bengtan

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   by bengtan 17y ago

   I vaguely (possibly incorrectly) recall that fork is the only way to create a new process, and that, no matter what system call you use, deep down, it still needs to call fork(). Someone with a better memory may correct me. I'm not sure if
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   by bengtan 17y ago

   I don't trust a Windows server to provide reliable uptime. I have no other arguments that I wish to make.
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   by bengtan 17y ago

   I use Workrave ... http://www.workrave.org/welcome to periodically force myself to take short breaks.
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   by bengtan 17y ago

   I do also use ies4linux. It's quite good for testing how IE handles CSS layouts, but it doesn't render fonts the same way IE renders fonts on Windows (presumably because the fonts available differ on Ubuntu).
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   by bengtan 17y ago

   There's one here. I'm an Ubuntu user, but I have a paid copy of XP that I use in VMWare so I can test IE6 & 7. EDIT: But I'm probably an outlier.
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   by bengtan 17y ago

   I agree. Now if someone would take the idea and run with it ...
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   A book suggestion: Founders That Almost Made It

   24 points by bengtan 17y ago|12 comments
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   by bengtan 17y ago

   There is a difference between what people want, and what the legalities are. Premium plugins doesn't have a sustainable foundation since they have to be GPL. What's to stop me from buying a so-called premium plugin, and then re-selling it t
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   by bengtan 17y ago

   About 6-7 years ago, Wind River was a big player in embedded software. And then embedded linux came along and disrupted their market. Like most incumbents, they moved to the new paradigm (ie. embedded linux) very slowly and at one point, th
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    by bengtan 17y ago

    Looking into Amazon FPS now. Looks like it's mostly billing only, but I'd certainly keep in mind as a component of a possible solution.
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    by bengtan 17y ago

    Looking into Amazon FPS now. Never heard of it before this.
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    Ask HN: Infrastructure for provisioning, billing & supporting webapps? Buy or build?

    21 points by bengtan 17y ago|21 comments
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    by bengtan 17y ago

    +1 for Drupal (or do we not do +1's on HN?)
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    I used to read an article 'How to be creative'. This is the updated version: Ignore everybody http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000932.html
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    I think he was talking about http://technocrat.net/d/2008/6/11/43198 where the three ways are: Separate CPU, Kernel under a kernel, and User Mode More applicable to appliances and embedded software, than application software in general.
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    +1 Bump. Thanks for the link.
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    Uh, presuming the technology works and your data is good quality, how do you monetise this?
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    If you're a developer and you have Drupal or Joomla, then it's equal whether you choose yours or mine. If you're an end user and you have Drupal or Joomla and the necessary custom plugins + theme, then it's also equal whether you choose you
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    +1. I run Ubuntu and have 2 VMWare virtual servers running XP with various browsers.
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    > broadcast the fact that it is based on drupal. I'm trying to keep a middle path with regards to this. For some people, it's advantageous to know it's based on Drupal. For other people (which I hope will be majority of the target marke
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    Thank you for that. looks sheepish Fixed.
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    Don't ... really ... like ... that ... idea. That's a labour-bound offering and doesn't scale.
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    Ah, but Radiant targets developers, whereas ProsePoint targets end users. With ProsePoint, most of the required functionality is available out of the box, or at least, that is the intention.
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    Well, I could build it as a hosted service, but that means I don't release the code. I'm worried that a hosted service won't be able to achieve critical mass because, in this attention economy, it's difficult to get word out there. I figure
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    Nah, I believe same ideas arise all over the world all the time, but we usually only know about our own :)
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    > Your site administration is very confusing. Hmmm ... okay. Looks like I'll have to go back and design a few more pages into the workflow. > the people managing the content vs the people managing the design / layout > are two e
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    Re: 1 and 3 Oops, the site is still in "open source project" mode, but I'll take your recommendations on when it comes time to put up a more marketing-oriented site. > 2. I want you to make it clear why I shouldn't use Wordpress. The sa
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    > you're planning on charging a decent price for it? Yes and no. I can't really charge for the software, but I can try and charge for something else. The software is GPL, so charging for it won't be very effective. > You seem to be
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    by bengtan 18y ago

    > I did find the interface a bit convoluted though ... Hmmm... I'll have think about this and see if there's any way I can improve on it. > A drag-and-drop feature for the front page layout would be sweet as well I agree, but I'll d
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    Ask HN: Ideas for my startup (www.prosepoint.org)

    13 points by bengtan 18y ago|28 comments