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by mcav 18y ago
If every piece of software attempted to inform the user about background processes and other such activity, installations would become even more frustrating for end users than they already are. Most users aren't interested in that -- they w
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by mcav 18y ago
This isn't reddit. But both Reddit and HN are open-source, so you should be able to discover the algorithm. HN source is here at http://ycombinator.com/arc/arc2.tar and Reddit's can be found at http://reddit.com/code/ .
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Ask HN: Do you keep old e-mail?
4 points by mcav 18y ago|6 comments
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by mcav 18y ago
In their defense, these tips are useful.
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by mcav 18y ago
I wouldn't call it shitty -- I'd call it pretty damn clever. Better to discover and publicize it rather than letting such a technique slip under the radar of the people who want to prevent such an attack.
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by mcav 18y ago
Chrome, if you can deal without the extensions (for now). Chrome's faster, more stable, and uses Webkit. But I'm biased.
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by mcav 18y ago
ExtJS, being one of the most UI-focused libraries, seems to regard javascript-less browsers as a non-target. I don't blame them -- Ext focuses on window design and emulating desktop functionality rather than use as a page enhancement. Thoug
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by mcav 18y ago
Check your web server referrer logs, you might be able to see which IP grabbed the RSS feed so quick and prevent it in the future. (That is, if twampss doesn't respond here.)
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by mcav 18y ago
Though Guido did mention his eventual retirement at PyCon.
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by mcav 18y ago
Microsoft Groove , not Microsoft Google. That would be an awfully dysfunctional relationship.
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by mcav 18y ago
Thanks. If I end up needing an actual job/career, you're right -- I'd have to get out of here in order to find anything enjoyable. But I think as a startup founder, the situation's different -- I'm not directly dependent on the job market h
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by mcav 18y ago
I graduate in May and plan to move to full-time. I'll be able to work on my startup because my parents have [thankfully] agreed to help me out while I try to bring it into the black. Since I've been working on it a lot during college, I hop
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by mcav 18y ago
A worthy goal, though I would have rather they just work based off of Python 3.0. By the time they achieve real, substantial progress, the momentum should be securely in 3.0's favor.
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by mcav 18y ago
Slicehost. 1 slice for production DB, 1 slice for web, and 1 slice for testing.
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by mcav 18y ago
> Simply put, it works by storing a conventional lossy MP3 track that standard players can play, alongside a 'lossless' version -- both audio streams are contained in one single MP3 file. It's similar to how hybrid SACDs work. That wi
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by mcav 18y ago
I've seen a lot of certificate issuers for $15/year, so I have a different question: Why the price difference? Are the cheap ones just as useful as the expensive certs?
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by mcav 18y ago
If you don't store CC numbers -- i.e. you use your gateway to store that information -- does it make the merchant account application process any easier?
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Python Web Framework Advice(marcuscavanaugh.com)
1 points by mcav 18y ago|1 comments
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by mcav 18y ago
If nothing else, Stallman serves as a constant reminder that we should consider the extremes -- both free, and what would happen should freedom disappear -- in order to keep a realistic perspective.
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by mcav 18y ago
> I'll explain it in CS terms. What would happen if all copies of the quicksort algorithm were destroyed overnight? Someone would spend a few hours and write another one because he/she knows about the algorithm. It would take about an
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by mcav 18y ago
Yes. I taught my grandma how to use the Internet, E-mail, and Skype. She played Freecell often before, but nothing else on the computer. (She still says "So can I X-this out?" to close a window.) I sat her down one afternoon and explained t
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by mcav 18y ago
Long enough that most of humanity would die very quickly. Without tools to grow food to satisfy our current population, we couldn't make enough. Couple that with lack of heating for cold regions, general lack of knowledge of survival skills
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by mcav 18y ago
GPU research seems to be increasingly important in the search for faster processing power (in conjunction with CPUs). As we grab better, larger, higher resolution displays, graphics will become more useful for displaying data. Without great
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Ask HN: How do Mac software developers make realistic icons?
29 points by mcav 18y ago|10 comments
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by mcav 18y ago
The people (techies specifically) who understand how Facebook's twitter-like update widget works tend to appreciate it more, I believe. The new feed is more predictable since it defines exactly what it does. Before, you'd see a varying po
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by mcav 18y ago
Cool: > Q: Google Chrome was the one target left standing. Surprised? > A: There are bugs in Chrome but they’re very hard to exploit. I have a Chrome vulnerability right now but I don’t know how to exploit it. It’s really hard.
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by mcav 18y ago
That would be of little use; you couldn't resend or assume that they had or hadn't seen it. It would be no better than not having any undo at all.
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by mcav 18y ago
FWIW, that isn't a fault of the framework per se; I have had no problems with Pylons doing something it shouldn't have done. You have to understand what the code is doing, and each framework has a different learning curve, but in my experie
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by mcav 18y ago
Yeah, but it's tough to judge intelligence... I seem to recall people always saying that IQ tests aren't good indicators of intelligence, especially when taken online. Something like ACT/SAT might demonstrate academic ability, but then agai
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by mcav 18y ago
At first they caused problems with the server, so PG removed them for a bit. After lots of discussion, though, most didn't like the idea of orange names because it fractures the community and places unnecessary weight on karma.

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