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by j_s 9y ago
I've submitted this for discussion and asked the mods to give you the credit you deserve for putting in so much effort! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16238937
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by j_s 9y ago
This PDF might be news to many; click 'past' to see previous submissions -- last month's got traction: [dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16015539 (543 points, 107 comments) HN user saulrh mentioned
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by j_s 9y ago
Of all the previous tmux discussions, the most practical help was given when this article was discussed 2 months ago: [dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15776995 (267 points, 96 comments) Surprised to see it again
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by j_s 9y ago
s/Postgres/Postfix/ ?? In any case you should ask the author, as they are currently active on another discussion where they linked their article in a comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16238501#1623
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by j_s 9y ago
For anyone willing to take the risk, another 3rd party service currently free was promoted on HN 6 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14856277#14858784 >opie34: A friend and I put together a free dynamic D
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How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017)(c0ffee.net)
638 points by j_s 9y ago|325 comments
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by j_s 9y ago
https://amzn.com/B011HVUEME $26.95 http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/decoding/unix-tlm-decoding (2015)
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by j_s 9y ago
Yikes https://www.xkcd.com/1053
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by j_s 9y ago
Unfortunately downvote to disagree has been officially endorsed as inevitable. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12330029#12330373 I wish there was even the tiniest bit of public accountability! Even user profile totals
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by j_s 9y ago
My perspective grows stronger every time someone close to me dies: the true value in photos is the faces. As a tech person, that is where I try to maximize my pixel budget. I actually prefer candid home video infinitely more -- most pictur
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by j_s 9y ago
Is there any phone app that purposely records video in the background without turning on the screen? I wouldn't care as much if people holding up their phones weren't shining back at me. I assume this is possible with audio, thoug
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by j_s 9y ago
> How did people do that before there were cell phones? Trust the babysitter to make wise choices. This is actully really tough as cell phones end up lowering the standard expected of babysitters, like the whole GPS/map thing.
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by j_s 9y ago
Why not both?!! (summarizing tweets occasionally) Perhaps a resurrection of the Redis Watch newsletter is in order! Are there any existing alternatives?
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by j_s 9y ago
Is this gRPC the same thing as golang net/rpc referred to here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16170116 ? I don't think so but I've never used either one. >seniorsassycat: I don't understand why
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by j_s 9y ago
I'm a big fan and I hope you see this comment before the edit window passes (unlikely, unfortunately): You need to get yourself some whitespace in this reply!
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by j_s 9y ago
It was my improvisational approach to pointing in the right direction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and... . I don't really see how replication/HA is an issue in this setup beyond normal file system repl
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by j_s 9y ago
A secure wallet is not super helpful if immediately cashing out (to fiat), right? A legitimate, soup-to-nuts "turn one email into $___ in cash" walkthrough (perhaps the beginnings of which is below, though I can't personally
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by j_s 9y ago
Not sure which comment you're referring to specifically, perhaps https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16216329#16217304 ? >swanson: Related to the Coinbase/insider trading noise around BCH a few weeks ago, it s
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NoNonsense Flat File Forum [2012,2015](camendesign.com)
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by j_s 9y ago
Also (same region), per https://www.commuterconnections.org/about-us > network of transportation organizations [...] services are provided free to the public and employers Commuter Connections | https://tdm.c
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by j_s 9y ago
Specifically (can't edit above post -- too slow): https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/36911900#comment457 > the SQLite packaged with Android is being upgraded to version 3.6.22 in Android 2.2. I think that
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by j_s 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQLite#History > used aboard guided missile destroyers [...] operated without installing a database management system or requiring a database administrator PS. Thanks to your question,
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by j_s 9y ago
> Do you also use a shitty computer just to protect yourself from addictive video games? I've given serious consideration to limiting myself to mobile versions of the game I'm addicted to, but I can't answer 'yes&#x2
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by j_s 9y ago
> you don't get points when your submissions are upvoted Points are awarded but it is not 1-to-1 with upvotes.
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by j_s 9y ago
> I have not heard of any cases of SQLite failure in phone, or anyone needing a DB admin to recover their phone contact data. For a long time (until API level 11), Android automatically silently deleted corrupted SQLite databases. ht
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by j_s 9y ago
Yes, collecting/aggregating for querying seems like the sticking point.
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by j_s 9y ago
> made open source I hope things work out at least as well as they have for RethinkDB's resurrection/transition! The Riak Users mailing list seems like the best place to follow along: http://riak-users.197444.n3.na
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by j_s 9y ago
There was a similar sub-discussion on the Datomic Cloud announcement last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16168041#16168743 As an open source product it seems like TimescaleDB is less risky than Datomic. (Not tha
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by j_s 9y ago
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=3d%20fractal -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=935241 (Nov 2009) But unless you read HN for 5+ years without creating an account, the exact discussion you recall may b
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by j_s 9y ago
Props for hanging in there as long as they did! Steam is no longer supporting Bitcoin | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15863182 (Dec 2017) Barely related, but in case you missed it earlier this month: Website Glitch L

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