mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: *.apache.org is currently offline.
10:53am UTC: We have restored services on our european mirror machine which was
not compromised. DNS should be shifting you over right about ... now..
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mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Rate my Startup: Uzvy.com (grouping reloaded)
Clickable - http://www.uzvy.com/
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you listen to when you code?
White noise is a common synthetic noise source used for sound masking by a Tinnitus masker.
White noise machines are sold as privacy enhancers and sleep aids and to mask tinnitus. White noise CDs, when used with headphones, can aid concentration by blocking out irritating or distracting noises in a person's environment. In open plan offices, large corporations such as ExxonMobil apply white noise to reduce the reach of speech, thus, by preventing office staff from being distracted by conversations in the background, safeguarding productivity.
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you listen to when you code?
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Cheapest MBA Program for CS Students Costs $99: It's Called the App Store
Well, you can do the same thing for lot less by developing a facebook/opensocial application.
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Sliceapp.com - Bootstrap Slicehost Servers Automatically
Thanks for the excellent follow up! It sure helps.
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Sliceapp.com - Bootstrap Slicehost Servers Automatically
It'd be great if you can share it.
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: moving to US
This is excellent advice. But would it give an edge if you are starting a product on the lines of http://basecamphq.com/ ?
37 signals does have customers outside the US but I suppose its a small figure.
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: How Much Money is Enough... What's your Number?
http://www.omnisio.com/startupschool08/david-heinemeier-hans...
I agree with David that no amount will ever keep programmers from programming. So instead of sweating out 14+ hours a day in hope that you can retire in 5 years, why not live your life as you go.
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Which tools do you use to optimize your webapps?
http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/ is a useful tool too.
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions
http://domainsite.com/ works really well. Simple UI and full domain control is what I look for. It also has a simple 1 click integration with google apps.
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Set Up Your Server Right, Part 1
We could automate all these steps using scripts. A very good example is the scripts by RightScale - http://github.com/rightscale/right_link/tree/master
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Google Buys Video Company On2 for $106.5M
Google's press release: http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/ir_20090805.htm...
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Nobody cares - a fundamental principle for startup socialites
You can always use http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Very simple bot blocking utility in php and iptables
I use this script for similar purpose - http://www.inetbase.com/scripts/ddos/install.ddos
The advantage of this script is that it directly monitors the IPs using netstat so one could stop bots from hammering things other than your webserver, say socket connections.
It is customizable to use APF or iptables and worked quite well when one of my friend's site was hit.
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: What happens to your consciousness/self-awareness as you age?
Perhaps it is difficult to define an attribute such as consciousness/self-awareness let alone measure it. How does one know he is self-aware? Perhaps one who says he is self-aware never is.
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: HTML 5: Could it kill Flash and Silverlight?
Not to mention the size. A HTML + CSS + JS (jQuery) implementation of a simple component such as a menu would end up being ~50KB. In flash it turns out to be less than 1KB.
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Opera Unite
Interesting discussion about this over on reddit with comments from one of the developers - http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8svh8/opera_uni...
mindhacker | 16 years ago | on: Facebook | Username
Looks like all the names with the string "php" in them are disallowed.
mindhacker | 17 years ago | on: Bing sets New Record in Horizontal Scaling
What a misnomer! I thought the article was about horizontally scaled servers.
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