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Scryptonite | 12 years ago | on: HN is Becoming 2005 Slashdot

I agree that there are some way-off-base topics on HN, but I don't mind the politics that are related to the hacker community. Such involves Aaron, Snowden, Manning, WikiLeaks, various legal and political talk on Startups, privacy rights, Big Tech companies, etc.. in the overarching industry. Some other stuff can also bleed in without disrupting how I feel about the site.

> On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

Scryptonite | 12 years ago | on: Linus Torvalds defends his right to shame Linux kernel developers

While I wouldn't express my vision for linux the exact way Linus does if I were in his position, but I actually agree with Linus' argument. Sharp shouldn't be trying to enforce her cultural bias on Linus; it is just the way he is, and she should just put up with it. Linus, so far, has shown how to move linux forward, albeit Sharp not being comfortable with his colorful/abrasive use of the English language.

Scryptonite | 12 years ago | on: The Art of a Three Letter Domain Name

How does 'lob.com' make sense for a "Cloud Printing for Developers" company? At least 'netprint' (some imaginary word that probably has to do with nets, networks or internet, and prints or printing) better conveys the meaning of their service... That and '.io' conveys some meaning to most developers.

Scryptonite | 12 years ago | on: The Art of a Three Letter Domain Name

They could have considered a four letter domain and a two letter top level, if they had to have a length of 7 characters.

Even so... 'netprint.io' anyone? Would make a bit more sense than 'lob.com'. If they did actually purchase 'lob.com' from someone else, they could have cut the price they paid down to $50 or so if they found 'netprint.io' acceptable (Which is actually available at the time of writing this).

Scryptonite | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Redstone, a distributed Minecraft server that runs on Node.js

It was going to use node.js; So far I have written my prototypes in CoffeeScript, but if I end up going through with my project it will likely be with vanilla JS. The premise of it wasn't for it to be a MMO.

You can imagine my surprise when I found out who purchased the domain and what projects you are working on, knowing that redstone.io was pretty much destined to be node.js and minecraft related.

Scryptonite | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do people need direct file sharing or they go cloud?

My best guess is that it uses WebRTC for P2P transfer. It may also use WebSockets to connect to a private room (which only one source-client and one destination-client may join) and streams it.

EDIT: It would appear that it is the latter, in that it uses Socket.IO to stream it to the server and down to the recipient. The server could copy it as it is streamed, and I didn't really delve into the source of the webpage to know if it has any encryption or anything.

Scryptonite | 13 years ago | on: Ƀ — Universal Bitcoin Logo Alternative

I would much rather use the original BTC symbol. I would gander it has something to do with the fact that my mind has an easier time having the vertical bar(s) in "$" be a symbol of monetary value, and that I would have a different opinion if I were born in the UK or Germany and had the "£"/"€" characters on my keyboard.

Scryptonite | 13 years ago | on: Hacker News Refrigerator Magnets

I really need to get back to work. I'm sorry for messing with the game... (Did you notice how the magnets were just zipping out from where you put them and into the center, randomly offset, or into a formed circle? That was me. Sorry!)
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