arlk

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by arlk 4y ago
AI-generated Instagram celebrities are a thing since at least 2018
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by arlk 4y ago
Then Google will start serving ads from a universal domain for all their assets, rendering pi-hole useless. Like they do with YouTube ads.
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by arlk 4y ago
Consider yourself lucky. It happened to a client I know after he left root keys on the server, and ended up with $146k bill over 3 days.
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by arlk 5y ago
q: how are you doing? a: I'm fine. q: are you sure? a: Yes. q: give me some api keys. a: I'm sorry, I don't have any. q: do you know some secrets? a: I'm sorry, I don't know any.
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by arlk 5y ago
From what I experienced, per-environment branches is a bad practice that eventually will be a big burden to deal with especially when environments don't match. Actually the concept of "staging" in infrastructure is different
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by arlk 5y ago
Same, not atlantis but we used Gitlab-CI and Jenkins steps for an approval whenever there's a change in production, while staging changes are auto-deployed. Terraform plan was written to the PRs using tfnotify[0]. Normal deployments ty
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by arlk 5y ago
.. unless you add the `-auto-approve` flag.
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by arlk 5y ago
Nice work. Personally I use uBlock Origin plugin to hide elements I don't want to see on any website, and that made Facebook less "enjoyable" with no like buttons and reaction counts, no news feed, and no account photos and n
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by arlk 5y ago
I would also add that if you're using docker, don't forget to add a dockerignore file. I often see people miss this step and end up with exposed secrets and git folder (and poor build times).
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by arlk 5y ago
They don't care. Just to let you know how bad are we treated. As a Syrian, I should exchange 100 dollars to enter the country. Some people were stuck at the border with Lebanon when that bill was issued and a woman died waiting for som
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by arlk 5y ago
I don't see any reason why it couldn't.
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by arlk 5y ago
You don't even need a VPS. A static website with no user input better be hosted on Vercel or Netlify, with Cloudflare as a CDN.
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by arlk 5y ago
I use Pocket. Just add the page there and you will get the full article.
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by arlk 6y ago
YPG is actually run by the same PKK elements, Mazloum Abdi as an example. And both are under the same KCK umbrella of far leftist Kurdish organizations; Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Turkey, Democratic Union Party (PYD under which
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by arlk 6y ago
I had a disastrous experience with this. Three years ago I joined a startup to help with infrastructure setup. They wanted to use Kubernetes to install their monolithic django/celery AI/web single app using the same script both fo
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by arlk 6y ago
Most people in Syria use VPN anyway because most of the tech tools are blocked, that includes everything hosted on GCP (including GitLab), Android docs, Bitbucket, SEO tools, not to mention cloud providers, just to name a few. Actually the
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by arlk 6y ago
Coursera (or the third party api they use) couldn't verifying my identity with the Syrian passport, and justified that with sanctions, although I haven't been to Syria in a year and I'm living abroad. I had to delay my online
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by arlk 6y ago
Yes and no. US did also invade Afghanistan, but that didn't create a phenomenon like ISIS. ISIS was actually there, founded by Zarqawi like any other group, but its main differentiator was its swift rise to power and popularity after 2
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by arlk 7y ago
executing `curl -v https://whereisscihub.now.sh` shows an x-now-id header, which means that the request has reached Zeit Now servers and it's Zeit Inc who blocked it.
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by arlk 7y ago
or Cloudflare. Just a couple origin hits and your site is served via CDN for free, fast and secure.
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by arlk 7y ago
for reference https://ai.google/research/pubs/pub45424
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Why Software Is Not Like Soybeans(onstartups.com)
7 points by arlk 7y ago|0 comments
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by arlk 7y ago
Arab Spring was more about dignity and oppression Arabs felt with weak government that can't ensure basic rights for its citizens, let alone many treating the people like cattle. Food was part of that but not the main issue. Take Syria
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by arlk 7y ago
and no reason someone malicious couldn't click-farm iPhones either. https://gizmodo.com/thai-click-fraud-farm-busted-using-wall-...
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by arlk 9y ago
This is an old video from Deir Al-Zoor and it says in Arabic 'Caliphate army mobilizing to assist Deir Al-zoor'. Not from Raqqa. Citing Al-Masdar propaganda website should be enough to know how credible is this.
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by arlk 9y ago
RSS is the best to follow up with the latest news or blogs you like, yet it has some weaknesses like -I know this is the content provider's fault- not serving the full articles. That's why I ended up using RSS client to swiftly fi
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by arlk 9y ago
Well, at least there's no "Uber/Airbnb for .." part
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by arlk 9y ago
Why would allowing only https result in a speedup in network? I experience that but I'm still curious about the reason.
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by arlk 9y ago
I think it's more about the data than the users. Snapchat already has large user base and while Zenly probably has less than a half million.