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by bobf 13y ago
Definitely! Fault tolerance is one of the biggest goals people have with moving to "The Cloud", but one of the least well-understood AWS topics when it really comes down to the implementation details.
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by bobf 13y ago
Any feedback on topics will be awesome. Also, there's a free 30 day course on AWS best practices at the book launch site ( http://awsarchitecture.com ) if you're interested.
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Ask HN: What AWS topics would you like more information on?
9 points by bobf 13y ago|10 comments
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by bobf 13y ago
I lived in Vegas for a few years, and never ran out of interesting things to do. There are lots of great outdoor activities like mountain biking, hiking, golf, etc. that you can enjoy at least 10 months out of the year (depending on your to
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All Things Considered: Alexis Ohanian on Reddit's creation(npr.org)
2 points by bobf 13y ago|0 comments
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SEC releases crowdfunding rule(reuters.com)
2 points by bobf 13y ago|0 comments
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by bobf 13y ago
Setting up a standard naming convention for hostnames is more logical, efficient, and scalable. Include useful information in the hostname, so you don't have to map random lists of names to functions. "What does server 'Foo&#
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Homeless man launches first mobile app(psfk.com)
8 points by bobf 13y ago|0 comments
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by bobf 13y ago
Providing accommodations with employment seems like a slippery slope. You are a little mistaken about "no tax benefits to people who rent apartments anywhere in the US" though. There are some states that allow state tax deductions
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by bobf 13y ago
The real news is that NY state is prosecuting fake paid reviews as fraud, the WSJ is reporting on it, and that HBS released a study with quantification of it. Also, this is another sign that the "Wild West" days of the Internet ha
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by bobf 13y ago
That's a perfectly reasonable suggestion, but I don't foresee it happening. They've been there for >10 years, and have been very successful. The name isn't actually similar, and they're in very different parts of
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by bobf 13y ago
I'm sure there will be a lot of discussion here about the accuracy of the 20% figure, but that actually doesn't seem as important as the other findings from the research this article cites ("Fake It Till You Make It: Reputati
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by bobf 13y ago
Another problem I've seen with Yelp is reviews that aren't actually for the intended place. My father-in-law owns a few restaurants. One of them has >300 reviews (solid 4 stars), but shares part of its' name with another r
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Yelp review fraud [pdf](people.hbs.edu)
2 points by bobf 13y ago|0 comments
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20% of Yelp reviews are fake(marketwatch.com)
147 points by bobf 13y ago|104 comments
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by bobf 13y ago
They've probably been doing it long before Docker, as most people who use LXC have been. Also, it makes sense to skip it because Docker adds relatively little for their use case.
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by bobf 13y ago
Electronic ACH is often used in the US, which is basically the equivalent to an electronic check. Actual wire transfers usually have fees associated with them both to send and receive (~$25), and are thus more rare.
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by bobf 13y ago
For a perspective from the other side of the border (I'm from the US): I've been to Canada a few times as a tourist and on business over the past decade, never staying more than a few days. Every time, without exception, I've
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by bobf 13y ago
Lots of people have known this for quite a while - nothing new to see here. Here's a blog post by a friend of mine, from 2007 ("Bypass a wifi captive portal"), which includes an example of a script to handle it all: http:&#x
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Shooting reported at Washington Navy Yard(nytimes.com)
2 points by bobf 13y ago|0 comments
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Active Shooter sought at US Washington DC Navy Yard(reddit.com)
1 points by bobf 13y ago|0 comments
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by bobf 13y ago
Docker doesn't add a whole lot over what basic Linux containers (lxc and vserver) have offered for years. Having said that, the main benefit to Docker is a change in viewpoint from "virtual machine" to "application"
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by bobf 13y ago
$25/hour seems astonishingly high for an independent maid service. You should be able to find similarly high quality maids for $10-15/hr, or fixed rates that are far below $25/hr ($25-50 per cleaning).
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Possible nerve gas in package at JFK(abclocal.go.com)
1 points by bobf 13y ago|0 comments
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by bobf 13y ago
Metrics measurement and tracking of some sort, depending on your area of interest and existing expertise. That could be Graphite and statsd, or a particular type of web analytics like Google Analytics or MixPanel. It takes roughly 40 hours
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by bobf 13y ago
Round Pond Estate has some wonderful olive oil with citrus aromatics, including one with Meyer lemon that you would probably love. If you're in the SF area, they also do tours of their winery + olive oil press/facilities.
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by bobf 13y ago
I found my favorite olive oil, Alfar La Maja, in a small shop in San Sebastian, Spain. It comes from Mendavia, Spain, which is part of the Navarra region and is well known for its' olive production. At the time I bought it I had no ide
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by bobf 13y ago
The safety of modern cars is amazing. I was also in a rollover accident, and only had two main complaints immediately following it: my head hurt slightly from falling on it when I unbuckled my seat belt while hanging upside down, and my kne
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Ubuntu Forums security breached(ubuntuforums.org)
1 points by bobf 13y ago|0 comments
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Uber set to raise $200M at a $3.5B valuation(techcrunch.com)
2 points by bobf 13y ago|2 comments

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