foxylad

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by foxylad 15y ago
Well, it's been nice having our US friends with us on the internet, and it's going to be quieter without them. So long and the best of luck with that government of yours.
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by foxylad 15y ago
Another idea: if the MPAA and RIAA break the internet, let's break them. How about a petition of people who pledge not to go to the movies or buy mainstream music if SOPA passes?
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by foxylad 15y ago
Redhat's response to the DLJ retirement: https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-64765 Basically they have bought a binary code license (BCL) which gets around the problem. Does this apply to Fedora too?
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by foxylad 15y ago
The usual gripe - my company is based in New Zealand, and it's well nigh impossible to open a US bank account so we can't use Stripe or Wepay. I'd love to know how many of PayPal's merchants are non-resident, it's the only reason we use the
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by foxylad 15y ago
Contact the buyer, and find out WHY they bought it. Personally I can't see why anyone would spend money on this (no offence intended), but perhaps they have a use case I (and possibly you) haven't considered. You can then optimize your mark
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by foxylad 15y ago
The recaptcha didn't have any instructions, and seemed to supply a lot of numbers and words. Were you supposed to give a particular one? I had little difficulty with the others, but the lack of instructions might bias the results against re
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by foxylad 15y ago
Actually no: >>> for v in (1,2,3): ... smu+=v ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module> NameError: name 'smu' is not defined
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by foxylad 15y ago
Quite possibly. The Twitter debacle tainted RoR's reputation (fairly or not), and there is a concern that Ruby might turn out to be a flash in the pan. Django/Python is just as effective, and enterprises feel far more comfortable with Pyth
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by foxylad 15y ago
Chrome has a wee bug that is incredibly annoying once you notice it, and it's still not fixed in V15. To reproduce, go to any web page with a confirm dialog: 1. Think of a secret number between one and ten (or higher if you are a patient pe
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by foxylad 15y ago
Simply replace your GoodData reviews with a notice saying you had to take them down after GoodData threatened you with legal action. You are off the hook because you have complied with their demands, and potential customers will read betwee
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by foxylad 15y ago
Darn. I wanted to integrate IndexTank into our service next week, now I need to look at alternatives. The sooner you can confirm what happens next, the better.
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by foxylad 15y ago
Exactly. Case in point: Google. Imagine if they started pulling stunts like this - the goodwill they depend on would evaporate overnight, the whole "I don't mind Google owning all my data because they aren't evil" balance would become paran
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by foxylad 15y ago
Joel has finally escaped the Microsoft stack! Welcome to the exciting, crazy and raw world of real software - I think you're going to love it.
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by foxylad 15y ago
The first paragraph of the "About" page is garbled - doesn't inspire confidence, which is paramount for services like this.
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by foxylad 15y ago
Python, Java and Go are all "open" languages and don't limit you to Appengine, and Google allows you to download your data without restriction. The only lock-in is the APIs, and even there the datastore API is the only one that isn't built
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by foxylad 15y ago
I'd hazard a guess your Android experience was a year or two ago. My Nexus 1 lasted barely a day when it arrived, but now lasts 48 hours on Gingerbread (2.3) with everything (including wifi, bluetooth and GPS) on.
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by foxylad 15y ago
I can't work out how to insert images. And although it implies it works with all browsers, it would be good to know which versions.
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by foxylad 15y ago
So on the one hand this guy says FB is lean and agile because they use PHP - but produced a less than compelling response to circles. And on the other hand he says Google's "toolchain is not well suited to fast, iterative development and ra
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by foxylad 15y ago
Do it. We made the switch a couple of months ago, and haven't looked back. Very little impact on performance, huge impact on reliability - we hardly ever get datastore timeouts now. And of course no maintenance outages either. http://neogr
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by foxylad 15y ago
"I grew up maybe a 10 minute drive from TMI. You wouldn't believe the number of times I heard crap like that"... although with three ears I do hear more than most.
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by foxylad 15y ago
I've been standing for a month now, and like it. I bolted wood to the wall so I have a rock solid desk, which is great because you can rest on your elbows when you don't need to type, giving you another stance for variety. I wear slippers,
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by foxylad 16y ago
Google Appengine (and presumably Azure) takes you some of the way there - it removes all the sysadmin side of things, and solves the scaling problem at the same time. You still need to choose a framework etc, but it is a compelling choice f
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by foxylad 16y ago
This is why you demand a percentage up front, before you write a line of code. If they aren't happy with this, walk away - they aren't sincere and you're walking away from a world of hurt. Personally this is rule 1.
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by foxylad 16y ago
Ok, I'll bite... First, if you liked the "commercial", you need to know a little background. Elephants are an endangered species because poachers kill them for their ivory, and they are protected in most countries. Only in Zimbabwe, a total
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by foxylad 16y ago
Yes, they would still be the worst thing! I know, I used to use Godaddy, for my sins. Strike one: I messaged their support asking when they'd get a usability expert to look at their awful interface. Response was basically "get used to it".
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by foxylad 16y ago
I too am a GoDaddy refugee at Namecheap. Very happy so far - responsive support, half decent interface and no upselling. But you do wonder about the name... given they're a domain name company you'd think they'd have a better one.
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by foxylad 16y ago
This is where Appengine shines - it scales painlessly, so there won't be any hurt (apart from being billed for the resources). This scalability comes at the cost of a wee paradigm shift from relational database to datastore mindsets, but is
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by foxylad 16y ago
The reason these plants haven't been replaced with newer ones is NOT environmental lobbying - it's because no-one has figured out how to do it economically. Decommissioning a highly radioactive power station is extremely expensive. When the
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by foxylad 16y ago
How to be 90% sure your startup idea is good: ask a woman. I've had lots of "brilliant" ideas, and my wife pooh-poohed them all except one. Guess which one really took off? I think women are less likely to be impressed by the cool tech, and
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by foxylad 16y ago
That's nothing! When I were a lad, we ran our startup from Arrowtown in the heart of New Zealand's Southern Alps - and we still do! www.schoolconferences.com

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