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A little rant about Dell
2 points by mattvot 15y ago|3 comments
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by mattvot 15y ago
Solutions like pastebin.com provide the same, with a small url.
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by mattvot 15y ago
There is: "Storing a document in a URL is nifty, but not terribly practical. Hashify uses the [bit.ly API][4] to shorten URLs from as many as 30,000 characters to just 20 or so. In essence, bit.ly acts as a document stor
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by mattvot 15y ago
Boiling it down, it's a new file format with a built in viewer. You need to find a way to store the data. Interesting, but I can't think of any practical application, apart from the service provider not having to worry about storage (maybe
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by mattvot 15y ago
Well in the last 3,000 years there has never been the medium for the population to voice their opinions and collaborate at such a large scale. Civilizations were run by the rich, not the population. My hope is that eventually people will ac
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by mattvot 15y ago
Perhaps, but I'd like to think that the majority in a democracy would not push aside minorities. Using your metaphor: There will be some caucasians that favor laws that benefit caucasians over others, but I would hope that the majority of c
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by mattvot 15y ago
Hmm, I'm not as skeptical. At the very foundation, a democracy is about tending for the majority. As models like this become more popular there will be campaigns that you may not agree with, but as long as there are enough people opposed to
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by mattvot 15y ago
Perhaps, but it's kinda different with websites. There are plenty of alternate marketplaces for products on the web other than Amazon. It's not the same as Microsoft having the vast majority of the market.
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Reddit Users to Target Supporters of SOPA in Congress After GoDaddy(forbes.com)
118 points by mattvot 15y ago|30 comments
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by mattvot 15y ago
From my brief overview of the situation, it seems ethically questionable for Amazon to do this, but not unlawful. Should it really be against the law to reduce the visibility of a competitors accessory for your own product on your own site?
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by mattvot 15y ago
WordPress will just create a new entry in the db with a different status, like draft. The current version would be 'published'.
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by mattvot 15y ago
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy soundtrack Makes me feel epic and I feel like I am fighting a war with code
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by mattvot 15y ago
Not particular digital tech, but can't get enough of http://www.youtube.com/user/engineerguyvideo
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by mattvot 15y ago
I'd say quite a lot of GoDaddy services require a domain to be registered. But that does not mean they need to be registered with GoDaddy. Services that do need a domain registered with GoDaddy: Domain Name Registration Transfer D
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by mattvot 15y ago
Maybe, but my judgement is that while domains are relatively easy to move, various other services aren't. It seems to me that the focus on HN and other sites is to move domains. I'm not particularly up on GoDaddy TOS, but I imagine their no
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by mattvot 15y ago
I don't think they're going to 'go under' anytime soon. Domains are only a small portion of the product portfolio they offer.
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by mattvot 15y ago
Yeh, This has been the case for a while. It is because they cannot verify the owner, as the whois info is hidden behind DBP. I've been trying to cancel my DBP subscriptions, to return my details to whois and transfer the domain. They don't
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by mattvot 15y ago
I've been watching all of this for the last 3-4 hours. I am amazed at how most of the committee do not want to hear from experts, and ignore the facts with a quick dismissal like "Oh, I'm not a nerd, I don't understand, but what I do know i
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by mattvot 15y ago
This is exactly what I want to be doing in my placement year starting june! Traveling and programming. How did you afford the trip Alex? Savings or working on the go? If you don't mind, how much did it cost too? Thanks
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Ask HN: What's the best way to start marketing a viral site?
1 points by mattvot 15y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Simple PHP error tracking and notifications(errorhound.com)
2 points by mattvot 15y ago|0 comments
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by mattvot 15y ago
I agree there is a load of low quality developers out there on oDesk, but I've found that for the contracts good developers want, the buyers know not to hire the low quality developers. I've found plenty of high paying contracts on oDesk, y
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Music industry body tells BT to block Pirate Bay(independent.co.uk)
2 points by mattvot 15y ago|0 comments
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by mattvot 15y ago
and then follow up with this: St Paul's protesters urged to remove tents (by City of London Corporation) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15532692
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The medieval, unaccountable Corporation of London is ripe for protest(guardian.co.uk)
3 points by mattvot 15y ago|1 comments
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by mattvot 15y ago
I agree with point 1. A Dedicated Full-time Community Manager could shape the community, chip away at the crap and support to cool aspects. Someone who knows HN inside and out, who listens to what the community wants, is willing to put thei
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Tour of Milk and a very brief preview of Oink(youtube.com)
1 points by mattvot 15y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: If you were a file extension, what would you be and why?
3 points by mattvot 15y ago|0 comments
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by mattvot 15y ago
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list
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Ninja Shadow, the real life superhero(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by mattvot 15y ago|0 comments

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