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by ejdyksen 14y ago
Just to chime in: I use this all the time in testing, and it's never failed on me. You have to do the right thing in your app to watch for these changes and gracefully reset and all, but I've nuked the container (from Settings->iCloud
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
This is my congressman. Here's why he's interesting: He doesn't miss any votes, and he explains every single vote (even boring, inconsequential votes) on his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/repjustinamash Here's an example of a bo
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
Moffett Airfield [1], which is operated by NASA, is right next door. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moffett_Federal_Airfield
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
I have a probably untestable hypothesis that, were you to come up with some measure of units of software output, Excel would be the most-used program in the business world. Outlook would like to have a word with you...
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
I was wondering if this sentence was a typo. I thought he almost certainly meant the reverse: And if not morally wrong, then at least legally wrong.
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
Since the blog is loading slowly, direct link to the video: http://youtu.be/HZkrlX7jJcg
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Developer Preview of AWS SDK for Node.js(github.com)
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
Just make sure node is only executable by a restricted group of users. This limits it both on the basis of which user can open ports and which programs can.
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
That's true--since node can run arbitrary code for you, you'd want to restrict execution of node to a known set of users.
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
This only grants that right to a single executable--it doesn't allow everyone on the system to bind to low port numbers.
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
Alternatively, you could grant the node binary the ability bind ports < 1024, using setcap (Linux only): sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /path/to/nodejs Then you don't have to ever run it as root (at least not for the pu
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
Also in this space (although not one day delivery) is ShopRunner, with a pretty impressive list of participating retailers: http://www.shoprunner.com/trial/free-shipping-best-stores.ph...
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
(former Exchange team member here) It turns out that, for most people (in a corporate setting at least--not sure about college campuses), the problem is that they don't even know how many people they are sending their message to; distributi
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
Next time just tell them you have medicine in that bag that you need in the next 8 hours (which is why you tried to carry it on).
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
It appears that elections.nytimes.com is actually hosted on AWS (in multiple regions using Route 53 latency based routing), so I imagine they have the ability to keep up with the load.
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
This is why I tell people that my (pretty large) Nikon D7000 is unobtrusive. Though it may be physically large, it doesn't get in the way of whatever I'm actually doing . I can put it up to my face (it's already on, because I can leave it
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
Before you need to, set your DNS TTL as low as you can.
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
Further clarification: this is correct, but (if someone is reading this and thinking about doing it), you can install the free version of CrashPlan and it works just fine as a backup server.
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
PSA: with CrashPlan, you can simultaneously backup to your own server(s) or external hard drives right alongside their service. You can also backup to a friend's computer (this was actually their original business model--P2P backup).
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
One of our Multi-AZ RDS instances failed over successfully. It was down for about 5-10 minutes.
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
There is no clear definition for the edge of the solar system[1]. The Voyager spacecraft are helping to define it. The heliopause is a pretty reasonable way to define the edge of the solar system. A stated goal of the Voyager mission is to
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
Indeed. It's a small world. :)
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
How is the title provocative?
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
Reminds me of this: http://slashdot.org/story/99/12/25/114201/microsoft-hotmailp...
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
Yeah I just saw that. I'm sure the deal takes into account legacy devices, but I wonder how long that extended support would last.
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
If I'm reading this right, does that mean when the contract expires, Google stops serving map tiles to iOS clients using the Google Maps client? That would mean the iPhone, the iPhone 3G, and the original iPad (none of which support iOS 6)
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
Except electronics aren't the only means of distraction, and not all electronic devices are especially distracting. You can be asleep (I tend to fall asleep before takeoff). You can drink quite a bit of alcohol in the airport and on the pla
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
You can configure CrashPlan to encrypt your archives such that you must have your password to decrypt them. There's a big warning that if you lose your password you're screwed. Also, you can just specify your own encryption key. Everything
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
The AF447 crash was an example of exactly why the Airbus side stick model is flawed compared to the Boeing yoke. In AF447, one of the pilots had a nose up input held during a stall. Because the other pilots couldn't see his stick, they were
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by ejdyksen 14y ago
That extra binary data starts with an HTML comment tag (<!--) which is never closed, so it makes sense that it is ignored. Edit: Misread your comment...the bytes at the beginning of the file are hidden by CSS (as pointed out by others).

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