kiwidrew

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   by kiwidrew 11y ago

   This is pretty awesome! Great "hack" that uses the ADB debugging protocol in a way that probably wasn't intended... Regarding security, sometime back in Android 4.x the ADB protocol was updated to include public-key authenti
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   by kiwidrew 11y ago

   This is awesome. No messing around, straight to the point. Let's see if they meet the "2-3 days" timeframe for an offer!
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   by kiwidrew 12y ago

   It seems that this post has been (temporarily?) taken down. There was a link to the draft paper on federated Byzantine fault tolerance, which is what they're using for the Stellar Consensus Protocol. It makes for fascinating reading.
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   by kiwidrew 12y ago

   Agree 100%. In the span of a decade or so, the goalposts for what a "small business app" have moved dramatically: multiuser by default, offline editing/sync, usable on mobile devices, modern-looking UI/UX... but the A
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   by kiwidrew 12y ago

   Thank you for coming back to this thread to share your experience, much appreciated! I did not realize RethinkDB lacks a query planner/optimizer. That is a huge downside. The docs didn't seem to make much effort to point out thi
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   by kiwidrew 12y ago

   Not necessarily true, you can often get an older Nexus device quite cheaply and then upgrade the OS. That's how I got my hands on Android 5.0 -- and it really transformed an old and tired phone into something new and marvelous.
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   by kiwidrew 12y ago

   Are you able to go into more detail about the performance of RethinkDB? Considering to use it for a new project but haven't been able to find anything solid about performance except vague and hand-waving "not very fast" anec
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   by kiwidrew 12y ago

   It's not such a big deal; in Hong Kong, for instance, all property (with very very few exceptions) is leasehold land. The most common term is now 75 years. The city has been in existence long enough that many of the original leases
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   by kiwidrew 12y ago

   It works quite well. They've done a great job at following Google's "Material Design" prescriptions while -- surprisingly -- not actually using the Polymer framework. First time I've seen that. The app loads some
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    by kiwidrew 12y ago

    I'm running 2.11.498 (just updated) on my Android phone and the menu option is there. The new web.whatsapp.com just started working for me this morning. (I'm on Chrome OS.)
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    by kiwidrew 12y ago

    I'm confused: what exactly is the problem here? Google APIs are designed [1] to be accessed on behalf of a Google account holder by client-side code without any server component being involved. The client-side code does not use cli
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    by kiwidrew 12y ago

    Very cool - I like your idea to store all of the data using a Google Drive realtime document. But I'm not sure how you are able to handle authentication and permissions, e.g. limiting a field/model to only be visible to certain u
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    by kiwidrew 12y ago

    At least Google has been good (so far) about providing plenty of warning when shutting down existing services. Can't say the same about $RANDOM_STARTUP, where the notice period is often "end of the current month".
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    by kiwidrew 12y ago

    Yeah. I'm running a small accommodation/guesthouse business in Hong Kong and our demographic is 18-35 expats, mostly European. First contact method is 10% voice / 20% on SMS / 70% on Whatsapp.
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    by kiwidrew 12y ago

    I'd pay good money for a Whatsapp number that I could use for my business and feed directly into our inbox/CRM tool/whatever; when given the choice our clients seem to overwhelmingly prefer Whatsapp messaging over any other
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    by kiwidrew 12y ago

    Hong Kong has thousands of minibuses, which are -- surprisingly -- more expensive than the bus or subway, but can often be twice as fast. (In part because they are notorious for driving dangerously.) The drivers and vehicles are actually
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    A Broken Place: The spectacular failure that wanted to change the world(m.fastcompany.com)

    2 points by kiwidrew 13y ago|0 comments
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    by kiwidrew 13y ago

    I hear this refrain over and over again -- my posts aren't being shown to my fans! -- but it does not match up with my experience at all. My posts usually reach 35-45% of my fans. Organically, without any promotion. Granted I only h
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    by kiwidrew 13y ago

    I don't really understand why everyone is pooh-poohing this; it's just a more creative way to rate-limit their signups than relying on the usual "you are number 123 on the beta invite list".
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    by kiwidrew 13y ago

    Hong Kong has something similar, where the highway passes through a carparking building in Yau Ma Tei: http://www.flickr.com/photos/18378305@N00/8572448579/
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    by kiwidrew 13y ago

    I think it's fairly difficult for a US-based company to (legally) operate out of a mainland China data centre. So it looks like they are doing the next best thing: multiple Asian data centres which are "near" to China.
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    by kiwidrew 13y ago

    Yes, this annoys me to no end, and I can't for the life of me figure out how one of the KEY selling points for Apps and Drive can stay broken and neglected for so long. My workaround is to create a folder that is shared with everyone (
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    Achieving 10Gbps Line-rate Key-value Stores with FPGAs [pdf](0b4af6cdc2f0c5998459-c0245c5c937c5dedcca3f1764ecc9b2f.r43.cf2.rackcdn.com)

    84 points by kiwidrew 13y ago|17 comments
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    by kiwidrew 13y ago

    There are some guys in Singapore that are working on something similar: www.vaultdragon.com
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    by kiwidrew 13y ago

    SEEKING WORK - REMOTE / can travel worldwide Do you need a PostgreSQL expert? I'm an experienced Postgres developer looking for new projects to work on. I can diagnose performance issues, optimize SQL queries, implement custom d
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    by kiwidrew 13y ago

    SEEKING WORK - Remote or can travel for on-site work. (Currently based in Hong Kong.) Do you use or rely on PostgreSQL? I'm an experienced Postgres hacker looking for new projects to work on. I can diagnose performance issues, optimize
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    by kiwidrew 13y ago

    The most interesting part (to me) is that the server will handle e.g. "PUN" as though it actually said "PUT". I wonder if this could be used as an attack vector? Sounds a lot like a "confused deputy" situation
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    by kiwidrew 13y ago

    SEEKING WORK - Remote or can travel for on-site work. (Currently based in Hong Kong.) Do you use or rely on PostgreSQL? I'm an experienced Postgres hacker looking for new projects to work on. I can diagnose performance issues, optim
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    by kiwidrew 13y ago

    This is very interesting. It actually strikes me as quite similar to React.js; in both cases, the mantra is "replace explicit boilerplate with an intelligent diff algorithm". Yes, this means performance isn't as good, but d
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    by kiwidrew 13y ago

    Very interesting! I particularly like the integrated admin backend -- should save a lot of time. What database are you using to power all of this?