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by bikamonki 13y ago
Apple did not pioneer this at all: http://www.servalproject.org
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by bikamonki 13y ago
Squatting is not a problem: you just cannot use a registered brand name w/out permission. Period. Now, let's look at it the other way around: using the new TLDs I tried to register iloveto.run but my registrar explained that I no
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by bikamonki 13y ago
Doesn't NameCoin (a blockchain to store name/values, i.e. decentralized DNS) solve this problem without the need for DNS servers (browsers hold a copy of blockchain), registrars, governments, etc?
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Ask HN: Is Whatsapp the new SMS?
2 points by bikamonki 13y ago|0 comments
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by bikamonki 13y ago
I agree. I am building something similar for a client but I am using node+mongo+backbone. I fetch the 'entire' site sans images and navigation is instant except I place loading anims where an image will show. Obviously not an arch
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Ask HN: Can a decentralized HN be built with a blockchain model?
1 points by bikamonki 13y ago|0 comments
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by bikamonki 13y ago
The world of app names is weirdly. Obviously you cannot put up an app named Facebook but most likely you can put one named FB Calculator. The way I see it, parts of an app name can be protected, others are generic. It is like subdomains:
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Ask HN: How do I explain Tor to my Mom?
10 points by bikamonki 13y ago|9 comments
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by bikamonki 13y ago
Thanks for the comments. This is no market research, I am not apt to program a browser much less sell it. I took me about 20min of tweaking FF to set the privacy and security to the extent possible. I did not setup TOR b/c I think anon
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Ask HN: Will you pay to download a fast/secure/privacy web browser?
5 points by bikamonki 13y ago|6 comments
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by bikamonki 13y ago
Thanks, this explains it! Annoying and scary....
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by bikamonki 13y ago
If it was the first time, maybe. I've seen it also when browsing my local newspaper site: ads with sites/products I use/search for.
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Ask HN: How is this 'cross advert' possible?
1 points by bikamonki 13y ago|4 comments
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by bikamonki 13y ago
Oops I thought it was a xmas theme ;)
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by bikamonki 13y ago
A rather narrow view, of the thousands of occupations and careers you are just looking in the mirror. How about my friend who owns a bike shop? Or my other friend who runs an art/design webzine? Or my other friend with the micro-brewer
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Will the registration of new TLDs be like a modern Gold Rush?
2 points by bikamonki 13y ago|0 comments