ZeroMinx

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   by ZeroMinx 16y ago

   I don't think I get it.. The slashing, is this like public bookmarks? How will they stop spammers / SEO gamers? They say search results shall involve people, but spammers and SEO gamers are people too.
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   by ZeroMinx 16y ago

   Atari Teenage Riot.
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   Even Forced SSL is broken for Facebook Google Twitter(digitalsociety.org)

   2 points by ZeroMinx 16y ago|0 comments
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   by ZeroMinx 16y ago

   Thanks for the inside info! Always interesting to hear from inside companies like this. You're on the wrong side of the Atlantic for me though :)
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   by ZeroMinx 16y ago

   Wish they'd included http://urlshorteningservicefortwitter.com/ - a URL shortener for the rest of us..
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   by ZeroMinx 16y ago

   Indeed! Anyone with insights into Backflip Studios? Number of people working full time, how much money spent building this range of games?
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   by ZeroMinx 16y ago

   Yes. This article seem to confuse TDD vs having tests. It's talking about having tests, but referring to TDD. You can have a solid set of unit tests even if you didn't doing TDD.
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   by ZeroMinx 16y ago

   I know it's standard internet stuff, but if I click on a big button saying "Start reading", I want to start reading. I do not want a big form asking me to register. If I like the service, yes, I will want to register, but give me a chance t
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   by ZeroMinx 16y ago

   It's going to be very interesting to see what happens when HN continue to grow. I don't know how big HN is right now, and I don't know where the breaking points for an online community are, but growth does mean change. I remember some years
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    I just want a good web search for finding and booking flights. Expedia and friends could work on improving their websites instead of complaining.. Just tried Expedia now, flying London - Stockholm in December. Next screen I could choose "sp
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    Ah yes, was going to comment on that too.. Why do you have a captcha? Are you having spam registration problems? As captchas are a hassle to people, I wouldn't worry putting one in place until you have an issue with non-humans registering.
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    I'm also looking for a new permanent home for RSS reading now that Bloglines is closing down. I like a cross between "click each feed" vs "all feeds" -- grouping. So if I click the group "London" I get all new items from my feeds that are i
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    Would it be viable to get the other another dev trained in this other language? As has been stated before, having a single point of failure is not good. Also - are there other reasons why you'd want to rewrite that code? If it's well writte
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    So in effect, this is hiring a Linux sysadmin consultant for a short/fixed term contract (?) That's cool. A lot of devs is not very good at sys admin stuff. I've actually had my puppet config and other sysadmin set up by a contractor.
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    I don't know about the providers you list, but Linode has something called StackScripts, which gives you the possibility to easily build a new machine with all the software etc you want installed. They've got ready StackScripts for a lot of
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    This could be useful for people learning a new language. There are already plugins for getting translations of words/phrases, but if this service also stores the words I've looked up, I can go back and repeat. Maybe I can even be quizzed on
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    Also, don't trust Seagate, Western Digital, Maxtor, or any other hard drive manufacturer.. (the serious point - if it's important, don't have a single point of failure. It doesn't matter if it's hardware or cloudware)
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    Interview: man who owns only 15 things(scottberkun.com)

    2 points by ZeroMinx 16y ago|0 comments
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    Hi Quickly looking at the LargeMap you're linking to.. What's the problem you're trying to solve? What's the benefit of using this as compared to normal Google maps? For me, it starts showing London. If I scroll and zoom in to my area and c
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    Why are apps allowed to be silently installed and executed by just inserting an SD card? I don't agree with the "Bad idea" label in the title. If it can be done, it will be done. Maybe black hats are already doing it? Bringing the knowledge
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    It's good for getting live news updates. For example, right now there's a bomb scare in central London. You can get updates and pics at; http://twitter.com/#search?q=holborn Nothing in "normal" media yet, as far as I can tell. It was also
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    FSF announces criteria for hardware endorsement program "Respects Your Freedom"(fsf.org)

    29 points by ZeroMinx 16y ago|20 comments
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    It obviously depends on 1) who your target audience is, and 2) what your website is. If the target is HN type people I'm guessing the number of non-Javascript goes up. If the website is pure information, why not provide it even to people wh
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    The CIO’s Problem: Cloud “Mess” Or Cloud “Mash”(highscalability.com)

    1 points by ZeroMinx 16y ago|0 comments
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    Next chessboxing event in London is now on Saturday! If you haven't seen it, you should. It's brilliant! http://www.londonchessboxing.com/PAGES/Events-%20Up&Comi...
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    There's a lot of truth in that. This reminds me of an old interview with Linus saying that while he thought the Windows logo was ok (he might have said good, I don't remember), you can't really do anything with it, while you can do put Tux
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    IT transformations must begin with hearts and minds(radar.oreilly.com)

    2 points by ZeroMinx 16y ago|0 comments
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    All About Skimmers(krebsonsecurity.com)

    13 points by ZeroMinx 16y ago|2 comments
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    Perhaps. But if I flip a coin 10 times and get the queens face (I'm in the UK) 8 of those times, that doesn't mean I'll keep getting head. It's been quite a lot of years since I was involved in the betting world now, but at the time I was c
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    by ZeroMinx 16y ago

    Agreed. And that's why I liked this post -- it's highlighting the fact that it's easy to misread statistics.