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The identity “Epoch Wolf” and its associated accounts have been archived, but the email still works.

> On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog.

woof! :)

Email: epochwolf@gmail.com

Github: http://github.com/epochwolf/

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epochwolf··on Logout is broken by default in Ruby on Rails Web applications
Cookie store has always been signed and in rails 4 it's encrypted.
epochwolf··on Logout is broken by default in Ruby on Rails Web applications
Pretty sure this can be fixed with a timestamp in the session data. You can either expire the timestamp by time or by keeping a datetime field on the user and updating the timestamp after a password change. Or you can use a combination of these two.

This is not a new issue. It is a well known limitation of the cookie store. I've been working around this with timestamps for years.

epochwolf··on Because it needs to be said
I've been to a couple of insurance conferences and they have this problem too. One of my coworkers witnessed an assault take place in a bar everyone was at.
epochwolf··on Because it needs to be said
In the US if she's telling the truth, there is no case for libel.
epochwolf··on Bring Back the Lash: Why flogging is more humane than prison.
Eh... There's plenty of people in America that rejoice in disproportionate retribution. We have a huge culture problem. Not everything is a corporate conspiracy.
epochwolf··on Bring Back the Lash: Why flogging is more humane than prison.
That's the proposal. Sentence them to the lash instead of to prison. ;)

Decriminalizing drugs is a good first step.

Back to the topic at hand. A public lashing is probably a better solution for non-violent crime than prison. Something to think about.

epochwolf··on I emailed the CEO of T-Mobile and he killed my contract
People would email Steve Jobs all the time. This isn't a new thing.

Before the Internet CEOs would get letters.

epochwolf··on Is your work better than kittens?
One problem. The kittens are loading much faster than the other images. This might be skewing the results.
epochwolf··on Microsoft's Surface 2 will replace paper manuals on all Delta aircraft
Delta Connection flights?
epochwolf··on Is TDD Worth It?
The point of refactoring is to make the code cleaner and easier to understand.
epochwolf··on Fix a FirefoxOS bug, get a free APC
Boating. Unless it's an amphibious model.
epochwolf··on Intel proves once and for all that PCs are not coming back
Same on a Mac. Command+Space to pop open spotlight. Applications are matched first. (Or use Alfred/Quicksilver)
epochwolf··on Intel proves once and for all that PCs are not coming back
Macbook Airs just reached 12 hours (so Apple claims) but I think that's about it.
epochwolf··on Intel proves once and for all that PCs are not coming back
Apple products perhaps?

The computers people currently own?

epochwolf··on The Engineer Who converted 12,100 Cups Of Pudding to 1.25 Million Air Miles
That was time and money well spent.
epochwolf··on My Friends and I Bought an Island
Rowing past dozens of cemeteries to get to a haunted island...

Is this the beginning of a horror movie or a comedy?

Seriously though, owning an island is awesome. Have fun and be safe. :)

epochwolf··on My Friends and I Bought an Island
Or any number of dangerous mammals. ;)
epochwolf··on Apple: The Beginning of a Long Decline?
My iPad keeps getting redirected to download their app. :/
epochwolf··on Apple is more excited about the iPhone 5C and so am I.
Congratulations, you are not the target market! You may now choose from the many available models of android and windows phones instead of making impotent comments on social networks. :)
epochwolf··on California school district hires firm to monitor students' social media
Or you get a couple of creative and well connected kids to get a sizable number of other kids to spam keywords as a joke.
epochwolf··on City of London Police Launch Intellectual Property Crime Unit
What I think you're missing is people don't believe them not paying for music causes harm. Even if they did, I suspect a large number of them simply won't care enough to pay.
epochwolf··on Oyster, Netflix for books, is launching the beta version of its iPhone app
I wish they had an iPad app or a way to send books to my kindle. Reading on my phone sucks. :(
epochwolf··on PayPal releases Mailpile’s $45,000 (updated)
> If past freezes are any indication, the best way forward is almost certainly to abandon attempts at redress through customer service and simply make as much noise as possible in the press to get PayPal's upper management to take notice.

As just proven by PayPal releasing the funds after Ars ran a story.

epochwolf··on Fraudsters target "wire payment switch" at banks to steal millions
> This is why I love security so much.

This is why I hate humanity so much.

epochwolf··on SF fire chief bans helmet cameras in wake of crash
Then you're going to have to fire just about everyone in government.
epochwolf··on The True Size of Africa - Misleading Maps
Yes, yes they are.
epochwolf··on The limits of Google’s openness
That's because there was /\bPhone\b/ in the user-agent.
epochwolf··on Sum of 1 to 1000000000 in different programming languages
Ruby

     (1..1000000000).inject(:+)
epochwolf··on How We Created a Fake Vodka Brand to Promote Our Startup
Wine is regulated differently.
epochwolf··on Wired Love: a novel from 1880 that could have been written last week
I had to read The Victorian Internet for a class and it reminded me a lot of IRC. Definitely recommend.
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