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Zuzz

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    Comment #3475373

    indeed that's a common approach to spotting who copied your data in bulk but not to prevent it (or at least make it more difficult). Thanks

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    Comment #3472479

    thanks a lot, all good suggestions

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    Comment #3471670

    Thanks, I certainly don't want to worry too much but, at the same time, the data is a big component of the value proposition in this case and likely what cost us more (more than th…

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    Ask HN: how do comparison websites prevent scraping?

    I'm developing a web app not too dissimilar from a price/flights comparison one (nothing to do with travel though) and part of it is collecting lots of info not currently available…

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    Comment #3375205

    hi! thanks, I read that but doesn't say anything about monetisation: 1 year on any idea how you might make some money? UPDATE: read reply above

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    Comment #3375166

    don't get me wrong, it's great and all but... 1 year later, full-time gig, and what about money?

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    Comment #3369491

    how is not being able to serve everyone who wants to buy one a problem? This is a charity with a very clear goal: "promote the study of computer science and related topics, especia…

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    Comment #3207983

    there you go, from the horse's mouth and fresh off the press: "For better or worse, many people consider MongoDB and Riak to be competitors. In reality, there are very few similari…

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    Comment #3207123

    can they be used to do similar things? yes. are there overlapping use cases? indeed. Are they going to overlap more and more as time goes by and they try to expand out of their nic…

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    Comment #3206906

    "Being document-based datastores, Riak and CouchDB are the most direct competitors to MongoDB" But Riak is a Key-Value store, not a document one. If that's the premise I wonder how…

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    Comment #3080186

    I understand the frustration but are we so used to instant feedback that we don't even try to resolve our issues anymore before shouting out loud about them on the interweb? You go…

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    Comment #3022044

    guess this is just the big names: http://neotechnology.com/customers/ but I lurk their forums and there are plenty apparently