years ago

I know that game... Trying to grab and hold an iMessage in the process of it sending, to reveal the "Send as a SMS message" button before the option disappears.

Hum 12 years ago

While the app looks pretty cool and I have no beef with the app specifically, introducing yet another IM app is just going to fragment the market further and cause more issues than it solves.

There are so many different ways to communicate currently, that soon we aren't going to be sure what app to best contact a particular person with. You've got Email, SMS, iMessage, Facebook (Chat), WhatsApp, Twitter, and those are just are some of the top ways.

Everyone has their favourites and because of this, communication is getting more annoying and difficult purely because of the diversity of choice. Its not helped by large companies vendor locking their customers into a specific way of messaging, fully knowing that not all of the people they contact are there.

I have a strong opinion on this yet I have no real solution.

Whats the chances of the top tech companies coming together to create and implement a secure open protocol and/or app allowing end users to message anyone regardless of platform? I guess its pretty bonkers.

Yeah, I'm aware its opt out for new customers, but its opt in for current customers. I would like to think that the reasons you gave are all mistakes with the blocker that would get ironed out over the coming weeks, especially more likely with the press attention it has got.

Ulterior motives aside, if this saves even a handful of kids from growing up with porn addiction, its probably worth it, right?

I'm finding this a bit strange. As far as I am aware you have to opt-in to the porn blocker on existing packages. The chances are its already going to be off for most people, especially those who know how to use a chrome extension.

I get the impression that this was created for other, more illegitimate purposes, that has nothing to do with "Cameron's porn blocker"