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by asto 15y ago
I used to run a drupal site a while back where I'd post interesting linux stuff that I came across. The sign-up process was extremely simple with no mail verification. And there were plenty of accounts (about 50 in 3-4 months) created that
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by asto 15y ago
If you're handling large amounts of data on your sever(s) and want a single backup just in case? I think that's what they wanted.
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by asto 15y ago
:-) Well, it's better than reading nginx source and figuring out configuration options yourself. Or hanging around on Russian forums in the hopes that someone will help you.
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Sparse English documentation for nginx? Says who?(translate.google.com)
1 points by asto 15y ago|2 comments
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by asto 15y ago
And they are ruled by pools of monies.
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by asto 15y ago
If you're taking me literally, do allow me to change that to "datacenter". I'm talking about email! Very little reason for push mail these days. Internet's fast and cheap and IMAP+ is as fast as push. And I've never seen gmail go down. Why
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by asto 15y ago
Having all communication in a region pass through a single third party server is such a big design flaw! If only other companies made decent qwerty keyed phones, picking a successor to my Blackberry wouldn't be so hard.
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by asto 15y ago
Apple's answer to the future and GOOGLE? Doesn't Google have a really good natural language processor already?
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Bitwise operations in C(gamedev.net)
3 points by asto 15y ago|0 comments
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Beating SMS spam with intelligent pricing rather than dumb limits(blog.arunbalan.in)
6 points by asto 15y ago|1 comments
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by asto 15y ago
Yeah, it looks like a rehash of the data available on their official website. http://www.aakashcomputer.in/index.html
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by asto 15y ago
Seconded. I currently live in Bangalore and pay just Rs 400 (about $8) per month for blackberry services + unlimited 3G usage. I had this Rs 98 plan a few years ago when I was in college and didn't have a 3G capable phone.
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by asto 15y ago
I agree! Have been doing this on my sites for a while now. Another thing to note is that when the font size is small, the number of words that fit into one line increases. It's easier to read lines with less words (which is why newspapers u
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by asto 15y ago
"Hence the bug report." The story was posted an HOUR ago! They're a bank! Imagine the number of criminals swarming over their website by now. You'd think they'd react quicker. Or maybe the bosses there aren't aware of the implications of th
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by asto 15y ago
It could have been. Except, you can't leave your valuables on the street and then arrest someone for breaking and entering when they're stolen!
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by asto 15y ago
Extremely hard to get in touch with Google as well. And you only tend to realise it when something goes horribly wrong - like when your adsense account gets suspended.
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by asto 15y ago
IP address is not accurate enough to reliably ascertain such a thing. First, there's the problem of NAT. Second, there's the problem of dynamic IPs. My IP address changes everytime my modem is switched back off and switched back on. I'm sur
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by asto 15y ago
Sure. And buying a car doesn't mean you go anywhere in it. But usually ...
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by asto 15y ago
"hear their words"? Easier said than done. Here's a blog post I wrote about how the things they say aren't very consistent. http://blog.arunbalan.in/2011/09/28/hey-facebook-ive-got-a-q...
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Facebook caught lying?(blog.arunbalan.in)
38 points by asto 15y ago|8 comments
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by asto 15y ago
No point using separate IDs for different services. Google will still tie them together. Here's a little story (that might scare you). A few months ago, my brother bought an android phone. He synced contacts with his gmail account. And when
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by asto 15y ago
I'm not sure why I got downvoted. Maybe I wasn't clear enough about what I said? Here's a link to a blogpost I made 5 mins ago that explains what I meant properly -> http://blog.arunbalan.in/2011/09/28/hey-facebook-ive-got-a-q...
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by asto 15y ago
They're using that cookie that stores the user-id post logout to figure out who's using which computer. Which means the cookie sticking around even after you log out wasn't unintended as Facebook tried to imply. The lying bastards!
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by asto 15y ago
Why not point at a website and ask how much would that cost? In the sense "I'd like a website that works and looks like HN. How much would you charge to make it for me?" Maybe watches aren't perfectly analogous. How about walking into a rea
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by asto 15y ago
Big banks do rule the world! Not for the reasons he implied though. Take a look at Goldman's alumni list for example. So many people in power positions. And there's all the money big businesses put into politics. It's not charity! You don't
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by asto 15y ago
But why do web developers and designers always get these kind of questions? One would hardly go into a shop selling watches and ask how much _a_ watch costs. Why then ask a vague question that just cannot be answered? I think giving an equa
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by asto 15y ago
I'm new to the freelancing business and that's a great tip!
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by asto 15y ago
Your phone is where FB gets all your friends' phone numbers from whether any of you like it or not!