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jdbevan

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About jdbevan

Web developer (PHP, Javascript, MySQL), rookie sysadmin and minor entrepreneur.

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    Ask HN: Which TLS implementation do you use at work?

    Until today I'd only heard of OpenSSL and GnuTLS. Wikipedia lists: Botan, cryptlib, CyaSSL, GnuTLS, MatrixSSL, Network Security Services, OpenSSL, PolarSSL, Schannel, Secure Transp…

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    Sorry, cash in person only.

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    Comment #7342680

    I've started noticing different a's recently in typography since it was pointed out to me that people with dyslexia and people with lower literacy skills struggle with the "upright…

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    Comment #7340529

    There's some discussion on the RFCs and mailing lists about creating new backwards-incompatible OO APIs for the core libraries which would eventually replace some of the legacy mes…

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    Sending emails via plane in the jungle

    I was chatting with one of my dad's friends recently who was telling me about how they sometimes used to send emails back in the 1990's when they were in Papua New Guinea working a…

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    Comment #5595445

    Shame this isn't an unbiased/independent report.

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    Comment #5595438

    It's a combination of laziness, ignorance and a reluctance to migrate/fix legacy code.

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    Comment #5558925

    I already successfully use this method between my work laptop (Windows 7) and my home laptop (Ubuntu 11.04) and haven't run into any problems yet!

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    Comment #4841813

    Is no-one else worried about these TOS applying to their email attachments? you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, cre…

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    Comment #4813769

    IMO it's kind of hard to pronounce (-tsch is not common in English) and remember how to spell.

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