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by mryan 14y ago
Yes, Curebit got caught stealing/hotlinking assets from 37Signals. http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/28/curebit-apologizes-for-copy...
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by mryan 14y ago
It appears that he is referring to JSON within the limited context of web APIs. The scenarios dismissed as a "very specific edge case in a development environment" appear to crop up all the time when using JSON for something other than APIs
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by mryan 14y ago
My nephew and I have had some success with "Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners". Many parts of the book direct the student to try out the examples in the interpreter, which I think is a nice way of demonstrating
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by mryan 14y ago
> It's completely useless to their organization. Junk data to be deleted later. At least one person at Google thought it could be potentially useful: > The report, quoting the engineer’s original proposal, gives a somewhat different
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by mryan 14y ago
That's mostly irrelevant. A lot of people are not using Github just because it supports git - the network effect is one of the key drivers in choosing Github.
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by mryan 14y ago
That's a good point. My comment to the parent just reflects my (rather limited) use case for git - off-site storage for git repos. If you use other Github-specific features like Issues, it does indeed become more difficult to switch.
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by mryan 14y ago
Exactly. If it ever becomes necessary to move away from github, it can be done in seconds by adding a new remote and pushing. I have always seen this as a testament to github's quality - if the switching cost to your users is a couple of sh
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by mryan 14y ago
"As for the ones that have gotten to that sort of scale, it is open for debate whether they've changed the world at all, and, if they have, whether they've done so in a way that is meaningful or has improved the circumstances of mankind." T
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by mryan 14y ago
I can't speak for any of the core Django team, but as a user of Django I am glad that they took their time with this one. IMO github 'won' the social coding and source hosting battle a while ago, but I am glad that the Django team don't imm
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by mryan 14y ago
I have just discovered www.cloudability.com - they generate reports to give you insights in to your AWS bill, and you can configure budget notifications. I am trying the beta now and am very impressed so far.
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by mryan 14y ago
You can set this up with CloudWatch - add your EC2 costs as a metric, then you can create alarms based on your desired threshold (although I'm not sure how frequently this data is updated).
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by mryan 14y ago
Ah, I see. Yes, looks like Google offers multiple phone-based two-factor systems. I was referring to the oAuth one, which uses time-based tokens rather than sending the code via SMS.
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by mryan 14y ago
The two-factor auth system does not use the phone as a phone, just as a hardware token. Google displays a token on the login screen, you enter this in your phone and type the code it gives you in to the login page (similar to RSA's SecurID,
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by mryan 14y ago
The calibre of the backers leaves me certain that this is not a PR stunt. Does the founder of one of the world's best known companies need any additional PR? How about the director of one of the all-time top grossing movies? Seriously, the
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by mryan 14y ago
What if it is? (I don't think it is, but let's assume for a moment). Does it matter? We will still advance as a species, regardless of the motivation of the original backers. One of my favourite aspects of capitalism is that it can provide
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by mryan 14y ago
This scary thought makes up much of the backdrop for one of my favourite scifi stories, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Definitely worth a (re)read given this latest news!
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by mryan 14y ago
Yes, I think this will help a lot. Maybe make the blue bars less prominent, while increasing the prominence of the 'learn more' buttons? At the moment, the learn more buttons don't 'jump out' at me when I view the page. As the blue bars are
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by mryan 15y ago
Interestingly, Microsoft was actually one of the more prolific early-adopters of these techniques, back when PageRank was just a gleam in Larry's eye. http://www.amazon.com/Would-Move-Mount-Microsofts-Puzzle/dp/...
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by mryan 15y ago
To provide a bit more detail: "An organisation based in the UK is likely to be subject to the requirements of the Regulations even if their website is technically hosted overseas. Organisations based outside of Europe with websites designed
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by mryan 15y ago
I believe you are in the minority - most people, even on HN, are probably comfortable (or apathetic :-) ) enough to accept the status quo. If you are really serious about protecting your privacy online, I imagine you already have your brows
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by mryan 15y ago
The exactly same way there are attempting to regulate website owners - by passing a nonsense law that will do nothing to solve any real privacy concerns. The ICO has the power to force browser vendors with a UK presence to implement this at
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by mryan 15y ago
A Kickstarter for dev tools would be a great idea. As well as new projects, it could also be beneficial for large changes to existing projects. Some combination of Kickstarter and bounties for GitHub issues would be interesting. My only con
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by mryan 15y ago
For many projects the money is used to build/develop the project, so it would not be possible to withhold the money until the project is complete.
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by mryan 15y ago
This could replace SOLR for one of my sites - I'll need to do some benchmarks to compare them when deciding if it makes sense to move. If so, I can probably post CloudSearch:SOLR comparisons at least.
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by mryan 15y ago
It says it is based on the same search that powers Amazon.com, so presumably it is A9: http://a9.com/
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by mryan 15y ago
Perhaps the comment text could be slightly larger, but as light-on-dark themes go I find your blog very readable. > Yes, there is some real bias against single founders when > it comes to fund raising, though it's not impossible. Do
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by mryan 15y ago
There's a nice plugin for connecting Django with Facebook - the description includes a link to a site where this is running live. https://github.com/tschellenbach/Django-facebook
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by mryan 15y ago
Just after I posted, I realised that the content on the site is entirely populated by your Facebook/Twitter connection, so I withdraw my righteous indignation ;-) A promo video would help showing potential users where the value is. Or how a
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by mryan 15y ago
Please remove the annoying hovering splash screen - why would I sign up this service with Twitter/Facebook before I have even tried it out? This method of 'forced signup before viewing content' is something I find incredibly obnoxious and i
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by mryan 15y ago
To quote an English comedy show: "One can not have gradations of uniqueness. A thing either is, or is not, unique". I believe he is commenting on your use of the term "very unique".

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