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by alistairjcbrown 13y ago
sigh I just ordered one of these and was really looking forward to it :( As a safety device, it's a no brainer - I have to return it until it's rock solid. I can't knowingly replace my existing smoke detector with one which
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by alistairjcbrown 13y ago
Warrant Canary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary
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by alistairjcbrown 13y ago
I'm surprised not to see Aloha editor [0] in their list of "Existing Solutions". [0] - http://www.aloha-editor.org/
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by alistairjcbrown 13y ago
Same: UK too and employer provides life insurance. But when I bought a house, I was advised to get insurance cover specifically for the amount of debt remaining on the house; the policy lasts the length of the mortgage and pays out whatever
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by alistairjcbrown 13y ago
Points 3, 4 and 5 don't seem particularly NodeJS specific. For point 2, as you say, NodeJS is built around packages and has npm bundled for easy dependency management. I'm surprised you didn't bump into this information more
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Cloudwash – Creating the Technical Prototype(engineering.bergcloud.com)
1 points by alistairjcbrown 13y ago|0 comments
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by alistairjcbrown 13y ago
Flanders and Swann - The Gnu Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPgo6s1lBbw
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by alistairjcbrown 13y ago
Yes there is. It's called "Permissions Manager" and is available through the Samsung app store.
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by alistairjcbrown 13y ago
In the UK at least, no - they would be unsolicited goods and you have no obligation to send them back or pay for them. http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/consumer_e/consumer_co... Edit: In the US it looks like
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by alistairjcbrown 13y ago
As many other have said, this looks similar to Trello. It may be worth looking into how they have their UI set up. Noticeable differences - In trello, the button which will action something is located close to where you would expect the res
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by alistairjcbrown 13y ago
Couldn't they use something like cloudflare to have the IP point to local servers? Then the traffic is split on location, with each edge server taking only local requests. That should greatly reduce the incoming traffic, at which point
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by alistairjcbrown 13y ago
> It is not a mass file backup system. You say that, but then why do they sell personal plans for 100, 200 or 500Gb storage? That sounds like it's targeted for mass file backup to me.
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Twitcher - a Javascript way to use Twitter's API(twitcher.steer.me)
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by alistairjcbrown 13y ago
You're completely right - to me the phone is worth $600-650 because that's what I could have bought it for early on. There's no way they'll get me to shell out +$200 now. The reward system feels like penalising those who
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by alistairjcbrown 13y ago
Coming from the UK, added service charges always annoy me (unless it's for large parties). A tip is something that I volunteer to express gratitude for a good experience. It is also something I can refuse if the experience is bad. Forc
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by alistairjcbrown 14y ago
And yet there must be a reason Google Apps for Business does so well; it's cheaper and easier to have a dedicated company manage email (as well as other services, eg. docs, IM), especially if they are critical to your business infrastructur
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Can Register.com Be Trusted to Keep Its Customers Anonymous?(pubcit.typepad.com)
2 points by alistairjcbrown 14y ago|0 comments