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Ask HN: DNS host suddenly deleted us - fastest way to get your DNS back?
2 points by marquis 14y ago|5 comments
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by marquis 14y ago
I'd generally agree but as a huge fan of The Diamond Age (which would arguably be easier to film) I hope it brings more people to reading Neal Stephenson.
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by marquis 14y ago
I completely agree but I feel there is a bias on HN towards non-technical founders, certainly under these conditions. I think it's important to understand what traits of a non-tech co-founders are going to be more valuable / interesting to
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by marquis 14y ago
That's an interesting idea for 2-factor auth. I know how to enter my computer password blindingly fast, it's pure physical memory.
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by marquis 14y ago
Right, transcription. I think Twilio has speech-to-text?
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by marquis 14y ago
This is brilliant. I would seriously pay for this service if it could use translation (edit: transcription) to keep my dreams sorted - I never remember dreaming after a few moments after waking up and this would fascinating for me. An impor
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by marquis 14y ago
We use http://testflightapp.com with beta testers, I can't praise it highly enough.
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by marquis 14y ago
We've been absolutely lucky and had nothing but a great response with the iPhone app team. We had an app initially denied, and within 2 days of responsive communication we solved the problem they were finding and got it pushed live. However
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by marquis 14y ago
Pairing an 'entrepreneur' with a developer can work, and I know of cases where the 'idea guy' deserves 50% - they tackle the market and sell the product. But in a Hackathon environment I'm not sure it would work: you have to share the same
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by marquis 14y ago
Interesting read. The Load More button fails on Chrome/Mac: it shows the entries I've already read, can scroll down for more but then it just keeps repeating itself.
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by marquis 14y ago
Perhaps nothing considered imminently dangerous but they do exist nearby, and fault lines can spread given the right conditions: http://www.esri.com/news/arcwatch/0210/graphics/investigatin...
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by marquis 14y ago
Aren't tlds just a landgrab from the start, making money for the registrars? The original RFC882 never stated domain.com - their example was blue.colors, red.colors etc. What happened that we became stuck with these country level TLDs, and
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by marquis 14y ago
Doctors, teachers, parents, people working outside - there are many reasons that a laptop is cumbersome for various vocations.
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by marquis 14y ago
This is unfortunate, I do hope there is some recourse for him. I am curious, are there similar cases of this happening for the Android platform? Would there be another opportunity to plead his case before being banned?
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by marquis 14y ago
I gather that the intent is to tether the tunnel. I've seen how cables are run in tectonic-active areas: they are provided a certain elasticity and I imagine it would be similar. Earthquakes don't move much more than a few meters at a time
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by marquis 14y ago
Well, the ball one I've heard before and the lilypad is obvious if you've been exposed to biology. Is this not more a matter of education not being applied to real-world cases and relying on theoretical teaching?
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by marquis 14y ago
I use the NDrive app for offline mode (pay-per-country-map). Never had a problem with it in several countries, and I go back to Google Navigation when I'm back where data access is. I couldn't imagine using a second GPS unit now after how w
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by marquis 14y ago
Right, I wonder if the Thunderbolt isn't going to replace the expansion cards in the future. As long as latency is as low there is no other reason I can think of to maintain expansion card chassis, and thus discontinue the Mac Pros for the
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by marquis 14y ago
>I'm not really sure that the point needed to be restated It does. As long as professional companies allow outings to locations that marginalises/objectifies others it's a problem with respect and how it reflects on the industry.
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by marquis 14y ago
Fahrenheit 451, drafted in the last couple of days in honour of Mr. Bradbury? I do find it fitting that if this passes, we have a cultural reference to remind of its significance. I look forward to seeing some interesting error pages in the
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by marquis 14y ago
Mac OSX is still solidly used in many industries, such as media and publishing. Recording studios need the Pro to install expansion cards, video production houses the same. I've seen close to riots because a production house wanted to move
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by marquis 14y ago
I would posit a challenge to you: for one month don't consume any media, read any newspapers or magazines except those available to you locally. If you live in NYC, great. If you live in Santiago or Sydney, after just a few days you'll find
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by marquis 14y ago
Yes, I am aware of hardware developments. I was curious what is now suddenly of interest to the parent - he answered in this thread to say that the MacBook is now a serious contender as a purchase item above other manufacturer's laptop offe
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by marquis 14y ago
Could you be specific about what swayed you? I'm not sure what is so new, announced today, that you couldn't have bought yesterday: Retina? Will you continue to run Windows?
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by marquis 14y ago
>not releasing the source is evil I believe it's a cultural necessity given how we make money as software developers. Hardware developers have a buffer in terms of actual production, which requires significant investment. You can revers
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by marquis 14y ago
Why does it have to be boring? A good science teacher and method can make all elements fascinating. I'd reference the Feynman lectures as an example of this.
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by marquis 14y ago
Perhaps a more relevant analogy would a hypothetical popular newspaper example: you can buy it at the local store of some countries on the day of release, or if you live in those country where you can access them online for free or included
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by marquis 14y ago
There are some real gems here, it's a great concept and I think it's worth putting in the time to make it shine. Maybe hit some people up on other artist sites like deviantart and ask them to submit to beef up the portfolio. I commission ar
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by marquis 14y ago
Right, that makes sense that you need a bigger chunk of data. You could fix that on the user end by just adding a note 'works best with more input'.
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by marquis 14y ago
This is a great idea but it returned Dutch for "voy al supermercado", though it was correct for "ik ga naar de supermarkt' and 'je vais au supermarché'. Good luck!

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