ez77

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   by ez77 16y ago

   One example was in an online debate about a report of necrophiliac abuse of cadavers in a funeral home. OK... but let's say that most topics in HN are of a different kind. I doubt you will receive severe stalking because you, say, praised
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   by ez77 16y ago

   “They’re $99; they will go to $69. Once everyone is getting them, they will cost $29.” They're $99 now? Where?
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   by ez77 16y ago

   And this was possible (in the 90's!) with good old ICQ...
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   by ez77 16y ago

   I asked this before to the HN community, but I didn't get much feedback; please share your thoughts. How come domain registrars have not developed this eons ago? [+] Isn't that arguably the most critical gateway for a community of web dev
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   by ez77 16y ago

   Thanks for explaining what happened. Upvote and downvote buttons should indeed be farther apart.
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   by ez77 16y ago

   Why the downvote? Was the last sentence considered rude? I can only hope I wasn't downvoted for 'lack of IQ' in not understanding a hint...
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   by ez77 16y ago

   Do you mean the Internet? How would that be intelligence? Or do you mean my brain? That's not artificial intelligence (at least not obviously artificial!). Edit: Maybe you meant a computer... but that would be quite a long shot. In short, s
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   by ez77 16y ago

   we do, after all, have a working example Which one?
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   by ez77 16y ago

   What do you miss about Google Video that is not available on YouTube?
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Why do you guys think Apache has made such an impressive comeback in 2010? Explosive growth of VPSes?
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Yes, they don't leave the bathrooms... which is where >99% of your #2's take place.
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    Optimizing your site for TV is now easier(googlecode.blogspot.com)

    1 points by ez77 16y ago|0 comments
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Less than 200 bucks a year. Indeed, less than 30 bucks a year [1], with unmetered bandwidth (if slow). I thought it had to be a scam, but I tried it out of curiosity... and it works! [1] For example, http://rubyringtech.com/vps-solutio
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    by ez77 16y ago

    You are forgetting about a 17th-century invention based on running water [1] which, by the way, to this day is considered by many to be significantly more hygienic than wiping. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet
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    by ez77 16y ago

    What do you use to I/F with Excel files?
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    by ez77 16y ago

    People who want to work at a great company are (likely) unwilling to make radical changes to improve things. IBM hired Ted Codd, AT&T Ken Thomson, while Google is currently Rob Pike's employer. Clearly you would not expect all employe
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Thanks. I had set that up already, and gone back to Google as my default search engine since then (too traumatic a step for now!). However, I occasionally want to look things up through DDG. I have figured out how to do it now. (See my othe
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Duh! I just had to press tab after typing the shortcut. Something as short as “d” is a bother because Chrome populates your omnibar with suggestions, so you have to delete and then press tab; “ddg” feels more apt =). Edited for clarity.
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Does anybody know how to use a search engine other than the default from the omnibar? I see you can set a keyword under "Edit Search Engine", but then I cannot attach a query. (Say, "d" takes me to DDG's front page, but "d water" just googl
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Thanks for the explanation. I'm glad you stopped lurking, and to have tripled your karma!
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Thanks for your answer. I imagined so. But I could also think of some legitimate heavy-duty users who could threaten your profitability. Is there any fine print for those cases?
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Just curious: when they write "Unlimited", what exactly do they mean? Wouldn't this be a spammer's good investement?
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Already (being) discussed: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2163762
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    by ez77 16y ago

    To get really blown away, consider (again if necessary) that the average spacing between neighboring primes (primes!) less than N roughly approaches ln N [1]... Stunning. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number_theorem
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Please consider bch's comment [1]. Unless you want to write quite a bit more, I believe you should actually go back to '1991' in your text. While most think that vim is indeed 'vi improved', there is a fair consensus that vim is not vi. [1]
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    by ez77 16y ago

    I thought 32-bit operating systems had a hardm limit of 4GB of RAM, no? (Something to do with 2^32 being roughly 10^9, but I frankly don't know the details.)
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Way before 2002: lynx -dump example.com
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Interesting licensing terms!
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    by ez77 16y ago

    This is neat! rafaelc, where did you find this?
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    by ez77 16y ago

    Thank you and jrnkntl (edit: and alttab) for explaining it.