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Ask HN: Want to study SSL, HTTPS, and the works. Where to start?
20 points by surds 9y ago|9 comments
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by surds 9y ago
The valuation argument always leads to 'driverless' cars. Makes me wonder - if all cars can be 'driverless', why would you prefer to call for an Uber and not use your own?
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by surds 10y ago
Ugh. Give a little bit of scope for anonymous posting, and it becomes a crap comment and trolling ground.
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by surds 10y ago
The people quoted in the article lost their jobs as the contractor did not have the cash to pay them. The 'contractor' probably falls in the huge middleman category of 'businessmen' who operate only on cash for multiple
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by surds 10y ago
True that. I am constantly running into RAM and storage space issues. 16 GB RAM barely cuts it nowadays.
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by surds 10y ago
I have a desktop as well, but with Windows. It was so much fun building a desktop after many years.
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Ask HN: Would You Upgrade to the New MacBook Pro?
29 points by surds 10y ago|97 comments
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by surds 10y ago
I did believe it till I read through half the page. Also, their description of the tech stack is humorous.
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by surds 10y ago
I was shaking my head in disbelief till I came to the $4M funding line. Then I was totally amused. That is one elaborate hoax. Wonder what email they send when we sign up.
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by surds 10y ago
LinkedIn has a huge presence in the professional users and businesses. A large number of people from non-tech backgrounds never got onto LinkedIn because they never kew of it or didn't really bother to create a profile here. Imagine in
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by surds 10y ago
After a series of Android devices, my first iPhone was the 6 Plus. The main reasons for me switching over were: 1. Ridiculously reliable battery. (People who have used both platforms will mostly agree, I think.) 2. 6 Plus was the first iPh
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by surds 10y ago
I really did not expect anyone to actually come up with that. :) They might want to do something about sending everyone over to that page.
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by surds 10y ago
You know you have major problems when the status page itself fails to load. Is there a meta-status page?
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by surds 10y ago
Optimally priced annual subscription may work well. Again, this depends on the app's context justifying the subscription model. One such annual subscription offer that I was totally in favor of was WhatsApp. Given the volume of use I h
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by surds 10y ago
Mathematical analysis of the problem leads to the same conclusion as I would have told if someone asked me about the food delivery business model in India. The economic reason for possible failure can be stated in just a couple of sentence
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by surds 10y ago
Subscription model for all apps... I don't see a reason to subscribe for apps that are one-time pay and periodic long term use. There is a fine line here that developers will have to be cautious not to cross. A lot of apps have no reas
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by surds 10y ago
I have worked at one of the above mentioned companies and I have seen that A LOT of people would be interested in getting to work here at ~73000, which might be lesser than average but works fine for them. Also, they probably have several
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by surds 10y ago
I see 1Password mentioned here, but not Dashlane. I use it personally across multiple devices and it has just been awesome. I was using KeePass before that for several years, but the inconsistent interface and performance across platforms b
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by surds 11y ago
Highly varies by the program and university. When I started my graduation program in 2013, higher education from good universities in India would have had a fees of around 20k to 30K USD, or even more. Of course, graduating from a good univ
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by surds 11y ago
That is a sad state of affairs, though I must say I have seen worse numbers back in India. Last time I talked with them, I was told that I was one of the 3 active accounts out of 20 granted ones that was repaying the loan. That's 17 ou
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by surds 11y ago
The article sort of took a tangential direction from Reactions and went into Chris Cox's story. It was an interesting read, just that it would have been a better article had it been profiling him, instead of bundling it up here. Good t
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by surds 11y ago
IMO, it is the attitude to take a leap at difficult and off-the-beaten-path projects ("MoonShots") that sets Google apart from many other large companies. Are they looking to profit? Sure. Does that mean that profit is the only mo
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by surds 11y ago
This is very awesome! Is anyone aware of something like this being available for commenting services like Disqus which are used on blogs? It would be nice to manage replies through Slack, as a lot of time is already spent there.
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by surds 11y ago
I am loving this! Smacked hard and flat in the face!
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by surds 11y ago
They are also blocked. AdBlock charges the major players to let their ads pass through as "Whitelisted Ads". IMO, that is just plain extortion.