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by vladd 14y ago
Yeah, their prices are actually per hour :-). The instance types are at http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/ (you probably want Medium or Large) The hourly prices are at http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/ (you want the "On-Demand"
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by vladd 14y ago
Some general advice / what I would do, without knowing too much specifics about your situation: If you're in Europe, take a www.Hetzner.de/en dedicated server, 49 EUR/month is a small fee to pay to avoid embarrassment on the launch day. If
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MacBook Pro Retina Display: Webmasters, get ready(dailywebapps.com)
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by vladd 14y ago
She wanted to remove a display banner ad that was harming the UX, her boss told her that she needs to find alternative revenue if she wants to remove the ad. Therefore she make a comparison toolbox that opened in a new window Expedia &
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by vladd 14y ago
The probably of NOT hitting a 6 value even after six throws is: (5/6)^6 = 0.335 For the original question: (255/256)^256 = 0.367 so yes, you'll succeed in 63.3% of the cases.
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by vladd 14y ago
It's a dangerous line of thought (there's a saying, "people who forget history are doomed to repeat it"): it is this awesomeness that allowed Google back in 2000 to overthrow the market incumbents at that time, Altavista, Hotbot and so on.
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by vladd 14y ago
It's not a matter of cash affordability, rather cash accessibility (considering his cards and IDs got stolen).
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by vladd 14y ago
Some envelopes actually contain debt that you must pay. Immigrants might create social pressure until they're fully integrated, some don't know the language, and some are more likely to commit crimes or cost the state money upon deportation
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by vladd 14y ago
Compare http://binged.it/KOXqqh with http://goo.gl/maps/fC4r , they're identical but Google still has 2 zoom levels to go into details, while Bing is maxed out.
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by vladd 14y ago
This seems to be live already for selected locations in Europe. For example http://goo.gl/maps/2iVt - zoom out for the old interface, zoom in for unbelieved details.
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by vladd 14y ago
HN is mainly goodwill for YC (any VC would pay a fortune to have HN and its audience). So the parent comment seems to suggest that it's damaging to the goodwill of the site to disable signups. If this was a permanent change, I'd agree, but
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by vladd 14y ago
The economics of password crackers changed and rainbow tables are pretty much obsolete nowadays. See http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/04/speed-hashing.html section "What about rainbow tables?".
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by vladd 14y ago
2-factor logins require, in addition to 'knowing' the password, to prove that you 'have' a token (e.g. mobile phone possession). It makes your account significantly harder to crack.
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by vladd 14y ago
Comparing 5 days with the time Apple would need to change its production orders is like comparing bandwidth with latency.
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by vladd 14y ago
Only for those that need it.
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by vladd 14y ago
Just quit. It ain't worth it.
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by vladd 14y ago
> Maybe with enough experience you start to realize that it happens close to never that a proprietary fork of an open source project ends up outpacing the original project. Apple's MacOS uses BSD code. Safari uses WebKit. In terms of au
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by vladd 14y ago
> ad-supported anything isn't sustainable Google is 90%+ ad-supported. The analysis was more about Facebook's valuation rather than its sustainability.
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by vladd 14y ago
He used AOL infrastructure to build his company, I'm wondering if he disclosed that to investors as he's pretty liable to them otherwise. It's lesson number #1 (don't use your employer's computer off-hours when working on your own projects)
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by vladd 14y ago
For any given regulatory measure X, no matter how basic common sense it sounds or how 'human rights'-like it is, there will always be someone that thinks that free market should trump X because in the long term the market actors will magica
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by vladd 14y ago
It doesn't matter what nationality the company has, but rather the laws of the countries where it operates.
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by vladd 14y ago
> Beat them out for that (and Facebook could potentially do so) Google searches have purchasing intent, see http://cdixon.org/2012/05/15/facebooks-business-model/ .
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by vladd 14y ago
He may have actually meant share in the sense of percentage: I'd rather have 1% of Google than 2% of Facebook. 1 Google: 203.13 billions (market cap in http://www.google.com/finance?q=GOOG ) 2 Facebooks: 2 * 104 billions = 208 billions
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by vladd 14y ago
Google seems to be able to figure out smart folks in 5-6 hours with pretty high accuracy.
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by vladd 14y ago
Today the same institutions provide education and certify skills. If nothing else, it's an obvious conflict of interests that's tolerated only because historically there was no other practical way around it. The war for talent and the onlin
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by vladd 14y ago
It's legal to give up your citizenship - he plans to live in Singapore and he must still pay the exit tax. This is what the law says and he doesn't break it. If you want to discuss this emotionally, try to see his point of view as well: US
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by vladd 14y ago
Google allows you to manage your ads preferences at: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ Retargeting is basically disabled if one opts out there (for the web, search&gmail or both).
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by vladd 14y ago
Banks might be less likely to reverse a charge if you have a photo of the credit card and an ID of its holder. [citation needed] My company provides a free online form service and I've banged my head regarding the abuse that hits the fans:
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by vladd 14y ago
> The would turn me down because I am concerned about my financial transactions? No, they would turn you down because you cannot present to them their risk guarantee criteria that enable their low prices.
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by vladd 14y ago
Arguments?

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