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Here's the discussion on the original Rumpetroll: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1741260

The server is running on EC2. As far as I can tell, EC2 does not have a virtual console interface or any other way to rescue a server that blocks all network connections with a fir…

There's something to be said for relatively simple tool like make. It can be a lot easier to understand what's going on with Make because it eliminates the layers of stuff between …

I recommend the book "Parasite Rex" by Carl Zimmer for those who are fascinated by this sort of thing. The book discusses several interesting and creepy parasites.

I heard that acquisitions often involve a merger with a shell company because of a tax or liability advantage. I searched for info on this, but couldn't find anything. Can somebody…

What part of lzw's logic is twisted?

It is not obvious that the bulk of the resources come from the idled workers. Resources are needed to pay the workers. Resources are needed to buy the steel, concreate and other ma…

It is also an error to assume that disallowing GET for updates adds any security. I recommend reading about cross site request forgery. CSRF is the type of attack used on Twitter t…

Seriously. Search the web for documents on "cross site request forgery". Most of the documents discuss the POST issue. Some documents don't mention GET because GET should not be us…

The resources used in the stimulus come from someplace in the economy. The resources do not magically appear out of thin air when the Fed buys government debt.

No, it's not entirely the fault of GET. The browser does not prevent script from triggering POSTs to third party sites.

It might be that there is a simple and straightforward model, but there are incentives for politicians, academics and other actors in the system to reject this model. For example, …

Your analysis of the situation is incomplete because it does not consider the source of the resources used in the government stimulus. The resources need to come from someplace in …

The Krugman detractors seem to be of the opinion that Krugman is clueless, not that he advocated a recession or cheered on the disaster. In this article, Krugman says that consumer…

"To fight this recession the Fed needs more than a snapback; it needs soaring household spending to offset moribund business investment. And to do that, as Paul McCulley of Pimco p…

I'd want to know where the company is located before applying, but I cannot find any mention of the location the website. Perhaps that's a test and I failed.

The Tornado philosophy is to use blocking for fast operations and async for the occasional long operation. Tornado applications compensate for blocking by running several instances…

Tornado solves the problem of building web frontends, particularly those with comet features. This problem is not specific to FriendFeed. A number of other services use Tornado inc…