nivla

51 ms·

421.
by nivla 13y ago
HN always seemed a roulette to me. Remember that article where a guy makes his gf signup for Spotify and Spotify tries to match the same credentials to Facebook, then logs in, reactivates her account and adds the app to her FB? Most of the
422.
by nivla 13y ago
Google gets a lot of leeway from people. If you have done SEO, you will learn that the Googlebot doesn't always respect the robots.txt. Requesting to de-index a page may take weeks or even months. The quickest way is file a DMCA complaint f
423.
by nivla 13y ago
I also thought this was a common practice. Facebook, Gchat, Skype all do it. If you have sensitive links you shouldn't post them in chats/emails.
424.
by nivla 13y ago
> It is not a fitting explanation for spam or phishing prevention. It is very common for spammers to break into other websites (using simple well known exploit) and create links redirecting to the site hosting the malware. So a site sho
425.
by nivla 13y ago
haha that was quite ironic that he placed the coin so no one would read and steal the product key. To be honest, I can read it just fine without leaning towards the monitor. However, I understand it can be an issue for people with poor visi
426.
by nivla 13y ago
As long as they are promised a timely customer service from Google, I think it is a great move in terms of savings. Although I don't see the switch to Google Docs from the Office Suite ending well. Also if they are going through such great
427.
by nivla 13y ago
As much I see the usefulness in Google Glasses, this is how its mostly going to end up. People especially your co-workers will become less open and careful around you since everything they say or do can be recorded and used against them. Wh
428.
by nivla 13y ago
Regardless of Linode's previous screwups, I welcome this change and I hope more hosting companies to offer 2-factor authentication soon. For anyone installing the Linode's recommended Windows App "Authenticator", WARNING, it does not work!
429.
by nivla 14y ago
>And how much effort is Microsoft willing to dedicate to fix your Ubuntu/MySQL/PHP stack? Isn't that the same as asking how much Google is willing to fix Linux for the Android stack?? > It's only a single vendor solution until you i
430.
by nivla 14y ago
>Not really. Mind explaining a bit more? If I buy a Samsung Galaxy S4 and the lock screen wouldn't let me in because of a bug in Android, Samsung is still responsible. >Vendor lock in still applies. Again, how exactly would that be,
431.
by nivla 14y ago
>Are they not aware of Microsoft's track record of feeding people with drugs until they become dependent on it? You mean the same model that other companies on the Internet apply, namely Google, Amazon and even Apple? The Razor and Blad
432.
by nivla 14y ago
Thank you for open sourcing this. The spider example is just awesome!! Good Job!
433.
by nivla 14y ago
I wished if Youtube videos were allowed under https. Currently, it just redirects to an error. If it didn't, this will put an end to ISPs throttling the Youtube streaming.
434.
by nivla 14y ago
I have noticed that Bing is actually getting better. However, I still prefer Google for most things. Google "assumes" what you are looking for, this can be good or bad depending on what you are searching. Bing on the other hand is like the
435.
by nivla 14y ago
If I recall correctly, DDG used to solely depend on Bing's Search API but now they use various sources including their own to compile the search result.
436.
by nivla 14y ago
Logically, they couldn't have planned it all in such a short period of time. However if they did, from a business perspective it is very good plan. Without the upgrade, today some customers would have had two reasons to leave Linode, now th
437.
by nivla 14y ago
Great, now I am feeling paranoid although I don't see any unauthorized charges on my card. Does anyone know if debit cards are legally protected the same way as credit cards with 0% liability.
438.
by nivla 14y ago
Not sure how useful that reset was. All I had to do was type in my old password and then choose a new one. No email verification, no reset token, nothing. So if the password was indeed compromised, couldn't the attacker do the same?
439.
by nivla 14y ago
>Microsoft is not shy about "posturing themselves as opponents to Android". So does Apple. The business world is as nasty as politics, everyone pretends to care for the users, no one really does.
440.
by nivla 14y ago
>windows phone is a bit crappy I think it is rising up, especially in the Asian market. From the business point of view, the best thing they did was to partner with Nokia. If it wasn't for Lumia, I don't think I would got a windows phon
441.
by nivla 14y ago
To be honest, I have never paid attention to it. However, I believe its not in the standard or RFC to automatically convert http:// and mailto:// text into clickable links. Therefore I wouldn't be surprised if there are email client that
442.
by nivla 14y ago
>Please provide an example or demonstration of this. There are two limits that this standard places on the number of characters in a line. Each line of characters MUST be no more than 998 characters, and SHOULD be no more than 78 charac
443.
by nivla 14y ago
Curious, without HTML do you expect everyone to copy-paste confirmation and password reset links? How do you account for broken links due to message truncate or unicode rendering? What about aligning various sections of the message? Control
444.
by nivla 14y ago
>this troll on the debian-user mailing list predicted that Orth would be "fired". I don't follow the mailing list but are these "reddit-like" conversations common/tolerated on a mailing list? Off Topic: Is debian.org using a self signed
445.
by nivla 14y ago
Sigh . I wish no government forces their citizens into a single OS. We should be able to choose what we want to run. Just because something is open-source doesn't mean it won't carry the dreadful effects of a monopoly.
446.
by nivla 14y ago
I think they mean save hours of work for every developer.
447.
by nivla 14y ago
Why are you comparing consoles to mobile devices? Its apples to oranges. This is like comparing Netflix subscription to Xbox/PS3 consoles sold. People buy mobile devices and get the added benefit of playing games. I don't think there is a m
448.
by nivla 14y ago
>unreliable (alt) I would have disagreed with you until a few weeks ago. The past few updates have been requiring us to restart our servers. You restart it and a day later there is another update that requires another restart. Putting o
449.
by nivla 14y ago
Gosh, ARM devices are different from x86 ones. Almost all ARM devices are vendor locked. If you are interested in knowing how to do this on a Surface Pro (A.K.A a x86 device), I can help you out.
450.
by nivla 14y ago
>Not that convenient when you move from Windows Server n (based on Windows x) and have to relearn to navigate around the entirely different Windows Server n+3 (which is based on the tablet-friendly Windows x+1). But a lot more convenien

More ›