joshryandavis

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by joshryandavis 5mo ago
Source: https://github.com/joshryandavis/dumb-captcha
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Show HN: Captcha to detect bots with a simple question(joshryandavis.github.io)
5 points by joshryandavis 5mo ago|4 comments
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by joshryandavis 6mo ago
> I understand there are use cases for low bandwidth, high range. Use cases like IoT? The very thing this is for?
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by joshryandavis 6mo ago
You're the one losing the plot. It's optional, still closes to the system tray without you explicitly docking it. It doesn't emerge at random like McAfee. > Eventually it got so bad Microsoft just baked it into the OS. Tai
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by joshryandavis 1y ago
Exactly, yeah. Small VPS providers are possible to get blocked but blocking AWS regions would be devastating. So it is the perfect place to put something like this.
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by joshryandavis 1y ago
Oh really? That's surprising.
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by joshryandavis 1y ago
I lived in China for a while and there were several waves of VPN blocks. Also very few VPN services even try to actively support VPN-blocking nations anymore. Any commercial offering will be blocked eventually. What I settled on for decent
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Ask HN: Revision tips for a struggling high school student?
2 points by joshryandavis 11y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: How do I get better at exams?
1 points by joshryandavis 11y ago|0 comments
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by joshryandavis 14y ago
They have to turn things around. I don't think I could go back to life without Spotify.
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by joshryandavis 14y ago
Beautiful demos like this make me even sadder that Microsoft don't plan on supporting WebGL in IE.
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by joshryandavis 14y ago
Why hasn't someone just used the Google Maps API to mock up a quick app and submit it? Would Apple simply reject it?
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by joshryandavis 14y ago
Their audience is people who still use Myspace.
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by joshryandavis 14y ago
They don't trust Cydia, which is understandable.
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by joshryandavis 14y ago
Twitter is being a bit of a dick.
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Github just hit 2 million users.(github.com)
143 points by joshryandavis 14y ago|36 comments
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by joshryandavis 14y ago
It's still a bit pathetic in comparison to the 200 million Google offered them back in 2008…
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by joshryandavis 14y ago
It is a fun little site, I really enjoyed playing with it. You really need to add some spam prevention, title & comment length limits, fix exploits, etc. I wanted to play around with it some more, but it's just pure spam now.
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by joshryandavis 14y ago
It's pronounced Chi-dy.
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ASK HN: Could you give me some feedback on my startup's logo?(i.imgur.com)
2 points by joshryandavis 14y ago|4 comments
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by joshryandavis 14y ago
There is a debate? I thought it was generally accepted that styluses are icky.
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by joshryandavis 14y ago
I gave Chrome OS a vote, just because I felt bad for it.
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Ask HN: Moving British startup to the US, is an E-2 visa the best way to go?
2 points by joshryandavis 15y ago|2 comments