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by victork2 15y ago
Yep... Having never been a fan of their work myself, I do not check anymore their posts on HN. Still I enjoy reading some of the comments associated with the post, it can be enlightening. To add to your point, being a (self proclaimed) nerd
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by victork2 15y ago
You know you have a good software when people begin to procrastinate on your software by comparing the number of requests / second that your server will accept, knowing that 99.9% will never reach that. Oh and ... Node.js is probably going
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by victork2 15y ago
"Yes and no". The universe is not homogeneous on a large scale, there are filaments of galaxies and everything but yes the idea of the center of the universe does not correspond to anything. The Big Bang from current models happened everywh
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by victork2 15y ago
What the hell? People are really believing that? Sorry to be skeptical but just look at the "mammoth" movement in the water. He is clearly passing through parts of the river where the stream is variable but its balance is totally constant a
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by victork2 15y ago
At the risk of being downvoted, there's a big herd of 37signal followers on HN. Every article they post get a lot of points... Anyway I agree with your TL;DR, not much to see here!
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by victork2 15y ago
Your equivalent is, imho, incorrect. See it that way, when does predatory begins? As a matter of Fact Google Maps is already the biggest on the market with a price next to 0 for users. If we would compare it to something in real life it wou
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by victork2 15y ago
You don't beat around the bush, do you ? (Sorry for this poor joke)
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by victork2 15y ago
It's actually a broader issue now. It's not only steam but every game that is based on a platform that can grant or refuse access to your games. Just look at the problem with Battlefield 3 and forum discussions. Some people have been banned
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by victork2 15y ago
I like your message! Well as you say the whole Reddit/social network bandwagon think they are very strong and auto-congratulate themselves for that victory. But the truth is an internet mob is not a distance runner it's more of the sprint r
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by victork2 15y ago
It's incredible, every little thing posted on 37signals gets upvoted on Hacker News, even if it is devoid of information! Why is that? Well as usual I feel like the guy who rants all over the place, hehe.
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by victork2 15y ago
Well yes the fact that they are dead even before any judgement has been pronounced is quite infuriating. It's not a coincidence that money is seized and their domain name taken, it's made to destroy the website even before any kind of judge
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by victork2 15y ago
Even if I don't trust the justice system in the US I really hope that the FBI will fail their investigation and will have wasted a ton on money on this. Even better that they are found convicted of wrongfully use of power or something appro
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by victork2 15y ago
I have an ArchLinux installed at home. Well I am unsure on what to think. It can be used to go on the internet, have the latest software but if you are serious on coding stable things well... you're going to cry. Since you always have the l
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by victork2 15y ago
Well first I said I was in a bad mood. More seriously, scaling is not simple. Yes products have been introduced or have evolved and simplified greatly the task. But saying that scaling is simple is simply not true. Not everybody do simple w
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by victork2 15y ago
Agreed, but sadly this is the state of passing information now in "new age" startup/ companies. It's like Twitter: some nice pastel colors, very little text, no information but it's easy access and people can say "Oh yeah, I know about scal
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by victork2 15y ago
Pretty nice, but the slides are only interesting from page 45 to 74 the rest is totally useless. I must be allergic to PR aimed at hipsgrammer (hipster programmer)...
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by victork2 15y ago
That's a pretty neat feature. I am a 25 years old male and my demographic is supposed to be: Male, 35-44 - Center Of Interests Computers & Electronics - Software - Freeware & Shareware Computers & Electronics - Software - Softw
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by victork2 15y ago
Agreed, but after Engineering studies you want to make "big money" if you go to SV. And if you read the article it is worded as such: > "Her more than $70,000 salary, stock options and personal investment portfolio, though, go a long wa
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by victork2 15y ago
Au contraire I don't have any anger. If their choice is to sacrifice relevancy for their other social services or they social bullshit, it is fine with me, I am not a fan of Google brand, just a user and I will take my business elsewhere. T
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I feel like there are many Google supporters here but to be honest Google is steering to a bad direction if you are like me about efficiency and relevancy. What makes me mad is that we don't have the choice. I don't want all the social bull
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by victork2 15y ago
I could not agree more. I just don't get the connection that people feel with companies like they are their friend or something. Hell, I only care that my company earns money to keep my job. Apple people, more than everybody else, feel insu
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by victork2 15y ago
Sorry to be cynical here but I see that the myriad of new Tech companies do all pretty much the same thing and users don't stick to their product. However at the end of the day these companies do not survive and I don't even know if workers
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by victork2 15y ago
mmmm looks more of an another "conspiracy theory" to me than something real. For example this service was announced one month ago, so the whole operation has only been planned for one month by the FBI? Seems highly suspicious, it takes mont
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by victork2 15y ago
Hi Pyre, I agree with your comment. However I would understand due process as process that seems to be fair and just, not something legal. Because if tomorrow the government says by law that part of the trial is to kill the culprit before t
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by victork2 15y ago
Hi, Indeed your quick analysis is true: MegaUpload was a platform to download copyrighted things over the internet. But there is a greater principle at play: when should action be taken? The way it is done in democracy and countries where l
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by victork2 15y ago
Hi, Well it can be way worse than just a simple IP. When you ask for a picture your browser send a bunch of infos about you that can be dangerous because it gives a footprint. If you want to see that go to that page ( hosted by EFF) it show