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Dark net raids were 'overblown' by police, says Tor Project
Re:Firefox OS Apps run on Android
on Friday June 13, 2014 @10:36AM (#7889040)
This is great for me, I've just rebuilt my Android phone without GAPPS as an ongoing effort to minimise my reliance on Google. The Twitter app does what it says on the tin. Looking forward to the Facebook app supporting Android too. I've always used simple bookmarks for these two services anyway (because why should their Play Store apps need all those permissions?) so the performance hit isn't something I'm bothered about.
Re:Google Search Results: Dictator Not Found
on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @04:50PM (#7780695)
Clear public interest, request denied. The EU ruling works.
Re:AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage
on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @02:04PM (#7745153)
Have you tried using Chromium[1] instead? Once I got serious with ABP/KISS Privacy/Ghostery I figured it made sense to switch from Chrome to Chromium.
And discovering Chromium-Updater the other day has plugged the only missing piece in the jigsaw, for me.
[1]http://chromium.woolyss.com/ [2]https://github.com/benbristow/Chromium-Updater/releases
Not to be confused with:
Response to Typepad Downtime this week
Re:Comic Sans, meet Comic Neue
on Monday April 07, 2014 @05:58AM (#7545559)
I've always loved comic sans, it's like a family Labrador that just wants to have fun.
When more discerning people around me criticise it, I send them off to read: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole
Thanks for the refresh, OP. I can't wait to see where I can sneak this in.
Re:Facebook CPC – Don't Waste Your Money
on Friday April 04, 2014 @10:44AM (#7531674)
Strongly agree. I was expecting another low-quality Facebook-bashing article but was pleasantly surprised with how thoroughly the author tracked the visits (FB reports > server logs > Analytics). The whole mis-clicking on mobile rings true for me, particularly. I'm forever accidentally 'liking' posts when just trying to view the comments.
I've run a few campaigns and always managed to break even. I believe the key to success is very selective, and often slightly obscure, targeting.
Re:Apple Pursuit of Samsung Starts Bordering On Farce
on Monday March 31, 2014 @11:15AM (#7501943)
Apple can't innovate any more because Apple are too busy fighting a legal battle with Samsung.
I think this statement is the biggest problem with the article. I can't reasonably see how the innovators within Apple would be too bothered by what the legal team are up to.
Re:Backup Awareness Week
on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @02:10PM (#7467646)
As it was ambiguous, I figured you must have been talking about the more likely scenario whereby files become corrupt on the live server, unknown to the either users or admins. Over time, these corrupt files then make their way through all generations of backup until no good copies remain.
There's nothing special about an rsync/ssh solution that precludes the backup server from creating a read-only copy of each and any backup.
Re:Backup Awareness Week
on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @11:04AM (#7466283)
Of course, and the same is true of every backup solution. The way to mitigate that problem is with a decent backup rotation scheme:
Re:Backup Awareness Week
on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @09:23AM (#7465641)
I simply rsync my entire server (over ssh) to a large disk on another box. Super easy to set up and the backed up data doesn't need any special software to read/restore, beyond standard 'nix tools.
Re:Tor: Directly connecting users from Turkey
on Sunday March 23, 2014 @10:09AM (#7453349)
> the first 6 URLs are Google products
One of which is Google+, every cloud has a silver lining.
Re:Why Does Backspace Go Back A Page?
on Saturday March 22, 2014 @07:41AM (#7448661)
I think it's because that particular statement is the foundation of the complainant's argument against the shortcut. And for someone who never experiences this failure scenario, the vitriol against the backspace key is nigh on impossible to understand.
Re:Shitty technology (view source)
on Friday March 21, 2014 @05:56PM (#7445203)
Couldn't resist optimising the script.
<html>
<body>
<script>
setTimeout(function() {
var page = ["http://bluestatedigital.com",
"http://microsoft.com",
"http://ngpvan.com",
"http://mongodb.com",
"http://comcast.com",
"http://scientology.org",
"http://timewarnercable.com",
"http://godaddy.com",
"http://loggly.com",
"http://php.net",
"http://eclipse.org",
"http://intuit.com",
"http://mysql.com"];
window.location = page[Math.floor(Math.random()*page.length)];
}, 1500);
</script>
</body>
</html>
Re:How to block semalt.com referrer traffic using .htaccess
on Friday March 21, 2014 @02:59PM (#7444082)
If You Love Her, Let Her Grow
Re:A format for creating press releases
on Saturday December 21, 2013 @12:22PM (#6947198)
Ignoring the fact the main focus of the following website is a world away from anything HN-related, perhaps you might find the following article, from an ex-journalist, on the subject of crafting press releases helpful:
http://www.rocknrollbride.com/2012/04/how-to-write-a-press-r...
(Disclosure: although involved in rocknrollbride.com, I didn't write the article)