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by olefoo 14y ago
I'm the same way as far as my habits (using ssh, went back to debian because Canonical was getting a bit too commercial ), but that doesn't mean that they couldn't find some niches that would do well. Software that runs on Linux that I've s
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by olefoo 14y ago
A stirring manifesto; right up there with Luther's theses, or Marx & Engels.
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by olefoo 14y ago
Errr... the NSA is specifically charged with monitoring communications that cross US national borders. Using a mailserver in a foreign jurisdiction makes it more open to legal interception by the US government; not less.
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by olefoo 14y ago
Which contributes neither enlightening discussion nor useful solutions to the discussion at hand. You have expressed your contempt for people who don't run their own mailservers; but your contempt is only an ego assertion. Your contempt, un
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by olefoo 14y ago
Demand = shorthand for the aggregate demand for goods and services across the economy as a whole; this includes everything from massages to nuclear submarines. costs being reduced = the cost of the production of those goods and services (mu
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by olefoo 14y ago
You could also use a variant of the effect to do something similar to spot motion, so that one or a few features would appear to move in an otherwise still picture.
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by olefoo 14y ago
Thank you for that wiki reference, I'm adding 'smart cow' to my lexical bestiary.
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by olefoo 14y ago
I believe the relationship is drama->pageviews->revenue.
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by olefoo 14y ago
You will need the following three advisors; a lawyer to tell you how to structure it, an insurance broker to help you manage your risk, and a tax accountant to make sure that you are keeping track of the money in a way that the IRS deems ac
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Screenshot-proof images via temporal dithering(blog.persistent.info)
161 points by olefoo 14y ago|65 comments
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by olefoo 14y ago
Get the book Unix Power Tools http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596003302.do Keep it on your desk; read and apply a tool whenever you have a minute.
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by olefoo 14y ago
It's bad but not tragic. If your mailserver and theirs are both set up to use TLS connections by default, it's likely that your data was not available in plaintext on a public network. However the problem with opportunistic encryption is th
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by olefoo 14y ago
I'd agree that not everyone contributes the same value per hour. And as with any arrangement where you have self-reporting meeting monetary reward it will be necessary to have checks against bad actors. But those are problems that you deal
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by olefoo 14y ago
I like this dynamic equity split idea. To really supercharge it: 1. Embody the terms in a straightforward template operating agreement. 2. Automate and integrate all of the required bookkeeping in one central piece of software that gets fee
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by olefoo 14y ago
Yeah. That was the line where the author lost most of his credibility with me. I mean, it's not like anyone makes you fill out forms to make packages available for download on Mac and Linux... If the author meant "Gaming Platform" that make
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by olefoo 14y ago
Ah yes, that would be why three national telcos sued my local electric utility when they started exploring the idea of doing a city-wide public access fiber network where any number of competing ISPs would provide transit and support but th
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by olefoo 14y ago
If there were actual competition in the ISP space anywhere in the US outside of the densest metro areas it wouldn't be possible for incumbents to exert their monopoly power like this. It's a drag on US economic activity, and one of the clea
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by olefoo 14y ago
I'd bet that day comes by the end of the decade.
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by olefoo 14y ago
Put yourself in a situation where you couldn't program (other than to think about problems ) even if you wanted to. Hiking, cross-country skiing, raft trips, etc. all work well for this. The main thing is to get away from the computer for a
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by olefoo 14y ago
Thesis: The singularity must be prevented at all costs. Evidence: The increasing uselessness of human beings to economic activity. Evidence: The callousness to economic externalities with biological consequences of existing suprahuman organ
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by olefoo 14y ago
IPython notebook is actually one of the most interesting developments not just in the python world, but in computing generally. It's the first step towards the fully graphical shell on the internet that many of us have been looking for, whe
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by olefoo 14y ago
I wouldn't make that assumption. Do check return codes and load times, and back off if you see issues. If these sites are business partners/suppliers you have a lot to lose if things go wrong. It's worth it to develop your relationship wit
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by olefoo 14y ago
I think the worst part is that internet culture frames far too many things in terms of epic manichean struggles, when in fact it's looking at tawdry commercial rivalry. Part of the problem is that unless we're close to a fully equipped test
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by olefoo 14y ago
Don't get me wrong, I'm not excusing his moral choices, although I do think his education in that area was obviously lacking. But the guy was unemployed for two years and well; boredom plus opportunity for mischief equals trouble. Would he
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by olefoo 14y ago
It would also be difficult to insure. If you're providing any Service Level Agreement, or something where you are taking money and selling based on a quality like security; you are going to fail at some point and get sued as a result; so yo
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by olefoo 14y ago
One thing that strikes me as sad about this is that he very obviously had some level of talent, drive and ability; and if we as a society had found a way to channel that productively we would all be better off. And before you go all "lol, c
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by olefoo 14y ago
https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile/ref=mkt_bl... "official version" sold by Centos.org
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Debian, FreeBSD and CentOS now supported by EC2(aws.typepad.com)
170 points by olefoo 14y ago|49 comments
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by olefoo 14y ago
There isn't an off the shelf license that I know of that does what you are wanting. But there are plenty of tiered pricing models that resemble what you are suggesting. The big problem that I see ( unless your software somehow reports reven
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by olefoo 14y ago
And one of the mistakes you should be looking for is the possibility that you are being lied to so thoroughly that it's hard to know what's real and what isn't. It's in situations like that, that forensic accountants earn their salt.

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