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Re:Ask HN: Python framework advice
on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @02:04PM (#1358395)
I'm also in the hunt for a python framework. I've had a look at several, most have already been mentioned here, like Flask and web.py. Personally I'm probably going to go with custom framework built on Werkzeug or modifying Flask.
I think Tornado Web (http://www.tornadoweb.org/) might be an interesting option for you. Should be highly scalable and is being used by FriendFeed. There were some things that I didn't like about it, but I've seemed to have forgotten what exactly.
Re:The Pirate Bay up again - bandwidth provided by Swedish Pirate Party
on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @01:22PM (#1358224)
If you really want to know peoples motivation for downloading copyrighted material, or wanting copyright reform, there are countless of resources on the Internet and elsewhere. This isn't the '80s. Piracy has been common place for at least a decade now. There just isn't any reason nowadays not to know about piracy, even if you don't support it, other than ignorance.
Re:The Pirate Bay up again - bandwidth provided by Swedish Pirate Party
on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @11:40AM (#1357824)
This is of course a political move. The Swedish general election is in four months and the Pirate Party's greatest threat is not getting enough attention. As the other political parties in Sweden doesn't really understand technology and won't actively engage in these issues. In the EP election last year, two unpopular laws had gone into effect the same year and also the Pirate Bay trial had just been held months before the election.
This time around technology related legislature seem to have been postponed and the continuation of the Pirate Bay trial has conveniently been placed just weeks after the election. If the Pirate Party's ISP now decides or get forced to cut off the Pirate Bay from the Internet, they will also censor the Pirate Party, which (of course) is a political party. Sparking a lot of outrage and controversy, which previously has shown very effective for the party.
Re:Google To Buy Global IP Solutions For $68.2 Million In Cash
on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @06:26AM (#1357066)
What's up with all the video chat companies "from" Sweden? Skype, Marratech and now GIPS. Might have something to do with broadband proliferation I guess.
Re:Early 1900s in Colour
on Sunday May 16, 2010 @03:56AM (#1351637)
If I'm counting correctly these photographs still retain copyright to the end of the year (in Sweden), as Albert Kahn died in 1940. Copyright in Sweden is generally uphold up until 70 years after authors death.
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Re:Spotify becomes a "total music management platform"
on Tuesday April 27, 2010 @11:20AM (#1298473)
You're right, doesn't work for everyone. Does seem to work to transfer the binary from someone else though.
Edit: Cnet reportedly has the new version: http://download.cnet.com/Spotify/3000-2141_4-10912348.html?t...
Re:Spotify next generation explained
on Tuesday April 27, 2010 @10:51AM (#1298375)
The workaround [1] seem to work pretty good so far. No crashes, but it does go into a (recoverable) loop if you pull the slider to the end of a track.
[1] http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/spotify_under_wine...
Re:Spotify becomes a "total music management platform"
on Tuesday April 27, 2010 @09:26AM (#1298145)
"So how do you get the new version? We’ve started rolling out the update to users today, however, it will take us a number of days to get it to everyone."
You get the updated version if you (re)download Spotify from the website.
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Re:Soldier in Wikileaks video of 2007 Apache attack reveals what happe...
on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @03:45AM (#1281609)
The thing is that it worked. I never seen any Wikileaks story get so much attention in the news or "virally" on the Internet. Here in Sweden it was a top story on all the major newspapers websites and on the evening news, but put into context. The second part with the hellfire missile, where they didn't provide much commentary, in comparison got a lot less attention. More people than usual do seem to have watched the full material and read the related reports etc. to get the full story.
I never really got upset about Wikileaks providing commentary, because I never had the illusion that they were going to be impartial. Don't be lazy, apply some critical thinking, listen to different sources. Leaks are in their nature untrustworthy. Even intelligence agencies with all their highly educated analysts get things wrong.
Finally if you stop supporting Wikileaks because you don't like that they provide commentary, editorialize, make propaganda or whatever your view are of it. I don't really think you get what their doing or what's at stake.
Re:Soldier in Wikileaks video of 2007 Apache attack reveals what happe...
on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @03:12AM (#1281568)
I think it came across quite clearly in the video that the guys on the ground were a lot more attached to the situation. You could here it in their voices. An important part of this story that sadly won't get much attention is how badly the soldiers are treated. The sergeant could potentially have saved this guy a lot of trouble by letting him see a "mental health person".
Re:Women in tech - Stop talking, start coding
on Monday April 19, 2010 @12:23PM (#1277064)
The US isn't exactly the most gender equal country in the world, so I'll be pretty surprised if women aren't being discriminated against in the tech industry.
Re:How Not to copy your SSH private key to your servers
on Monday April 19, 2010 @11:11AM (#1276862)
Like with the whole "sniffing tor exit nodes" thing [1], you do wonder if it's actually the original owners who fails to protect their data, or if it's someone else [2].
[1] http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2007/09/security-expert... [2] http://pastebin.com/f4b10cc33
Re:HW Hacker Andrew "Bunnie" Huang on The Setup
on Sunday April 18, 2010 @12:00AM (#1274296)
The Microsoft Natural keyboard is surprisingly good for its price. Despite being to wide I really enjoyed it before getting the Kinesis Advantage.
Re:European air tracker adds volcano ashes layer
on Friday April 16, 2010 @06:56PM (#1272196)
Most parts of the northern European airspace was closed 1-2 days ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_travel_disruption_after_the...
Re:Ask HN: Open-source PDF Viewer for my Website?
on Tuesday April 13, 2010 @11:31PM (#1264043)
Don't know if I would call it really good, but pdf2swf might be a start.
