konpikwastaken

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   by konpikwastaken 9y ago

   There appear to be some but you are correct that it has a strong "card game" bias as it was originally meant to play Magic. I'm not aware of any, no.
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   by konpikwastaken 9y ago

   Worth mentioning here for any interested parties is OCTGN [1], or "Online Card and Tabletop Gaming Network". Interesting history - it started out from a VB6 application (specifically for playing Magic the Gathering) maintained by
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   by konpikwastaken 9y ago

   Can't tell if most epic PR stunt ever or just plain stupid [0]. [0]: https://imgur.com/a/mUe6T
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   by konpikwastaken 9y ago

   Was just going to recommend reading this book, glad someone did already. Being in tech/IT, you will be able to identify each of the characters in your work environment at one point or another.
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   by konpikwastaken 9y ago

   I see. I was envisioning a "bigger" service - your quoted price makes sense in that case.
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   by konpikwastaken 9y ago

   In theory, Handy ( https://www.handy.com/services ) does this for you for significantly higher rates at your own home. I've used the service before when it first started and rates were 40-60%/hour of what they are
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   by konpikwastaken 9y ago

   Fair enough.
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   by konpikwastaken 9y ago

   TIL: CTRL+K shortcut is F6 + TYPE
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   by konpikwastaken 9y ago

   Whenever I see "Google Instant" reference, I get always chuckle because I swear that two of my friends and I actually invented it back in '09 for a Yahoo sponsored Hackathon. I clearly remember one day logging onto my machine
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    by konpikwastaken 9y ago

    Heh, something I read earlier on indiehackers made me chuckle. "Honestly, negativity about my business model is more likely to come from a community like Hacker News than it is from my readers."[1] He's not wrong. [1]: https
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    by konpikwastaken 9y ago

    Thanks for the response. Couldn't ExpressRoute (and not familiar with AWS VPC) in theory be configured at multiple global locations to handle internet traffic?
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    by konpikwastaken 9y ago

    Very cool, thank you for explaining. Is VPN the primary purpose or could it in theory be extended to work as software routers (as opposed to physical switches your traffic goes through) for all internet traffic once connect? Let me know if
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    by konpikwastaken 9y ago

    Can someone ELI5 the difference between this and https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/expressroute/ ? Is the technology principle the same?