pjbrunet

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by pjbrunet 13y ago
I feel bad posting this to Hacker News because I like Digital Ocean. But I take downtime seriously. It's not my website that was shut down and I'm saying this on my own, not on behalf of the client/owner. So I can't r
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
The account is unlocked now. Just downloaded a backup in case this happens again. Still no response to why they didn't bother reading the abuse complaint. (Edit) DigitalOcean wrote back a nice response. I'll follow up with them
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
After 30 mins you get this: "Account Locked by DigitalOcean Staff We are sorry to inform you that your account has been locked by DigitalOcean Staff. None of your virtual servers have been destroyed. We have opened a support ticket wit
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
This is the email you get 30 mins before they shut you down: "Oh no! We've found an issue with your account and issued you a new ticket that needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Please login to view the ticket: https:/
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How-to take down any DigitalOcean-hosted website.
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
Yes he was an extreme pack rat, like a lot of artists. I read he even archived his garbage. If you do mixed-media work or still-lifes, it makes sense too. I think Rembrandt and Picasso were pack rats too.
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
Can a low-res digital image really capture Warhol's unique gestural moves? I won't even go there but my personal opinion is Warhol was more a conceptual artist who just happened to be "on the scene" in NY around the tim
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
First, I want to know if he looked this up online before attempting it. Such a sad story (running from home) but makes me wonder if there's more "airborn hobos" out there. My next question is, what was he wearing? Did he ha
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
"sometimes have trouble with situations where idea A and idea B are related, but are situated at two completely ends of a mind map" Freemind has an arrow that can jump branches. Also you can drag A to B, flip a branch up, down, t
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
Sounds like a mindmap, try Freemind.
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
"we're not going to accept this kind of bullying anymore." What are you proposing? Can you force OKCupid to treat all browsers the same?
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
Ideally I'd prefer (rather than infinite scroll) progressive gzip and just flush/chunk out more data all at once. Technically not infinite but fast, simple and overall a better experience, in my opinion.
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
Depends on the app. Multiply larger size x1000s of images, x1000s of visitors, x days. For offsite backups, 2x the storage cost. My general rule is, any image over 40k is too big for a web page, unless your website is about photography&#
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
I should not have phrased this directly at you specifically--I apologize. PS: more fun 80s AI movies from that time period: WarGames and DARYL ;-)
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
Proof the Internet is a series of tubes.
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
I think this would be an interesting sculpture for a campus math building. I can imagine John Raymond Henry doing it. If Claes Oldenburg made them into gigantic cigarettes, there's no telling what would happen ;-)
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
Or you could forego connectors and have them all intersect slightly. Once in space, pop out the panels where the intersections will happen.
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
I'd buy some. Would be awesome if each (coin) solution was rendered with a raytracer.
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
That's fair ;-) I added that because I think Hollywood has the average person convinced computers can think. To most people a computer is a magic black box, not everyone that reads Hacker News is a developer that understands what an
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
So what is "strong AI" to you? Some kind of digital infant modeled to emulate human behavior? If it's not designed to resemble humanity, then why does it care about sound and what you're saying to it? If you can&#x27
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
Based on what evidence? Despite your fantasy, humanity is nowhere close to understanding sentience. I can imagine pigs flying in 25 years with some creepy DNA hacking but you have absolutely nothing even remotely close to electronic sentien
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
"Onyx tape, $3.99 my friend, come buy from me ... no no!" http://youtu.be/Ijf8nE12AX0
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
Welcome to 1999. This reminds me of when sex.com was stolen with fake stationary. I see the "unauthorized transfer" in the blog post but I wonder if she forgot to renew the domain? Happens to good people all the time. I'm
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
Do you have any theological credentials to back up these accusations?
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
I just tried in Debian, works! Very handy.
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
Back in the day with a numeric keypad you could type Alt-(number) to get any ASCII character, but not sure if that still works. In Firefox apparently Alt-1 takes you to the first tab, Alt-2 second tab...
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
Funny last night found my Walmart "dumbphone" (rebranded blackberry?) has a Java version of Google Maps that's actually useful.
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
Depends on the dumbphone. With a smartphone you have to turn it on, swipe your password and/or unlock it somehow, then tap the camera app and then tap/press something to take a picture. And you might get an error message, "B
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
I went back to a dumbphone and those rare times I need a map (unfamiliar city) I either write down directions before I leave or just flip open the laptop.
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by pjbrunet 13y ago
That bothered me too.

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