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oiujhygtfyhjuk
16y ago
Yes - at least when I upload identical large data chunks on different machines the second one finishes instantly. It also means moves and renames of files in the dropbox folder are instant
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oiujhygtfyhjuk
16y ago
Yes - you could regard Dropbox as simply a different pricing model for S3 Amazon, you pay for what you use, Dropbox you pay (more than S3) for 50Gb, you use less than that Dropbox make money from you. They also aggressively hash data chucks
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oiujhygtfyhjuk
16y ago
The article bases this on that they had the greatest number of security updates in the previous year - when the app was basically a beta. This leaves aside the question of what is more secure - an app where you get security fixes every day
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oiujhygtfyhjuk
16y ago
The money isn't about the sort of person that would leave for $3k. It's about people who immediately discovered they don't want to work there - but can't leave after a month because they just paid an apartment deposit, or moving costs. Thes
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oiujhygtfyhjuk
16y ago
Google would make it free - but trawl all your data to send you ads. Apple would make it apple only - which is kind of irrelevent to 99% of people. Microsoft would just do it sooooo badly.
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oiujhygtfyhjuk
16y ago
I hope the incubator works but I'm not hopeful. Not only can you not sell it in the developed half of the world because getting XXX approval would cost millions. You probably can't sell it if your company is registered in the developed half
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oiujhygtfyhjuk
16y ago
A cutting blade needs to be held against the device, either by a clamp or it's own heavy (expensive) weight. A projectile will generally just bounce off. So the current solution is to attach an explosive charge and disrupt the device ie. 'a