volida

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   Ask YC: What are the downsides of open source?

   14 points by volida 18y ago|41 comments
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   by volida 18y ago

   i don't want to be the mean guy and although I realise the technical challenge, it feels very slow and unresponsive (i tried it on IE 7, AMD Turion 64 which should be more than enough)
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   by volida 18y ago

   I am sure you've heard of the word credit.
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   by volida 18y ago

   you have a lot of determination
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   by volida 18y ago

   well its obvious they copied. It doesnt matter if it is a re write. They owe somebody a thank note. So much for the do no evil bullshit.
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   by volida 18y ago

   "didn't know how to do any Web programming" That doesn't mean they didn't know how to code. Adjusting to web programming is not so hard if you are already a coder. That said, it is indeed inspiring
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   by volida 18y ago

   i am just laughing! even if that speculation was true? you trully expect actually Google will allow this to happen?! except that everyone will be running their own server by then! the Internet is only becoming more open. The rest is rindici
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   by volida 18y ago

   i was implying, how come they didn't run into security problem when they are practising a non-safe method? why do they expose so many users to such danger without their knowledge?
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   by volida 18y ago

   i wasn't proposing it, i asked if thats what you meant
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    by volida 18y ago

    you are saying that if someone is encrypting the password using RSA in javascript and then using the hash to exchange the password between server/client, is volnerable because someone can interfere in the traffic and change the javascript s
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    by volida 18y ago

    mocking up UIs collaboratively sounds cool, especially if it's live
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    by volida 18y ago

    TC has many stories, if a TC story submitted to YC gets points it means it's worth it to read it. If your "90% guess" is right, then if the story gets points in HN, then the fact that "is worth it for a read" is only increased. I don't see
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    by volida 18y ago

    just enjoy it ;)
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    by volida 18y ago

    I think the problem is with the blue background they added. I do like the customize your reddit although it should take less horrizontal space. *update here is a picture without the annoying blue background http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2
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    by volida 18y ago

    now it's called jackpot
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    by volida 18y ago

    Vid comments are of lower information i'd say that is valid for the majority of comments on the web. The exception seems to be Hacker News. Obviously that has something to do with the people not the medium, although a text comment is edit
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    by volida 18y ago

    well you should look here http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/25/twitter-2/ and see the number of video comments
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    by volida 18y ago

    it's the PR tips week!
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    by volida 18y ago

    I don't think FriendFeed is for sale
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    by volida 18y ago

    vaque question it depends on the problem solves, and the trade between perfomance and RAD
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    by volida 18y ago

    who comes up with these lame questions
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    by volida 18y ago

    emotions are generated from a mental situation when you face a fact. of course, an instinct may be a result of deep concentration and experience of extreme downside and upside emotions, which may be concluded as a new fact that may cause yo
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    by volida 18y ago

    Emotions are for something real and you have to learn to handle them. Instinct is about something you don't know and may not exist, therefore the only way to know is only by trying. To follow your insticts and dont get too emotionally attac
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    by volida 18y ago

    top authors is interesting, maybe you could automatically display articles, in the frontpage, from authors whose articles I credited.
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    by volida 18y ago

    it's not rendering a font, it's a non-vector image, stored with bad comrpession, therefore it will get blur if you zoom it.
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    by volida 18y ago

    "But at the heart of the programs that make it to the top, you’ll find that the key internal code was done by a few people who really knew what they were doing."
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    by volida 18y ago

    also the 3 guys in garage don't have the luxury of access to so many servers and money...
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    by volida 18y ago

    ok, I didn't notice that... I guess though, he shouldn't trush something before he tries it...
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    by volida 18y ago

    it's also for MAC you smart, no comparison to the web version of Google
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    by volida 18y ago

    wow, it's breath taking the tours are cool!