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by fmw 17y ago
I did a short and non-representative comparison between the ping times to my Linode in London ( http://vix.io ) and hosteurope.de. From my home in the Netherlands my Linode VPS is 10ms faster (~31ms for Linode versus ~41ms for hosteurope.de
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by fmw 17y ago
Computer programming is neither science or art, but can be used for both. It is a form of expression. This article seems to take root in an urge to justify computer programming as a serious endeavor in a time where it was still new in the w
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by fmw 17y ago
I'm wondering what differentiates this service from http://hosting.couch.io/ . Is it about extra GUI management options? Both seem very interesting services, because as an existing CouchDB user I can absolutely see the benefit of having an
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by fmw 17y ago
Not that I would mind, but why does everyone need to use GNU/Linux? The only practical benefit would be better support for things like gaming. It seems much more important to increase mindshare for open standards and free software. GNU/Linu
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by fmw 17y ago
A similar, though less automated and small scale, variant of this scheme was discussed some time ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=511935
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Accepted organisations for GSoC 2009(socghop.appspot.com)
3 points by fmw 18y ago|0 comments
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by fmw 18y ago
BusinessInsider.com recycling news is no reason to recycle here as well. Additionally, it is unclear if the reason the article presents is actually valid (see http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2009/03/12/Microsofts-vanis... ).
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'Brain decline' begins at age 27 (news.bbc.co.uk)
2 points by fmw 18y ago|0 comments