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by pj 17y ago
I haven't used mod_deflate myself, but my understanding is that it compresses each individual request, rather than putting a set of files in one zip file that are all sent together as one request. The advantage over mod_deflate is that you
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by pj 17y ago
I saw something the other day where Firefox will allow you to browse a website that is zipped up and you can use urls like this: http://somewebsite.com/somezip.zip?/index.html http://somewebsite.com/somezip.zip?/images/logo.png Then the
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by pj 17y ago
I discovered Swoopo, as many people do, through an online ad plugging its latest deal, a fancy desktop computer at more than 90 percent off See here! This is the problem with ads. You see ads, you click it, and you regret it. This auth
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by pj 17y ago
http://www.qrimp.com has a feature called "publisher" that you can use to convert any database content to a set of static files that it can then FTP to any server. You can modify your data, which in your case would be just the content be
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by pj 17y ago
He says sharing knowledge isn't like sharing a cheeseburger, there's no reason to be selfish with knowledge But, unfortunately, he is wrong on that point. He is wrong, because there is a reason to be selfish with knowledge. If you are
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by pj 17y ago
yep, that declaration is crazy. They're all good tools. Use the right tool for the job. I think part of the issue really, unfortunately, is that SQL is tough. It's not taught in colleges very much. I learned it on the job. I never learn
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by pj 17y ago
my question is: If you have NO files in any of your temp folders, do you always get the same random number? Doesn't seem very random to me.
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by pj 17y ago
Yes, that was a bit harsh, but the point I'm trying to make is that the noSQL proponents aren't really talking about PRO-couchDB, they just keep hammering on how "bad" SQL is, when it's really frickin' awesome.
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by pj 17y ago
These heroku guys are selling something. They're on a bandwagon, constantly bashing SQL databases. I'd say SQL Databases are great for 90% of information based systems. The problem you are going to run into, I know a company they wanted a
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by pj 17y ago
flagged for misleading title. I don't want to be lied to before I even click the link. be honest, say, "Good programmers need marketing too." Do I really want to take advice from someone who is marketing their blog with a lie? This is w
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by pj 17y ago
I'd like to see some filtering so that I can clear out posts I've seen, or not show anything from particular domains.
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by pj 17y ago
It doesn't appeal to intuition, because people can reply as people have replied.
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by pj 17y ago
The answer isn't intuitive in any language other than the language of math. It can be debated, because the solution cannot be seen with the eyes. Even when it is shown, it is not believed . Math is beautiful like that. You have to trus
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by pj 17y ago
I was fortunate enough to have a very patient math professor in high school who argued with me for days about this topic and eventually I agreed that .9999... = 1 Not everyone learns this very odd mathematical issue at the same age, some wi
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HN Idea: Hover over vote arrows
1 points by pj 17y ago|1 comments
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by pj 17y ago
Okay, I think I understand better now. There's only physically so much gold on the planet. Barring alchemy, we can't make more of it, so it has a natural scarcity. From that, I gather that we can't use the traditional economics of Supply
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Hey, Fred, the VC Model is Broken(thefunded.com)
33 points by pj 17y ago|20 comments
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by pj 17y ago
I've seen the term artificial scarcity used a few times in this context. Could you elaborate on what you mean by that? When I think artifical scarcity, I think something like DeBeers who has warehouses full of diamonds they are hoarding.
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by pj 17y ago
Okay, see... here's more of the no-SQL agenda at hacker news. This isn't a question of "Does SQL Scale or not?" but "How much do SQL Databases Scale?" I feel like the propaganda here is that because RDBMS doesn't scale to youtube or google
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by pj 17y ago
See right here is the problem: in hindsight, you think the solution was easy. [Kearns] first patent for the [intermittent wipers] was filed on December 1, 1964. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kearns The 555 timer, however, was de
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by pj 17y ago
Wow, talk about forward looking statements. When companies start making comments like this, it's evidence of a loss of rationality. If MySpace had said this 4 years ago, they would have gotten press too and everyone would have believed it
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by pj 17y ago
This is a good article, because it illustrates the counter-intuitive aspect of computer programming. We would think initially that they both should take the same amount of time, but due to the way information is represented in the computer
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by pj 17y ago
Yeah, that's exactly the point Mark was making in his blog.
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by pj 17y ago
I think there is the impression that if your service is free, then no one can undercut you so the cheaper competitor has been eliminated. But that has made freemium companies feel safe. Mark's point is that you still have competition on ot
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by pj 17y ago
I think Symantec bought Norton.
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by pj 17y ago
I would suggest this is partly due to the fact that computer users who know about and install these software packages are more literate in general and therefore more likely to use their computers in ways less likely to be infected.
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by pj 17y ago
I don't smoke, but I know a brilliant hacker who does and he has tried electronic cigarettes and he loves them. We were at brunch once and he showed it to me and it was quite an amazing little device. As you inhale, the current of the air
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by pj 17y ago
Symantec is in my list of top 4 worst software manufacturers in the world along with Intuit, Hewlett-Packard, and Adobe. I would never -- ever -- trust my computer to Symantec. Their software is bloated, it's buggy, it believes it owns you
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by pj 17y ago
The company has a pending order from Portland for a half dozen streetcars and one worth $26 million from the city of Tuscon for seven more. Does almost $4 Million for a street car seem a bit expensive to anyone else?
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by pj 17y ago
sounds like atlas shrugged

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