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by jacob019 14y ago
doesn't https secure the connection, and prevent snooping? It's not like someone can see my bank login credentials even if it is a honeypot.
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by jacob019 14y ago
Firefox OS is a brilliant idea. Yeah, another phone OS is an uphill battle, but the idea of wrapping the entire OS around extremely mature and hardened web technologies is just a great idea. How many of us are familiar with web developmen
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by jacob019 14y ago
I tried MariaDB a couple years ago, started having some terrible problems where the server would hang and require a restart after which I had corruption. MySQL 5.5 has been rock solid.
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by jacob019 14y ago
Would love to see these performance metrics on a powerful system with pcie or raided SSD's. Would be interesting to find the tipping point where the extra CPU time outweighs the IO reduction. Even if the DB layer performs better total app
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by jacob019 14y ago
Mobile definitely seems to be leading the way. I know the pace of obsolescence may be slowing a bit, but I still suspect that most consumer cable modems and routers will be replaced within a decade, similar to the pace of 802.11n adoption.
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by jacob019 14y ago
Thanks for the interesting facts, I didn't know that about Comcast. I still think that widespread ISP support will lead to rapid adoption, with 50% of traffic being switched over in a decade once that occurs. How old is your cable modem a
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by jacob019 14y ago
IMHO, the only thing blocking ipv6 adoption is the ISP's, like Comcast. Many of the datacenters support it, the devices support it, we're ready to go just waiting on the pipes. T-Mobile is already using ipv6 for mobile, so our old ISP's a
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by jacob019 14y ago
What a wonderful improvement to our old networking design. Can certainly see the benefits of redundancy, but the throughput advantage is huge. It will allow massively high throughput between servers by aggregating commodity hardware, scal
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by jacob019 14y ago
I think it's great. No one is forcing anyone to upgrade, jQuery 1.9 is stable and you can use it forever even with new browsers. So what if it's not supported after some unknown date in the future. It's solid and will keep on working. N
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by jacob019 14y ago
Ultimately all currency, even gold, is fiat money given value only by use. It therefore seems difficult to decouple different stores of value. I think all the media coverage has indeed caused more people to use bitcoin and increase it's r
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by jacob019 14y ago
all this volatility makes owning bitcoin feel like gambling.
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by jacob019 14y ago
removing old code feels so good
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by jacob019 14y ago
True, but you can choose which defines you.
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by jacob019 14y ago
"income redistribution scheme" Ones views on this tends to be religious, as I am certain your perspective could not be swayed by any logic, nor can mine. Do you live in America like me? Redistribution schemes move power from producers to b
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by jacob019 14y ago
Looter mentality, bosses and jobs just exist? Be grateful for the opportunity to have your efforts compounded by the contributions of others. If you were alone on an island, what would you have to show for your work at the end of a day?
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by jacob019 14y ago
Switched from godaddy to namecheap for my 20+ domains a couple years ago. I couldn't be happier.
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by jacob019 14y ago
come to think of it OpenVPN uses UDP also, and that's considered quite secure. So what kind of encryption are they using? Rolling their own sounds scary.
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by jacob019 14y ago
UDP is connectionless. How can we have encryption without a connection? Using a block cypher would be less secure than stream cyphers and the controversy could halt adoption.
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by jacob019 14y ago
The real crime is misinformation. If everyone read this article the problem would go away.
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by jacob019 15y ago
disagree. Linux on the desktop is here and awesome. At jacobsparts.com we use linux exclusively on our desktops and half our staff is on the computers all day long. I use it on all my laptops, desktops, and servers. Never used any windo
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by jacob019 15y ago
I use linode, amazon ec2, and bigscoots.com. Linode is very stable at a reasonable price. ec2 is very flexible and reasonably reliable but a bit more expensive. bigscoots.com is a great value, very fast and reliable with excellent servic