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901.
by ra 16y ago
Looking forward to that.
902.
by ra 16y ago
If you are an end user of Microsoft software, this isn't for you. But you are encouraged to develop software that utilises Microsoft software, for end users. If I were Microsoft, that would make sense to me.
903.
by ra 16y ago
those are good stats. Care to share the URL?
904.
by ra 16y ago
This is a very limited metric. By the same vein Microsoft is the best of the best.
905.
by ra 16y ago
'That' Australia still exists, although it been displaced by the tentacles of many property developers and their sympathetic councils.
906.
Mozilla compromised? (via email)
1 points by ra 16y ago|0 comments
907.
by ra 16y ago
Yes but the counterpoint is that it's an easy-to-replicate idea
908.
by ra 16y ago
The nginx source code is actually very readably and very well organised; I've never programmed professionally in c, but I feel quite comfortable reading and grokking nginx source.
909.
by ra 16y ago
What are the alternatives?
910.
by ra 16y ago
Indeed. super() is a hook / callback which permits a library to be used in ways not envisaged by the original author.
911.
by ra 16y ago
All I wanted for my seventh birthday was a computer. My parents got me a second hand ZX81 which came with an excellent user manual [1] which was mainly a tutorial for programming in BASIC. [1] http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sinclair.zx81/
912.
by ra 16y ago
Kindergarten, seriously? I started at 7, and I though that was on the early side.
913.
by ra 16y ago
This paper describes a new schema-mapping technique for multi-tenancy called Chunk Folding, where the logical tables are vertically partitioned into chunks that are folded together into different physical multi-tenant tables and joined as
914.
by ra 16y ago
MIT, because it's the license I prefer to consume in my projects. (Although BSD is fine too)
915.
by ra 16y ago
I was thinking the same thing. What other big company CEO's would even think of investigating why their Skype was more jittery in some hotels, let alone actually know how to do it.
916.
by ra 16y ago
I'm a big fan of using long, multi-word phrases for passwords because: - they're easy to remember - it's possible to have 'topical' phrases for the particular purpose, this encourages me to use a wider variety of passwords' - They're good c
917.
by ra 16y ago
Yes, that is a much better way to do it. Also the resetting user should be asked to provide their email address rather than the public forum username which is easily scrapped.
918.
Ask HN: I just got a new password by email from info[at]ycombinator.com
16 points by ra 16y ago|16 comments
919.
No naps, and no clothes in bed: Manning's cell life(independent.co.uk)
5 points by ra 16y ago|0 comments
920.
by ra 16y ago
td;dr This detailed account indicates that the rape case against Assange was not fabricated in relation to wikileaks. It also indicates that while Assange might be a bit of a sleeze, he didn't force a woman to have sex with him against her
921.
by ra 16y ago
Interesting. The bit about GoTo.com becoming Overture, which preceded Adwords was news to me. I guess I subscribed to the often told story that Google invented "text ads for search keywords".
922.
by ra 16y ago
Here's how I get started: 1. Write down succinctly who it's for and what problem it solves. 2. Write scattered thoughts down on a notepad, discuss with stakeholders, consider variations on solutions. 3. Inevitably you end up with a feature
923.
by ra 16y ago
"We are still waiting, naturally, to see what US diplomatic reports really said about the ghastly Yasser Arafat and – more importantly – the Israeli colonial government in the West Bank."
924.
by ra 16y ago
Fascinating. 30 years later wikileaks is continuing a time honoured practice, only now we have the Internet. As an aside, I raised an eyebrow at the Independent's use of a fake Chrome install banner to promote their chrome plugin. (I expect
925.
by ra 16y ago
We've all heard similar propositions, but at least this request is written by an eloquent persuader who clearly has ambition; it includes social proof and trust factors. Unfortunately naivety is something everybody has to work through.
926.
by ra 16y ago
In Australia our government is rolling out a nationwide fibre to the home network called, National Broadband Network or NBN. It isn't free but the capital expenditure is 100% subsidised by the NBN Corporation (A govt owned corporation that
927.
by ra 16y ago
"The Ministry of Truth has been privatised."
928.
Richard Stallman talks online freedom in The Guardian(guardian.co.uk)
12 points by ra 16y ago|5 comments
929.
by ra 16y ago
Nice work but if you want to compete with Themeforest you need to solicite other contributors
930.
by ra 16y ago
Same version number for me on OSX. And I'm using the forum-version updater.

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