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bearbin··on X-Rays of Toys
The pinch indicators are just Liquid crystal thermometers and a heating element.
bearbin··on The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more
Debian minimal, with NGINX or some other light HTTP is easy on even 64 megs. On 128, you can do stuff like PHP and you can run whatever efficient web stuff you like. The web is light, if you're efficient about it.

As an aside, one of my friends has a 100 meg free VPS from one of the terrible free vps providers. He has managed to squeeze a Minecraft server on, and that can hold about 2 or 3 players! (apart from the terrible network, cpu and uptime)

bearbin··on Passwords are obsolete
YubiKeys are quite a good solution to this issue. OTP always, and a unique User ID as well. It can even go so far as plug in the key, press go and you're all ready, no usernames or passwords needed.
bearbin··on PolarSSL – Does anyone have any experiences with this OpenSSL competitor?
I don't know personally, but the project I work on (MCServer, an open source Minecraft server) implemented it as a replacement to CryptoPP recently (we needed SSL support with a sane license) and it has been working fairly well. Even when a feature we needed wasn't implemented, the maintainers quickly added it and were nice to work with.
bearbin··on Hackernews vulnerable to Heartbleed? – Chromebleed Alert
Hacker news is not vulnerable - it uses CloudFlare which patched before the public disclosure.
bearbin··on WebSID
This would be so much better with a NKRO keyboard, I can only do 2 keys at once :(
bearbin··on AWS Tips I Wish I'd Known Before I Started
DigitalOcean - Same or better speed, 1/6 or less of the price of ECC.
bearbin··on Linux server monitoring tools
I also find this very useful :) It shows you where your space has got to in a simple and easy to use manner.
bearbin··on Confession From a Go Programmer
Tags are probably more sensible for this - tag major versions and then people can specify what tag they want.
bearbin··on Bitcoin paradise
With a cursory google search, 1/4 pound of feed per day seems about typical, assuming 2 days per egg produced.
bearbin··on Bitcoin paradise
It does sound a bit high, but to produce a pound of grain it takes about 150 gallons of water, and assuming about 1/2 pound of food eaten every 2 days it is about right.
bearbin··on Earn $4 in bitcoins for any commit to sferik/t, a command-line Twitter tool
MCServer, a FOSS Minecraft server is also on here: http://tip4commit.com/projects/74

We haven't got any outside donations yet, but I think it would be quite a good way to reward contributors, and I put a bitcent in to try it out.

bearbin··on Will Google Kill my Blog on December 6th?
I think you can even just send it straight to the bin with filters, although my memory may be faulty.
bearbin··on Ask HN: What kind of side projects are you working on?
MCServer, a open-source minecraft server:

https://github.com/mc-server/MCServer

bearbin··on Show HN: Commit to open source and get Bitcoin tips
Thanks for the fix :)
bearbin··on Show HN: Commit to open source and get Bitcoin tips
I added 10mBTC a few hours ago, and they haven't turned up on the site. Is there a long delay or something else?
bearbin··on Nexus 5
I don't know about in the US, but in the UK it's £299.99 and £339.99 for the 16 and 32 gigabyte versions respectively.
bearbin··on Poll: Do you use antivirus software?
Is there any good real-time AV for desktop linux available?
bearbin··on Firefox 25 is released
I'm getting the full version download. It might just be location (UK) or maybe random. I don't know.

Edit: It's probably just that I'm using Linux.

bearbin··on Understanding CPU Steal Time - when should you be worried?
I see the same, although the VPS has basically zero load most of the time due to what it does. (Munin host and Buildserver)
bearbin··on Ads in Gmail displayed as normal emails?
Yes
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