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roxstar

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About roxstar

Maybe I just like rocks.

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    Comment #2191969

    Like this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol%27s_cost_disease

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    Comment #2191945

    > Linode is a good example of how we're different. As per my knowledge, you can have your own kernel, that's true, but you need to make a special request to support & then wait for…

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    Comment #2191523

    It wasn't just the popup for me it was the stock photos that turned me off (you have a bunch of suited guys and gals on the about page but scroll down to what looks like comments o…

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    Comment #2191054

    Why don't you offer 32bit OSs especially considering that all your servers are under 4gb ram

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    Comment #2183564

    If you are going to go the terminal way with ssh-agent I highly recommend using keychain ( http://www.funtoo.org/en/security/keychain/intro/ ) which is quite easy to setup and use,…

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    Comment #2183213

    I'd be willing to guess that for the amount of money microsoft probably payed they got special treatment.

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    Comment #2181478

    I think you can reset the administrative password using an html file or dns record to verify you own the domain. Just go to www.google.com/a/zionadvisors.com and click can't access…

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    Comment #2177498

    One of the sad things though is that hp has really declined in quality calculators, if you look around you'll find quite a few problems regarding accuracy in the new 35s close to c…

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    Comment #2176857

    Speaking from a younger persons point of view: what about being 26 would make you worse than say a 21 year old at starting a startup? If you are supporting other people it may be q…

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    Comment #2167848

    He must be self employed.

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    Comment #2154171

    I thought arch moved to python 3 for /usr/bin/python so maybe that is causing the issue?

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    Comment #2148045

    I just tried it on linux and it works :/

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    Comment #2141977

    This is kind of interesting: http://www.pythonchallenge.com/ I started out with python doing project euler ( http://projecteuler.net/ ) though that really won't give you that good …

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    Comment #2141632

    Looks okay on chrome 9 on ubuntu lts: His two font choices Georgia: http://i.imgur.com/Lp6QL.png Droid Serif: http://i.imgur.com/0Kja4.png

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    Comment #2137990

    Well that kind of portrays a different kind of hacker (the hats) than what the emblem I linked is for.

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    Comment #2137981

    There is this: http://catb.org/hacker-emblem/ You see it around a bit.

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    Comment #2137748

    Try structuring yourself to a schedule, start off easy with things you can manage and move to a stricter and stricter schedule. The best way to develop a habit is to practice that …

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    Comment #2134020

    I don't own an ipad but mobi is pretty popular and easily converted so there should be an app to view them if the apple book app doesn't work. Otherwise you can use calibre to conv…

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    Comment #2132998

    I don't understand, what is the posterous of customer support ?

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    Comment #2128506

    Is rvm commonly used for production or just development environments? I can see where having a script to get your production (or testing) environment up and running with minimal us…

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    Comment #2122718

    In your hosts file add: 127.0.0.1 news.ycombinator.com 127.0.0.1 other.distracting.site ...etc Windows, Linux, MacOS all have a hosts file if you don't know where it is google it r…

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    Ask HN/PG: Why are comments being paginated?

    Is this a new experiment or is it a new permanent thing to reduce load, I don't think many people are going to be looking at the lower end of the spectrum (clicking more) which may…