samarudge

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by samarudge 15y ago
They have no issues with connectivity, they might have higher latency and lower bandwidth than some of the higher end providers. But since +90% of the data transfer on most sites is static assets, using a CDN to distribute those will reduce
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by samarudge 15y ago
They are one of the largest hosts in Europe (~50k dedicated servers if I remember correctly). Large doesn't always mean best, though. Similar to OVH, they provide good hardware, reliability and a decent enough network, but if anything goes
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by samarudge 15y ago
When using Skype messaging to a mobile number, you can enter your real mobile number as the 'from' address (In Skype settings). To do this Skype first sends you a confirmation message to the number you want to send from. I'm going to assume
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by samarudge 15y ago
The javascript changes all image URL's to lower quality versions from O2's servers, it also provides a helpful little function which lets you use a hotkey (Alt+D I believe) to download all the images in full quality. The javascript comes fr
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by samarudge 15y ago
Paranoia much? Surely a much better approach to security would be network monitoring, anti-virus and vigilance. This sounds like blacking out the windows because you can't be bothered to close the curtains. If your tin-hat doesn't feel like
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by samarudge 15y ago
Off topic, but can anyone tell me the history of [SOME DATA FORMAT] --- [SOME OTHER DATA FORMAT] ? I'm sure there must be a better way to have multiple data types in a single file than just searching for '\n---\n' and splitting, no? What's
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by samarudge 15y ago
Now to write a script that repeatedly submits CAPTCHAs with the text "terrible job", "boring", "pointless life".
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by samarudge 15y ago
I know vim, that's irrelevant. My typing is too slow, nothing to do with the tools. And about 40% of my writing is long text not code
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by samarudge 15y ago
Nope, never look at the keyboard. And I don't make many mistakes ether. I can also touch-type-program (So use all punctuation/numbers etc.). it's just speed
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Ask HN: I can already touch type, how do I get better/faster?
2 points by samarudge 15y ago|9 comments
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Hotmail ignores MX records if A record is running mail server(serverfault.com)
2 points by samarudge 15y ago|0 comments
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by samarudge 15y ago
Sudden increases are hard for any app. I just find it strange that, when you talk about Redis with such familiarity, you'd choose a new technology with 4 days to launch. An F1 car might be fast, but if I had to race one I'd end up in a wall
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by samarudge 15y ago
Indeed, but Mongo is actually quite good at failing predictably. I think the biggest issue is not Mongo, but failing to test the application correctly. Particularly when working with a new technology. Mongo isn't the best fit for everything
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by samarudge 15y ago
Interesting, I recently worked on Project4Awesome, a community event on Youtube. Our site used a single MongoDB node on a relatively standard server and handled >100k pageviews in 24 hours with no caching. That being said, I've worked w
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by samarudge 15y ago
With some ISP's caching DNS for >48 hours regardless of your TTL. And sometimes browsers caching pages for even longer. Stopping offering the service is fine. Ending up with your domain pointed to a site that isn't yours is an entirely
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by samarudge 15y ago
Wow, this is a terrible idea. Pointing all your domains to a service you don't control with no formal, legal contract on what they can and can't do with the domains you point at them?
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by samarudge 15y ago
"Candy doesn't have to have a point, that's why it's candy"
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Show HN: Python CSS/Javascript bundler and minifier(github.com)
2 points by samarudge 15y ago|0 comments
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by samarudge 15y ago
Raw access to all of the data, in whatever format suits you best. No pretty front-ends, no fancy stuff, just data. It's not going to have a wide appeal, and it's certainly not targeted towards the average user, it's for people who just want
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by samarudge 15y ago
Except they don't, try using the arrow keys to navigate in the scrollable DIV. Not working for me (Firefox latest stable). It also scrolls ridiculously slowly using the mouse wheel. So we're actually going backwards in functionality. Fuck t
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by samarudge 15y ago
I thought we got rid of custom scrollbars back in 2000
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by samarudge 15y ago
Supervisord Command line client, web based UI and HTTP API. Everything you could need for monitoring, logging and restarting processes It even has the ability to restart processes if/when they die. Example; in our development we can send a
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by samarudge 15y ago
How is this CSRF? This is just phishing, CSRF is something completely different.
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by samarudge 15y ago
They're having database issues, it gave them an error code but no-one understood what it meant so they had to Google it. The first Google result was a non-sensical post on forums.oracle.com so they gave up and went to lunch. (This will only
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by samarudge 15y ago
The 'Elevator' links should definitely have used animated scrolling
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by samarudge 15y ago
Forgive my ineptitude, but how does this differ from 'The Deep Web' available on Tor minus the cable coming out of your house? While I agree SOPA is a terrible idea, internet censorship and having a central controlling organization (Or grou
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by samarudge 15y ago
Before they canceled, you could go to livedrive.com, and log in with your Backify username/password, it would give you the full list of files, account settings and an option to download the software and restore files. So they did have acces
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by samarudge 15y ago
I'm inclined to trust LiveDrive, Two reasons; 1) LiveDrive are a well respected, well known company with a good history of service and customer support. I use them as my main backup service (I never actually used Backify, just wanted to see
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by samarudge 15y ago
Email sent out by Backify last night "First of all we would like to thank you for using Backify. We hope you really liked our service and enjoyed using it. We regret to inform you that we can not provide free backup services anymore. All fr
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by samarudge 15y ago
Just got this now, I only registered to test it out (and used a random password since everyone was complaining about them storing passwords in plain text). Interestingly the email sent to my from Backify said the service will continue opera

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