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by elithrar 15y ago
> Much like if texts were sent before I pressed the send button -- until i press that button there is the option to change my mind, edit what i say, et Except that analogy doesn't fit. Other users cannot see, nor do you see on your acco
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by elithrar 15y ago
> I would have liked them to move to bitbucket.org because it was built with Django. But Mercurial itself wasn't (although it was written mostly in Python). I think this is a good example of taking the pragmatic choice (GitHub) over the
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> So, now that this is out, what do the admins for these compromis-able systems do. Presumably RuggedCom has not got a patch out yet, so they just sit there? There are often no "admins" of these systems. They are installed, the support
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by elithrar 15y ago
> To archive non-media files, 5 GB should be sufficient. To archive media files, pay $60/yr to Vimeo for video and $25/yr to Flickr for unlimited storage. Note that Flickr will only archive certain types of media—you can't store your RA
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> Do you have a recommendation for an iPad ssh client? Try Prompt[1], which is developed by Panic—the same guys who do Coda and Unison. [1]: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/prompt/id421507115?mt=8
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by elithrar 15y ago
> When is Game of Thrones on Aussie TV? I would pay $5 to download each episode legit, if I could. Not at all, unfortunately. Even shows like Mad Men are a year behind[1] at best. If you're even remotely interested in these shows, the h
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by elithrar 15y ago
> (Please, please refute me: Tell me a good iOS feed-reader that syncs my read status between my iPhone and iPad, but doesn't require me to use Google Reader.) Have you tried Newsblur ( http://www.newsblur.com/ ) - has a great web app a
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> And it is dirty expensive here. I currently pay $89.95/month for 300 GB/month via ADSL2 (20/1 Mbit/s) including line rental. It's not as expensive as you think-at least if we're comparing DSL vs DSL and ignoring FiOS/Cable. Our downlo
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by elithrar 15y ago
> When my extension does not work, I don't feel like browsing G+. My users have said the same thing to me repeatedly, publicly. Look at this from Google's perspective: they would like to improve the G+ interface for the users that don't
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by elithrar 15y ago
> So there's one industry that's keeping it. Any others actually NEED Word's advanced functionality? Not being facetious, let's name em. In the Engineering/Consulting industry we use it often to collaborate on proposals, reports and oth
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> It always bothers me a bit when I see analysis of password strength for compromised sites without any mention of the possibility that the account might just not be important to users. I actually use that as a factor when considering a
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by elithrar 15y ago
> 10-character apha-numeric password is crackable in a matter of days: http://whitepixel.zorinaq.com/ I think the assumption here is that the password isn't an MD5 hash, but instead something a little more resilient. If it's MD5, you'
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by elithrar 15y ago
> The unwashed masses say SCADA. Those in the know say Industrial Control Systems. At least that's what I'm told. I'm kind of the unwashed type myself. The terms are often interchanged, even if they shouldn't be. "SCADA" (Supervisory Co
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by elithrar 15y ago
> Edit: and only on safari, chrome works fine. Chrome uses its own, internal version of Flash and not the "system" Flash.
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by elithrar 15y ago
> Try googling novocaine - guess what, you won't find this in the first page of results. Good luck with it. I'm sure it may be one awesome piece of software, but the name is just dumb. A lot of web projects are "un-googleable", especial
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by elithrar 15y ago
> It is sad that Apple doesn't care about the enterprise market directly; Considering the group configuration tools they provide, I don't think that's an accurate statement.
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> @PaulGAllen: Pressure at bottom is 16,285 Pounds per square inch at that depth. Design pressure was 16,500 ...Yikes/Amazing! Amazing that it is working. The engineering must be interesting. I'd love to see a dissection of the submersi
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by elithrar 15y ago
> If anyone can verify other browsers (like IE?), I bet the author would appreciate it. Chrome v19.0.1077.3 on OS X (latest dev build) doesn't show the bottom bar.
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by elithrar 15y ago
> Facebook should try and do something about this, because it's in their best interest. If this keeps going, people will either simply quit Facebook, or start making mock-accounts to show to the employees. What can Facebook do? At best,
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by elithrar 15y ago
> So, I wouldn't rule out having some existing nation declare sovereignty over some part of Mars or an asteroid. Perhaps it will end up in a situation akin to Antarctica.
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> A better solution is water. You need to carry it anyways. You certainly won't be drinking that water after a while, though. Some might be used for cooling systems, but you would have a lot of extraneous water.
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by elithrar 15y ago
> This is good but IMHO he would be much safer in a spherical sub. I suppose the problem may be with having large enough viewports in a spherical vehicle. Part of the problem is also descending/ascending - a sphere cannot do either as q
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> the submarine will pressurize itself. It's a sealed unit, so presumably it's "pressurized" at ~1 atmosphere by the way of closing it up prior to launch.
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by elithrar 15y ago
> iCloud. ICloud sells devices—it's a tech spec, in a way. It's beneficial to nearly all of their users (invisible backups, Find My iPhone/iPad/Mac, etc). Twitter, not so much.
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> You can also make passing a small programming test a requirement. But you also want a few key journalists, and you want designers and other non-programming types: you can't make exceptions for them re: this hypothetical test, because
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by elithrar 15y ago
Pinterest definitely has popularity-and for good reason; it's a well designed site/service-but "success" has a very broad definition. Whilst it may be a black-and-white view on things, I don't think it's a success yet . If I were an invest
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by elithrar 15y ago
> Or you could just install wordpress? Unless your aim is to jump through the hoops, or satisfy the nerdy carving of coding we all have. I think a reason Jekyll is popular is because it's relatively simple to update & use once it's
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by elithrar 15y ago
> but Megaupload has, and what's the functional difference between what Megaupload does and what YouTube does? The difference, at an organisational level, is that MegaUpload is run by a very small team and is "foreign". Google/YouTube,
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by elithrar 15y ago
> Just print the pictures and send the photog a tip via Paypal or buy something (anything) the photog is selling. Just because the photographer has one image for sale, it does not mean he is selling (or giving you the rights to distribu
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by elithrar 15y ago
> I get the impression that there's much wider public acceptance of sharing (pirating?) pictures than music, movies, or software. I don't have a good answer as to why this might be, but I'd be curious what HN thinks. Anecdotally, it's b

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