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by akie 9y ago
> provincial ... because laws that enable mass-surveillance are somehow worldly?
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by akie 9y ago
Yeah, but what would you do if the EU decides that you cannot sell your product in the EU?
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by akie 9y ago
If the whole economy is built on rent seeking behavior, then who is left to pay the rent?
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by akie 9y ago
Maybe it’s not unreasonable, but unrealistic?
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by akie 9y ago
On what do you base that assumption?
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by akie 9y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10481507
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How the BBC switched to HTTP2(medium.com)
3 points by akie 9y ago|0 comments
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by akie 9y ago
Children have wildly different capabilities. I've seen quite a few who probably wouldn't be able to read at age three. As the father of two highly intelligent kids myself (according to a few unprompted remarks by a number of peopl
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by akie 9y ago
The introduction of copious amounts of whitespace is a very common design tool that is not limited to just websites. Have a look at an average art gallery or museum and you will know what I mean. And there's a reason why using whitespa
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by akie 9y ago
I agree with your general sentiment, but please let's not be naive about Apple's business practices - last time I checked (2 years ago?) Apple's company wide profit margin was about 30 - 40%. So yes, Apple's products are
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by akie 9y ago
In my opinion this guy has his priorities reversed, basically admitting he never sees his kid yet somehow finds it worth it (he comes home at midnight and gets up at 5am): “Our little guy goes to bed at 9 p.m., which is not so cool, but he
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by akie 9y ago
I mean, almost by definition and in ANY profession, most people will be average and good people will be scarce. If everyone was good, then everyone would be average and only the outstanding ones would be good. So, I respectfully disagree. I
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by akie 9y ago
Because of the tragedy of the commons [1], which is hard to solve without a third-party (i.e. the government) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
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by akie 9y ago
To be honest, my experience is that US border checks are very aggressive (like, passive aggression and suspicion is the default attitude). I've seen worse, but my last entrance into the US (in 2012) featured barking sniffer dogs and op
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by akie 9y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14226889
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by akie 9y ago
HN Reddit The Guardian Twitter The Economist (via Facebook to circumvent their 3 articles limit) Facebook
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by akie 9y ago
Linux, because he mentions running a LAMP stack.
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by akie 9y ago
I really like https://appear.in - simple, straight-forward, and "just works". Don't know how well it works for more than two people, though. You can add screensharing with a Chrome plugin. It's all I need, re
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by akie 10y ago
I've successfully used imapsync ( https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync and https://imapsync.lamiral.info/ ) in the past. It's been around for years, has tons of options, and has proven very sta
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by akie 10y ago
One standard solution to the "tragedy of the commons" problem is to change the incentives such that the actors don't destroy the commons. Usually involves an external authority (i.e. government) to enforce though. Additionall
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by akie 10y ago
Actually, the people mentioned in the article are mainly going east or south.
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by akie 10y ago
These are not the only two options: Germany pays (very) high wages, but has many manufacturing jobs -- and they're not in danger of going away.
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by akie 10y ago
I disagree that having successful startups requires diversity. Israel is a counter example.
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by akie 10y ago
This is already happening. I'm in Europe and I've heard quite a few friends (mostly academics) state that they're actively avoiding traveling to the US.
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by akie 10y ago
Berlin is awesome as it is, and it's being changed by people who don't live in Berlin and who only want to make a quick buck. No wonder people are upset (I know I am).
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by akie 10y ago
Thank you! That clarifies it quite a bit. My C/C++ is too rusty to remember these internals...
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by akie 10y ago
Ah, I see! Thank you.
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by akie 10y ago
I have no idea what this means, and I have a masters in Computer Science and 20 years of industry experience. Enlighten me?
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by akie 10y ago
I thought the Snowden revelations were going to be the turning point. But it turned out it was not a turning point, but just a wake-up call. I honestly don't see a revolution coming if Signal is shut down. There will be some angry folk
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Caddy, a fast HTTP/2 webserver with automatic HTTPS, written in Go(caddyserver.com)
4 points by akie 10y ago|0 comments

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