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pluies_public

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About pluies_public

I'm primarily pluies on HN. This is merely the profile I use on public places.

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    Comment #9796519

    Oh cool! That rings a bell! :) I wrote and am operating a similar service at http://remaildr.com The implementation is open source at https://github.com/Pluies/remaildr/ The main i…

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    Comment #8593339

    That example will be horribly skewed by the JVM startup time, which is a known problem, but doesn't affect your program once it's started. It's pretty meaningless to compare progra…

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    Comment #8518958

    Maybe you should ease up on the sarcasm.

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    Comment #7420194

    It seem to have https now, and Firefox reports a legitimate certificate. So at least there's that. :)

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    Comment #6505268

    Opening sentence of TFA: "This guide is targeted to “hackers” who wish to move to the San Francisco Bay Area, specifically San Francisco or Silicon Valley. This guide reflects my l…

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    Comment #6493556

    Once again, if you want to support Lavabit, please donate to the defense fund either at http://lavabit.com/ or https://rally.org/lavabit .

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    Comment #6274039

    Oh look, a news website reporting on a blogger for a news website and his feud with another news website. And they say Silicon Valley is self-absorbed. :) Talking about mocking Sil…

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    Comment #6169613

    Keeping in mind 80-92% of it is spam, depending on studies (wikipedia numbers from 2010 apparently, if anyone has a more up-to-date source that'd be grand).

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    Comment #6158247

    Indeed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_Law

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    Comment #6137983

    My personal favourite is "Cruel Intentions", rebranded in France as "Sexe Intentions" - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexe_Intentions

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    Comment #6009888

    Black sharpie then photocopy? Edit: actually, just put a black filter over the sensitive parts while photocopying. That way you don't damage the original and you can send the photo…

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    Comment #5903366

    Robot 5 times out of 5 for me.

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    Comment #5477583

    This is one of these situations where the first (pg's) choice is rationally better, but has also been shown to result in higher chances of low self-esteem and depression. It's very…

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    Comment #5435388

    Uh? What's the advantage of this technique over a randomly generated salt?

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    Comment #5371676

    Indeed, and if you want to stick to the command line... Use `mail` and script away.

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    Comment #5371505

    That's pretty awesome! (For the sceptics, it indeed does no harm and can be interrupted at will)

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    Comment #4550926

    > I don't care if the maps work in Columbia or South Africa. I just want it to work well where I live! So do people in Columbia and South Africa. :)

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    Comment #4066731

    Intellectual Ventures!

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    Comment #3907988

    Probably seek.com.au given the Melbourne references.

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    Comment #3866131

    Pretty ironic, given that the US is the only country I've been to (so far) where my fingerprints have been taken. Live by the sword, yadda yadda.

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    Comment #3865639

    Not so secretly apparently.

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    Comment #3855335

    Thanks for the quick reply ibdknox! It might be useful to include it on the kickstarter page too?

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    Comment #3855324

    I might have overlooked it, but it doesn't seem to say which OS Light Table will run on? I would back it up for Linux, for example, but a Windows version wouldn't be useful for me.…

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    Comment #3855303

    You're going to need way more than that for all their subdomains, CDN, CDN's subdomains, etc. Not to mention having to keep it all up to date in case they roll out a new domain. Th…