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by chacha102 15y ago
We absolutely love AWS because of the pace of innovation and scale that it has allowed us to accomplish. But after today’s episode is over, we will have a big decision to make. We can spend cycles designing and buil
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A radical experiment in empathy - Sam Richards [video](video.ted.com)
3 points by chacha102 15y ago|0 comments
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by chacha102 15y ago
Really loved this bit: Oh, and you can’t delete a GoDaddy account. (Really makes you want to sign up, right?) But you can cancel all of your purchased products in it, remove all of your payment information, and change all requi
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by chacha102 16y ago
I really find it annoying that I have to retype my password whenever there is an error with a completely non-related part of the form. I know that it would be irresponsible for them to send me back my password in plain text, so I guess I ca
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by chacha102 16y ago
The TSA website states that you are allowed to videotape the security check points. http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/taking_pictures.shtm
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by chacha102 16y ago
Not only does the TSA website specifically state otherwise, there is no example to be made out of him because he didn't do anything wrong.
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by chacha102 16y ago
The audio/video recordings are only protect if the conversation taking placed is viewed as private. It is perfectly fine to record audio/video of something in a public place, especially if it is obvious you are recording it. This is why CCT
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by chacha102 16y ago
We've already been down this path, and it isn't a yellow-bricked road. Some argue that you should make it unpleasent for TSA agents to work there because technically they do have a choice for who they work for, and if they choose an employe
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by chacha102 16y ago
Failed on "The blue rainjacket is what color?". You might want to allow for both 'color' and 'colour'.
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Remind HN: Changes Your Clocks Tomorrow (If you observe DST)(foxnews.com)
2 points by chacha102 16y ago|4 comments
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Google CEO Suggests You Change Your Name to Escape His Permanent Record(readwriteweb.com)
99 points by chacha102 16y ago|78 comments
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AT&T Says Loss Of iPhone Exclusivity Will Not Materially Impact Earnings(techcrunch.com)
2 points by chacha102 16y ago|1 comments
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by chacha102 16y ago
Because schools are cheap. And I'm not talking inexpensive.
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by chacha102 16y ago
I bet reading those will develop grit... :)
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by chacha102 16y ago
Then the bleeding corpse should be hung, drawn and quartered. Then burnt. Then the smouldering rubble should be jumped up and down on. By a hippo. By a hippo....
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by chacha102 16y ago
You could always URL encode it: http://www.quora.com/Why-doesn%27t-Quora-use-PostgreSQL That way everyone clicking on the link from the home page doesn't get taken to the 500 page.
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by chacha102 16y ago
I think the author got a little too caught up in flickr's cleverness of making an ID based on different information. For instance, the first letter is the post type, then a group of letters is date, and then there is the post number for tha
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Sorry, No, I’m Not Going to Write a Piece Arguing That Dan Lyons Is a Jackass(daringfireball.net)
28 points by chacha102 16y ago|5 comments
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by chacha102 16y ago
I would think that this would be a fairly application-specific system, and thus jQuery or other popular frameworks wouldn't be able to provide a method in a fairly abstract way. I might be wrong though...
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by chacha102 16y ago
I think that this a big step in the right direction. While I don't agree that DRM should exist in most cases, making sure that consumers who bypass DRM for legitimate reasons goes against the general way of thinking that the consumer is a t
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Its not my birthday.(sethgodin.typepad.com)
3 points by chacha102 16y ago|0 comments
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by chacha102 16y ago
But what if the person simply broke out of the <noscript_within> tag? <noscript_within><div id="comments"><div id="comment"></noscript_within><script src="myfile.js"></script></div
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by chacha102 16y ago
I don't think the concept of "limited amount of time" is flawed. Frankly, some people are constantly working and don't have time to meditate. It isn't that they shy away from it because it is hard or takes discipline and willpower, it is be
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by chacha102 16y ago
That is what I suspected. Just wanted to confirm that.
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by chacha102 16y ago
So, I've worked out the Javascript problem several times in my head. Could it be because num is in a difference context when it is being called by setTimeout()? I just can't figure it out, and it is bugging me. (Guess I won't get the job...
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by chacha102 16y ago
I'd sign up purely for the entertainment value.
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by chacha102 16y ago
I'd rather assume it wouldn't. (Mainly for my on selfish ... err .. 'free'-loving self)
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Media Temple Nameservers Down due to UDP flood(weblog.mediatemple.net)
10 points by chacha102 16y ago|6 comments
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by chacha102 16y ago
They will never do this because of a couple reasons: 1) Ads. They need to be able to log your hits so they can charge advertisers money. 2) Security. Not logging visits means they wouldn't be able to trace back suspicious activity, etc. If
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by chacha102 16y ago
> The Motion Picture Association of America called ACTA an "important step forward" that deserves to be adopted. If the Motion Picture Association says its an "important step" forward, you know it really has got to be 2 "important steps

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