evgeny0

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by evgeny0 15y ago
I like the idea from a technical point of view, but I doubt it would make much of a difference in practice, because most home users log in with administrator accounts anyway. So do most developers. Only the rare, security-conscious power us
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by evgeny0 15y ago
Are you joking or did you used to be a phreaker? That is hardcore! +1
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by evgeny0 16y ago
Love it! To take it further, AT&T could choose to pay more to NOT have Verizon notified.
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by evgeny0 16y ago
Donated. Thank you for opening up the online world to me, back in the days when just trying to connect to the Internet was a bit of an adventure!
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by evgeny0 16y ago
+1, but I'd stop mentioning it after the first time (unless of course you're just doing this as an experiment and aren't really interested in selling the stuff)
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by evgeny0 16y ago
Full-size image: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/2pa7akochkgsnos/IMG_0988.JPG The blocks are similar, but not identical. If you look closely you can clearly see that the line lengths are different.
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by evgeny0 16y ago
Who on Earth said startups were easy?
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by evgeny0 16y ago
The problem is not being "a bit of an ass" (embarrassing yourself), it's being "a bit of bullshitter/scam artist" (cheating others).
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by evgeny0 16y ago
Your point about the salary is valid - stating the salary does create some problems. However, not stating it creates much bigger problems. It would be relatively rare that you advertise for a senior developer and end up hiring a junior on
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by evgeny0 16y ago
But the random username / random password / client-side SSL certificate is excellent security. The SSL certificate is, but not the random username. That's just a maintenance hassle. A username is not a secret - that's what the password is
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by evgeny0 16y ago
This is something a browser extension could do (though not as well as the engine itself, of course). There is Chrome extension called "Google Blacklist"[1] but it didn't seem to have any effect when I tried it out. Perhaps others will have
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by evgeny0 16y ago
Great story! Hardware manufacturing in China sounds just like software development in India: if you give very precise specifications - so precise that you may as well have written the code yourself - they will usually be followed. However,
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by evgeny0 16y ago
Agreed. You may also be ruling yourself out of consideration for future opportunities with the same company that you genuinely are qualified for, because you've created the perception that you're incompetent or just don't interview well.
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by evgeny0 16y ago
This is basically why I give everyone a unique email address, and /dev/null the address after I stop needing it. Offtopic, but what service do you use for this email redirection setup? Or do you run your own mail server? I do exactly the
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by evgeny0 16y ago
I'd go further: many people will happily agree to buy something for $x when they think it's all hypothetical, but would never actually buy it. Hence the oft-repeated advice "don't ask people if they would buy, ask them to buy".
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by evgeny0 16y ago
Have you done A/B testing on that, ie. whether you get more or fewer upvotes with the reminder?
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by evgeny0 16y ago
+1 Perhaps it's their way of dealing with the fact that Office is just too expensive for many people, without acknowledging that to the public by dropping the price. People who don't use Office for business would struggle to justify $209 AU
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by evgeny0 16y ago
Instead of saying "the solution to problem X will actually be available TONIGHT at www.[startupname]ly.com" couldn't you say "the solution to problem X will be available SOON/LATER/NEXT YEAR at www.[startupname]ly.com. Pre-register so we ca
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by evgeny0 16y ago
I can just see it now... - A hidden admin account is perfect for debugging and support! - What if someone guesses the password? - Nah, who the hell is gonna guess THAT?!
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by evgeny0 16y ago
Yes. I mean, I think the guy is an arrogant, unethical bastard, but IF you can just get past that and keep an open mind I think he does have a few interesting points on productivity, priorities, questioning what you really want, etc. There'
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by evgeny0 16y ago
The video is definitely very impressive, but I'm still far more impressed by the fact someone made this in 100 BC than that someone re-created it in 2010 AD. I had never heard of the Antikythera mechanism before.
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by evgeny0 16y ago
It depends on the problem. Of course, I always have a decent shot at it myself first, but if the problem is easy to describe and is most likely just a case of knowing some trick I post it fairly quickly. I see nothing wrong with that - that
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by evgeny0 16y ago
If that is indeed his plan then he is incredibly naive.
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by evgeny0 16y ago
+1 I think many people like houses as investments because they FEEL so "real" and tangible - you can touch them! Feelings are not a good way to decide what to invest in, however.
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by evgeny0 16y ago
I'm glad to see the longer/shorter resume results are consistent with the first piece of advise given by Manager Tools on resumes: "one page". http://www.manager-tools.com/2005/10/your-resume-stinks I've followed this advice and found tha
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by evgeny0 16y ago
Love it! Clean, so simple it requires almost no instructions and it JUST WORKS. I also love the fact that I don't have to wait for the current image (or batch) to finish uploading and can immediately drag more files in. (Actually, that last
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by evgeny0 16y ago
The real target audience of that site is people with a poor self-image. That's a perfectly valid target market - and a big one, I'd bet! Of course, they can't just come out and SAY "join if you have issues with your looks" - that wouldn't g