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by bgentry 15y ago
You can connect to any database you want to just like you would anywhere else. You write to your logs by writing to stdout/stderr: http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/logging#writing_to_your...
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by bgentry 15y ago
The news stations are owned by media conglomerates that back SOPA. There is an obvious conflict of interest at play here.
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by bgentry 15y ago
Why did they not sue him for millions in damages? Is that not an option in the EU?
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by bgentry 15y ago
4 reasons the plaintext password is OK in this situation: 1) They generate the password for you, how else are they supposed to get it to you? 2) Just because they email it to you in plaintext does not mean they are storing it in plaintext (
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by bgentry 15y ago
-- My thoughts as posted in the other thread: -- SOPA is awful, but political neutrality is an important principle. When a law threatens the existence of your organization as we know it, what else are you supposed to do? Would you rather
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by bgentry 15y ago
SOPA is awful, but political neutrality is an important principle. When a law threatens the existence of your organization as we know it, what else are you supposed to do? Would you rather have: a) a completely politically neutral organiz
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Apple: Carrier IQ dropped from "most" products with iOS 5(theverge.com)
12 points by bgentry 15y ago|0 comments
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by bgentry 15y ago
An explanation would be appropriate if you're downvoting.
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by bgentry 15y ago
The word in the title should be "Withdraw", not "Withdrawal"
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by bgentry 15y ago
Given that these databases run in AWS, there's no reason you can't run your application in the same datacenter.
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Tumblr: Protect the Internet (Stop SOPA/PROTECT-IP)(tumblr.com)
2 points by bgentry 15y ago|0 comments
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Tumblr Takes Fight Against SOPA Up A Notch, ‘Censors’ User Dashboards(techcrunch.com)
14 points by bgentry 15y ago|0 comments
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by bgentry 15y ago
There is already an organized movement for this, American Censorship Day: http://americancensorship.org/ All we need is committment from a few of the major web properties to get this issue some momentum in the mainstream media. Facebook,
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by bgentry 15y ago
Seems like that would make caching the results substantially harder on your side. So, a small limitation is that this shouldn't be used in front of a geo dns. Fortunately, it's still a great choice for the other 99% of sites.
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American Censorship Day - Stop PROTECT-IP / SOPA(americancensorship.org)
16 points by bgentry 15y ago|0 comments
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by bgentry 15y ago
Interesting that "Today" used to be spelled "To-day"
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by bgentry 15y ago
This is an official memo to Zynga employees and Pincus can't even take the time to use proper grammar and capitalization?
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by bgentry 15y ago
IMO the swearing is much less distracting than his many failed attempts at humor. See http://zachholman.com/screencast/play/ Humor is great in a presentation when it's used appropriately (and when the jokes are actually funny). But in tha
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by bgentry 15y ago
Single page view: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/gps-tracker-times-t...
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by bgentry 15y ago
Annoying mistake. Basic math is lost on so many people I guess.
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by bgentry 15y ago
I'm still holding out hope that they do target a lower market with a future model. But, since they no longer plan on announcing products before they're done, we'll have to wait and see.
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by bgentry 15y ago
impossible proprietary workflow I know this wasn't your comment, but what exactly is impossible and proprietary about their workflow? AFAIK Redcode RAW is supported by Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Avid, etc..
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by bgentry 15y ago
it was either a DDoS or just the fact that >25,000 fans were constantly hammering the site trying to get an update. Probably also due in large part to poor infrastructure planning on their part and inefficient software (the announcement
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by bgentry 15y ago
Only now did I get a link to the official press release since Red's site was down for several hours starting at 6PM: http://www.red.com/press/scarlet-all-grown-up
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Red Digital Cinema announces Scarlet X -- 4K resolution, $9750, Ships in 2 weeks(techcrunch.com)
56 points by bgentry 15y ago|52 comments
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by bgentry 15y ago
They did not "do it right" if you're a heavy Gmail user. List of things that suck or are missing from the Mail.app Gmail experience (in no particular order): 1) 1-click archiving 2) stars 3) labels 4) priority inbox 5) aliases 6) spam marki
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by bgentry 15y ago
I'm not knocking on SF, I live there and I love it. I'm just pointing out that this "top 1%" article is useless since it does not account for cost of living. The difference in CoL is so drastic between NYC/SF and Kansas that the study might
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by bgentry 15y ago
Cost of living. Cost of living. Cost of living. $85,000 in San Francisco will not get you much. The same amount in Kansas will have you living like a king.
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by bgentry 15y ago
I would primarily like to see/hear a recorded version of the talk because the "transcription" in the article is very tough to follow.
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by bgentry 15y ago
I'm willing to bet that the Android Market's percentage of paid app downloads is still negligible.

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