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by harryf 15y ago
Ah yes thanks - should have read more carefully.
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by harryf 15y ago
Surprised to see it's not idempotent. What if, for whatever reason, the caller fails to receive the response? Some information on changes is then permanently lost. Would have expected to see something like /delta?since=<timestamp_here&#
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by harryf 15y ago
Karateka was truly awesome. Those were truly the days; good games really amazed with their originality and game play.not course there was nothing to compare to but it was magical as a kid. Wonder if my kids will feel the same about FPS?
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by harryf 15y ago
If you're using memcached, using consistent hashing is largely a matter of configuration on the client side (although it's worth understanding how it works and why you want it). Pretty much any memcached client that's built on libmemcached
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by harryf 15y ago
Wonder if smartphones open up some new doors here? Assuming doctor and patient both have a smartphone medical notes for a patient are shared but only available for doctors within the physical vicinity of the patient i.e. the patient's phone
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by harryf 15y ago
There's a whole website dedicated to this http://wtfqrcodes.com/
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by harryf 15y ago
Filed under "How to make shutting down your service a memorable event"
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by harryf 15y ago
As they say - the only bad press is no press at all.
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by harryf 15y ago
> Yes, we maximize for users who spend over $10k That effectively means the only way to "win" is by becoming a whale; casual play is basically not rewarded. That's the problem I have with most online games; the greatest benefits go to t
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by harryf 15y ago
This is so wrong it's hard to know where to begin. I work for a very successful local company in Switzerland - have written about it before here - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2053665 The problem with local + is not local, it's us
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by harryf 15y ago
Any sysadmins care to chime in with their view on this? Jobwise are you planning to switch to development in the near future ?
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by harryf 15y ago
A little story about Flickr... I work for a local search engine in Switzerland - http://www.local.ch Back in 2007 we were really interested in integrating content from flickr in much the same way as Panoramio is on Google Maps. Interested
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by harryf 15y ago
Exactly. With recent privacy changes we're reminded of what we've known all along but have been ignoring; that we have next-to-nothing protecting us. We love all those free services and we're sort of OK with ever more targeted ads but we wa
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by harryf 15y ago
> a lot of problems happening with children are due to the neglect on their parents' (or primary caregivers') side. That nails the problem but I disagree strongly with your conclusion this is a problem of individual responsibility. Its
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by harryf 15y ago
Good advice - especially like the talking to 2 people. Some other things that work for me (you'll have to take my experience as given); - Make sure you know what you're talking about. Perhaps an obvious point but the confidence you have in
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by harryf 15y ago
Alexis is using similar tactics to John Stewart; "reddit is just a collection of links". Which isnt true; it also has comments where it's community shapes an opinion about the subject of the link. And that probably terrifies mainstream medi
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How social media is ruining our minds(assistedlivingtoday.com)
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by harryf 15y ago
What about advertising on manga forums? They still seem to be popular
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by harryf 15y ago
Agree - a blackout will essentially kill any negotiation and change the topic to one purely about power and authority, which defeats the purpose. Selectively demonstrating the potential impact of SOPA by censoring some of its supporters mig
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by harryf 15y ago
Worth DOM inspecting, for example, the rays from the sun on the Weather app icon. Insane amounts of work have gone into this...
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by harryf 15y ago
On paper yes. But Apress bought all Wrox successful titles and (I suspect) it's people. Same game different name in other words
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by harryf 15y ago
I got mixed up these guys back in 2003, when the were still called Wrox press. Reading this timeline makes me think this "bait and switch" is part their standard operating practice when dealing with authors. Back in 2003 they were also desp
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by harryf 15y ago
IMO this isn't really about consumers making smart choices. It's about incumbent telecoms operators like France Telecom making sure they keep a balance of power between suppliers. They're making sure that as their customers come up to renew
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by harryf 15y ago
It will be a shame if they fail because OS 2 has the potential to be amazing, making "real time" really work on mobile, thanks to it's multi kernel architecture. Some detail here - http://forums.crackberry.com/blackberry-playbook-f222/qnx-
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by harryf 15y ago
But where is Greece?
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by harryf 15y ago
Thanks for the confirmation
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by harryf 15y ago
Much as it's a fascinating story my BS alarm is flashing. Is there anyone at Georg Mason University who can confirm Professor Kim Hyun Sik actually exists?
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by harryf 15y ago
Side note but the ultimate evil present for parents of small kids is to buy the kid a Playmobil Castle for Christmas - http://www.amazon.com/Lion-Knights-Castle-by-Playmobil/dp/B0... As a parent that spent over 16 hours assembling one las
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by harryf 15y ago
And then Paypal freezes his account for suspicious activity...
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by harryf 15y ago
You're right. Angry consumers, rioting for iPads would tip it.

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