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Diary of an IPO(redfin.com)
3 points by davepeck 9y ago|0 comments
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by davepeck 9y ago
> strong, static typing is an essential feature for large scale projects This is empirically false. There are (of course!) good reasons to consider static typing. But, in my experience, use of static typing has never been a first-order p
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by davepeck 9y ago
Whoa there, WillyTheWalrus! Thank you for creating a new and anonymous HN account just to deliver your important message. Alas, it is confused in many particulars. Normally I wouldn't feel the need to reply to posts such as yours, but
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by davepeck 9y ago
A little website for people who want to play a (casual) game of Go: http://go.davepeck.org/
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by davepeck 9y ago
There might indeed be reasons to avoid US jurisdiction -- that's true, but it's not relevant to the point I attempt to make, which is that labeling the US "bad" by default and without qualification is silly, and is one (
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by davepeck 9y ago
Yes, this is definitely an issue - I should really put an asterisk on my “roll your own” proclamations. Better VPN providers offer numerous POPs and generally good network perf that can be hard to replicate on one’s own. (That said, these a
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by davepeck 9y ago
Neither, I suspect, did you read my post. We can probably end here. :-)
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by davepeck 9y ago
If you use TOPS and simply choose the provider with the most green, you'll have made a terrible mistake.
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by davepeck 9y ago
> I don't see how having more information can be harmful. It can be harmful in the hands of less savvy potential VPN customers, when it leads them entirely to the wrong conclusions. (You're unlikely to fit in this category.)
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by davepeck 9y ago
I suspect that, for less savvy potential customers (read: the vast majority of them), "That One Privacy Site" can do more harm than good. I wrote a bit about choosing VPNs, and about my concerns with TOPS, here: https:/&#x2F
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by davepeck 9y ago
My general advice to people looking for VPN service is to use Algo if you have the skillset. If not, and you decide you want a centralized service, it effectively comes down to trust signaling. I have six criteria I look for in these cases,
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by davepeck 9y ago
It's good if you're savvy, perhaps. But I also think it can lead people astray. I wrote more about it on my blog: https://davepeck.org/2017/04/16/why-its-hard-to-choose-a-vpn...
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Why it's hard to choose a VPN provider(davepeck.org)
1 points by davepeck 10y ago|0 comments
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by davepeck 10y ago
In this context, "fake news" means just that: verifiable falsehoods echoed misleadingly as fact. This is hardly Orwellian, although I do enjoy an overwrought appeal to his name now and again.
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Visual Studio for Mac Will Launch in November(techcrunch.com)
11 points by davepeck 10y ago|1 comments
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by davepeck 10y ago
He's still doing awesome stuff. See his blog, for example: http://otherthings.com/blog/ (I never knew Cassidy but I studied under Tom Banchoff a few years later, so I certainly knew his homeworks!)
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Think Like a Software Developer(medium.com)
3 points by davepeck 10y ago|0 comments
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by davepeck 10y ago
S3 + CloudFront, pushed via the s3_website gem. Free SSL (assuming you're okay with SNI), too.
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by davepeck 10y ago
Aye, the sad saga of the name continues. My first job after college was working on data visualization software at SGI in Mountain View. Today, these buildings serve as Google's headquarters. For me, SGI was a dream job at a dream compa
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by davepeck 10y ago
Thanks so much Zachary. You've been a strong supporter of Cloak since day zero and we've always appreciated it.
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by davepeck 10y ago
Wow, thanks so much Kohan -- this is really one of the nicest things I've read about Cloak in quite some time. Cheers!
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by davepeck 10y ago
GetCloak.com | Software Engineer | Hourly Contract | Remote (we're in Seattle) Cloak is a VPN network, and a set of apps (currently for iOS and OS X) designed to connect to this service. We are looking for a senior Android contractor t
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by davepeck 10y ago
GetCloak.com | Hourly Contract | Remote (we're in Seattle) Cloak is a VPN network, and a set of apps (currently for iOS and OS X) designed to connect to this service. We are looking for a senior Android contractor to help us get our na
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by davepeck 10y ago
My company received one of these threats last week. We took it seriously, despite our suspicion it was an empty copycat threat.
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by davepeck 11y ago
There's no doubt as to the magnitude of Grove's influence, but the assertion might be a little strong. I'd argue the Traitorous Eight were the first to break the cultural mold and set the tone for modern entrepreneurship in t
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by davepeck 11y ago
I've always found FreeType to be quite wonderful; it integrates the artistry and mathematics of typography with entertaining low-level wizardry. Take a look at the rasterizer, for example: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cg
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by davepeck 11y ago
I second this. As the owner of a bootstrapped business, I found that post immensely helpful; well, that, and a couple hour tutorial on Quickbooks with my CPA. I can't stress enough how useful (cathartic, even) doing our accounting ours
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by davepeck 11y ago
This is beautiful. I don't understand the dependency on the block chain: what's the forking attack we're concerned about here?
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by davepeck 11y ago
I eventually moved to S3+CloudFront so I could host my personal static sites with SSL. The s3_website gem works remarkably well, in my experience. The cost is probably negligible for typical blogs, portfolios, etc. Amazon's new free ce
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by davepeck 11y ago
I definitely do see gulp et. al. as belonging to the same category of tools, although they're much more general-purpose. I think that's where I map the terrain differently than you. I do so because I'm hopeful that future inn

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