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by al_james 16y ago
And it will still probably be on google image search, and then the wayback machine. In short: You can't close the door after the horse has bolted: If any digital content gets published there is very little you can do to take it away. That s
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by al_james 16y ago
I should imagine the decision about how much protection is applied to the system is made long before the device is accepted on various carriers. Ok, this is a 'made for T-mobile' device, but its likely it will appear in almost the same form
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by al_james 16y ago
Exactly. Phone manufactures are in the pocket of the carriers (as google proved with the Nexus one, you can't sell phones without carrier relations) and carriers don't like rooting as it limited their options to block certain software and s
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by al_james 16y ago
Or you could install Ganglia for free.
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by al_james 16y ago
Thats pretty awesome. Cute logo as well. It would be great to add some more locations around the world. If you add monitoring and alerts I would probably pay. Not that much as its already a corwded space, but I think a cheap alternative cou
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by al_james 16y ago
No. Social networks are only useful when you can access a critical mass of your friends in one network. Thus, fragmentation of social networks reduces their utility for most people. Uber geeks may want to try something else, but for most pe
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by al_james 16y ago
That is pretty cool. Perhaps the most exciting use of WebGL will be novel interfaces on platforms like TVs and tablets, where smooth and intuitive interaction is key. I just hope WebGL makes it to these devices quickly!
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by al_james 16y ago
Google is failing its users. Google is a machine, its does not have human intelligence. Google falls for simple SEO techniques, so that the first results for a query represent those site owners who best play the SEO game. This is not a dig
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by al_james 16y ago
The core argument in that article is that Twitter somehow competes with Facebook in a 'social network space'. Twitter is a very different beast to Facebook, with different use cases and user profiles. Facebook is a great 'social tool' that
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by al_james 16y ago
Cool. Its a promising tool. I know from experience that image delivery times are significantly reduced using the get_serving_url method, so it could be a killer feature. The hard bit will be that the cdn distributed URLs are not guessable
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by al_james 16y ago
Not as far as I am aware.
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by al_james 16y ago
If only the author would implement the proper google app engine image caching (via the get_serving_url) method. This is a true cdn (in that content is held close to the user) and allows dynamic image sizing by changing the URL!
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by al_james 16y ago
We will have to see how much of a draw the Chrome web app store is when its ready. App availability will be a deciding factor, although google will have lots of work to do to get even with Apple.
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by al_james 16y ago
Just to clarify: I do think videos have a place, its just that place is further down the line (e.g. I want to know more) rather than the 'initial introduction'.
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by al_james 16y ago
Wow. There must be a big market for instant porn search. Anyone?
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by al_james 16y ago
Does it work ok in IE (all the way back to 6). I cant find any 'browser compatibility' list on the site.
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by al_james 16y ago
Yes. Does anyone else automatically hit the back button when you see a video and not a nice, concise, article?
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by al_james 16y ago
Awesome. Good work!
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by al_james 16y ago
Awesome. Now someone needs to combine it with websockets/node.js (or similar) so I can see the other players on the same page!
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by al_james 16y ago
This is a pretty nice service. It also mitigates the need for a paid DNS service, as they host your DNS records using a redundant AnyCast network. I think they are going to struggle to explain how to install it to small site owners. In my e
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by al_james 16y ago
Cool, but there are similar projects out there. E.g. http://cdn-cloud.appspot.com/ Not sure that response times from app engine are that nippy compared to a 'proper' CDN. What would be cool would automatically distributing images via goog
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by al_james 16y ago
Or "Marketing your blog"
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by al_james 16y ago
Yes, because cornflour blue would be, well, white.
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by al_james 16y ago
Any good examples of boobs in flash?
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by al_james 16y ago
Yes. I have that. Its very annoying.
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by al_james 16y ago
Cool. Would be better if it had a list of thumbnails to choose a different video.
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by al_james 16y ago
Hmmmm.... The 1 MB limit in and out of the image service could be a problem.
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by al_james 16y ago
Thats very interesting. Thanks!
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by al_james 16y ago
Sounds very similar to what we have here, except we are storing the original files on S3 to avoid replication / redundancy issues. I guess getting the pricing right is key to working out demand.
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Ask HN: Service Idea: Cloud based image hosting
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