willvarfar

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3811.
by willvarfar 16y ago
wait, the login asks for my server and ssh password? oh how can we trust this???
3812.
by willvarfar 16y ago
sad they say they aren't doing so well: "It means if our DRM system breaks, like for example our server melts down with the floods of sales we unfortunately aren’t getting, or Puppygames goes completely bust because you buggers aren’t buyin
3813.
by willvarfar 16y ago
does redis support more data than it has RAM?
3814.
by willvarfar 16y ago
Different approaches take different levels of time investment on your part; here are some options your focus is on the data-structure for the index, whereas I'm thinking that unless the data itself that the index points to is also in RAM, i
3815.
by willvarfar 16y ago
The amount of CS that Jeff doesn't know never ceases to amaze me; he should read more Hacker News ;)
3816.
Dinosaurize your street(redcode.nl)
5 points by willvarfar 16y ago|0 comments
3817.
by willvarfar 16y ago
Good advice is to look up hostels and such. That's the only dignified way out, short of actually starting your own hostel
3818.
by willvarfar 16y ago
One tangential word of advice: be very cautious about telling anyone that you are doing this; your company, when they hear about it indirectly, might feel they own it. Your contract may or may not make this ownership issue clear. The laws
3819.
by willvarfar 16y ago
I'm confused; why would swearing at everyone in subway be related to a sense of entitlement? And how would waving a phone around be related to complaining about chocolate? I'm confused, but maybe being British I can't fill in all the words
3820.
by willvarfar 16y ago
since you asked, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACID explains ACID is about - all about - reliability. It is scary if you're the author of the article and you don't grasp this.
3821.
by willvarfar 16y ago
this looks like a very shallow and weak defence of noSQL in reaction to recent attention to the fact that noSQL == noACID. Lets see, from the article noSQL solutions are ACID if each transaction updates a single record, if you have sharding
3822.
by willvarfar 16y ago
bubble sort sounds like someone chanting "DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!" !!!! :D
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Buffcacher: like varnish meets memcached, and its faster(sites.google.com)
5 points by willvarfar 16y ago|0 comments
3824.
by willvarfar 16y ago
Its not Shazam who are making the fuss though, its Landmark ( http://www.landmarkdigital.com/about ) who are owned by BMI (the record company - RIAA?)
3825.
by willvarfar 16y ago
didn't the Dutch lawyer say he could get fined? If it's your nuts on the block, would you have the guts to stand up to them?
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Told to remove blog posts describing patented algorithm(sites.google.com)
429 points by willvarfar 16y ago|147 comments
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10 million voxels spinning at 30fps - with Flash, but could HTML5 cut-it?(sites.google.com)
3 points by willvarfar 16y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Best hosted blog for coders?
11 points by willvarfar 16y ago|3 comments