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by markbao 16y ago
It isn't. Lost my laptop about 2 months ago and got really pissed. Screwed up my Apache config on my current computer and went into my cloud backup to find my old httpd.conf. Found old laptop was still backing up, story unravels from there.
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by markbao 16y ago
I filed a police report when it was first stolen, and likewise when I found out who it was. They couldn't really help with recovery so I helped myself :p
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by markbao 16y ago
What the hell. I was hoping that this wouldn't hit Hacker News and was satisfied until I woke up this morning. :p I'm actually slightly embarrassed that this is on Hacker News right now.
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by markbao 16y ago
I didn't want to accuse the wrong guy, but based on the file history, he created his new user account the same day it was stolen. That was hunch enough for me.
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by markbao 16y ago
No, no. I just used the service to find out who it was. And inadvertently sent Backblaze a lot of good press.
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Knowing When Your Baby is Ugly(waynechang.com)
90 points by markbao 16y ago|19 comments
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by markbao 16y ago
Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data. Edit: looks like it's back up!
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by markbao 16y ago
Considered weird. Moving on.
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by markbao 16y ago
Wow, someone's downvoting every congratulatory comment on this thread. To that guy: congratulations on not doing anything useful with your time (while we did). Also, congrats to Josh and team! I'm totally jealous and proud of a fellow young
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by markbao 16y ago
The way I did it was basically to have my parents sign off on whatever contracts I did. My first sale had a signature line for me and one under it for my parents. aww, that's cute!
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Advertising in Skype(blogs.skype.com)
2 points by markbao 16y ago|0 comments
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by markbao 16y ago
I generally agree with this article, but... "nowadays all those server side (scripting) languages are mainly the glue layer between the front-end (the browser part) and the back-end (your storage and "database" solution)" Sorry, what? May
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by markbao 16y ago
Yep, if I could name three fundamental things that made threewords.me successful, one is the "solicit sign up after engagement" flow!
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by markbao 16y ago
threewords.me was 100% an experiment. I have an article about this that I'm drafting. Web developers and startup folks can more effectively learn through experiments rather than reading things. Akin to mixing the baking soda and vinegar i
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by markbao 16y ago
> Combined we have released 7 fully featured web apps over the past 30 days, but we haven't gotten as much traction as we have hoped. Been there, done that. > We saw an opportunity to create a site similar to threewords.me Hi! Nice
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by markbao 16y ago
Hehe, nah. I want to try other viral experiments, though. That I'm actually on :)
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by markbao 16y ago
Good idea. I'm on it.
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by markbao 16y ago
Thank you all so much for the awesome support. :) It's been a pretty insane roller coaster of a month, and I'm (unfortunately) starting college again in a few hours. The interesting part of all this is that it's actually helping me develop
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by markbao 16y ago
Hey man! Thanks for your kind words :) definitely — I want to get back to work on the big scope projects. How's the site going, btw? And are you going to BarCamp Boston 6?
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by markbao 16y ago
Thank you, man. That means a lot. I definitely think it's the right decision — since then I've gotten back on track with my major projects and focuses. It's a hard thing to do, but a necessary one. Don't forget yourself either, though. Peop
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by markbao 16y ago
Thank you. You're totally right. In addition — I think side projects are the new way that developers learn. It's like learning chemistry from reading a textbook vs. actually mixing the baking soda and vinegar. Trying more side projects help
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by markbao 16y ago
Thanks man! I really appreciate your kind words. If this helps people derive more value from their side projects, that would be awesome.
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by markbao 16y ago
Thank you! Yes, the whole thing could have been run better, but that's why I usually try to not do things I don't know how to do well (like threewords.me), though sometimes things slip through the cracks. And my other option was Flippa, so,
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by markbao 16y ago
I'm sorry that it came across with that notion. Bottom line is: I really want to focus on my projects that have high revenue viability. I'm not experienced with monetizing free products, but someone else is. Until then, having threewords.me
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by markbao 16y ago
Yes. Meditation is instrumental for me in my day-to-day life. Meditation is my medium for self-reflection, relaxation, and clearing my mind. For me, it's also been helpful for combating depression. I highly suggest the Reddit meditation sub
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by markbao 16y ago
I've gotten three or four.
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by markbao 16y ago
Hey Melvin — thanks for the suggestions! The only thing I'm not sure about is why a general brand would want a threewords.me-like property under them. What's a brand's motive for acquiring properties such as mine? Yeah, probably true that i
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by markbao 16y ago
Thanks for your thoughts! I can't really say I'm having second thoughts, but more like 1.5nd thoughts... I just don't know where to expand from here. The concept is great and the virality is really cool, but... something just isn't there.
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by markbao 16y ago
Ah, great point. I'll have to do that.
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by markbao 16y ago
Good ideas. Some brands and celebrities have a threewords.me with cool results, like Smashing Magazine: http://threewords.me/smashingmag Also celebrities (thanks to @Mazy) like Young Money's Lil Twist - http://threewords.me/liltwist I a

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