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Xymak1y

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    Comment #7239712

    I can't seem to find a demo anywhere?

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    Comment #7187601

    I ran into some bugs when testing, such as: http://imgur.com/B0VVnmn The test will pass but I can't submit it, because the test doesn't pass. Meh.

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    Comment #7173244

    Right, so make 5 the minimum then and reserve certain words. I guess I can always use usernames such as "administration", "dashboard" or "profile", right? I believe setting a minim…

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    Comment #7173106

    What is it with requiring at least 6 character usernames? Why does it matter to an automated system if I use less? I get that a username with only one letter isn't optimal, but I d…

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    Comment #7076234

    Relevant xkcd: http://xkcd.com/538/

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    Comment #7064568

    Thank you.

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    Comment #7064463

    What does this mean for me? I have all my interal + external hard drives encrypted as well as my system drive.

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    Comment #7026954

    While there are comments that mention getting drinks to go, I think 1.80 pounds are extremely cheap for spending time at a place, drinks and snacks included. I'd go.

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    Comment #7000892

    The website's font looks bad for me on the latest Chrome, Windows x64: http://i.imgur.com/cN6tXNl.png Gets better with zooming though, at 120 % it looks nicer: http://i.imgur.com/d…

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    Comment #6849527

    What does this do? Does it map Dropbox and Google Drive to network drives on Windows (the image indicates so)? Is it a webapp? I'd love to see a more detailed explanation somewhere…

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    Comment #6795943

    Now it seems to work for me as well. Thanks for the update!

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    Comment #6795836

    The "products" page, however, does not work: http://www.rsync.net/products/index.html

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    Comment #6326205

    Nice idea, but I hated the workflow of setting up an account - first I have to type in a phone number manually twice, which is easily readable from Android. I also missed an explan…

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    Comment #5928106

    Take Hetzner (large German provider) as an example - while they do offer managed servers and root servers, those are much more expensive. I'm not advocating the use of such product…

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    Comment #5928072

    The issue here is that there is still numerous web hosts who don't grant you SSH access, so you're not able to set up any git repository there anyway and are still stuck with FTP. …

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    Comment #5560811

    Very nice website.

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    Comment #5340898

    I've never had to fill out 14 fields for payment. Ever. While I agree this might be too many fields, I very much doubt it's the standard practice.

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    Comment #5317968

    You should really consider using SSL for at least the sign-up and login pages. People are transferring personal data, after all.

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    Comment #5250483

    Terrible article. The issue at hand is the Browser plugin, and not the programming language itself.

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    Comment #5200424

    The font for contacts' names looks terrible on Chrome+Win 7: http://i.imgur.com/OxR9JdX.png

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    Comment #5170325

    What this calculation fails to take into account is that when you transfer data over the wire it usually lands in the place where it's needed to be. This wouldn't be the case if yo…

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    Comment #5135841

    Same here.