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Did some software reversing a couple of decades ago, had a SoftICE license, hot-patched running code in production, etc. That is, I know the basics, but the specifics are outdated.…

To each their own. For a lot of people it’s way more fun to make a new thing than to fork and patch someone else’s.

Gotta say kopia does have a very strong restic vibe to it. Not a bad thing, just means that restic managed to get lots of things right.

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$99 a pop is still pretty expensive.

Had an Orkut account once. It proved to be more than enough :)

MS DOS was Microsoft's lucky break. It's not like they were established as an OS developer that needed 6 years to get noticed.

Also, do you think you or anyone else is going to have much trouble telling who baby_rutabega_spoon is when he talks about his bingo business or ruthless_carrot_fork when he gets e…

> ...which would address the same problem. I don't think it would. Points determine the rank, so people would still be inclined to upvote their favourite users' comments if they se…

Never used "leaders", but "ask" sounds like something that I would actually click on when the front page is lacking readable content. (edit) Oh, and while you are reading this, pg …

In the next episode - "How to use sparks to dial a phone number" :)

I wish I could downvote you for a sheer ignorance. > who needs a service ? Foundries do. You know, the people who actually make your "local fonts". Also those who recognize what a …

Technical side - neat, very neat. I like it a lot. Business side - the recurrent pricing model does not make any sense whatsoever. Unless someone is actively developing the site or…

The idea is OK, but one needs to have connections in typographic community to execute it. Going foundry by foundry and convincing them to take their heads out of DRM hole and consi…

Anyone has any experience using professional screencast production services ? More specifically, with professional narrators or voice artists.

It might be a valid business idea, but essentially that's how you milk the fad.

There's a lot of things that are interesting. All needs to be taken in moderation or this place will end up chokeful of Digg-style news. TOP 10 BESTEST HISTORICAL MATIREAL OMG .. T…

Yes, but not on this site.

psst .. you can edit the post after it's first submitted :)

In 60s there was a campaign in Soviet Union with a slongan "If it's being done, let's do it big". It sounded really odd even untranslated.