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541.
by tshtf 15y ago
I downvoted the parent post because before the post was edited, the OP stated he didn't even read the article. If you come here to comment on an article, you should at least try to read it.
542.
by tshtf 15y ago
I think it's ok to use the up and down arrows to express agreement. Obviously the uparrows aren't only for applauding politeness, so it seems reasonable that the downarrows aren't only for booing rudeness. http://news.ycombinator.com/ite
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by tshtf 15y ago
I doubt it, but stranger things have happened. In their acquisition plans, AT&T has announced that T-Mobile's 3G frequencies are going away: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9M3LNPO0 It seems silly to produce a 3G smartphone f
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Mpemba effect(secure.wikimedia.org)
16 points by tshtf 15y ago|0 comments
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by tshtf 15y ago
So anyone who wants servers needs to talk with sales and negotiate a discount? I think the point of this post was: Quick quiz: can your entire sales staff be replaced by a nicely formatted HTML table? If the answer is 'yes', then you are s
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Small satellite, big dreams(montrealgazette.com)
1 points by tshtf 15y ago|0 comments
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Darpa envisions network of $35,000 "CubeSat" satellites(aviationweek.com)
2 points by tshtf 15y ago|0 comments
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Torture in Bahrain Becomes Routine With Help From Nokia Siemens(sfgate.com)
2 points by tshtf 15y ago|0 comments
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by tshtf 15y ago
Follow the guidelines? http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by tshtf 15y ago
I use the native SIP functionality in Android 2.3, and it works well. Sipdroid is available in the market if you're looking for a solution for earlier Android phones. There are literally hundreds of providers to choose from. callwithus.com
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by tshtf 15y ago
Are they really concerned about public safety? What if, while the cell sites were powered down, a crazed lunatic with a knife started stabbing people on a BART platform or train? How could anyone call for help? This is lunacy.
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by tshtf 15y ago
You won't get any support from Google. (EDIT: Unless your post hits HN and someone from Google happens to read it.) If you rely on your Google Voice number for business, or even personal use, the solution is to port your number now to a rel
553.
by tshtf 15y ago
How large is the risk of an offline attack if I choose a 16 character mixed case alphanumeric randomly generated password? Is there much of an exposure in that case?
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United States loses AAA credit rating from S&P (reuters.com)
769 points by tshtf 15y ago|497 comments
555.
by tshtf 15y ago
The privacy policy for Google's public DNS servers is quite reasonable, actually: http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/privacy.html
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by tshtf 15y ago
Um, yes? http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/04/stable-upda... http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/02/stable-chan... http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/09/stable-and-...
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Hackers Take $1 Billion a Year as Banks Blame Their Clients(businessweek.com)
11 points by tshtf 15y ago|2 comments
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Chinese Research: Not Quite the Juggernaut?(pipeline.corante.com)
1 points by tshtf 15y ago|0 comments
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by tshtf 15y ago
I've been blocking 174.127.132.0/22 for a while now. It's generally not worth getting into an arms race against misbehaved bots, unless you're prepared to setup a honeypot or seriously analyze your access logs.
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by tshtf 15y ago
1. How do you "increase the amount of RAM" on an EC2 instance other than spinning up a new larger instance? 2. Why didn't they use EBS and take frequent snapshots to S3? It sounds like they were running an instance store EC2, then fired up
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Google reinstates account of thomasmonopoly(twitlonger.com)
90 points by tshtf 15y ago|56 comments
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by tshtf 15y ago
The newly released affidavit was offered in support of a search warrant for the home of an Arlington, Texas couple and their son, who were among the July 19 targets, and have not been charged. The house was the source of 3,678 packets in a
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by tshtf 15y ago
I ssh into my server and run Newsbeuter ( http://newsbeuter.org/ ). I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a console based RSS reader.
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by tshtf 15y ago
I use Google for everything from Google Apps to Google Voice. Given this recent behaviour of Google, I'm doing something wrong. Over the next few weeks, I plan to do the following: 1) Transition my gmail account over to a domain I own. I'll
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by tshtf 15y ago
Then why does G+ allow you to have quotes in your name? This is absurd.
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by tshtf 15y ago
Sorry. The administrator has banned your IP address. To contact the administrator click here. Guess I won't be reading.
567.
by tshtf 15y ago
I've not seen this. Could you give some specific examples?
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by tshtf 15y ago
This is Hacker News? http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html What to Submit On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer mi
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Google Deletes Last 7 Years Of User's Digital Life, Shrugs(consumerist.com)
308 points by tshtf 15y ago|235 comments
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by tshtf 15y ago
How would Google have visibility to your MAC addresses?

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