notwhyships

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Umair Haque: The Bullshit Machine(medium.com)
3 points by notwhyships 12y ago|0 comments
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by notwhyships 12y ago
Were both HN and YC's internal software written in PG's Arc language? If so, will that continue to be the case? If not, what are you using on the back ends?
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Web Starter Kit, Material Design and Polymer(github.com)
2 points by notwhyships 12y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft publishs JavaScript crypto code for devs(theregister.co.uk)
3 points by notwhyships 12y ago|0 comments
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LG 34" Ultra QHD (3440x1440) available for pre-order $999.99(amazon.com)
1 points by notwhyships 12y ago|0 comments
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by notwhyships 12y ago
I didn't have trouble rationalizing my pre-order of this LG Ultra QHD (3440x1440) for $999. It's not 4K, but it's very competitive. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JR6GCZA/ref=oh_details_o..
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by notwhyships 12y ago
Hard to imagine that Google isn't going to weigh in soon with its own offering.
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Silent Circle raises $30M, moves to Switzerland(telecompaper.com)
98 points by notwhyships 12y ago|44 comments
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by notwhyships 12y ago
It's close to being good, but currently looks to me like a diaper.
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1st smart lighter and app to track smoking debuts on Kickstarter(kickstarter.com)
2 points by notwhyships 12y ago|0 comments
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by notwhyships 12y ago
Also, I'm interested to hear what you "other reasons" are. Please share.
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by notwhyships 12y ago
We could argue about what's a "typical" SaaS monthly fee, but I'm pretty sure your $50/mo is for the SMB/Enterprise space where my $5/mo is for consumer.
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by notwhyships 12y ago
Am I the only one who thinks 50 cents per transaction (in addition to the Stripe/Paypal) fees is still an awful lot? For the typical $5/mo SaaS subscription, that's a full 10% just to pay for your checkout system (not includi
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by notwhyships 12y ago
Apart from Paypal support, what does Snappycheckout provide over just using Stripe directly? And for the extras it does offer, are those likely features on Stripe's roadmap? Just trying to wrap my mind around your service.
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by notwhyships 13y ago
There are 22 slides. It's admittedly terse (it was part of a presentation Ben Adida gave at the first Real World Cryptography workshop). However, I'd suggest reading the deck again, and while you do asking yourself, does JS crypto
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by notwhyships 13y ago
This is a deck by Ben Adida (formerly of Mozilla, where he led the Persona project and now at Square) explaining how that argument is reductionistic. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bLBb0EIJ0cuoAhsmI1XL...
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Ask HN: In 2016, will Rails & Django be competitive against newer technologies?
66 points by notwhyships 13y ago|78 comments
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by notwhyships 13y ago
True, but there's also arguably more demand for encryption now than ever. An experienced entrepreneur like Ziptr's CEO should have been able to play this to the company's advantage with customers, investors, etc. Unless of co
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by notwhyships 13y ago
Pretty cursory: http://www.ziptr.com/security-and-compliance
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by notwhyships 13y ago
"You need to export all of your data from your Ziptr account by 12:00 noon Eastern on Friday, September 27, 2013. After this time, we cannot guarantee access to your data." http://www.ziptr.com/ziptr-closing-92713
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Ziptr to Discontinue Services(accountingtoday.com)
79 points by notwhyships 13y ago|34 comments
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Encrypted Messaging Provider Ziptr Closing 9/27/13 w/o Explanation(ziptr.com)
12 points by notwhyships 13y ago|0 comments