rossf7

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   by rossf7 12y ago

   Thanks! Being able to search by article URL is a great idea. I'll try and implement that over the weekend.
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   Show HN: WikiReverse reverse links to Wikipedia articles(wikireverse.org)

   16 points by rossf7 12y ago|4 comments
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   by rossf7 13y ago

   Also a workflowy fan and their dropbox sync is useful for offline editing.
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   by rossf7 13y ago

   I think vertical search engines are part of the answer too. For general search engines Google have such an advantage in data and R&D that only Microsoft can afford to compete. On the data side I think http://commoncrawl.org&
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   by rossf7 14y ago

   I think this provides a lower level mechanism for managing nodes. Both ELB and RDS use EBS and have been hit in the past by the knock on effects of EBS outages. I think this makes it easier to manage your own load balancers using instance
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   by rossf7 14y ago

   In the UK there is a service called ByBox. They started out as lockers that field engineers could use to pick up spare parts. But they now also handle consumer deliveries.
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   by rossf7 14y ago

   I develop on a 15'' MBP but running Ubuntu in a VirtualBox VM. This means that my OS in development is the same as in test and production. Plus it lets me avoid the hardware issues that can come with running linux natively.