mschalle
The Rule of Three
Re:DigitalOcean Wants To Challenge Amazon, Linode With Focus On Simpli...
on Thursday June 27, 2013 @05:22PM (#5954791)
Unfortunately network reliability is also an issue in the SF zone. Apparently they replaced some routers 2 weeks ago, but that hasn't solved the issues entirely. Over the past 2 weeks I've had easily over 30 minutes of downtime. During this downtime no pings / web requests can connect, nor can any SSH connections, so I'm fairly confident it's a loss of connectivity on their end.
Regardless, I'm still happy with the service and the pricing, and will continue to use them in the hopes of the network issues improving.
The Side of DRM we Forget
Re:The Meteoric Rise of DigitalOcean
on Thursday June 13, 2013 @04:58PM (#5876535)
My one gripe with DigitalOcean is that their customer support leaves a great deal to be desired. For days I've been unable to replicate images across regions (any droplet I try to create gets in a permanent stuck state and can't be killed). I filed a service ticket days ago and was told I'd receive a response shortly but have still heard nothing. I've even sent replies pleading for some recognition that my issue is being worked on, but have received no response and no indication that they are working on my ticket. This does not bode well considering that creating a droplet from an existing image is a major feature of their product, and is not properly working.
While I have liked DO when it works and their prices are great, it comes at a cost. In my case that cost is their product not properly functioning and their team seemingly having no intention of fixing my issue.
Re:Thanks to Quora, now you can’t read anonymously
on Friday August 03, 2012 @12:52PM (#4334813)
Quora, you fucked up.
Re:Fast Forward - Provisioned IOPS for EBS Volumes
on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @03:55AM (#4321671)
Hopefully this shuts up people always complaining about EBS...
Re:Apple granted 'the mother of all smartphone software patents'
on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @07:59PM (#4263653)
Well, shit.
Luis von Ahn (creator of CAPTCHA and Duolingo) Reddit AMA
Re:Github Raises $100 Million
on Monday July 09, 2012 @05:10PM (#4220482)
What makes you think this will ruin them?
Re:Safari Vs Chrome iOS JavaScript Benchmark
on Friday June 29, 2012 @02:32PM (#4178245)
Yeah I could never really tell how that even made it to the App Store. Some stupid wrapper around the web page, but the Chrome app is definitely more along the lines of what I'd expect from Google.
Re:Safari Vs Chrome iOS JavaScript Benchmark
on Friday June 29, 2012 @02:14PM (#4178135)
It looks better and feels snappier, so these tests are surprising...
Re:Coding Horror: The PHP Singularity
on Friday June 29, 2012 @12:43PM (#4177561)
I used to really like Coding Horror, but everything Atwood writes now days he sounds like a damn broken record. And his twitter feed is nothing short of immature and childish.
Re:Confrontation With TSA Agent Leaves Grandfather’s Ashes on Floor
on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @08:21PM (#4164891)
Disgraceful. How does the TSA constantly get away with shit like this?
Re:Google X Lab proves that the Internet is really powered by cats
on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @05:53PM (#4164366)
Can we change the title to something more serious to reflect how truly groundbreaking this research could be?
Re:Tuts+ Premium Account Security Compromised
on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @01:59PM (#4163253)
Plain text? Are you KIDDING me?!
Re:I Just Gave Up $4000 Per Month to Keep My Freedom of Speech
on Thursday June 21, 2012 @07:36PM (#4144691)
Integrity > money
Re:
on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @06:59PM (#4139613)
Really...?
Re:Building an S3 powered liveblog platform
on Friday June 15, 2012 @04:03PM (#4118411)
Awesome post. The system really held up too, the liveblog was a pleasure to follow.
Re:Amazon RDS failure - data has been lost
on Friday June 15, 2012 @12:45PM (#4117369)
Always assume Murphy's law will hold, regardless of what service provider you use.
If you were running your own database, you surely would have had rigorous backups because the responsibility was on you.
Assume that if a service can fail, it will. If data can be lost, it will be. Then, plan accordingly.
EDIT: grammar
Re:The Struggle
on Thursday June 14, 2012 @05:21PM (#4113567)
Incredible.
This is not checkers; this is mutherfuckin’ chess... technology moves, the competition moves, the market moves, the people move
Couldn't have summed it all up more perfectly
Re:AWS Support Expands Free Tier, Adds New Features, Lowers Prices
on Thursday June 14, 2012 @04:27PM (#4113362)
This is why Amazon is blowing the rest of the market out of the water. Every week I get an email about some new feature or a bunch of features, and it's not just some small change like "oh, we changed our UI."
It's always some large significant change that makes AWS a better product.
Re:
on Thursday June 14, 2012 @02:33PM (#4112822)
I agree with the skeptics here. If it left a crater in the ground he wouldn't have his hand (scientists, feel free to chime in). I call BS.
Re:June 30th 2012 will be 1 second longer: 23:59:60
on Thursday June 14, 2012 @02:09PM (#4112705)
I'm guessing my iPhone alarm will break again?
Re:Kogan imposes a tax on IE7 shoppers
on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @08:20PM (#4109186)
Honestly more sites should do something like this (maybe a little less prohibitive and a bit more informational). I think most users with old browsers are on them because they don't know about the faults of that browser or the alternatives. Making the alternatives so obvious may do some good, and shouldn't be too much of an inconvenience to the user.
Re:PHP: the quiet powerhouse
on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @06:03PM (#4108705)
I agree that PHP is good for starting learning web development and for small sample apps, but from experience I really think that large-scale PHP applications are not easy to manage. The codebase becomes disorganized very quickly, and tracking down a piece of code's "hierarchy" (what it inherits from, what methods it has available, etc.) can be a whole new kind of hell. IMO, of course.
Re:Skype advertising update
on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @03:01PM (#4107784)
you should think of Conversation Ads as a way for Skype to generate fun interactivity between your circle of friends and family and the brands you care about
Hahaha that's a new one
Re:Aging Microsoft lures young tech idealists
on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @09:52PM (#4103939)
They have a program called Explorers [1] that's been driving a lot of their internship success. It lets interns rotate through different departments, rather than focus on one area.
[1] http://careers.microsoft.com/careers/en/us/internships-explo...
Re:Evolution-data-server : Remove a bunch of juvenile comments
on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @08:50PM (#4103741)
I wonder how this codebase would rank in the GitHub emotions analysis [1]
[1]: http://geeksta.net/geeklog/exploring-expressions-emotions-gi...
Re:Ask HN: What are the best ways to find and recruit interns for star...
on Monday November 14, 2011 @12:01PM (#3234699)
Posting on places like HN isn't a bad idea either. I'm actually a CS student at CMU so I'm on the lookout for summer internships. Just reply if you'd like to get in touch