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nadams

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About nadams

Hi! I'm a developer and system/network administrator who is easy going and laid back. I also run a source code hosting service, and a 3D printing business.

Feel free to ask me anything - adamsna[at]datanethost.net .

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    This is all I see on Chrome - http://i.imgur.com/TtHA9zh.png

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    Comment #10364429

    > MySQL has been one problem after another. Please elaborate. MySQL/MaraiaDB can be pretty relaxed when it comes to SQL standards (which you can disable/tweak), but I've yet to hav…

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    > There are no infrastructure changes, or hardware required. This was one of FTC’s guidelines for the contest. > Unfortunately, Nomorobo is not available on traditional analog land…

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    Comment #10360656

    No offense but I didn't mention a specific VOIP provider on purpose. However, callcentric already has it built and much easier to understand than twilio. I'm not saying that servic…

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    Comment #10360616

    > How on earth do "normal" people fall for this? How do people fall for phishing scams or running malware from an email attachment? The answer to that question is the same to yours…

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    Comment #10360273

    > Once the relatives get wind of this, there is a simple solution. Get a new phone number for the person in question. And even more critical don't cancel the old one. Or an even be…

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    > I think the burden of proof falls under the one saying youtube-dl is illegal, doesn't? I kind of figured it would be obvious BUT.... > Two days after YouTube-MP3.org, a site that…

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    Comment #10357620

    Yes - see: Cache-Control Expires max-age See https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/o...

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    Comment #10355992

    I don't know what country you live in - but in the US it's pretty clear on the court's stance on scraping [1]. I'm not saying I agree with it - but that is the legal precedent. > A…

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    Comment #10355332

    I'm surprised to see this on HN. This should be called "Illegally download any song". I think the project is extremely cool and you have props from me - but I hate it when people t…

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    > How often have I wished I could at least see the age of someone when reading through comments. I don't know if age is as useful as something like list of projects, publications, …

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    Comment #10350604

    I really don't know why you are being downvoted - but this is pretty spot on. I know one of the science subreddits started to add flair for people who proved they had X degree or b…

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    That doesn't stop people from trying. I'm sure some manager in some company is angry at his IT staff because he is trying to load 10GB of statistics into Excel and his staff is tel…

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    I recall a story about an infected version of qemu (might have happened to other software) for Windows. Basically they hacked the site, replaced the binaries with infected ones AND…

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    Not to be that guy - but did you test this? parameters = {'hostname': self.hostname, 'myip': myip} Change to: parameters = {'hostname': self.hostname, 'myip': ip} Change: for host …

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    Comment #10334071

    > but they're... proprietary Everything you ever wanted to know about Exchange [1] (but were afraid to ask). I personally use SOGo [2] as a Exchange ActiveSync provider but I know …

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    I completely agree - things needs to be simpler not more complex. I believe a quote from Albert Einstein fits here: > "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, an…

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    I think what Buge is saying is that some user X used the "find my contacts from my email" feature. Linkedin hoovered all emails (and potential conversations) and built a database o…

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    If you used a credit card - you should have asked your credit card company to do a chargeback. I've only done about 4-5 in my life - and every time the credit card company always w…

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    I used buzzfeed as a quick popular example - but Yahoo news is just as bad. I recall a "scientific study" where there was a link between plastic and issues with fetuses. The yahoo …

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    > Wiki is not a very reliable source for citations I've always found this paradigm troubling. Any class I've been in has banned the use of wikipedia - but not big-jims-site-o-facts…

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    I'm pretty sure alternatives already exist [1]. [1] http://beebom.com/2015/05/best-itunes-alternatives

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    This is why you should always be careful about black-box devices that you connect to the internet. It's convenient but extremely risky. I just discovered that AstroBox runs their w…