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bbhoss-synsol··on Ask YC: nginx or apache for PHP?
I currently use Nginx + FCGI for my minimal PHP needs. I have also used Apache, and the only real differences I've noticed is how its setup. Lots of people use Nginx because it feels alot more lightweight for whatever reason than apache, plus many stats show it can handle more connections with less memory. For my setup, I am using lighthttpd's fcgi starter script, since it automates the process initialization.
bbhoss-synsol··on Brain-boosting drugs for healthy people
I'd like to see an incident where caffeine has caused such severe cutaneous and dermatologic reactions as modafinil has. If such drugs were deregulated, we would certainly see the number of victims of these horrible reactions go up.
bbhoss-synsol··on Brain-boosting drugs for healthy people
Modafinil (Provigil) is indicated for use treating narcolepsy, which was it's initial indication. Recently, the FDA has approved it for treatment of symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (which I take it for), and shift work sleep disorder.

http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E...

bbhoss-synsol··on Can Dropbox Be Trusted?
I think it's safe to say not to put anything on DropBox that you wouldn't lug around on a flash drive. You probably shouldn't be transporting sensitive information on your flash drive OR DropBox, and if you DO, you better be damn sure its encrypted.
bbhoss-synsol··on OpenPoker, a scalable poker server written in Erlang, is public on GitHub
This is quite an interesting piece of software, however I keep wondering why it remains so restricted when it comes to licensing.

Also, do you still plan on working on a Ruby version of OpenPoker? I am quite interested in how you would go about designing such software with Ruby, since there isn't really an OTP-equivalent.

Thanks.

bbhoss-synsol··on Ask HN: Buying servers?
I like Sun servers, they can be expensive, but you can get some good deals if you are accepted into SSE (Sun Startup Essentials). For me one of the best things about them is the ILOM, which is badass as far as I'm concerned. Also, their N1 System manager lets you manage and provision a bunch of servers from a single location. It will also keep track of the environment on all of them, but thats nothing you couldn't build with SNMP traps etc. Also, I must mention that if you pay for the support, it is awesome, I had a problem with system drives on a Friday, and they overnighted it and I had it Saturday. They also don't charge you unless you don't send the defective part back, with THEIR free packaging and shipping. It was also nice of them to include 3-4 3M anti-static wrist straps with my shipment of new hardware :)