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by seldo 15y ago
Hi! Author of the post here. Much as I'm happy to have this go around again, this is actually a dupe, and has been very extensively discussed on HN before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2657745 The reason it has a different URL now
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by seldo 15y ago
I think a major step in the development of complex javascript apps was the development of real debugging tools for Javascript. Prior to that, the barrier to a complex JS app was too high for the hobby developer.
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by seldo 15y ago
While I completely agree, C++ is both useful and popular, so these to-JS languages will continue to proliferate. The critical issue, as you identified, is debugging -- whichever language solves this will probably win the space.
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by seldo 15y ago
To be fair, they were pretty clear that their data was a correlation, not a causation. But the stuff about prostitution on second Wednesdays is pretty crazily unsubstantiated, and controversial.
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by seldo 15y ago
My problem is not the "unlimited" part so much as the way it obfuscates the fact that it achieves this by storing your files online. To a technologist it's obvious what's going on; to the average user watching this video, I don't think it's
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by seldo 15y ago
I don't care how smart your technology is, representing your product as "infinite storage" is inaccurate and misleading. There is obviously no such thing as infinite storage on a finite device, and saying you don't have to use a "clunky web
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Pingdom is storing passwords in plaintext(seldo.tumblr.com)
141 points by seldo 15y ago|122 comments
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by seldo 15y ago
This is by far the biggest problem. I don't think anybody realizes how huge a sell-off that's going to be if the institutions apply their rules about AAA debt to US bonds (a big if, as others have noted). A sell-off of bonds would make it m
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by seldo 15y ago
Correct, and it's already begun: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/gop-tries-to-shif...
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by seldo 15y ago
Yes, but how do I find out about "apropos"? I've been using Linux daily for 16 years now and this is -- really! -- the first time I've heard about this command.
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by seldo 15y ago
It's certainly easier for experts, but that was not his point. His thesis is that the command-line is really easier for everyone, and I just don't think that holds water.
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by seldo 15y ago
An interesting thesis to be sure, but his pictionary example highlights where it breaks down. Using a graphical UI is not like drawing a picture of what you want; it's manipulating a pseudo-physical interface using a mouse (for desktops) or
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by seldo 15y ago
Why isn't the moral of this story "trucks are terrible, we should transport more freight by rail"?
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by seldo 15y ago
I'm not a lawyer, but I am an H-1B holder, so filter my interpretation accordingly. Mostly this document is a declaration of intent. It says "if you are a legitimate entrepreneur, we are on your side". It doesn't actually change any laws or
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by seldo 15y ago
This seems like a reasonable editor, but doesn't list any features that would motivate me to switch away from Netbeans for my PHP work.
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by seldo 15y ago
My point exactly. I know the accounts exist, I wasn't sure if they'd made login mandatory after the paywall went up.
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by seldo 15y ago
Another possible explanation is that the way Quantcast and others count unique visitors is broken: they don't (/can't) take into account multiple computers and multiple browsers. If the NY Times paywall has user-level tracking (I'm not sure
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by seldo 15y ago
It depends how regularly. If you visit more than 20 times a month (in the same browser, see my other comment) then you should hit it.
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Referrer logs are broken: Twitter drives 4x more traffic than it seems(blog.snowballfactory.com)
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Nginx sucks at SSL, here's what to do instead(matt.io)
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by seldo 15y ago
It's a strange irony that Google, the driving force behind the invention of SEO, often fail to bother with it themselves, even on extremely high-profile products. As noted, Google Profiles have meaningless, unguessable URLs: https://plus.g
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by seldo 15y ago
Oh, wow, it's turned up since the last time I checked :-p Neat!
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by seldo 15y ago
I've been burning my way through TNG all weekend. I never really got a chance to watch it when I was a kid (the rest of the family always vetoed my desire to watch "that show with the guy with the brains outside of his head"). Now I'm watch
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URL shorteners are dead, long live URL shorteners(blog.snowballfactory.com)
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by seldo 15y ago
Yes, I could have clarified that. Here's an attempt: "Relational" data is data whose value stems from its relationships with other data. For instance, if it is statistical data that is viewed in aggregate rather than as individual rows. Or
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by seldo 15y ago
It depends. In MySQL, if the only columns you select are indexed columns, the entire query will be pulled from the index, which is usually entirely in-memory, so enormously faster: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/where-optimizations
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by seldo 15y ago
Yeah, my conclusion from the data was "senior developers know more things and have more time on their hands to tell others about those things", which is exactly what you'd expect. The more senior you get, the more your role is as guide and
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by seldo 15y ago
Specialization. When I was starting out, I did design, frontend dev, backend dev, and ops work. Over the last 15 years these positions have all split into specializations: design was the first to go, then ops. The split between frontend and
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by seldo 15y ago
At this point I should probably just stop talking, but I don't see how my comments indicate that I think advertising is the only way for content providers to make money. I said it was a very popular way, and that popularity has affected the
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by seldo 15y ago
I do too! It's absolutely the right behaviour for a service like pinboard, and it's even the right behaviour from Google's perspective, since any clicks on that link will be from pinboard, and not whatever the original source was listed in

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