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by jeroen 18y ago
No, I don't. 97.3% uptime, minus 4% error pages == 93.3% valid responses.
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by jeroen 18y ago
"our uptime during the event was 97.3%" ... "About 4% of requests during this time did return the page that asks folks to wait a few minutes and try again." Which means that 1 in 15 users got some sort of error. That's a lot.
573.
by jeroen 18y ago
Like this: "... NetDocs, a promising effort to offer software programs such as word processing over the Internet. The issue: Because NetDocs risked cannibalizing sales of Microsoft's cash-cow Office programs, some executives wanted NetDocs
574.
by jeroen 18y ago
This is probably a good start to get to know more about some of these subjects: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Compiler_optimizations
575.
by jeroen 18y ago
I knew that there are many datacenters, but I expected them to be more or less in sync. However, the results have been totally different for many hours today, and are still only half the same.
576.
by jeroen 18y ago
should that not be i.com?
577.
by jeroen 18y ago
Googling for "goosh google" gives me lots of results on Goosh, but Gooshing (...) for the same gives me 0 results on Goosh. Is this not live data?
578.
by jeroen 18y ago
The problem with xml dumps is that it is a backup-like feature, and users are notoriously sloppy with backups. It is great that you provide the feature (and I'm slightly embarrassed that http://scribbl.net/ doesn't) but what users really
579.
by jeroen 18y ago
The number of results is not displayed correctly when < 7. An example: http://www.ycombinator.search.xirium.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?... For more results, it always says "7 of", even after clicking "More". And larger searches always end
580.
by jeroen 18y ago
"If you read the Jonathan Ive cuttings file - not a big book, he rarely gives interviews - you'll find the same few scraps of information over and over: Jonathan is shy, he's modest, he's private." It seems checking the results is no longer
581.
by jeroen 18y ago
Have you read http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=114652287210110&w=... ? Sure Debian made a mistake, and they shouldn't make changes that they don't understand the effects of, but an OpenSSL developer _did_ say it wouldn't be a pro
582.
by jeroen 18y ago
If the function had a descriptive name then its purpose would be even clearer, and the calling code would be more readable too. Nothing against unit tests, but I don't think they should serve as comments (which is more or less what you sugg
583.
by jeroen 18y ago
"But seriously, if you're going to do a comparison at least go apples-to-apples and site-restrict to wikipedia." That might seem logical from a technical point of view, but your users will want to find answers, not search wikipedia articles
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by jeroen 19y ago
Things to remember (and do, if it ever comes to that with your startup): "Many public companies have a "staggered" board, where some directors are up for election or reelection each year, but the entire board is never up for reelection in a
585.
by jeroen 19y ago
I worked on it for a bit longer than 2 days and used a fair amount of time to test and escape user input and to create a set of test data that might break the app. Textile is nice; I should add support for that too, if I ever have time.
586.
by jeroen 19y ago
I had the same problem some time ago, so I built this to support my needs: http://scribbl.net/
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by jeroen 19y ago
There are many other nice tattoos on that site. This one is particularly nerdy (in a very good way): http://carlzimmer.typepad.com/sciencetattoo/2008/03/think-pe...
588.
by jeroen 19y ago
same as http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=172767
589.
by jeroen 19y ago
"iPod sales sales have slowed considerably. They were up only 8% in the quarter. to 10,644,000. With almost 150 million sold since the product was introduced, it is surprising that the music player has held up that well. The product saved t
590.
by jeroen 19y ago
Sucks for those who are duped, but great for making DRM impopular with the general public.
591.
by jeroen 19y ago
I expect something called SearchYC to be the authority on finding things at YC. Pointing me to google when you find no results should be useless and detracts from that authority. That's all the critique I can come up with though, looks grea
592.
by jeroen 19y ago
One step at a time. At least they are moving in what seems to be the right direction.
593.
by jeroen 19y ago
I could tell you what works for me, but unless your personality is much like mine (which is unlikely), that isn't going to help you. The best way to find out what works is to try. Just go out there and interact with people. Observe them to
594.
by jeroen 19y ago
"[..] still algorithms, data structures, and low level programming are marginal and it's hard to become a good developer without being exposed to this concepts." The people who would have become good developers in the "old days" will find t
595.
by jeroen 19y ago
Reputation is only involved if you are a reputable source, and this may not be the way to become one.
596.
by jeroen 19y ago
Barry Schwartz claims that choice makes us feel miserable. A very interesting TED talk, see: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/93
597.
by jeroen 19y ago
There is some sloppy English in multiple places, which (to me) makes the site seem less professional.
598.
by jeroen 19y ago
We all misjudge that which we don't understand. And if we did understand, we could do it ourselves.
599.
by jeroen 19y ago
This should not have been posted before it was fixed. We all make mistakes, even stupid ones, and I'm sure none of us would like this happening to them. A bit of professional courtesy would have been in order.
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by jeroen 19y ago
A nice bit of PR for Monster: "I assume that Monster Cable International, Ltd., in Bermuda, listed on these patents, is an IP holding company and that Monster Cable's principal US entity pays licensing fees to the Bermuda corporation in ord

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