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tcooks | 10 years ago | on: OwnTracks: Self-hosted, open source location tracking

Fellow traveller here - going to try it in my solo bike tour from Lisbon to Istanbul that starts in a few days, let me know if there is any aspect of the software that you want reviewed

tcooks | 10 years ago | on: New Perl 6 Homepage

> You of the masculine persuasion should consider it an opportunity to show off your sensitive side. :)

I might perceive this differently because of my cultural background, but isn't it a bit misandric to claim masculinity as unsensitive?

Tom Cooks

tcooks | 11 years ago | on: Show HN: uPanel – An admin template for commercial and OS projects

I understand you want to build your mailing list, but I'd expect this to happen when i try to download the fucking thing, not before being even able to check it out.

You dun goof'd, UX guy -- all the best

tcooks | 11 years ago | on: Worse than Heartbleed? Today's Bash bug could be breaking security for years

Aren't wabbits and forkbombs common knowledge in 2014?

tcooks | 11 years ago | on: An Unusual Language That Linguists Thought Couldn’t Exist

I can understand everything the mute people say without reading the subtitles, is it the same thing for everyone here or is it because of having lived for a long time in Italy?

I'd say the Arab ruling in southern Italy helped having a commong language to those peoples living in northern Africa, but maybe it's common knowledge.

Check this for comparision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHZwYObN264

tcooks | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Someone is harassing me online, using my personal info. What can I do?

Dox him or pay someone to do it. Once you have an address, send him a german lawyer template asking him to take down the site.

Can you get his infos from the blog?

tcooks | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to get valid emails based on the left side part of the mail?

I'd say try looking up on google, maybe that left side part is equal to her username on twitter or other social network.

@lutusp: the user could have simply forgot to input, it happened to me several times and if i were the user i'd be grateful to see someone behaving proactively to get in touch with me - just my 2c