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Every app you buy has an expiration date

Posted by lest on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @07:31AM
from the productimpossible.com dept.

https://productimpossible.com/review/app-expiration-date/

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Lifetime subscriptions don't mean what you think they mean

Posted by lest on Saturday March 28, 2026 @03:23PM
from the productimpossible.com dept.

https://productimpossible.com/review/lifetime-subscriptions-trap/

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Supporting HTTP/2 for Google Chrome Users

Posted by lest on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @03:41PM
from the nginx.com dept.

https://www.nginx.com/blog/supporting-http2-google-chrome-users/

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Beating Uber with a PostgreSQL prototype

Posted by lest on Saturday May 07, 2016 @05:59AM
from the cybertec.at dept.

http://www.cybertec.at/2016/05/beating-uber-with-a-postgresql-prototype/

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How to Make Remote Working Work for You

Posted by lest on Monday June 08, 2015 @10:25AM
from the toptal.com dept.

http://www.toptal.com/remote/how-to-make-remote-working-work-for-you

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Ruby 2.1.0-rc1 is released

Posted by lest on Friday December 20, 2013 @02:58PM
from the ruby-lang.org dept.

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/12/20/ruby-2-1-0-rc1-is-released/

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Croatian central bank establishes that Bitcoin is legal in Croatia

Posted by lest on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @06:33AM
from the translate.google.com dept.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=hr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poslovni.hr%2Ftrzista%2Fhnb-bitcoin-je-poput-zlata-u-world-of-warcraftu-i-linden-dolara-u-second-lifeu-258543

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Swiss parliamentary postulate: Bitcoin is a currency

Posted by lest on Monday December 09, 2013 @01:50PM
from the bitcointalk.org dept.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=364555.0

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“MongoDB is dead. Long live Postgresql”

Posted by lest on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @09:50AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/errbit/errbit/issues/614

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Ngx_mruby: script Nginx with Matz’ mruby

Posted by lest on Thursday October 17, 2013 @05:01PM
from the matsumoto-r.github.io dept.

http://matsumoto-r.github.io/ngx_mruby/

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Instagram Django site admin

Posted by lest on Thursday June 13, 2013 @07:58AM
from the instagram.com dept.

https://instagram.com/django/

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Don't (always) depend on third-party services

Posted by lest on Thursday March 21, 2013 @09:21AM
from the brainspec.com dept.

http://brainspec.com/blog/2013/03/21/do-not-always-depend-on-third-party-services/

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Ruby, Smalltalk and Class Variables

Posted by lest on Monday December 17, 2012 @10:41AM
from the patshaughnessy.net dept.

http://patshaughnessy.net/2012/12/17/ruby-smalltalk-and-class-variables

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RubyGems 2.0.0.preview2 release notes

Posted by lest on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @03:17AM
from the blog.rubygems.org dept.

http://blog.rubygems.org/2012/12/03/2.0.0-preview2.html

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Twitter’s record-breaking night killed the Fail Whale, no thanks to Ruby

Posted by lest on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @04:47PM
from the venturebeat.com dept.

http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/07/twitter-election-dev-post-mortem/

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Delegation on a method by method basis with Forwardable

Posted by lest on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @02:15PM
from the brainspec.com dept.

http://brainspec.com/blog/2012/11/07/delegation-with-forwardable/

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PayPal, Symantec and Others Hacked by Anonymous

Posted by lest on Monday November 05, 2012 @10:36AM
from the mashable.com dept.

http://mashable.com/2012/11/05/paypal-symantec-and-others-hacked-by-anonymous/

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Anonymous Claims To Have Stolen 28,000 PayPal Passwords

Posted by lest on Monday November 05, 2012 @10:35AM
from the gizmodo.com dept.

http://gizmodo.com/5957682/anonymous-claims-to-have-stolen-28000-paypal-passwords

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International Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest 2012

Posted by lest on Friday November 02, 2012 @04:29PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/saizai/iorcc#international-obfuscated-ruby-code-contest-iorcc

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Ruby 2.0 patch that could make Rails startup 2.2x faster

Posted by lest on Thursday November 01, 2012 @03:57AM
from the bugs.ruby-lang.org dept.

http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7158

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Ruby Under a Microscope: Learning Ruby Internals through Experiment

Posted by lest on Monday October 29, 2012 @10:26AM
from the patshaughnessy.net dept.

http://patshaughnessy.net/ruby-under-a-microscope

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Fast hashing with CityHash

Posted by lest on Monday October 29, 2012 @07:37AM
from the brainspec.com dept.

http://brainspec.com/blog/2012/10/29/fast-hashing-with-cityhash/

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Ways to Decompose Fat ActiveRecord Models

Posted by lest on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @09:05AM
from the blog.codeclimate.com dept.

http://blog.codeclimate.com/blog/2012/10/17/7-ways-to-decompose-fat-activerecord-models/

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What should the search gem provide?

Posted by lest on Monday October 15, 2012 @11:23AM
from the polldaddy.com dept.

http://polldaddy.com/poll/6596934/

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Xavier Noria: The Code Gardener

Posted by lest on Thursday October 11, 2012 @02:37PM
from the rubysource.com dept.

http://rubysource.com/xavier-noria-the-code-gardener/

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New Website Will Make Government Information Easier to Obtain

Posted by lest on Monday October 08, 2012 @08:33AM
from the ombwatch.org dept.

http://www.ombwatch.org/new-site-will-make-govt-info-easier-to-obtain

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Keyword arguments in Ruby 2.0

Posted by lest on Monday October 08, 2012 @05:07AM
from the brainspec.com dept.

http://brainspec.com/blog/2012/10/08/keyword-arguments-ruby-2-0/

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CSS Pictures - image to CSS stylesheet converter

Posted by lest on Thursday October 04, 2012 @10:55AM
from the csspics.herokuapp.com dept.

http://csspics.herokuapp.com/

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RIP Bill_Nye_Tho: Creator of Twitter’s Favorite Parody Account Says He’s Done

Posted by lest on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @02:48PM
from the betabeat.com dept.

http://betabeat.com/2012/09/rip-bill_nye_tho-creator-of-twitters-favorite-parody-account-says-hes-done/

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