RobAley

25 ms·

1. 241.▲
   by RobAley 13y ago

   I'll look into that, thanks. It obviously has a much wider reader base than Leanpub where I'm currently publishing, although it has lower margins and more "competition". Of course there's nothing stopping me using b
2. 242.▲
   by RobAley 13y ago

   That's definitely worth looking into, thanks. I hadn't heard of it before, have you had any experience (on either side of the transaction) with it?
3. 243.▲
   by RobAley 13y ago

   I certainly will do, if I'm not too busy cruising around the world on my new yatch bought with the profits from the book...;)
4. 244.▲
   by RobAley 13y ago

   Thanks for buying it! If you have any more thoughts or any feedback once you've had a chance to read some, please do let me know (author@phpbeyondtheweb.com). And thanks for mentioning it on your blog. What's the URL (if you don&#
5. 245.▲
   by RobAley 13y ago

   Hi Ivan, Thanks for the tips. 1) I've got a page up at http://www.phpbeyondtheweb.com , as well as the publisher page at http://www.leanpub.com/php . I hope to add to and improve both as I go along. 2) I&#x27
6. 246.▲
   by RobAley 13y ago

   Thanks for the tips, the conferences idea sounds interesting (though my employer has no budget to fund conferences related to my work let alone anything else, so I'd have to cover the costs myself). Not sure about the real-estate idea,
7. 247.▲
   by RobAley 13y ago

   It only went live last night, so far "dribble" rather than "flood" would be a good way to describe it, although that is (perhaps better) than I expected anyway. I wanted to complete it before I started promoting it, so t
8. 248.▲
   by RobAley 13y ago

   Thanks, that's not a bad idea.
9. 249.▲
   by RobAley 13y ago

   Thanks, I spell-checked the body of the page but forgot the intro! Updated now.
10. 250.▲
    Ask HN: My first attempt at passive income. Where do I take it now?

    64 points by RobAley 13y ago|29 comments
11. 251.▲
    by RobAley 13y ago

    That depends, if it's on a system that's accessible internally only, then it's likely not safer.
12. 252.▲
    by RobAley 13y ago

    Because of which, your users probably write their password down on a post-it note stuck to their monitor...
13. 253.▲
    by RobAley 13y ago

    For the same reason that SSL adoption is currently lower than ideal, for many uses the increased cost (actual cost, and cost of time) is not perceived to be worth it. For many/most uses IPv4 works just fine and non-SSL is just fine.
14. 254.▲
    UK privacy group wants Level 3 to address allegations of spying cooperation(arstechnica.com)

    1 points by RobAley 13y ago|0 comments
15. 255.▲
    WaPo story on NSA Google spying was true, here’s proof(arstechnica.com)

    1 points by RobAley 13y ago|0 comments
16. 256.▲
    by RobAley 13y ago

    You have lost something if : - you paid more for the plan than you otherwise would have - went through "early adopter" pains as three rolled out - weaved Skype into your business/personal processes, and now have to pay for it
17. 257.▲
    by RobAley 13y ago

    I know a couple of people who work on locked-down networks with firewalls that require permitted sites to be specified by IP address. If you're not confident that DNS will always return the same IP address (e.g. round-robin DNS servers
18. 258.▲
    Silk Road Accused's '$28m Stash' Found By FBI(news.sky.com)

    2 points by RobAley 13y ago|1 comments
19. 259.▲
    UK Police find first 3d gun printing factory(news.sky.com)

    1 points by RobAley 13y ago|0 comments
20. 260.▲
    by RobAley 13y ago

    Lazarus and Free Pascal have been around for an age, likewise Delphi for even longer. And they're all still here. Pascal adoption may have slowed, but it has always been here and no "return" is necessary. Nice project though.
21. 261.▲
    Raganwald : Facebook Advertising's Dis-Service(braythwayt.com)

    2 points by RobAley 13y ago|0 comments
22. 262.▲
    by RobAley 13y ago

    And it already hurts things enough.
23. 263.▲
    Can a drug make you tell the truth? Reporter tries sodium thiopental(bbc.co.uk)

    96 points by RobAley 13y ago|32 comments
24. 264.▲
    by RobAley 13y ago

    > MySQL is to a database as PHP is to a programming language. Yup. They're both easy to work with, highly productive, widely supported and tooled, and suitable for a very large number of projects.
25. 265.▲
    Apple’s patent suit shut down by a 2007 video of Steve Jobs(arstechnica.com)

    1 points by RobAley 13y ago|0 comments
26. 266.▲
    EBay And (UK shop chain) Argos Strike 'Click & Collect' Deal(news.sky.com)

    1 points by RobAley 13y ago|0 comments
27. 267.▲
    Google May Stop Using 'Cookies' to Track Web Users(online.wsj.com)

    4 points by RobAley 13y ago|0 comments
28. 268.▲
    by RobAley 13y ago

    At the end of the day, if people really wanted this software, the providers could default to making it opt-in and on balance they wouldn't be any the worse off for it. There is a clear reason "I Agree" is pre-checked. Educati
29. 269.▲
    20 Top UK Universities launch free online University MOOC(futurelearn.com)

    3 points by RobAley 13y ago|0 comments
30. 270.▲
    by RobAley 13y ago

    > If a language developed as a runtime, and no standard has yet been defined for exactly how the language will behave, then that runtime IS the spec. See Perl. Nope, it simply means that there is no spec.