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by dumbluck 14y ago
Oh, you're right- thanks! Just fixed the comment. I'll get the capslock key fixed on Monday.
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by dumbluck 14y ago
Nice post, but: Don't self-back-pat. It read more like marketing for the company than anything of much worth. Don't use the words "web scale". It is a meaningless term. How many requests per second and how many guest and user sessions for h
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by dumbluck 14y ago
This was the awesome kind of explanation about what went wrong and what was learned that I wish everyone would do.
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by dumbluck 14y ago
I appreciate this sentiment, but it makes me think of "The queen is dead. Long live the queen." "Visionaries" and "cool people" are in many ways good and bad, flawed and gifted, like you and me. It does not serve any good purpose to hold ei
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by dumbluck 14y ago
This is a good attempt, however way, way too glossed-over. First problem is that nothing is said about Node or Sinatra in comparison. Second problem is that no mention is made of the significant portion of all gems in rubygems (43,762 at la
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by dumbluck 14y ago
I really wanted to like this, but I think that colors preferences are both subjective and born of habit/experience which leads to wiring our brains to expect certain colors for certain things, because I don't like pastels, and I don't like
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by dumbluck 14y ago
Agreed. I have a few projects now I've not had time to integrate patches for and they've waited months. I know they are using the patches so they aren't waiting on me, and no one else has complained so it isn't on my priority list. either.
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by dumbluck 14y ago
Good post, even though had a bad experience. I think whether site or startup, it is just a (hopefully informed) crapshoot. In the end, the goals are to be happy, make money, and make a difference. Whether you do that via startup, or other m
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by dumbluck 14y ago
Are you going to tell these guys to stop taking pictures of my property, then?: https://maps.google.com/
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by dumbluck 14y ago
The title is misleading. They've raised enough money that with NY's matching funds they could perhaps pay for the property and preserve it as a historic site, but it won't be a museum anymore than my bathroom is a YMCA. They need millions m
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by dumbluck 14y ago
No, this is a warning for people that think they can work in a public space and be private. Privacy is a struggle, not a right. If you use a tool and expect it to keep your privacy, you should not be surprised when it doesn't work. As for t
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by dumbluck 14y ago
When you give, your intent is not to pay for a bunch of mailers to be sent out, killing trees and increasing the world's CO2, and your intent is not to hire some Ivy+ grad with a major in making themselves feel better about helping people a
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by dumbluck 14y ago
Good post, Reg! I think you made Steve's day, and it is good advice for everyone on HN as well. I would be in favor of allowing people on HN to downvote overly negative comments. That would help I think. Not allowing everyone to downvote is
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by dumbluck 14y ago
Places where illegal content is shared and people communicate for nefarious reasons and tools that create these places are just magnets for those wishing to find such people. Anyone that chooses to take part in such things is at a heightene
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by dumbluck 14y ago
I think HN should be a democracy: 1. Don't let people create multiple accounts so easily. Switch to OpenID and have the ability to associate old accounts with the new ID or have the old account deactivated within 90 days. I don't even know