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by relix 14y ago
That's not evil. That's exactly how I would want to be treated in a class. I don't want to learn from people who know less than me, I want to learn from people who know more than me!
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by relix 14y ago
How is putting it on an auction site and then ignoring it because you got a private offer not neglectful or unprofessional? That's exactly what it is.
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A reddittor shares some insights into the vending machine business(reddit.com)
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by relix 14y ago
No longer in the dark with summer approaching!
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by relix 14y ago
It seems every other week there's an article about Estonia on HN. Could be observational bias since I've moved here, but it seems Estonia is doing great tech-wise.
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by relix 14y ago
I'm wondering how many Tallinn HN'ers there are! I am one myself as well.
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by relix 14y ago
Yep, that's probably exactly what's happening, I've had it happen too. And the solution is the ping that he proposes. So if that was the problem, the ping is resetting the session cookie every 60 seconds and the problem should go away. One
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by relix 14y ago
It seems to me that the 24ms was the whole process they were using, i.e. put data in memcached, take data out using a seperate process, and put data in mongodb; versus putting the data straight into mongodb.
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by relix 14y ago
Kap is something else in Dutch, the correct Dutch word would be Kaap.
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by relix 14y ago
S3 is really expensive. Dropbox really should get themselves their own infrastructure. There's no reason a huge company like Dropbox should stick with S3, and I'm pretty sure they're already planning/working on moving away from it.
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by relix 15y ago
The Lua-code doesn't appear to be executed once for each lookup - as I first imagined how it would work. So sadly, one cannot point different region users to the closest server IP.
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by relix 15y ago
Reflectors, actually. While normally an irrelevant detail, the distinction is quite important here: lasers reflected on mirrors reflect at a complementary angle, lasers reflected on a reflector reflect right back at the source, allowing us
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by relix 15y ago
They obviously controlled for that.
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by relix 15y ago
You're talking about an infinite timeline where they are the sole seller of a drug that is used indefinitely. This is false. When patents expire the drug is also made by generic drug making companies for cheap. So upper bound of getting a R
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by relix 15y ago
Yes I updated my post, you are correct.
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by relix 15y ago
He was living in Canada for several years and apparently made some free open source software that was subsequently used in a porn site (without his further involvement or knowledge), as is oft the case and the reason FOSS exists. He then wa
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by relix 15y ago
It's awesome how the IDE and compiler is just accessible over HTTP straight on the BeagleBone. It's taking bootstrapping to a whole new level.
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by relix 15y ago
I did not presume anything. You only have to look at prior HN posts to see how it is reproducible in 3 hours, one definition of easy. Note that my comment pertained to innovation, not usefulness. I don't doubt that there is a market for vis
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by relix 15y ago
Visitor.js is arguably not very innovative. The only "added value" that I would consider is having it all in one nice library. The knowledge necessary to create visitor.js is almost at the level of a beginner. How many 'hello world' tutoria
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by relix 15y ago
The interface is really fast (uses ajax/js without loading on contextswitches) and clutter-free. A nice change from other registrars!
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by relix 15y ago
1% CTR is a high estimate for Adsense on a site like Stackexchange. 3% is downright fantasy. SE is basically a forum, and forums are notoriously difficult to monetize with general ads. I think it'd be better to hire a sales person and get a
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by relix 15y ago
Hey Joseph, I myself was skeptical when reading OPs numbers, but if I can get reliable metrics like that for just $4.46 a month I might even consider using your service! You should definitely edit your post above to reflect that the price w
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by relix 15y ago
Support for all Google users would obviously be painful. I think it would be fair if there was some personal support for people who either spend a lot of money on Adwords (I think there already is?) or make a lot of money on Adsense. These
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by relix 15y ago
Apparently news sites are using this logo. I hope he gets paid for this.
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by relix 15y ago
Chrome uses a bloom filter[1] to check a URL against a list of known malware sites. It's possible your URL, by coincidence, has become a false positive. However the article also mentions that once found in the bloom hashes, Chrome checks in
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by relix 15y ago
Looks nice! However, a couple of points: * The £1/site/month is too low. I won't trust you to be able to rent and manage a network of decent machines for that price point, so I wouldn't trust your results. You're also going to eat costs try
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by relix 15y ago
That's true. I think they'll much faster start smelling and becoming repulsed by boric acid, however, than they will start avoiding fake nectar. Which is practically the same as being resistant.
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by relix 15y ago
Next line "Some authorities think there never will be." It's still possible they'll get resistant one way or another. The article claims 10% survived. This doesn't mean they're resistant to the dye/boric acid, it probably just means they ne
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by relix 15y ago
Perfect way to breed resistant mosquitos.
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by relix 15y ago
A webapp like that is possible to make within a day starting from zero Rails knowledge. You should at least have some persistence to make it interesting, else you'll be twiddling your thumbs for 6 days ;-) and even then...

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