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5 years ago
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on: How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?
"Shaving the Yak" is great. However I often think of the MITM video when in these situations; and personally refer to it as "Hal's Tangent" which has a kind of philosophical/mathematics feel to it.
fbeans
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12 years ago
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on: Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public
Although a sausage factory would be bad, at least each tour would be standard, and at least visiting that sausage factory wouldn't compromise your security and your liberty and finally when you get home with your free tour sausages, at least they'd interact with your saucepan the same way all the other sausages do.
Perhaps I've taken this meataphor too far?
fbeans
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12 years ago
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on: Show HN: 2048 Tetris
I think you are mixing up cause and effect. XKCD is based on this game.
fbeans
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12 years ago
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on: Show HN: I redesigned the Microsoft employee badge
I literally couldn't care less about the design of a MS employee badge.
fbeans
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12 years ago
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on: Google announces uProxy
How is this new?
I can create a proxy server now, and I can share it with a friend and they can use my internet connection. They can do the same.
This is new because, It's likely easier to use, and it's all done in the browser.
The technology is certainly not new though...
Apache with mod_proxy,
nginx,
squid,
ssh,
just to name a few of the many ways to do this...
Further to this, one doesn't need a browser plugin to do this, firefox for example already has configurable options to connect to proxy servers.
fbeans
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12 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Are there any good open-sourced IRC tools for teams
Get an IRC client that supports plug-ins and scripts and create your own tools. I use IRSSI and there are loads of scripts available to use as a starting point.
fbeans
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12 years ago
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on: On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs
fbeans
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12 years ago
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on: Poll: What do you use for Unix process management/monitoring?
Probably time to use a distribution that does rolling releases!
fbeans
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13 years ago
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on: Ask HN: PHP, Django, or Rails? Oh my
Use them all? Try them out and decide for yourself? I think you'll find we are in the lucky position where we have lots of options. Each option can be a viable solution, most stuff comes down to personal knoledge, experience and preference.
fbeans
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13 years ago
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on: Why my startup failed
So you are saying that your start-up failed and you are not whining any-more? ;)
fbeans
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13 years ago
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on: Poll: Would you like to have "hide" button for stories
Perhaps what actually happens is that the people who actually care, the ones that have a strong opinion either way, will take the time to vote and comment. In terms of this feature, if it is done correctly, those who don't want to use it, won't find their experience changing much, those who want to use it can. Perhaps implementing it, even with an "opt-in" option for a short time will allow for a better poll. "Do you use the feature?" rather than "would you?". I can't really see a negative effect of adding this feature. Just a positive for some, perhaps many.
fbeans
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13 years ago
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on: A simple solution, to a simple problem: 'Paste-bins'.
cheers jaachan, I have made the fix.
The idea here, is that it's simple, it has one single feature. The code is there, if anyone wants to use it, or add to it, then I would encourage them to do so. However its so simple, that there's almost no point.
At the end of the day, once you have created the file, you have to send it to some one through some medium. You could probably collaborate through that medium.
fbeans
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13 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How do you prime/start a community for your site?
I have had this issue, as many others have. If your site
requires a community to work, i.e. your site will take something from one user and give it to another, then you will need some form of entrance strategy. In this case, your user base won't slowly start building up on it's own, even if the idea and implementation is great.
You will have to do most of the initial leg work, whether you spook yourself as a "real user" or not is up to you.
Additionally, find the problem you are solving, and put yourself in the shoes of a user with that problem, how can you solve it without your site?
Hopefully this will lead you to some communities that are relevant to the one you are trying to create. Now you just need them to sell you your product, one by one, until the site's popularity does it for you.
You need an entrance strategy.
fbeans
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13 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How do you prime/start a community for your site?
Were you trying for 20% better?
fbeans
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13 years ago
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on: 100% of the world now uses the cloud
Perhaps you /are/ a cloud. :/
fbeans
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13 years ago
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on: 100% of the world now uses the cloud
I have no idea about any formal definition of the term cloud. I'm sure there are a few! The cloud image as "the internet" is classic. It's almost certainly the reason for "cloud" computing today.
fbeans
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13 years ago
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on: Windows 8 launch date announced: October 26th
"IE10 will be the new minimum for html5" I'm not sure what this means, but it sounds horrible, I understand IE is getting better, but it did the damage in the early years, and it burnt its bridges with so many users and developers. I cannot see this changing while MS still execute "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish".
fbeans
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13 years ago
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on: Windows 8 launch date announced: October 26th
A problem that imo doesn't exist. A tablet is different to a phone is different to a desktop computer. This OS may be "solving" some problems, but it seems to be doing it at a cost, reducing functionality on the desktop. Besides, who even /has/ a windows phone or tablet? Who would want one?
