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   by 0xmohit 10y ago

   Thanks for sharing. The compiled binary is just 39KB. Love it.
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   by 0xmohit 10y ago

   I asked my friend what would happen if I put the mail call inside a while(true) statement. Amusing. I did something similar in 1995. The difference being that I used mail(1). IIRC, it was something like: while : ; do ma
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   by 0xmohit 10y ago

   Why do they all show a text editor containing either JS or PHP code? Curious, honestly.
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   by 0xmohit 10y ago

   Another link: http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2016/11/15/wal-mart-tell... Interesting: Wal-Mart has instructed store managers to tell their employees that the app wasn't made by the compan
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   by 0xmohit 10y ago

   *average=*total/*count; /* compute the average */ ^ begin comment end comment^ The guide recommends a space after the `/` operator. Does a pair of parenthesis (around the denominator
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   by 0xmohit 10y ago

   Well, AWS has only billing and account related support for free. Any other support is, of course, paid. And it'd be best to avoid commenting on their free support.
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   by 0xmohit 10y ago

   Talking of EC2, AWS free tier only allows t2.micro instances (1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM). Might not serve any use to many.
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   by 0xmohit 10y ago

   Thanks for the update. The change appears to be relatively recent, and I'm not surprised being unaware :)
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   by 0xmohit 10y ago

   Curious: Doesn't anyone use Maple these days?
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    There are scores of other optimizations [0] as well: Optimizations: bytes, strings: optimize for ASCII sets (CL 31593) bytes, strings: optimize multi-byte index operations on s390x (CL 32447) bytes,strings: use IndexByte more o
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    Isn't it true that those require a 1-yr or 3-yr commitment? You can't move a reserved instance to another region. IIRC, its tied both to a region and AZ. OTOH, spot instances can be cheaper but then you should be prepared for th
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    How Amazon Web Services (AWS) Achieved an $11.5B Run Rate by Working Backwards(hitenism.com)

    9 points by 0xmohit 10y ago|0 comments
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    Lots of discussion here too: Which cloud provider to use in 2016? AWS or GCE? [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11515505
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    Now 1/4th of the comments here refer to the previous discussions .
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    Oh, I thought that wolframalpha was limited to maths. Thanks, TIL.
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    Nice. Microsoft seems to be open-sourcing a fair bit of stuff lately. However, unlike their other repos there are a couple of things that strike out. The code isn't even consistently formatted. There are parts that make you say ouch
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    If you're generating metrics to benefit yourself , chances are that those would be broken. If those are broken in ways obvious to the users (advertisers in this case), it'd cause headache too. Potential causes would include gree
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    Not suggestion that one should sleep lesser, but it's more important to have a deep sleep. If one is able to sleep like a log even for 6 to 7 hours, it's extremely helpful.
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    From DOES16 London - Better Faster Cheaper .. How? (slide #29) [0] [1]: Recipe for burnout is inverse of recipe for success Word Overload: Job demands exceed human limits. Lack of control: Inability to influence decisions that affe
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    I'm amazed by the amount of abuse that's prevalent on Twitter. This is based on observation of replies to tweets by certain individuals. Abusive comments being retweeted and fav'd is such a commonplace. It's hard to i
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    https://theintercept.com/2016/11/17/iphones-secretly-send-ca... It’s not just regular call logs that get sent to Apple’s servers. FaceTime, which is used to make audio and video calls on iOS devices,
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    Given how LinkedIn works [0], it doesn't appear too bad. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11063178
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12967770
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    TechEmpower also reports that the performance of ASP.NET Core running on Linux is approximately 760 times faster than it was one year ago. Since TechEmpower started measuring benchmarks in March 2013, they have never seen such a
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    Half of HN front page today is Microsoft, .NET, Visual Studio, Connect.
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    Can this be merged into https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12967921
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    The company has become an enthusiastic supporter of Linux Curious to know from any users out there: How well does Mono work, especially on Linux?
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    Your website certificate has expired. You could consider using Let's Encrypt [0] to generate a free certificate. [0] https://letsencrypt.org/
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    98% of all statistics are made up. Its ok, Facebook. -- Earlier discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12561302
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    by 0xmohit 10y ago

    It's possibly targeted at those who have never made use of analytics, but might think of it if it comes with minimal effort (and price). AWS generally tends to complement its offerings such that they can avoid most of existing users