DanBlake

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Twitpic shutting down over Twitter trademark dispute(cbc.ca)
2 points by DanBlake 12y ago|0 comments
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by DanBlake 12y ago
So, there is a bunch of info we dont have... But would it not make sense to just rebrand? From a preliminary search on twitter, there is a huge amount of users still using twitpic. Seems like this is a biz that could/should make millio
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Why hasnt the imgur for video arrived yet?(harknesslabs.com)
3 points by DanBlake 12y ago|1 comments
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Massive iCloud zero day being exploited for explicit celebrity photos(businessinsider.com)
7 points by DanBlake 12y ago|0 comments
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by DanBlake 12y ago
>There's a few things missing with this app. The data may be encrypted, but its still available to anyone with the URL? >I think https://www.noteshred.com does this better. It requires a password to access and logs a
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by DanBlake 12y ago
This was a side project for a few of us at the office. It is for casual users who want 'better than nothing at all' encryption. We are well aware of the limitations of serverside JS encryption, but we aim for usability first which
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Show HN: Self destructing, encrypted messaging with file upload(popbox.io)
40 points by DanBlake 12y ago|30 comments
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by DanBlake 12y ago
Reiterating my comment on the blog here: Major issue with the article: Condos do not have rent control- They are treated as single family homes- The new owner can simply raise the rent to market pricing at the end of the lease cycle. There
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How Much Should a Landlord Pay a Tenant to Move Out of an Apartment?(priceonomics.com)
33 points by DanBlake 12y ago|77 comments
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Show HN: Encrypted pastebin with Bitcoin ad network(binbox.io)
7 points by DanBlake 12y ago|2 comments
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by DanBlake 12y ago
I would think a more likely to be exploited use case would be to find the telephone number of celebs. Send the celebrity some specially crafted message on FB or twitter with a good mix of social engineering and you should be good to go (pro
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by DanBlake 12y ago
I did something like this a few years ago, but we were forced to use flash- http://flockdraw.com
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by DanBlake 12y ago
It should also be noted that the types of emails you get from giveaways are among the lowest quality leads you can receive.
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by DanBlake 12y ago
It is pretty well understood that 25-30% percent of costs of operating a restaurant was the labor. Dont forget that things like payroll tax, health insurance, overtime, etc.. goes into that. Food is 25-40% and the rest is rent/profit.
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by DanBlake 12y ago
The soviet APC's are outstanding EOTWAWKI vehicles- Armored and amphibious. You can also go with the american v-100 (gage) if you are lucky enough to find one. They come up on ebay occasionally
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by DanBlake 12y ago
Im sad to say there is only one reason left that I continue to use firefox as my main browser- The most excellent security addon, noscript, by Giorgio Maone. (and before you say chrome can block javascript- understand noscript does much, mu
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by DanBlake 12y ago
In SF, yes.
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by DanBlake 12y ago
That is not entirely accurate. If you were renting a room in a apartment (you being the master tenant) and you still resided in the apartment in another bedroom AND also showed/informed the new tenant a copy of San Francisco Rules &am
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by DanBlake 12y ago
Did you know that if someone rents a airbnb listing in SF for more than 30 days, they can stay there forever , so long as they continue paying the same rate they did from airbnb ? I bet you didnt. In order to get them out, you would need
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by DanBlake 12y ago
I wrote about this exact situation and the legality's regarding it in 2012. http://harknesslabs.com/post/32179239260/gaming-airbnb-in-sa... The gist of it, is that San Francisco and California's rental a
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by DanBlake 12y ago
Does anyone who works in Comcast know what the incentive is for keeping someone from disconnecting? Maybe there is a bonus involved for the employee with the least amount of disconnections per phone calls received?
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by DanBlake 12y ago
This reminds me of Van Halen and their "no brown M&M's clause" http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232420 To sum it up, Van Halen would put in their contracts that they are to be served M&M'
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by DanBlake 12y ago
Forgive my ignorance of the judicial system, but why would the issue be returned to the lower courts? My understanding is that a Supreme Court decision was about as final as something could get- Is there any paths to Aereo being able to win
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by DanBlake 12y ago
Yep. I should mention that 99.9% of domains will fall into standard form ( handle.domain or ip.ip.ip.ip ) As such, You are definitely more likely to let a user enter a bad URL they did not intend because it validates then to let a uncommon
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by DanBlake 12y ago
It would be very valuable to newly launching companies to get feedback
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by DanBlake 12y ago
using tor to download it should work pretty well, yes.
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by DanBlake 12y ago
Maybe the solution is to have the automatic downloads of chrome be anonymous and build the system in such a way that changing it would not be possible. Basically, change the chrome automatic updater to not send any identifying information w
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by DanBlake 12y ago
About 10m. Invest that into 'safe' assets that only produce 3% a year, but do so with low risk and low overheard. 300k a year is about the right number to do everything you want to do if you are a family. Buy whatever cars you wan
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by DanBlake 12y ago
Its nice to say "we stopped doing it because we love our users" but I always feel like there is something more behind the scenes that makes these things happen. Did chrome or Firefox recently change the way they handle nonexisten
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by DanBlake 12y ago
It feels like they are pulling a amazon, ala diapers.com fiasco. * Only issue is, they are doing it to their core business vs amazon who was doing it with just one segment and could afford to cannibalize profits in that sector http:/&

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