sysk

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1. 61.▲
   by sysk 12y ago

   http://xkcd.com/927/
2. 62.▲
   by sysk 12y ago

   For what it's worth, I tried to run the CloudFoundry release on my local BOSH installation and it froze my Macbook. I'm sure it's very useful in cloud environments or on beefier machines, but it's not very useable for lo
3. 63.▲
   by sysk 12y ago

   I don't enjoy solitary activities when I drink so no. That being said, I do comment on HN under the influence sometimes.
4. 64.▲
   by sysk 12y ago

   This debate has been done to death on HN but the short version is that people who use ad blockers are essentially freeloading on people who don't block them. For many websites, no ads = no revenue = no content/service.
5. 65.▲
   by sysk 12y ago

   It's not clear to me how SSH differs from SSL/TLS conceptually. It seems to me both achieve similar goals (encrypted tunnel, client/server authentication). Perhaps we should take the best bits of both protocols and create a n
6. 66.▲
   by sysk 12y ago

   I think the term you are looking for is "hosted database" or "database as a service". Database management service is a bit vague. If you are comfortable around a Linux command line shell, I suggest getting a VPS (AWS EC2
7. 67.▲
   by sysk 12y ago

   I love hating on VCs as much as the other guy, but I must admit I'm envious of the ability of Fred Wilson (and VCs in general) to zoom out and see the bigger picture. I wonder if that's a skill that can be learned/taught.
8. 68.▲
   Ask HN: One signup service to rule them all?

   2 points by sysk 12y ago|0 comments
9. 69.▲
   by sysk 12y ago

   I think you are getting down voted because you voiced a very controversial opinion without much explanation to to back it. Still, I think there is some merit to it (although I wouldn't go as far as saying we're ready for the &quot
10. 70.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    I'm a bit confused. Is this supposed to apply to software development in general or just package management / software repository systems? The author is describing his ideas at a high level of abstraction but I can't seem to
11. 71.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    Huffman encoding reminds me of UTF-8. What is the connection there? Is UTF-8 based on Huffman encoding?
12. 72.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    How do you keep your magnet link database fresh? Do you crawl the web for those links or do you rely exclusively on people uploading them? Sorry if the question doesn't make sense, I'm not very familiar with how BitTorrent works.
13. 73.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    I say don't give too much thought to people complaining about the non-anonymous login, these are not the users you should be marketing to and they are not the users Bitcoin needs right now. Bitcoin is anonymous/pseudonymous but it
14. 74.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    <rant>It seems there's a lot of parallels to be made between IQ tests and programming language micro-benchmarks. Also, they seem to be equally useful: that is, not very except at the extremes. The corollary is that if you didn&#x
15. 75.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    What language is this?
16. 76.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    Thanks! Any other resources you can recommend? I'd be especially interested in related books/online courses if you know any.
17. 77.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    I agree and didn't mean this as a criticism of HN (there is indeed a lot of variety here compared to other online communities). My question was more along the lines of: "Is there anything of value to be learned from the enterprise
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    Ask HN: Is HN an echo chamber?

    16 points by sysk 12y ago|9 comments
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    by sysk 12y ago

    For others wondering what Metaphone is, here's the Wikipedia description: "Metaphone is a phonetic algorithm, published by Lawrence Philips in 1990, for indexing words by their English pronunciation. It fundamentally improves on t
20. 80.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    As a side note, I recently learned that it was possible to scan the whole Internet in a few hours on a regular connection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOWexFaRylM
21. 81.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    > The solution to Facebook censorship will likely take a similar path - gradual decentralization. Like the web? Sorry for the snark but being blocked from Facebook is the equivalent of being blocked from Geocities in my mind. I do think
22. 82.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    > I don’t care about yoga, organic food, vegans, feminists or spirit animals. You forgot standing desks :)
23. 83.▲
    Ask HN: How to learn systems architecture? (e.g. microservices arch.)

    3 points by sysk 12y ago|1 comments
24. 84.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    What is the potential vulnerability?
25. 85.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    Can't figure out if this is a real product or satire.
26. 86.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    Indeed I hadn't! I certainly couldn't listen to that for hours but it would make a good soundtrack for a David Lynch movie :)
27. 87.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    Could this spawn a new music genre/industry (torture music)? We truly live in a bizarre world. It would certainly make for a good character background in a dystopian movie: a megacorp X office worker who produces torture music at day b
28. 88.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    I can see this being used to cheat in exams ;)
29. 89.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    This could make a good movie plot. The all powerful AI analyses your characteristics, gets it all wrong and assigns you to the wrong line of work (Harry Potter?) :)
30. 90.▲
    by sysk 12y ago

    I was about to quote the same paragraph. It is the one thing in this text that is truly timeless.