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Re:Async Python is not faster on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:03AM (#23597256)
Can you share more information on this (articles, etc)?
Re:Ask HN: Glusterfs or ceph on Digitalocean block storage? on Monday February 13, 2017 @12:22PM (#13636945)
Unless I'm misunderstanding, this isn't what I'm looking for. I'm looking for expandable storage - the ability to add GB/TB by adding disks. Replication is important, yes, but if I can't grow the volume, I'll just plain cry.

Ask HN: Glusterfs or ceph on Digitalocean block storage?

I'm curious to hear of experiences running distributed filesystems like glusterfs or ceph (others too?) on Digitalocean's block storage.I've got a side project that will be continuously adding many 50kb to 20mb files, so easy expansion is necessary.Any "at-scale" (ie. production, under real load) performance reports/benchmarks appreciated.Reliability, recovery from node failure, etc comments...

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Ask HN: Dismantling botnets: possible?

I'll state up front that I know nothing about botnet formation, architecture or the like.Simple question: is it possible for operating system manufacturers to send out an update (forcibly, preferably) that detects and disables networking on infected machines?Alternatively, would it be possible to send out an OS update that could detect infected machines and report back IP address communication...

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Re:Oil price: Brent crude hits 11-year low on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @10:28AM (#10778239)
"Many consumers have enjoyed the falling price of fuel in the form of lower petrol prices; several UK supermarkets have begun selling petrol at below £1 per litre - which they last did in 2009."

It feels as though prices haven't fallen relatively here in Canada, at least not on the west coast.

(112.9c CAD / litre in Victoria, BC)

Re:As of 9.5, Postgres JSONB data can be modified on Sunday December 20, 2015 @10:41AM (#10767300)
I can only assume that you are not using any mainstream *nix-based operating system. Installing through package management is easy for both MySQL and PostgreSQL.
Re:Walmart Pay on Thursday December 10, 2015 @02:07PM (#10712615)
Chip & Pin and Contactless are commonplace in Canada as well at stores. Not all have it, but most get it as they upgrade their systems.
Partner with indirectly related products, services, websites, bloggers in your space. Reach out with a carrot to many of them - and there are _many_ - some of them will likely want to work with you.

You'll likely need to offer something tantalizing in return...

Re:Elasticsearch 2.0.0-rc1 released on Sunday October 11, 2015 @11:22PM (#10372348)
This is a better list of changes from prior stable releases, rather than just the prior beta:https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.0/...

Read through the series of pages to understand all major changes.

They've even got them here in Canada! Victoria BC of all places.
Surprisingly, I get this fairly often on my mobile. I'm not quite sure what's changed with the last version (or couple) of Android to trigger this. Over-secure, perhaps?
As do I on my Android lollipop 5.1.
I just love the domain.
Re:Ask HN: Are developers in India highly over-rated? on Friday May 15, 2015 @12:31PM (#9551692)
I completely agree.
Re:Ask HN: Are developers in India highly over-rated? on Friday May 15, 2015 @11:20AM (#9551169)
This is the honest truth.

I've dealt with outsourcing to India before and share many of the same headaches mentioned in these comments.

I know it's a generalization, but I believe it's fairer to generalize about Indian outsourcing businesses than about Indian individuals: these businesses are doing their best to maximize profits, like any business does. They hire very low, mark up quite a bit and (in my experience) misrepresent their talent pool.

Conversely, I've worked with a number of brilliant Indians at a large corp here in North America.

The good individuals leave after a couple of years or less. The turnover is really high. They leave for the same reasons anyone would: better opportunities, mentorship, culture, money, etc.

In reality, it's a smoke and mirrors game where the outsourcers mostly win. Indian individuals get a bad rap.

Is gevent holding you back from switching to Python 3?

On Python's Wall of Shame/Superpowers[0], gevent[1] is the module that prevents me from moving my Python/Django web projects to Python 3.For those of you who previously used gevent and have ported/migrated Python web projects to Python 3, have you simply refactored out gevent in favour of synchronous or asyncio-based code? Or have you found a good replacement/gevent fork?Note that there is a...

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Re:LastPass installs malware? on Friday May 08, 2015 @11:59AM (#9512410)
OP here.

The only thing that I can come up with is that I happened across a malicious page that did a drive-by install of some malware that magically disappeared upon browser restart (which both the lastpass installer and uninstaller force in order to get their extensions registered).

At least, that's what I'm hoping, or I've still got malware on my system!

Re:LastPass installs malware? on Thursday May 07, 2015 @10:48PM (#9509732)
I absolutely agree - a reputation is easily shattered, which is why it seems incredulous that you guys were actually knowingly behind this.

Like I said, however - the issues disappeared upon uninstallation of the lastpass browser extension pack for OSX, and it certainly seemed to appear on its installation.

For everyone's sake, let's all hope I was idiotic at some prior point and somehow had a different drive-by install...

Re:LastPass installs malware? on Thursday May 07, 2015 @08:52PM (#9509419)
I posted a response to a request for a sha256sum - I had the same sum as the one posted. If providing md5sum helps further, I will.
Re:LastPass installs malware? on Thursday May 07, 2015 @08:50PM (#9509415)
I've verified the invite was all lastpass.com.
Re:LastPass installs malware? on Thursday May 07, 2015 @05:49PM (#9508563)
Looks the same for me.
Re:LastPass installs malware? on Thursday May 07, 2015 @05:44PM (#9508524)
Probably wiser. However, I got looped into their on-site download funnel through a legit invite from a colleague.
Re:LastPass installs malware? on Thursday May 07, 2015 @05:40PM (#9508492)
I have no idea - I've never used them before. I imagine if you've already got it installed, it's not an issue for you.

I don't think their product is affected, just what gets installed is <nasty>.

LastPass installs malware?

From the lastpass download page, I installed the contents of https:// lastpass.com / download / cdn / lpmacosx.zip (de-urlized, for public safety)My browsers were all hi-jacked, links taken over - lots of 'searchmadeeasy.com' linking (particularly on stackoverlow.com and viewing stackoverflow.com results in google searches) and http:// macsecurity-alert .com (de-urlized again), which is pretty...

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I came here to post this.

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