corford

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   by corford 12y ago

   Perhaps it is. It doesn't alter the fact that that's how I honestly feel. Edit: and when I say broad I mean "general" i.e. you don't have to treat everything he is saying as gospel but it's hard to argue with t
2. 812.▲
   by corford 12y ago

   Or perhaps you made mine
3. 813.▲
   by corford 12y ago

   >Slipping back to what - the horrors of statism that we saw in the 20th century? No, why should it? Just because we've learnt neoliberalism is flawed doesn't mean we should unlearn that statism was also disastrous (in different
4. 814.▲
   by corford 12y ago

   I struggle to understand how a non-biased, rational person can read that post (and the linked articles within) and not, at the very least, leave in broad (not necessarily absolute) agreement with what al3x is saying.
5. 815.▲
   by corford 12y ago

   How about neither of the above :) I'd prefer that.
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   by corford 12y ago

   Neoliberalism (of the Milton Friedman kind) hasn't taken over the world. It gained traction in the mid 70's, peaked in the 00's and is now, thankfully, slipping back from its extreme heights. Also, pmarca's particular in
7. 817.▲
   by corford 12y ago

   I don't think that's really the point of al3x's post. I think it's more we should be very worried that someone with such a balck & white, infantile view of society and economy is in a position to throw billions of do
8. 818.▲
   by corford 12y ago

   Very nice to see pmarca's neoliberal idiocy taken apart so thoroughly. Peter Thiel could do with similar treatment imho.
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   by corford 12y ago

   I'm probably missing something but... wouldn't all the extra dns lookups remove most of the speed advantage?
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    Vodafone reveals existence of secret wires that allow state surveillance(theguardian.com)

    3 points by corford 12y ago|0 comments
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    by corford 12y ago

    No red squares here. Am I doing it wrong?
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    by corford 12y ago

    I haven't been following this too closely (I don't live in the US) so I apologise if what I'm about to say it absolute rubbish but... my understanding is Netflix use Level3 for transit and the problem is Verizon refuse to upg
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    by corford 12y ago

    I doubt very much he wants perception to reflect reality. He's a VC.
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    by corford 12y ago

    Fantastic as always. Every time I read one of Maciej's talks or essays I get a little closer to throwing in the towel and pursuing a more meaningful existence. It's going to happen one day and I can't wait to read the post th
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    by corford 12y ago

    Too bad for us, yes, but I very much doubt Maciej gives a hoot :)
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    Freezing stabbing victims in suspended animation(independent.co.uk)

    1 points by corford 12y ago|0 comments
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    by corford 12y ago

    Here's a good starting point for getting your config right: https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-nginx
18. 828.▲
    by corford 12y ago

    If Comcast gets their way, the FCC will have effectively ended up sanctioning the balkanisation of the US's internet users in to cable company controlled fiefdoms. Each cable company will then assume the role of warlord for their userb
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    by corford 12y ago

    Except without the content, the ISPs wouldn't have much of a business. What's the point connecting people to the internet if there's nothing on there to see? It's supposed to be a symbiotic relationship not a robber baro
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    by corford 12y ago

    That is interesting. I agree with you, the old landing page was a lot better. Maybe they've reached a point where they feel they are the market leader now and assume that anyone hitting their site already knows they're good and ju
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    by corford 12y ago

    Thanks wfn, those links are really helpful.
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    by corford 12y ago

    pg_prewarm looks interesting but the docs are currently a little opaque as to how best to use it (for me at least!): http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/pgprewarm.html
23. 833.▲
    by corford 12y ago

    Just read the Optimizely tear down. Excellent. Have bookmarked and will buy the book shortly :)
24. 834.▲
    by corford 12y ago

    I gave up on them years ago and switched to spideroak. Haven't looked back since.
25. 835.▲
    by corford 12y ago

    Spideroak does LAN sync as well
26. 836.▲
    by corford 12y ago

    > It's time to start a router manufacturing business there... Or install pfsense on an old PC and hope for the best
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    by corford 13y ago

    It's interesting that you brought up ES actually as I've just been toying with it as part of a project I'm working on (I usually use Solr). Unfortunately, I hated it so I guess we just have very different views on what consti
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    by corford 13y ago

    Sorry moe but yes, just yes. It's rock solid, battle hardened, has a fantastic security record, is extremely resource efficient, has gobs of up to date and useful documentation, an active mailing list, a primary author who's stuck
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    by corford 13y ago

    There's probably something wrong with me but I quite enjoy the masochistic rituals of getting postfix/dovecot/opendkim/spamassassin/zarafa humming. Postfix is actually a beautiful piece of software once you spend so
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    by corford 13y ago

    swang (above) puts it better than I could but I thought the story of the boxes was to show that Tony was right when he said "It's all there, those films are Stanley." The point being he put the same level of work in to the bo