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Airplane runbooks – turn scripts into internal workflow tools(airplane.dev)
4 points by tagx 5y ago|0 comments
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by tagx 5y ago
I exceed the EPA highway MPG when using cruise control for 100s of miles w/ little traffic. When driving manually or being a bit more aggressive with passing, MPG falls below the MPG estimates.
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by tagx 8y ago
Iris retries the failed request
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by tagx 8y ago
You can use the download your information tool to download all your data on FB, including all your messages https://www.facebook.com/help/212802592074644 A Brooklyn based artist did this recently and made a book of his
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Migrating Messenger storage to optimize performance(code.facebook.com)
104 points by tagx 8y ago|33 comments
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by tagx 11y ago
I wouldn't be so quick to assume foul play. Could it be some piece of software installed on the recipients browser/machine that is sending the links off somewhere to be scanned?
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by tagx 12y ago
You can add a PIN that you need to enter every time you try to send money
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Building Mobile-First Infrastructure for Messenger(code.facebook.com)
11 points by tagx 12y ago|0 comments
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Blake Matheny (VP Eng Tumblr) - Why I Joined Facebook(tumblr.mobocracy.net)
2 points by tagx 13y ago|0 comments
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by tagx 13y ago
If we are currently undergraduates, should we answer "attended" or "do not hold a degree." It is important to be consistent.
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by tagx 13y ago
Apparently the shooters carjacked a Mercedes and headed towards Watertown (~7mi away) and are throwing explosives Update: One suspect in custody
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by tagx 14y ago
github/tageorgiou
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by tagx 14y ago
So the only difference between this and a chromebook is that it runs office?
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by tagx 14y ago
Now who wants to start a fantasy YC W13 pool?
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by tagx 14y ago
"being able to encrypt a message is proof that they are who they say they are" This is not exactly right. Encryption ensures people cannot eavesdrop on a message but it does not ensure you can verify the sender. You need authentication in
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by tagx 14y ago
Doable looks weird as a word. I read it as double. I believe it might look better hyphenated like do-able
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by tagx 14y ago
We currently try to push people towards pointing the script tag to us so that we can more rapidly iterate on the product.
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Filepicker.io (YC S12) lets content flow without worrying about bandwidth(gigaom.com)
52 points by tagx 14y ago|22 comments
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Filepicker.io launches widget generator(filepicker.io)
12 points by tagx 14y ago|0 comments
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by tagx 14y ago
I was hoping someone would pick up on the reference!
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Show HN: Hide Messages in Images with Steganography(mit.edu)
54 points by tagx 14y ago|15 comments
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by tagx 14y ago
Static files are still served by a normal CDN. This helps with dynamic HTTPS requests that change each time.
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by tagx 14y ago
We don't make any connections until the website calls us. At that point we load a personalized dialog for the user and we want that request to be as fast as possible.
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by tagx 14y ago
It is a possibility. However, I've measured 86ms between east and west EC2 instances, 96ms between my client on the west coast and an east EC2 instance, and 15ms between my client and a west EC2 instance. Thus the additional latency per c
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by tagx 14y ago
We are using nginx. Newer versions support HTTP 1.1 backends (There is also a patch for older versions of nginx)
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by tagx 14y ago
Normal CDNs don't do this with dynamic content that changes on every user request. Each api request we serve is different and saving 200ms almost doubles the performance.
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by tagx 14y ago
No, the way it works is that there is a load balancer that terminates ssl and forwards it to nginx instances all in a private network. The nginx instances then have secure HTTPS connections over the public internet to the main load balance
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by tagx 14y ago
Yes, but the SSL handshake has already been completed ahead of time so all the overhead is reduced.
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by tagx 14y ago
No, the pool of keep-alive connections are all encrypted as well.
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Improving HTTPS Performance with Early SSL Termination(blog.filepicker.io)
97 points by tagx 14y ago|59 comments

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