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541.
by amirmc 12y ago
Seems like the t-shirt cannon was actually a student robotics team (and it looks like they hire out the device for promotional events). I'd give them a pass. http://www.team254.com
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by amirmc 12y ago
That seems unnecessary. The entire page is only 126 words and it's clearly stated that only OSX is supported.
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by amirmc 12y ago
> "But in this case the monkey was also the director." The ape didn't really have any intent to direct. It was simply playing with an amusing object. I wonder what the situation would be like if this was a case of cont
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by amirmc 12y ago
I actually don't like that Apple acts as arbiter of what's considered 'useful'. Especially since I don't have a choice of App store. I'd rather they just check for malicious code or use of private APIs and le
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by amirmc 12y ago
1. Build toy app in a weekend. 2. See it go viral. 3. Somehow raise money -- because crazy user 'growth' is the new 'eyeballs'. 4. Pay lawyers to take down similar apps -- also created in a weekend. 5. Users get bored an
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by amirmc 12y ago
This is a great article and the ideas go way beyond Haskell and programming. We are all still learning and our interactions with people can be much better if we remember that. In some sense, it also reminds me of the xkcd comic on learn
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by amirmc 12y ago
Perhaps I'm wrong but I feel you've either (1) missed the point or (2) haven't actually looked at the references. Everything is written in a high-level language and the VM is an artefact produced as a result of the process (y
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by amirmc 12y ago
There are other approaches that yield Unikernels [1]. I don't quite understand your point about kernel mode and why that would be a problem under this scenario. The code is your own and you only use the OS components you require. The A
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by amirmc 12y ago
More roundabout than the current paradigm of duplicate Linux stacks and supporting services for DevOps just to get stuff deployed? That doesn't make sense to me. Your argument is actually "It seems very new. Not enough people know
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by amirmc 12y ago
> ... do you have a link to more on that topic? The following may be of interest [1]. There's been more progress since and we'll be talking about it at OCaml 2014 [2]. [1] http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sd601/m
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by amirmc 12y ago
Even if you have your own hardware there are scenarios where you might want stronger isolation, increased density and/or heterogeneous deployments. All of which is achievable with Unikernels running on Xen.
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by amirmc 12y ago
And to reinforce this point: Robbie Hontele, from the Netherlands, was initially the only defendant to challenge the case and West dropped his lawsuit against Hontele.
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by amirmc 12y ago
Your argument essentially boils down to 'anyone great at X should (eventually) also be great at Y'. I don't believe that and it seems like a difficult thing to persuade you of -- at least right now. Also, think about the time
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by amirmc 12y ago
You could think of it this way. If someone is really, really good at sales, would you expect them to also be great at (say) general management too? I wouldn't. A company needs all kinds of complementary skills but in the beginning it o
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by amirmc 12y ago
The next post in this series is also up. By djs55 on Using Irmin to add fault-tolerance to the Xenstore database. http://openmirage.org/blog/introducing-irmin-in-xenstore
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by amirmc 12y ago
For context, there was some discussion on the introductory post yesterday. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8053687
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Using Irmin to add fault-tolerance to the Xenstore database(openmirage.org)
8 points by amirmc 12y ago|1 comments
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by amirmc 12y ago
This kind of thing isn't unique to Airbnb. I believe any online marketplace (eg eBay etc), has similar problems. My usual approach is to keep as much communication on the platform as possible, including the payment process. Anyone who
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by amirmc 12y ago
From what I've seen and experienced as an end-user, it's just advertising. So no, I don't think there are a lot of business models. I'd love to be proven wrong someday.
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Irmin: Git-like distributed, branchable storage(openmirage.org)
147 points by amirmc 12y ago|25 comments
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by amirmc 12y ago
I disagree. The technology needs to be fundamentally different before we can have viable, distributed, alternatives. We've had crypto for a while and yet nobody encrypts their email by default (or even shares keys). We've had th
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by amirmc 12y ago
I take that as a positive sign. I'll be trying Sandstorm out soon and wish you well with the crowd funding (I'll be contributing once I'm at my desktop).
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by amirmc 12y ago
This is what I meant further up thread when I mentioned segmenting the market. I don't believe everyone will move to a new solution but I do believe that some will. I also believe that the first users will be the technical ones w
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by amirmc 12y ago
Please don't assume that a lock-in based on network effects must mean users are happy with (or even aware of) that trade. I don't like FB's practices, or the way LinkedIn deals with me, yet I maintain profiles on both sit
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by amirmc 12y ago
You can look through the ACM article to get a good overview [1]. Yes, it's taken a lot of work to get to this point and there's more to go. In order to enable a fully decentralised system, we need to understand and tackle the basi
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by amirmc 12y ago
> "Data ownership will not be solved by technology" I would say 'data ownership will not be solved by technology alone '. I think it's completely wrong to think we can deal with any of the data ownership issue
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by amirmc 12y ago
I'm in favour of making it easy for individuals to own their 'digital' life. However, simply having a 'data store' isn't enough. You need to have a system that actually runs some infrastructure for you and t
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by amirmc 12y ago
I stand corrected, thank you. What I was trying to get at above was that if "% of companies funded" post demo-day is a metric YC wants to maximise, then it would be trivial for them to get to near 100% by only selecting the obvi
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by amirmc 12y ago
I'd be curious to see if there's a relationship between 'ugly hack' in code commits and the languages being used (though it'd probably say more about the programmer than the language). The bar chart on the left of t
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by amirmc 12y ago
Why should YC have access to this info and not other investors (who've arguably put more money in)? Reporting cycles allow you present more context, whereas real-time feeds would lead to knee-jerk reactions.

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