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by sstarr 12y ago
> "It is quicker for me, as a front-end specialist to create these custom designs..." Exactly. This is like me, as a back-end developer, writing a blog post explaining why I don't use Squarespace. What would be useful is i
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Britain's Best Tech Cluster You've Never Heard Of(forbes.com)
6 points by sstarr 12y ago|0 comments
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Bonsai Hosted ElasticSearch Is Down(status.bonsai.io)
53 points by sstarr 12y ago|19 comments
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by sstarr 13y ago
The first thing I thought of when I saw this was the doorbell scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off: http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/282975/Ferris-Bueller-s-D... Seriously though, I like the idea but wh
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by sstarr 13y ago
Aren't GitHub involved with Gitter somehow? https://gitter.im/
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by sstarr 13y ago
A friend blew my mind with this a while ago when I was trying to track down a commit which broke something. This short guide he wrote gives step by step instructions for using it with your tests: https://gist.github.com/jord
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Seedrs becomes first equity crowdfunding platform to operate across Europe(gigaom.com)
1 points by sstarr 13y ago|0 comments
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by sstarr 13y ago
This is incredible; it reminds me of the kind of stuff that sometimes used to crop up on Astounding Websites ( http://web.archive.org/web/20010203162500/http://astoundingw... ) It feels like there aren&#x2
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Google Chrome security flaw offers unrestricted password access(theguardian.com)
42 points by sstarr 13y ago|93 comments
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by sstarr 13y ago
I don't think that saying if someone has access to your computer then you're screwed anyway is really an excuse. You talk about lulling users into a false sense of security but do you have any idea how many Chrome users assume tha
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by sstarr 13y ago
Thanks, the UI doesn't make it very clear that you can select rows so I missed that. I use 1Password religiously but until now I'd been lazily saving passwords in Chrome as well to avoid the hassle of entering my master password.
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by sstarr 13y ago
I had never given much thought to the implications of saving my passwords in Chrome so thanks for pointing this out. Now I'd like to remove my saved passwords but visiting chrome://settings/passwords and removing them on
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by sstarr 13y ago
For client projects I'm a big fan of Lighthouse ( https://lighthouseapp.com/ ). It has a great balance of advanced features and ease of use for non-techies. * Tickets can be created and updated via email * Using the GitH
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Seedrs: UK can 'lead the world' in crowdfunding(telegraph.co.uk)
2 points by sstarr 13y ago|0 comments
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by sstarr 13y ago
I was once contracting at a company which developed software for the police and other emergency services. The server rooms all had electronic card readers on the doors so that only people with the right security clearance could get in. One
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by sstarr 13y ago
There's a link to this recent redesign at the bottom of the comments: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=4...
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by sstarr 13y ago
Since when is making inoffensive jokes considered trolling? I was amused by the similarity between the words 'homomorphic' and 'homeopathic' so I thought other people might be too. The number of downvotes my attempt at humour received would
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by sstarr 13y ago
It's like regular encryption except you only need to encrypt 1 in 10,000 bits for it to be effective.
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by sstarr 13y ago
When I've gone through periods like that I've found that something as simple as going for a walk every day really helps to lift my mood and increase my productivity. Sometimes I feel like there's so much to do and so much pressure that I co
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by sstarr 13y ago
There's a site similar to this in the UK called My Single Friend which you might be interested in looking at: http://www.mysinglefriend.com/
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by sstarr 14y ago
I don't hold out much hope for a Bradford on Avon HN Meetup so I'd definitely come along to one in Bath.
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by sstarr 14y ago
That was really great, thanks.
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Delicious.com launches major redesign(theverge.com)
2 points by sstarr 14y ago|1 comments
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by sstarr 14y ago
Andrews & Arnold is one of the best and most nerd friendly ISPs in the UK: http://aaisp.net.uk/ You can get a good idea of the company's general philosophy from their owner's blog: http://revk.www.me.uk/ Unfortunately they are quite
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by sstarr 14y ago
Add these to your hosts file to access your account: 64.27.57.25 manage.zerigo.com 64.27.57.8 dns.zerigo.com Source: https://twitter.com/coldclimate/status/227369346891132928
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by sstarr 14y ago
Adam Lisagor has produced a lot of great videos for startups: http://sandwichvideo.com/ He also made this great AeroPress tribute video: https://vimeo.com/40980282
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by sstarr 15y ago
I moved mine from Tumblr to GitHub recently and used a migration script to grab all the posts and turn them into Markdown files. There's a script that works with Posterous too: https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/wiki/blog-migrations
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by sstarr 15y ago
That was my first thought too. I wonder how much of his time Jony Ive spent working on the first iPad.
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by sstarr 15y ago
This sounds very interesting. Would it be possible to install the linux client on a cheap VPS to get your own "cloud" storage?
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by sstarr 15y ago
Maybe a good way of freaking users out (and educating them at the same time) would be a notice saying "it will take n minutes/hours/millennia for someone to hack this password", rather than the "weak - strong" indicator you see on most sign

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