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I'm going to work full-time on free software(drewdevault.com)
403 points by ploggingdev 8y ago|282 comments
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Fuzzing Like It’s 1989(blog.trailofbits.com)
131 points by ploggingdev 8y ago|16 comments
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
Like someone else suggested, this is likely a case of automated flagging by fraud detection systems, but it does not excuse such terrible communication on Patreon's part. I have been following the recent Patreon backlash with interest,
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Linux vulnerability reproduction(github.com)
2 points by ploggingdev 8y ago|0 comments
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
Perfect timing. I just started reading up about phaser since I was looking into building a html/js powered browser based gaming site, something like miniclip.com. I am a complete beginner and I want to build a simple game to simulate t
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From the Oil Field to Silicon Valley: How Coding Changed My Life(triplebyte.com)
1 points by ploggingdev 8y ago|0 comments
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
No mention about the privacy implications of having every transaction tracked? We're already at a point where pretty much every transaction is tracked and a cashless society makes being tracked a requirement to function in society. Is
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
Can you give us a mini review of the system76 laptop that you have? How's the build quality, battery life, after sales support etc.
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
https://pypi.org/help/#admin-intervention
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
None so far it seems according to the people in the chat : https://www.hackerschat.net/
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
There is also a chat here : https://www.hackerschat.net/
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
Yes, they send out an email. 10pm PT, so around 14 hours remaining. Come join the chat room for yc w2019 applicants while you wait : https://www.hackerschat.net/
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
Around 14 hours remaining. Come join the chat room for YC W2019 applicants while you wait : https://www.hackerschat.net/
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Developers’ side projects (2016)(joelonsoftware.com)
2 points by ploggingdev 8y ago|0 comments
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
> Currently working on toy projects to sharpen my web development skills Could you talk about what those projects are about and what languages/frameworks you are using? What's next? Are you looking to start another business or
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Building the community site that I wished existed(ploggingdev.com)
2 points by ploggingdev 8y ago|0 comments
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
Hi HN, developer here. Here's a quick rundown of the idea behind the site : - Like reddit, there are topics (subreddits) - each subreddit has a chat room and a forum - code is open source (warning : it's a little rough) [0] - ther
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Show HN: Hackers Chat – Open source Reddit plus discord like fusion site(hackerschat.net)
2 points by ploggingdev 8y ago|1 comments
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
Scroll to the bottom and click on "More", both your comments are visible there. When a thread has too many comments, it gets split into multiple pages.
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
> How does YC feel about companies who don’t want to raise VC after the program? Very interesting answer to this question. How does this work in practice? If a company decides against raising VC, what happens to YC's 7% stake? Profi
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Sex, beer and coding: Inside Facebook's wild early days(wired.com)
1 points by ploggingdev 8y ago|0 comments
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Thoughts on Reddit and it's redesign(ploggingdev.com)
2 points by ploggingdev 8y ago|0 comments
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
> now it's a floating bar at the bottom when reading comments that for some reason I can't get rid of despite the x button The x button works for me, but when I load an other page it reappears. So reddit wants me to dismiss the
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Developers’ side projects (2016)(joelonsoftware.com)
1 points by ploggingdev 8y ago|0 comments
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
Slightly OT. I was wondering what happens to Github's policy on employees' side projects post acquisition. Links : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13921433 and https://news.ycombinator.com/ite
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
I'm interested to learn why they chose to switch to Gnome instead of KDE plasma. What was the thinking behind it? Why wasn't the community involved in the decision? Gnome has the backing of Redhat and is the default DE on Fedora,
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
Tangent : what happens to the whois guard if I want to transfer a domain between providers (eg- namecheap to google)? I've heard that during the transfer the whois guard has to be disabled. This means that services such as Domain Tools
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
What happened to the bitfinexed guy, he's gone silent on social media?
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KDE Plasma 5.13 Beta: Fast, Lightweight and Full Featured(kde.org)
4 points by ploggingdev 8y ago|0 comments
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by ploggingdev 8y ago
Nice idea. The biggest hurdle with starting a community site is getting the initial users and maintaining a level of activity that keeps bringing back users to the site. If activity slows down a little, you will find that traffic decreases

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