DanielStraight

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by DanielStraight 10y ago
Hacker News doesn't do anything nearly database intensive enough for it to matter much. I would suggest defaulting to PostgreSQL for all database needs unless you have a specific reason to use something else. It is well supported on mo
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
Wow... you're not kidding about the silos. I haven't used Stack Overflow much lately, so I thought it was still just Stack Overflow and Super User. Instead... Stack Overflow Server Fault Super User Web Applications Web
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
If you're relying the extra protection of an exact match over a match with a Levenshtein distance of 1, your security question isn't secure to begin with. Proper management of security questions is pretty straightforward: Set them
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
This is a pretty useless article. Here is the ruling: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf/14-1373_83i7.pdf
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
There's a contact link in the footer to send an email to hn@ycombinator.com In my experience, 'dang reads those emails personally and responds promptly.
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
There's a search box at the bottom of the page. Also, anything you upvote goes in your saved stories on your profile. Was it this? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11627955
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
Right. People are more than happy to use free, open source, standardized, distributed, self-owned software and services... when that software and those services offer the best solution for their needs. There's only so much ease of use
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimatum_game People don't make "rational" decisions in the face of perceived injustice.
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
Obviously it would be better in the long-term, global perspective for no one to pay. If no one paid, no one would continue making ransomware. But that requires that the everyone hit by ransomware before people give up on making it be willin
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
Maybe this is just pointless pedantry but... This isn't a software upgrade. It's an on/off switch. There's a difference. A software upgrade implies some new code which cost real money to develop is being made available.
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
This is a relevant question to ask. This stuff is hard and it takes a lot of oversight to make it work. But that doesn't mean that we should assume every charity is producing negative consequences which outweigh the good they do. That
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
Stories you upvote are saved.
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
You can use its own output against it. (Which means, ironically, it does not follow "know thyself", a maxim said to be from the Oracle at Delphi.) Fixate on a number fairly late in the sequence (the millionths place seems to work
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
No, people don't like solutions which ignore the problem. Yes, by completely changing your plan for your life you can prevent certain problems, but that doesn't necessitate that you should make the change.
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
You know what... I downvoted you, but I think I misunderstood. Are you saying that Zika and hurricanes are not really a big deal but are made to seem so by the press... or that they are a big deal and the press poisons people against proper
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
It seems a bit ambitious to call this true random without any analysis of randomness quality or predictability. I find it very unlikely this will be shown to be better than existing RNG solutions. It's clever, but clever in the way tha
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
I've been looking for a product like this (or thinking about building one). Some feedback: Signup process is tedious. I have to create an account to even see how it works. I have to pick a username AND give an email address. I have to
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
Just in case it's not clear, you're getting downvotes because you are making an ad hominem argument rather than a logical rebuttal of the previous post. "Organization X is wrong about A, therefore they are wrong about B,&quot
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
Unprotected means there is no traffic light. Typically it will look like this... = (end) =========== ^ ===================== << | << - - - - ^ - - - - -
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
Looks like it's pretty close: https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=thomas%20the%20tank%...
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
The most popular talking vehicle, in the US at least, is named Thomas. This isn't a particularly convincing argument for a silly name. If kids will accept Thomas, surely they'll accept a more serious name than Boaty McBoatface.
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
I'll register another data point disproving your notion that no one wants to see people's travel photos. I have friends I deliberately invite over right after any trip they take so I can see their photos and talk about their trave
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by DanielStraight 10y ago
Paragraph 4: "Whether you choose to read with your left or right hand, Kindle Oasis automatically rotates the page orientation to match."
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Beyond the sea: What’s across the ocean from you when you look straight out?(andywoodruff.com)
1 points by DanielStraight 11y ago|0 comments
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by DanielStraight 11y ago
Study behind the article: http://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(05)00674-1/fulltext
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by DanielStraight 11y ago
I flag every single "is down" post that I see. Anyone who cares already knows. Anyone who can supply inside information is (hopefully) too busy fixing it to comment on an HN thread. Websites, even massively popular ones, go down f
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Simulating the World (In Emoji)(ncase.me)
2 points by DanielStraight 11y ago|1 comments
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How Gallaudet University’s Architects Are Redefining Deaf Space(curbed.com)
2 points by DanielStraight 11y ago|0 comments
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by DanielStraight 11y ago
Why can't it be both? Right now, we're communicating, sure. But a book like Eloquent Javascript ( http://eloquentjavascript.net/ ) isn't content? The postal system is a communication medium, but you can still b
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by DanielStraight 11y ago
I find it strange he didn't mention selling something as a possible way to make money. Free web content that you can buy in other forms (ebook, paper book) or buy extras for (videos, email support, courses) seems like a pretty common

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