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mmb

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    Comment #44188384

    https://futel.net/ operates similar free public telephones in Portland, OR.

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    Comment #43644270

    The posts are text only so the memory usage doesn't grow very fast. You can post images using Markdown but the images themselves have to be hosted elsewhere. I've created a few mil…

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    Show HN: Anonymous, ephemeral, distributed forum/message board

    This project started out as an easy to run temporary forum/message board for use during emergencies or in areas with no internet. I've run it on an old router with ddwrt that's not…

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    Comment #10769836

    The bigger problem is that the amount of information you can consume using RSS feeds is declining. Most sites don't publish RSS feeds of their content any more. Sadly RSS is left o…

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    Comment #3724304

    I wrote a ruby gem to do this: https://github.com/mmb/plumnailer The current ranking is simple but I made it pluggable with the idea that it could be improved or there could be mul…

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    Comment #2554804

    I use Rake to manage the symlink part of this https://github.com/mmb/config/blob/master/Rakefile

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    Show HN: new meme generator Meme Captain

    I made a meme generator because the existing ones were always down. Meme generation code is a ruby gem that can be also be used locally.

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    Comment #2345145

    Having a baby caused me to transition to this style for personal projects. I spend a lot less time in front of the computer now and when I do it's for shorter times. I've found thi…

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    Comment #2208631

    Sounds like a use case for a TrueCrypt hidden volume.

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    Comment #2158863

    Open source router firmwares like DD-WRT or Android handsets would be good platforms for some kind of mesh network. Having a wireless AP with a webserver and forum software would b…

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    Comment #2108333

    I like that Minecraft is proof you can write something cool in Java, a language considered by many to be corporate and boring. All Java haters should watch the video of Notch codin…

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    Comment #2086806

    CPAN is large and comprehensive but every time I've had to use it I've had to watch a minimum of 20 minutes of scrolling compilation, installing dependencies and running tests. Rub…

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    Comment #2059221

    I use the OptimizeGoogle (and previously CustomizeGoogle) Firefox plugin for this: http://www.optimizegoogle.com/

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    Comment #2026259

    It's regex search the of the url itself and the page title. It doesn't match against the full document if that's what you mean. That's an interesting idea though.

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    Comment #2013921

    I wrote this so I would not have to rely on a third party for bookmarking and so I could have regex search: https://github.com/mmb/murlsh

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    Comment #1822396

    http://urls.matthewm.boedicker.org/ code http://github.com/mmb/murlsh Right now a link blog for those who want to self-host and customize. May build a site that hosts these or add …

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    Comment #1813621

    A ruby framework for hosting your own url sharing / archiving site. http://github.com/mmb/murlsh

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    Comment #1220157

    Some of this contradicts jslint with "The Good Parts" options. It will complain about multiple var statements and missing space after function.

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    Comment #720888

    url sharing and personal archiving framework http://urls.matthewm.boedicker.org/

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    Comment #587038

    Possible but I'd be surprised if Ashton Kutcher's publicist was using an aol.com email address.

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    Comment #586886

    Can't these by easily unblurred to reveal Britney Spears and Ashton Kutcher's email addresses?

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    Comment #285664

    Where in upstate NY? I'm in Syracuse and would go to something like this here.