rhooper

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Hackers Target and Exploit Pirate Bay Ad Server(torrentfreak.com)
1 points by rhooper 16y ago|0 comments
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Darpa Wants You To Build An Anti-Secrecy App(wired.com)
2 points by rhooper 16y ago|0 comments
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by rhooper 16y ago
True Story: The NMCI network took 5 months and 2 days to create an email address for a new user. CREATE AN EMAIL ADDRESS.
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by rhooper 16y ago
One of these monsters is hanging immediately to my right. Sigh.
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by rhooper 16y ago
iOS and Android, in terms of upgrades, are two very distinct beasts. iOS is closely tied to the generation of iPhone it debuts on, where Android is (per the nature of the OS and hardware separation) a living, growing entity. Android upgrade
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by rhooper 16y ago
I think it's less "job titles that", and more "job titles can". The hiring model for employees in the tech industry has shifted from "I'm hiring a (insert position here)" to "I'm hiring someone who can (skills x, y, and z)". Old industry HR
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by rhooper 16y ago
How do you find a vegan at a dinner party? Don't worry, they'll let you know.
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by rhooper 16y ago
The issue with this post is that the people offering 1-2% equity for you to do all the work were destined for failure far earlier than the point when they contact you. They're the people who want to make "the next Facebook" and have no expe
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by rhooper 16y ago
The W7 phone is an immature device on an immature OS in a market with mature devices and mature OS. Google Chrome iterated through six versions in the entire time Internet Explorer went from v7 to v8, and Android moves as fast as Chrome. Th
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by rhooper 16y ago
Google Checkout is always recommended, as is WePay. The issue is that PayPal is the convenience/compatibility elephant in the room. The naive see them as "trusted", and they're as universal as a payment processor can come. "a viable alterna
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by rhooper 16y ago
If anything, "mainstream" computer users are trending toward the exact opposite of this. App Stores for your desktop are the logical next step here.
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by rhooper 16y ago
I have to disagree in a very large way with two of the points this article makes. The first is that Apple is dissuading amateur developers by rejecting 'fart apps', in the metaphorical sense of instituting a qualitative standard. The App St
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by rhooper 16y ago
Strictly speaking, HP seems to want to enforce their confidentiality agreement as a "generally unacceptable" (FTA) non-compete. The two are separate entities, and although Hurd is trying to have his cake and eat it too, HP is doing the same