mcgyver

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by mcgyver 3y ago
Bots of some kind crossed my mind. I find it interesting there has been no announcements from dang about the change in behaviour - unless I've just missed them.
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by mcgyver 3y ago
I went hunting for stats of topic trends on HN as the whole AI thing has gone bananas. Looking at the "ChatGPT" keyword chart [1] the volume is crazy and seems to line up time wise. It is a correlation but not sure if it is the ri
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Ask HN: What is causing the major growth in new HN users?
11 points by mcgyver 3y ago|15 comments
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Ask YC/HN: Optimal state...
5 points by mcgyver 15y ago|2 comments
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by mcgyver 16y ago
My co-founder and I are looking to apply but it looks like I might have a baby due during the 3-months-in-SV stage and hence need to be close to base (Australia). Looks like I'll be hanging out for the following round. Good luck to everyone
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Ask HN: What information to store on the off chance of the Apocalypse?
8 points by mcgyver 16y ago|9 comments
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by mcgyver 16y ago
The explore page offers a great snapshot. The search page is totally awesome too (seriously, it works really well) but only when you are looking for something in particular. It feels like there is a mind-boggling amount of potentially usefu
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Ask HN: which obscure Github projects have you found useful?
58 points by mcgyver 16y ago|20 comments
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Ask HN: Is FireSheep prevention now high on your app's priority list?
2 points by mcgyver 16y ago|0 comments
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by mcgyver 16y ago
Interesting to see it released under GPL3(+). Looks like they want any distributed modifications going back to the community.
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by mcgyver 16y ago
It's interesting too that despite the author's posting of an Analytics screen shot (of visitors I take it) there is no proof that the auto following itself has brought about the spiked traffic. For all we know it could be due to the author
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by mcgyver 16y ago
Is there a stash of interesting imports available anywhere?
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Ask HN: What's the best feature you've built that no one uses?
59 points by mcgyver 16y ago|94 comments
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by mcgyver 16y ago
Open sourcing Flash would definitely be in Adobe's best interests. The only possible thing holding them back is shoddy coding practices (using security-through-obscurity) which would result in more exploits and the Flash player gaining an e
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Ask HN: How many domain names do you own?
4 points by mcgyver 17y ago|12 comments