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by oz 12y ago
Jamaican here. It's not just an accusation. They've definitely done it and admitted it. I don't know if Skype is blocked, but they've accused Viber and other such services of "toll bypass", and blocked them. Th
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by oz 12y ago
Just finished 1st year. We used Python for the introductory class, then Java for the intro. to OOP class.
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by oz 12y ago
I would have loved to meet him. Like many of the commenters here, I found his "How To Get Rich" inspirational, thought-provoking and endearing. I read a lot of books targeted at entrepreneurs, and they're mostly fluff. But Fe
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by oz 12y ago
You mean the same someone who would have had to access the router using their Comcast credentials?
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by oz 12y ago
Most sysadmins don't want to give users admin rights on their machines. But the problem occurs when there's software (especially software written for previous versions of Windows) that requires admin access to run. Management does
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by oz 12y ago
Go with WordPress. All the advantages you listed, plus you can always use a caching plugin to generate static files. I think WP SuperCache is the standard. If you get to the point where that combo is too slow to handle all the traffic you&#
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by oz 13y ago
> should be proportional to the cost of providing this product/service. I'm sorry, but I can't agree with that as a general principle. In this specific instance, with Comcast et al who benefit from monopolies, sure. But a
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by oz 13y ago
As I understand it, pip == PyPI. When you type 'pip install package_name', pip connects to PyPI to retrieve package_name.
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by oz 13y ago
:) What's your email? Remember that the email in your HN profile isn't visible to others.
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by oz 13y ago
With a username like 'badman_ting', you must be a fellow Jamaican :). How can I contact you? There's no email in your profile.
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by oz 13y ago
Finally, a kindred spirit! You said it best: "at the end of the day, money equals freedom." My previous sentiments: [0] >At the end of the day no one can argue that someone that lives on $20,000 a month doesn't have a bett
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by oz 13y ago
As someone who would absolutely love to be a billionaire (I once wrote an 'Ode to Wealth', it's under my comments somewhere), honest question: What makes that the best part of the article?
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by oz 13y ago
After using Windows 8.1 on my >5 year old laptop for the last month, the only thing I really dislike about it is the schizophrenic impedance-mismatch between the "Desktop" metaphor and the new "Metro" interface. Lik
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by oz 13y ago
Umm, what? The author makes it seem as if isolation while coding necessarily precludes one from collaborating with teammates or meeting with the customer. But what, exactly, is so difficult in say, having a team meeting in the morning, go
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Ask HN: College starts Monday. Any software to optimize my class schedule?
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by oz 13y ago
Same to you, my friend. Although hpaavola above is stealing some of our joy :)
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by oz 13y ago
Argggggh! Damn You! Happy Birthday :)
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by oz 13y ago
What? I never knew that Linux & I were both born on August 26! (I'm older by a few years, though :)
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by oz 13y ago
One good method is when you walk into a business. pay attention to how they manage their tasks. Say, for example, you go into a carpenter's shop, and you see that he writes down what you want built on a scrap of paper. That's yo
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by oz 13y ago
"[2] Founders are often surprised by this, but investors can get very emotional. Or rather indignant; that's the main emotion I've observed; but it is very common, to the point where it sometimes causes investors to act agai
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by oz 13y ago
Do you have any citations for this? I'm genuinely interested.
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by oz 13y ago
I used to think like that, and it used to piss me off, until I learned about market segmentation. If SIAI approaches me to buy $WIDGET and Google approaches me to buy the same $WIDGET, I'm charging Google an order of magnitude more tha
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by oz 13y ago
Minimalist, in this context, refers to an aesthetic, not a measurement of SLOC.
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by oz 13y ago
Yeah, no IMAP is a bummer.
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by oz 13y ago
For what it's worth, Outlook.com now offers free mail hosting for your domain, up to I think 150 addresses.
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by oz 13y ago
Yes, we all know that "great artists steal." And of course, every musician has been inspired by some one before. There are only so many chords. But that's a red herring. When musicians directly copy another's work, i.e.,
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by oz 13y ago
Thomas, I honestly don't know how you do it. Every time the copyright debate comes up, you tirelessly try to inject reason into it. But they're not having it. I simply cannot, for the life of me, understand why people think that i
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by oz 13y ago
You'll want to read everything written tptacek and patio11 on consulting. I'm off to bed, but I'll dig up some links tomorrow.
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by oz 13y ago
To add a bit to this, the Puritans believed that earthly success was a sign of one being predestined to eternal salvation. So they worked hard for success.
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by oz 13y ago
Listen to this advice. There was a guy on Reddit sometime ago who automated lots of his work, and his co-workers hated him for it. Wish I could find the thread.

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