koudi | 10 years ago | on: The world’s most over-engineered alarm clock
"This needs me to: ..nmap...ssh...etc".
I'm too lazy to do this so I would script it ;)
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koudi | 10 years ago | on: What is Ethereum?
Definitely interesting, but how does it help with this?
> even if you "win", you have the problem of collecting.
koudi | 10 years ago | on: FastMail gains push notifications in iOS Mail.app, joining only Yahoo and iCloud
The article says "We’ve enabled Push IMAP" and their instructions tell you how to setup imap email account.
But yes, using APNS for notifications probably makes sense (bandwidth, less connections, battery, ...).
koudi | 10 years ago | on: FastMail gains push notifications in iOS Mail.app, joining only Yahoo and iCloud
I thought push is a standardized imap extension and any capable client can use it, if the server is configured properly. Does push on iOS require apple to somehow allow you to use it with your provider, or why is it such a big deal?
koudi | 12 years ago | on: Apparently It’s OK For iOS Apps To Ask For Your Apple ID And Password
Why not generate token on client and only submit that?
koudi | 12 years ago | on: Hey developers, stop forcing me to login to unsubscribe
This is really annoying. What I find more annoying is response like "We will process your request within 30 business days." (and after that period receive another spam). What could possibly take 30 business days to unsubscribe email? This is evil.
I would also like to see some sort of standard - like email header with link, that would unsubscribe you. Outlook/thunderbird/etc could just show button (probably next to "mark as spam" :)) and you couldjust click and be done. I think google tried something like this, but I've never heard of anyone else.
koudi | 12 years ago | on: Bloatware and the 80/20 Myth (2001)
Yeah, storage is cheap, let's go wild and add some features that might be useful for a handful of people. Reminds of time when excel had simple flight simulator in it...
koudi | 12 years ago | on: Healthcare.gov failed despite agile practices
Nothing new, really. Methods and tools can help you, but do not guarantee success. Saying that some project failed because they used/didn't use something dosn't make sense to me. In the end, it's all about developers and overall project management.
koudi | 12 years ago | on: Signet: Sign your work in the development console
Sorry, but this is IMHO useless. It doesn't work in all browsers (and causes errors/warnings in those unsopported), requires extra javascript and adds no real value. It just crams console with irrelevant data. There are better ways for this - humans.txt or html meta tags.
koudi | 12 years ago | on: Lavabit SSL Cert Revoked
Interesting point. AFAIK they requested the key to decrypt previous communications. From security point of view, his move makes perfect sense. If FBI wanted to decrypt future communications, they would probably have specified that in their request. Then he would indeed break court order and could be hold responsible.
On the other hand, it would be hard to prove any actual obstruction, since the service was shut down and all users notified about this whole situation.
koudi | 12 years ago | on: Lavabit SSL Cert Revoked
No. This does not affect their ability to use it. This certificate is simply no longer trusted by other parties (rightfully, because it was compromised).
As matter of fact, this may not even be his doing.
koudi | 12 years ago | on: The Gold iPhone isn't just for mindless sheep that want to show off
So, he's not 'mindless flocking sheep' because he wants new device from apple. He wants it because it's fashionable. I can't help it, but it sounds like 'mindless flocking sheep' to me, too.
koudi | 12 years ago | on: JetBrains releases open-source Python IDE
koudi | 12 years ago | on: JetBrains releases open-source Python IDE
So they actually did opensource it. Sorry, my mistake.
Now the news is even better :)
koudi | 12 years ago | on: JetBrains releases open-source Python IDE
The title seems misleading - the IDE is not opensource, but they offer free license for opensource projects.
koudi | 12 years ago | on: Amazon’s Music Download Site is Cheaper Than iTunes 78% of the Time
True, although such strict lock-in seems to be counter-productive. For example - I have iPad (and love reading on it), but I never buy books on iBooks Store. I use amazon instead, because I can easily strip DRM and convert to any format I want and read anywhere I want (should I ever buy different device). iBooks books are tied to apple devices for ever.
This strategy may work for now, but I don't think it's viable in a long term and apple always seemed to prefer bigger picture rather than pursue immediate profits.
koudi | 12 years ago | on: Amazon’s Music Download Site is Cheaper Than iTunes 78% of the Time
> iTunes invented modern online music distribution.
I believe it was actually Napster, who invented modern distribution :)
Now seriously - iTunes is kinda OK-ish, but web purchase/download could only increase their customer base. Their whole ecosystem works nicely, but I believe that customers will soon require more open approach rather than tying everything to one platform.
koudi | 12 years ago | on: Amazon’s Music Download Site is Cheaper Than iTunes 78% of the Time
Amazon's Music is also essentially unavailable outside US (currently ~8 countries compared to ~120).
koudi | 12 years ago | on: Amazon Pairs Print and Digital Books With New Program
Don't know about the others, but O'reill's been offering this for a long time.
koudi | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why aren't there HTTP style standards for invoicing things?
Are you sure there are no such standards? I mean - in Czech Republic we have de facto standard called ISDOC XML(which should be based on other international standard UBL (universal bussines language, or smtg. like that)). All major accounting/finance software support it and yet, nobody uses it (at least those I have to deal with). I couldn't even convince my ISP to send me these files.
Maybe you should check current options and then require them from your vendors.
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