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   by sh1mmer 16y ago

   Disclaimer #1: My job is technology evangelist for Yahoo! So refuting this is probably the definition of my job. Disclaimer #2: This is my own completely unsanctioned opinion and does not necessarily represent Yahoo!'s views or opinions. I'
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   by sh1mmer 16y ago

   That's actually a well researched bit of cash machine UED. I remember when I worked in the usability lab at a university in the UK this one came up. Most early ATMs gave cash first and there was a significant minority of people who forget t
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   by sh1mmer 16y ago

   I think this is a great concept, and I think they have applied some great improvements, but I to admit many of these features that are novel in Europe I've had since I moved to the US 2 years ago. My Wells Fargo ATMs give me customized shor
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   by sh1mmer 16y ago

   I think this says a lot about Google, from the intro: "The first time I heard about Node.js I thought, What a crazy guy he's trying to put JavaScript on the server when everybody is trying to put Java on the client" Personally, I stopped
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   by sh1mmer 16y ago

   I just sold my Kindle DX, and while I really liked it I find having a single unified device much more convenient. I tried to read my iPad on a beach and it sucked, but frankly, I do most of my readings in bed, on planes or indoors. Reading
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   by sh1mmer 16y ago

   This is also true on the iPad and it's way cheaper. I could never quite stomach the Kindle delivery fees.
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   by sh1mmer 16y ago

   I plan to prove this point with code. Please stand by.
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   by sh1mmer 16y ago

   I know the Github guys pretty well, and I'm glad their project is doing well. I guess I'm pointing out it's bad journalism.
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   by sh1mmer 16y ago

   I completely agree Github is excellent but this is blown a bit out of proportion. The Linux kernel and Git projects on Github linked in the article are both just mirror projects for projects hosted elsewhere.
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    Oh you can write bad code in every language, and I regularly do. However, some languages make it far easier for you to write bad code and Perl is at the front of the pack. In my own opinion each programmatic device should be expressed 1 way
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    I heard a lot of moaning about this at OSCON. I'm going to be blunt. I actively dislike Perl, not Perl developers, but Perl. This is because I believe it not only gives people the rope to hang themselves with but encourages them to do it in
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    Daniel Schorr dies at age 93 (the last of Murrow's newsmen)(news.yahoo.com)

    4 points by sh1mmer 16y ago|0 comments
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    Reminds me of http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    Last year Carlos (aristus) and I launched http://www.cloud-peering.com/ and spoke at a few conferences to highlight exactly this issue. Essentially the biggest interop problem in the cloud is the lack o backhaul sharing. It's the only thi
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    Eating for cheap: Consumer Reports on using coupons(consumerreports.org)

    1 points by sh1mmer 16y ago|0 comments
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    Doing it using Node allows you to use application logic to balance rather than just raw traffic. This entirely depends on the use cases you have.
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    Since Node.js is still fairly new technology people are starting out with 'hello world' examples such as static file servers. Obviously specialised servers like Traffic Server or nginx handle these cases faster. That said Node is a programm
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    Multi-core HTTP Server with Node.js(developer.yahoo.net)

    67 points by sh1mmer 16y ago|26 comments
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    Can someone summarize if (and how) this is different from the timing attack on OAuth from last year that prompted OAuth 1.0a?
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    100% high-tech except for the rubber bands to hold the phones to stuff. Edit: point being that sometimes simple things are the best inventions.
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    Ask HN: Is there a list of non-stealth YC startups?

    7 points by sh1mmer 16y ago|3 comments
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    Which is fine, but if you have to do that for all the traffic analysis firms you add lots of JavaScript beacons to your page, slowing it down a lot. They need to start working with companies like Google to use Analytics as a clearing house.
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    Great article, but for someone reason when I saw the headline I thought it was going to be able Al Gore.
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    Carlos (aristus) and I co-work/hack from cafes in the mission on Wednesdays. Current choice is Sugar Lump at 24th and Byrant. We'd love people to join us.
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    Hasn't MusicBrainz.org being doing this in the Open Source for a long time? At least longer than I personally remember knowing about Shazam at all. All of their code is some variant of GPL.
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    Yahoo MObstor Unstructured Cloud Storage Service(developer.yahoo.net)

    2 points by sh1mmer 16y ago|0 comments
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    I talk at conferences a lot (like 20 presentation in May/June much), and I know I've done it right when I get a lot of questions. If I don't get any questions, I go back and review my material because questions means that people's brains ar
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    IIRC image search updated way less frequently than search itself. If that is still true it may explain why there are "prototype" and "concept" images but not release images.
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    by sh1mmer 16y ago

    I don't remember much about Neural Networks from university other than it was something about half the PhD students where up to. Does anyone care to explain the algorithm used by Brain.js? E.g. " Standard feedforward multi-layer perceptron
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    Tell HN: SF Hacker House is back on today

    1 points by sh1mmer 16y ago|0 comments