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g4k··on Google May Be Stealing Mobile Traffic
Is your blogging platform available as a service or do you sell the themes? I was looking for simple and clean website templates just a few days ago, but couldn't find anything.
g4k··on Epigenetic variation in the ​Egfr gene generates quantitative variation in ants
TLDR: scientists double the size of ants by manipulating gene expression
g4k··on Year-long road trip where it's 70°F every day in North America
I wonder if there is a similar world database.
g4k··on Year-long road trip where it's 70°F every day in North America
It's similar to Medellin with an average high around 22ºC all year.
g4k··on Spain Runs Out of Workers with Almost 5M Unemployed
No.
g4k··on Surge – Static Web Publishing for Front-End Developers
For low volume projects it is clearly too expensive.

I prefer a volume based pricing model like 5apps is offering it: https://5apps.com/deploy/plans

g4k··on Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla cited as leading
That is indeed very good progress.

Elon Musk mentioned recently that he expects a yearly capacity increase of 5% for the foreseeable future.

g4k··on WebKit is now 100% ES6 complete
I prefer it this way around. There is even a long standing issue in the Chromium bug tracker https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=24690
g4k··on Tutonota: An end-to-end encrypted email client and hosted service
It seems this is browser only. Would be great to have Thunderbird integration.
g4k··on The MBA Guide to Software Development
I would like to think that an MBA typically goes much deeper. This article instead is pretty shallow.

It might suffice to ramp up your knowledge in the direction of knowing enough to be dangerous, though.

g4k··on You probably don't need a JavaScript framework
You can build proper apps and not just websites with the help of frameworks.
g4k··on Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens
It is not true. Dr. Ulfkotte is a known fake journalist: http://www.dialoginternational.com/dialog_international/2015...
g4k··on iPhone SE
The worst thing is that 3D touch made the iPhone 6s very heavy. Hopefully they get rid of it in an upcoming iteration.
g4k··on Google nabs Apple as a cloud customer
Funny guess, but wrong.
g4k··on Google nabs Apple as a cloud customer
I run a few websites with video content which leads to 50TB+ per month. The business is profitable, but clearly I would not waste my money on expensive bandwidth.
g4k··on How we built Facebook Lite for every Android phone and network
Tinfoil is a great lean Android Facebook client https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danvelazco...
g4k··on Show HN: Wallabag, a self-hostable application for saving web pages
Are there any plans to support video offline sync?
g4k··on Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox
Do you plan to add PGP support?
g4k··on Singular ‘They’ Is Word of the Year
This may be right, but it does not sound right.
g4k··on Ad Blockers Are Also Changing the Game for SaaS and Web Developers
It was not about tracking the users, but about showing tracking data in the dashboard to the users itself.
g4k··on Mattermost 1.0 released – open-source Slack alternative
Yes, recently Slack even told Reactiflux that they need to move to another service as more than a few thousand users can not be handled by the Slack infrastructure.
g4k··on Show HN: Bort.io – Web application for website bookmarks and search
There don't not seem to be browser extensions for bookmarking yet.
g4k··on Make it Rain – Animated gif notifications whenever you get paid through Stripe
You can use Pushover for that: https://pushover.net/ Just install the client on your phone and ping the API on each sale.
g4k··on Greeks Reject Bailout Terms
> The IMF themselves have said that Greek debt is unsustainable and a significant haircut is needed (although their head Lagarde ignores their analysts).

This is actually not true. Based on the 2nd bailout terms from 2012 Greece doesn't have to pay interest on the loans until 2023 and does not have to start paying them back for the next 27 years.

g4k··on Ask HN: Best host for a one-page website?
Github pages supports SSL on custom domains through Cloudflare with full SSL.
g4k··on New Dyno Types and Pricing Public Beta
Actually, it is too bad that they closed this loophole. 7$ for each low traffic app is too much.
g4k··on Ask HN: Where to Register a Company When Being a Traveling Digital Nomad?
Hong Kong incorporation is easy and not expensive. Tax regulations are interesting, too.

You find a few more details here: http://www.guidemehongkong.com/

g4k··on Bill to Restrict N.S.A. Data Collection Blocked in Vote by Senate Republicans
Yes, it will apply. Hosting location does not matter [1] [2]

[1]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/23/microsoft_vs_the_lon...

[2]: http://www.zdnet.com/yes-u-s-authorities-can-spy-on-eu-cloud...

g4k··on Firefox Developer Edition
A key feature that is missing is having the option to open a private window with all extensions disabled.
g4k··on Show HN: Freelancy – an easy way to track your time and earned money
Exporting the details likely seems to be required for many users as customers/clients might want to see the details.

With regards to data storage: the idea is to connect a remote data store like tent.io oder remotestorage.io

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