Re:Stack Exchange 2.0
on Tuesday April 13, 2010 @09:00PM (#1263830)
I think your reading to much into this. To me it seems like the stack exchange sites just got too little traffic to reach critical mass. Ask Metafilter is an exception to a lot of other communities which became awful as they grew.
Re:Ask HN: Can we finish with the Apple 3.3.1 Policy submissions?
on Monday April 12, 2010 @04:54PM (#1260334)
This is how a news site like this works. If somethings get popular a lot of people will get interested in the topic and post stories about it. Then more people get interested in the topic and so on. It's also a reflection what other sites write about. I don't think somehow limiting how long a topic can be discussed will be good, as a lot of insightful stories will be posted some time after an event occurred. It will fade naturally with time as it becomes less topical.
There's always going to be people that don't find a certain topic interesting, but if something is upvoted it means that other people are. So just read the other stories that you feel interested in and when something you are interested in comes up, others can return the favor.
Also, I do think there are some "less than optimal conditions" at HN, especially for new stories. But I don't think something becoming "overly" popular is because of those conditions.
Re:New iPhone Agreement Bans Flash-to-iPhone Compiler & Others
on Friday April 09, 2010 @07:03AM (#1252361)
It does make a difference. Linux needs more users, both active and passive. I'm actually surprised how many people that would be the target audience for Linux have come to use OS X instead.
Re:I'm quitting the Internet. Will I be liberated or left behind?
on Friday April 09, 2010 @06:25AM (#1252320)
When I need to I've found that separating different activities helps me from getting "caught up" in the Internet. I use a HTPC to watch tv-series/web-tv and listen to music, an android phone for connecting with friends, e-reader to read books and documents. If I do need the computer I mainly use my laptop without wifi, and plug it in when I need to access the Internet briefly.
I do use my desktop computer for gaming, surfing the web and other purely recreational activities, but at least I'm not kidding myself when I do. Before I would tell myself that I was doing something useful, while I would get into the "loop" you're talking about. Now I read and watch video less, but I read and watch things I actually like.
Re:Last week's news
on Thursday April 08, 2010 @08:20AM (#1249667)
There's also newspapers that isn't as focused on analysis as The Economist, which release on a weekly basis. Some newspapers even have international or weekly editions like The Guardian[1]. It does seem like this was a lot more common before the breakthrough of the Internet.
Also I think there's an issue with the format. I personally enjoy magazines like The Economist more in print, while it's the other way around with daily newspapers.
Re:The Thrill of Flying the SR-71 Blackbird
on Wednesday April 07, 2010 @08:51PM (#1248832)
What makes me sad is the disproportionate amount of money and efforts that the US seem to spend on military projects instead of civilian ones(1). Surly the US did and do great civilian projects, but maybe it's greatest achievements are in space where there's also military motives. While it's European countries and Japan which have developed efficient and high speed civilian transportation.
(1) I mean engineering oriented projects like train, cars, telephone networks etc. not academic research where the US clearly is great.
Re:Wikileaks has really misled the public
on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @11:57AM (#1244881)
It's at least more likely that the two guys at 3:50, is carrying an RPG and an AK, then any of the other guys I see in the video. Their behavioral pattern doesn't really match the rest of the groups. At 4:46 you can see something that resembles a magazine sticking out from the striped guy. And the weight of the lift at 3:57 more matches my experience.
To me the chopper crew is just sloppy and they shouldn't be. I get why some grunt storming buildings may accidentally shoot someone holding up a broom or something. But these guys should have the discipline and training to be able to stay cool and wait things out. There's clearly not a full blown street fight going on at this location. And what happens at 5:13?
But frankly I'll always be on the side of war corespondents after reading "My war gone by, I miss it so" and seeing "War Photographer".
Re:Wikileaks has really misled the public
on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @09:12AM (#1244486)
I think 3:38 looks more like a camera strap. An AK is quite heavy and not something you wave around like that. The quality is quite bad so it might be a weapon, but I don't think you can "clearly see an AK-47".
I would be very very surprised if the device at 4:12 is an RPG. It looks and behaves like a long lens camera. At 4:15 you can see a space between the device and the body of the person. An RPG is also quite heavy and has a distinct shape and you wouldn't generally turn it around a corner.
As there also according to wikileaks were photographers on the scene. It's just far more likely that it's one of the front two guys who carries something that picks up his camera and take some pictures. If that is the case, then I would have to question the chopper crews ability to recognize weapons on the ground.
Re:Is Apple destroying a generation of tech whizzes?
on Monday April 05, 2010 @11:42PM (#1243779)
In my opinion the Commodore/Amiga and later the PC computers created a lot more programmers than the Nintendo Entertainment System did. The North European game industry (DICE, Starbreeze, Remedy, etc.) was more or less based on the demoscene i.e. hacking for fun, not math education. Sure, the NES inspired a lot of people. But the real questions is: What if the NES would have been hackable?
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Re:Ask HN: would you give us feedback about our saas directory ?
on Saturday March 20, 2010 @07:53PM (#1207244)
Implement the standard "community" things like rating, tags and comments. Make it sortable by paid/freemium. Create a "suggest a service" form to replace the email adress, and put up some contact information. I like the overall design, but maybe the logo "style" seems a bit out of place.
Re:In support of the Startup Visa
on Saturday March 20, 2010 @07:16PM (#1207198)
That's awesome, getting downvoted and commented on for the one word I put inside quotation marks. I was referring to hackers as in Hacker News i.e. the "startup community". Also it's pretty much impossible to do anything political, especially in the US, without the help of influential people. I could tell you the details of how it's done over here, but something tells me you're not interested.