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by tghw 13y ago
We applied to YC with this idea last year. I wrote about it in the last thread on this topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6021507 Overall, your two biggest challenges are going to be convincing people they need bac
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by tghw 13y ago
This is a good reminder, especially to contractors and freelancers, that when you receive a contract, it's just the beginning of a negotiation, not a sign-and-send situation.
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by tghw 13y ago
If they can add IMAP, POP, possibly Exchange, and good email parsing (it's truly a pain in the ass to do yourself) this will be a killer library.
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by tghw 13y ago
I went to their DEFCON talk. The key is to realize that there are only a set number of positions for the pins, specifically six, three high and three low (for the sidecut. I believe there are also six positions for the main pins). If you ca
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by tghw 13y ago
I'm just pointing out that asking for data from a database is always going to be easier than exploiting a system, no matter whose it is. From what we know, it seems that the USG has the ability to do surveillance on Google Mail by quer
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by tghw 13y ago
Not really. They're more of intersecting sets. Is a foreign mail provider as likely to succumb to PRISM? No. Is it possible for GMail to have vulnerabilities unique to GMail and not to a more standard mail setup? Of course.
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by tghw 13y ago
Google cooperating with the USG is a much larger risk factor for being surveilled. Currently, the USG does not need to exploit server vulnerability to access Google messages, but for a foreign-owned ISP, they don't have this back door,
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by tghw 13y ago
Are you saying the current JS loops will stop working at that point? Of course not. So why would it matter? CoffeeScript -> Javascript will continue to work like it always did.
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by tghw 13y ago
It's the same as self. Beautiful is better than ugly. Explicit is better than implicit. Simple is better than complex. Complex is better than complicated. etc. There are a few implicit things in Python, but I w
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by tghw 13y ago
Don't forget the lawyers. They benefit quite a bit as well.
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by tghw 13y ago
Did you know over 1,000,000 people in the US have top secret clearance? That's a huge number! Or it's ~0.3% of the population. That's a tiny number! It really depends on context.
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by tghw 13y ago
I think the original post did that sufficiently.
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by tghw 13y ago
Want to bother attempting a compelling argument to that effect?
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by tghw 13y ago
Email me, it's not the sort of stuff to discuss publicly.
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by tghw 13y ago
They were filming that?! All joking aside, I only avoid mentioning the company by name to avoid linking it to any search results. Otherwise, I'm glad to talk about it because I consider it a strong trait of the company.
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by tghw 13y ago
At my last company, I earned myself the unofficial job of Employee Advocate because of this philosophy. The company (which I won't mention by name, but can be easily determined) was set up to be a great place for developers to work, an
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by tghw 13y ago
Absolutely. The advances in digital photography has opened it up to almost everyone. They're not doing Disney's next add campaign, but they are doing several family sessions per week, and they are bringing in money. A friend of mi
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by tghw 13y ago
Your definition is not what defines the market.
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by tghw 13y ago
Let me consult with my cofounder. I've considered it in passing, but haven't put any time into it.
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by tghw 13y ago
Actually, once we started getting into the market, we found that most do not know they need to do regular, offsite backups. Consider the some examples: * An older photographer who grew up in the days of film who has just transitioned over t
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by tghw 13y ago
We applied to YC with exactly this idea. We made it to the interview, but were turned down. I wrote about that experience: http://tghw.com/blog/pull-hard We pulled our bootstraps hard and tried to get it going, but soo
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by tghw 13y ago
Only 12 states: * California * Connecticut * Florida * Hawaii (in general a one-party state, but requires two-party consent if the recording device is installed in a private place) * Illinois (debated, see next section) * Mar
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by tghw 13y ago
Agreed. I did a writeup of my setup about a year ago: http://tghw.com/blog/multiple-django-and-flask-sites-with-ng...
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by tghw 13y ago
To my knowledge, WSGI is pretty Python-specific. Does Go even support WSGI? I tried looking but Go is a terrible term to try searching for.
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by tghw 13y ago
Are you sure it's off?
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by tghw 13y ago
It is also a primary means of identification. What does your photo have to do with your driving ability?
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by tghw 13y ago
"But if we do acquire any information that relates to a US person, under limited criteria only, can we keep it. If it has to do with foreign intelligence in that conversation or understanding foreign intelligence, or evidence of a cri
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by tghw 13y ago
I pulled their products API and put it all into a page: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22293/shirt.rendered.htm...
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by tghw 13y ago
You're right, that part is incorrectly phrased, but it's also not really the point. Change "listening in on" to "collecting metadata about" if you like. It's still the same problem.
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by tghw 13y ago
We can help them do exactly that: https://supporters.eff.org/donate

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