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Comment Gmail doesn't take security seriously (Score 2) 197

Google changed gmail a few months ago so that it no longer logs you out when you close your browser (or when the browser crashes, or the computer powers off), and worse, *they've removed all options to enable this auto-logout behavior*. It used to be that you could choose between convenience (remember me so I don't need to login again) and security (always require a password to get into gmail), but they removed the choice! They've decided that they don't care about your security needs. So this claim of being "the most secure email provider" is laughable. They've already shown they don't care about security by disabling even the most basic protection of logging someone out if the browser should close, or crash, or the computer loses power, etc.

Comment Best to avoid left/right directions altogether (Score 1) 107

Most programming games for children are plagued by this problem. It is well-established that many kids struggle with the notion of left and right relative to the perspective of some other character, and yet "turtle graphics"-inspired games ask kids to do exactly that. If you change to absolute direction, then you end up confusing older kids. As a game designer, I thought long and hard about this issue when designing the programming puzzle game Code Master (review here: http://pastgo.net/2015/12/08/g...). The solution I came up with was to base the programming instructions around colored paths, rather than orientation. A seemingly obvious solution in hindsight, and yet, I'm unaware of any other prior programming game that does this.

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