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by nzmsv 17y ago
You'll never block them all, so unless there is a really good reason (such as your lawyer tells you to, like Pandora) - don't. Proxy server does not equal evil. If you don't care about blocking all proxies, just the ones most people would
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Actually, I think the site would only benefit from losing the zooming along with most other effects. Sorry to say this (as you definitely spent a lot of time on them), but the effects make the site look like someone's first experience with
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by nzmsv 17y ago
What if instead of doing a traditional screencast or traditional howto, you create a hybrid. A how-to document with a short video explaining each section of text. That way steps that are trivial can just be read through, and where a demonst
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by nzmsv 17y ago
I'd say getting a university degree would be the single best thing you could do. Yes, some will argue you can have experience without a formal education, but immigration programs are very bureaucratic. Learn the things you'll hear people di
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by nzmsv 17y ago
I'm in a similar situation as the author, looking for my first full-time job (I'm graduating this spring). So, I guess my opinion doesn't count for much. But I still think it's sad that someone's personal home page must be directed by the
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Please fix the "Brian Khernagin" ;) Other than that, a great list, and definitely bookmarked.
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by nzmsv 17y ago
OK, seeing as I'm being downvoted, I take it back. Debian is the greatest operating system ever made, and already solves all problems that ever have or will arise. It totally didn't crash on my computer last night, and can be installed by a
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by nzmsv 17y ago
A question for all the male programmers here. Do you really think that the single most important fact about you is your sex? I'm going to guess, no. So why are we trying to lump 50% of the population together into one bucket? There is no si
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by nzmsv 17y ago
I guess both programming languages and operating systems are susceptible to the Blub problem.
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by nzmsv 17y ago
My university switched their CS 101 course from C to Java to Python. I tutored students in CS courses, so I've seen what problems they had. C is easy enough until you hit pointers (and arrays give people trouble, strangely enough). Eventual
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Honestly, switching majors isn't that big of a deal. It is better if you figure this out now, rather than after you've worked in the industry for 5 years. Some people see it as a "failure". This is wrong. You are just figuring out what you
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by nzmsv 17y ago
This has been tried with tech support. A lot of companies that did this have since moved call centres back to North America. Why? Because the customers revolted. So the only thing this will achieve is to speed the death of the newspaper. In
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Well, you don't need a 100Mbit pipe for a dumb terminal. There is nothing preventing a useful remote desktop session on wifi to your workstation back on campus. Except possibly for an overzealous IT department (the kind that blocks upgrad
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Unfortunately, OpenID is still broken on HN. Changing an existing account to use OpenID doesn't work. After the initial login at ClickPass, I get transferred to this page: http://news.ycombinator.com/openid_merge (which doesn't exist).
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State of the Mobile Web report(opera.com)
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by nzmsv 17y ago
I know this is obvious, but... Find out which of your professors work in this area. Then go talk to them, and ask them about their work. Get involved with a research project. Learning things from books is great (and you'll still have to do
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by nzmsv 17y ago
There's a lot more to building a university spin-off company and a successful product than just completing the original research. The research grant is like seed funding in this case. The university benefits from its involvement, which mean
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Developing bank software is just different. There can be no rapid iteration, because every bug is disastrous. As a result, software evolves at a glacial pace. I'd think that the answer to the question about what technologies you need to kno
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by nzmsv 17y ago
That's true. The article is more of an overview of the stuff online most people aren't aware of. It just seems unfair to dump private intranets along with projects like Freenet and Tor together with RBN botnets, under the "dark web" designa
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Typical sensationalist journalism. This murky dark web, the only use of which is kiddie porn, is thousands of times bigger than the "good" Internet. The same journalists think "hacker" is a dirty word. See Ian Clarke's response: http://blo
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Ahh, I get it now :) I thought the sentence was about why this specific product is the most important out all products out there. And it's actually comparing the product to other things involved in making it, like markering and customer sup
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Another point I'd add/emphasize is: don't treat engineers as stupid. This includes downplaying complexity and the amount of work involved, but also not being serious about the business side of things. The worst thing to say is "Just build i
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Thanks for the reply. You are right, of course. My last sentence came out sounding downright stupid :) Tricking someone might work temporarily, but not in the long term. I meant something more along the lines of how difficult it is to prese
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by nzmsv 17y ago
So, first he says he only hires people whose work is practical: "Designers aren't artists". Then goes on to say designers must explore. So how exactly do you show in a resume/portfolio that you are a practical person who likes exploring? :)
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Well, the established fashion is a login form right in the page. I think there are many users who are confused by the standard HTTP auth box (those dialogs being ugly doesn't help, and the Firefox one is the worst-looking of the bunch).
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by nzmsv 17y ago
It would be nice to have an integrated OpenID interface. The way it is now, OpenID is just too complicated for the average user.
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by nzmsv 17y ago
The carriers do slow down innovation. It's almost funny that they think of themselves as high-tech companies. And because the radio waves are heavily regulated everywhere in the world, there can be no competition until someone comes up with
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Hand washing would be a difficult sell, even as late as the 19th century: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis
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by nzmsv 17y ago
It's too bad that the majority takes the moral fashions Paul talks about in these two articles so seriously. So, in the end, one can only discuss these topics with close friends, whose reaction you can be fairly sure about. Case in point: s
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by nzmsv 17y ago
Linus deserves this way more than Obama does. Why? Because you don't give prizes for expected good work. You give a prize looking back on what's been accomplished. I think this nomination will help inspire the next generation of young hacke

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