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by aws_ls 11y ago
The HTTP2 support in Go 1.6 is very exciting, on the server side as well. I have been looking forward to it. On a related note, I found this HTTP2 whitepaper by Nginx team, educating and very informative. https://www.nginx.com&#x
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by aws_ls 11y ago
Blockchain technology (which powers the Bitcoin) can easily be used to replace CAs, or provide an alternative which browsers acknowledge, provided enough site owners use it. And going by the high issuance/maintenance fee the CAs charge
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by aws_ls 11y ago
>Suggestion to all potential future reporters out there: pay more attention in your math, science and engineering classes, and less in your liberal (f)arts classes You were making sense, until this last para. Have some compassion - you
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by aws_ls 11y ago
In theory it works, but in practice it awfully degrades the page load time. The way it works is that it will call the init() method of JS app (ready() in jquery, main() in Dart etc). And it is very sub-optimal compared to server side genera
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by aws_ls 11y ago
You may be surprised by how many hidden gems, you have in your own network. It probably applies if you have worked for a long time (10+ years). Some months back, I was able to hire an ex-colleague, who is a great developer. Who took a payc
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by aws_ls 11y ago
I am loving the Net-neutrality activism in India, from a wide bunch of folks: Startup folks (HNers & the likes of Mahesh Murthy); OSS folks (likes of HasGeek/Kiran Jonalagadda);even the entertainment industry(AIB, Vishal Dadlani et
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by aws_ls 11y ago
>It's like a good firewall policy - default block all and then explicitly allow. It reminded me of the veil (no offence to any culture). And I am sure you don't imply that. But if you advocate the other extreme, then there is
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by aws_ls 11y ago
>No. It took a sharp fall in the BTC price And the trigger for that was your medium article the other day. :-) And since, block size/scalability was the key point in your post. Would you be willing to re-join Bitcoin, since what y
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by aws_ls 11y ago
>We need world class, modern, distributed bug tracking now Distributed is the key word. Blockchain/Bitcoin (not withstanding the hurtful politics ongoing at present) has shown the way, and ideally most shared/social things sh
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by aws_ls 11y ago
>I could hardly imagine any more satirical example. Hypervisor in Java, perhaps Nice imaginative example - hypervisor in Java. I almost get a panic attack launching Eclipse and then having to wait for it to appear. Contrast that with
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by aws_ls 11y ago
Your use of professional reminds me why I hate such cliche words. We are remembering a soul, whom we all feel guilty of letting down in our own ways. I am actually delighted that the GP, displays their humanity and caring, even when does
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by aws_ls 11y ago
You know what, I am not a fan boy of either Gates or Jobs. In fact badly wanted Microsoft to lose the battle with Google in the early 2000s. Hated Microsoft for Internet Explorer vs Netscape battle in the mid-late 90s. Liked Unix/Linus
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How Bitcoin's Blockchain could power an alternate Internet (Jan 2015)(medium.com)
4 points by aws_ls 11y ago|0 comments
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by aws_ls 11y ago
Agree. Twitter has been better than Facebook overall. But yes, it has limitations. Recently its pressurized by governments to modify trends, and seemingly it obliges. Recently blockchain based ideas of twitter (like service) was mooted[1].
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by aws_ls 11y ago
A disclosure does not allow you to make a blanket statement like "Perhaps the first AWS mistake you might make is... using AWS?". Reply by kawsper to your comment highlights several drawbacks of Linode. Specifically this feedback
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by aws_ls 11y ago
> Like most things, the answer is somewhere in the middle, and it's exceedingly hard to get it right, and it's different for every person Bingo. Balance is the keyword. Nice response overall to parent comment. But I felt, the
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by aws_ls 11y ago
If you live with other people, there is friction, irrespective how much you love them. And often no easy way to resolve. Example: Just today morning, I had to drop my teenage son to an exam center. I woke up before my normal time (and it be
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by aws_ls 11y ago
>How do we up the ante against Facebook? This is just not done. One way, I can think of is to quit Facebook altogether[1], if Free basics is passed by TRAI. Yesterday I saw a bit of momentum on Indian twitter, and last date is 30th,
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by aws_ls 11y ago
Nothing in the league of biggest life lesson , but somethings which I am happy about (or trying work-in-progress): -- Cut down all sugar. I started to take my tea/coffee without sugar. And no sweets. Try to take a fruit when have the
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by aws_ls 11y ago
This seems to be a upping the ante from Facebook, as a response to the earlier petitions against internet.org and zero-rated apps. I feel so angry at their persistence in this case. My feeling at this time is for the SaveTheInternet petit
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by aws_ls 11y ago
1) Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree - Rating 3/5 - Got an idea about the times in receding Muslim powers, at the end of the 15th Century, in Spain - The author is an historian so positive point is that fiction rooted in history. But so
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by aws_ls 11y ago
What a negative comment, to a detailed an insightful article! Just because she mentions Van Gogh, you pick on it, ignoring her later qualifiers. Rather, this long post should be seen as a critique of the limitations of channels like YouTube
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>I'd fear what that guy would be like after 40 years Curious, what you imply by that. I have read about the skin (mostly the face) of runners not so great, because of exposure to so much weather. Did you imply something along thes
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by aws_ls 11y ago
Yes, same stuff. Thanks for your reply.
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by aws_ls 11y ago
So now that Satoshi has said he is not Craig Wright, can we take the other path of the Wired story, that "he's a brilliant hoaxer who very badly wants us to believe he did." Sad. Edit to add PS: Also what is Satoshi's or
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by aws_ls 11y ago
HN has all kinds of stories, you just need a nice filter to use it. May be you need to use a different interface to HN. HN has APIs for some time. Even when it not had them, people have hacked up nice stuff like http://hckrnews.c
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by aws_ls 11y ago
And if the incident happened as described, then imagine the position of the student now. Perhaps s/he is thinking: 'Bugger broke my trust, by blogging publicly on what was an honest feedback. Never again I am giving any feedback
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by aws_ls 11y ago
I suspect, it was more to do with enginex[.com;.org] domains not available.
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by aws_ls 11y ago
"Isn’t the greatness of great nations directly proportionate to their ability to be ruthless, genocidal? Doesn’t the height of a country’s “success” usually also mark the depths of its moral failure?" Arundhati writes like a wo
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Edward Snowden Meets Arundhati Roy and John Cusack(theguardian.com)
7 points by aws_ls 11y ago|1 comments

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