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by zain 17y ago
Let's assume last.fm did indeed provide information to the RIAA. Won't we find out the truth once the RIAA starts suing people based on that information? Surely last.fm would plan for something like that instead of issuing denials. This lea
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by zain 17y ago
How come you switched to using eventbrite instead of anyvite like last time?
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by zain 17y ago
Approximately the same number as when this question was recently asked: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=532814
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by zain 17y ago
A bookmarklet for Password Chart would be cool.
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by zain 17y ago
Here's the second edition from 2008: http://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena/...
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by zain 17y ago
Are there going to be videos of these presentations?
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by zain 17y ago
It looks like the article was taken down. I'm getting the following message. The article requested can not be found! Please refresh your browser or go back. The story was covered on Slashdot though, so you can get a summary here: ht
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by zain 17y ago
Pedantry aside, thanks for the links. No pedantry intended, friend. Every single one of those threads is in my bookmarks folder because each of them provide a variety of options. And searchyc.com is always nice to bring up since the prima
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by zain 17y ago
Feel free to look at any of the plethora of past threads about this. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=526517 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=200920 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=175186 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id
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by zain 17y ago
Is everyone looking at a different Yelp than I am? I see the same ratings distribution as Amazon on Yelp, as well as a "trend" graph that tells you how the ratings changed over time. Here's a screenshot: http://img.skitch.com/20090504-n2js
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by zain 17y ago
"Since the site tracks the geographic locations of log-ons..." Wow, that's scary. Did you know that Facebook has a database of every location you've logged in from?
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by zain 17y ago
What exactly is "forward thinking" about funding startups based on biological traits of the founders instead of their skills, aptitudes, and achievements?
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Things You Didn't Know About Antimatter(dsc.discovery.com)
1 points by zain 17y ago|1 comments
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by zain 17y ago
It was done to get around the dupe filter: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=580816
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by zain 17y ago
Hour long video behind the submitted link. Some bite-sized info about Compass for those who don't want to watch the whole thing: With Compass, you write your styles in Sass which is compiled to CSS. This helps with code reuse and general cl
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The Poor Man's Continuous Integration(inzain.net)
2 points by zain 17y ago|0 comments
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by zain 17y ago
Look into the protocol for OTR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging It is used for plausible deniability in a secure IM conversation, but I don't see any reason it couldn't be applied to email.
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Explaining the OAuth Session Fixation Attack(hueniverse.com)
29 points by zain 17y ago|9 comments
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by zain 17y ago
If she is doing the same work as me, why is she making $5k more than me? The problem here is unfair payment; by not disclosing salaries, the problem is hidden, but it doesn't go away.
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by zain 17y ago
Did you actually RTFA? Or, even the article you posted? From your link: "The unlocking process is still a bit complicated and requires SSH on your iPhone" So you still have to jailbreak your phone. And really, this article is only tangent
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by zain 17y ago
Blueberries?
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How To Nail An Interview(howtonailaninterview.com)
10 points by zain 18y ago|0 comments
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by zain 18y ago
Sorry -- I missed that. In that case, the program you're looking for is Jing: http://www.jingproject.com/ However, if you're distributing your screencast to the web (or even more than just one or two techies), Screenflow is worth every pe
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by zain 18y ago
Screenflow: http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm It has won a number of Apple design awards and I've found it to be excellent all around.
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Computer as condom(papert.org)
31 points by zain 18y ago|10 comments
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by zain 18y ago
If you guys are anything like me, here's a link to the next page you'll be going to... http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fbeta.w3.org%2... Yeah, the new design does indeed validate.
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by zain 18y ago
What makes you say that? Looks like PHP/Apache running on Linux: http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qu...
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by zain 18y ago
The iPhone actually auto-capitalizes most stuff for you, so I find myself typing better english on an iPhone than on my normal keyboard :)
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by zain 18y ago
the reason Apple has refunds is to zealously protect their "All interactions with Apple should be mindblowingly awesome for our customers" reputation Funny you say that, because you can't return Apple hardware without incurring a 10% rest
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by zain 18y ago
Just to note, this policy isn't new. It has been in place since the SDK came out. So far, it has been neither enforced by Apple nor abused by customers. Source: http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/iPhone+news/news.asp?c...

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