benwoody

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by benwoody 12y ago
I'm not sure if it's legit or not to show off your work on HN, but I recently made a VERY small ruby DSL to test RESTful JSON services. We started having a LOT of trouble with 3rd party services breaking their JSON contracts, so I
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2014 President's Big Data and Privacy Working Group Report(eff.org)
5 points by benwoody 12y ago|0 comments
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by benwoody 13y ago
Yep! And here is a blog post on how Github uses Unicorns: https://github.com/blog/517-unicorn
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by benwoody 13y ago
Maybe I use these tools differently than Zapier does, but using Trello AND Github issues AND iDoneThis seems a bit redundant. There's nothing worse than keeping up with different tools to do basically the same thing.
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by benwoody 13y ago
I've used Rails 4 in Action. It's in beta right now and definitely has a few problems. However, I believe Steve Klabnik has recently taken over updating the book, so hopefully things will start to come together soon.
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by benwoody 14y ago
You should listen to Shane Becker's (@veganstraightedge) talk at LA Ruby Conf 2012, 'Quit You Job, srsly' http://youtu.be/0CMjiIqhvdQ
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by benwoody 14y ago
But I've already have my pitchfork ready and my torch lit :(
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I Bought a Bitcoin(nymag.com)
110 points by benwoody 14y ago|111 comments
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by benwoody 14y ago
I'm really rooting for Coinbase to take off. I hope they implement this, as well as a better iOS app.
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by benwoody 14y ago
Some services use Green Address for this issue. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Green_address
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by benwoody 14y ago
Some great information on the innards of this lock can be found at http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/ph...
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Watch Out for Google Glasses(thestreet.com)
13 points by benwoody 14y ago|18 comments
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by benwoody 14y ago
His article on bitcoin is a great read as well. http://www.gwern.net/Bitcoin%20is%20Worse%20is%20Better
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Obama expected to issue cybersecurity executive order(usatoday.com)
27 points by benwoody 14y ago|61 comments
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by benwoody 14y ago
It's interesting that the all caps loremipsum site translates differently. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=la&tl...