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mk3··on Ask HN: is there any good email service hosted in europe?
It's the same everywhere :) No matter the country continent etc.
mk3··on Are coders worth it?
This article made me laugh. As with .COM bubble many people jumped compsci ship and when it sunk left that ship. People who really admired it stayed, now the same story repeats itself. The same with this articles' author who's reaping benefits by learning ROR, and being patient enough to read Manuals and Stack Overflow.

P.S. Also I'm quite sick of people building things which are targeted against huge sale later. Build software/website/app which solves some kind of problem you are passionate about. Also people who are into programming just because it pays well.

mk3··on Sound Sensor Failure
I would say go to the doctor, as this sounds quite dangerous, also above everything the headache. You should have been to the doctor already, and not self-diagnose.
mk3··on Newegg nukes "corporate troll" Alcatel in third patent appeal win this year
It seems the only one way to battle against patent trolls is to forbid them to use their patent infringement card if they do not use it themselves.
mk3··on Can you crack a code?
I would also add using letter frequency is quite handy also. As knowing which letters are tend to be seen more frequent you can shorten your trip. Also it's nice thing to do instead of crosswords :)
mk3··on Why Young Americans Should Work Overseas
In my humble opinion everyone should live at least for a year outside of their own country. It makes people more open, and better. People who always been living in one country tend to be more stubborn, and trying to hold to their beliefs as if it's death or life question.
mk3··on Show HN: Web Security Scanner - Can Your Site Score a 100%?
Google maps plugin messes my score as it's treated as in line javascript. Otherwise it's nice reference for quick fixes to increase website security. People should also note that this is not full penetration test, so getting 100% does not mean you are safe. To be frank you are never safe :)
mk3··on Why Use Nginx?
Latest version got much better at handling streams if I remember correctly
mk3··on Let's go to Cyprus and promote Bitcoin
Bitcoin as a currency is way to unstable to be used in real transactions at the moment. The price rose from 14 bucks to 60 recently, this means, that if you bought something when bitcoin was 14 bucks and want to sell it now with bitcoins you will lose 1/4 of transaction. The bitcoin is nice idea to toy around with, but not the currency for real things.
mk3··on Are We An Unjust People?
Thanks for the tip, not an native English speaker here.
mk3··on Orin Kerr: Why I Am Representing Auernheimer Pro Bono on Appeal
basically if he looses the court. 404 page may result in getting orange jumpsuit and nice check to be paid. In my opinion leaving personal information accessible to general public (i.e. no authentication needed) is a crime. Letting journalists know is not a crime. In this case AT&T is responsible for misplacing personal data, and not the guy who had free access to it. In some ways it's really similar to Aaron Swartz case, as both guys found a way to get the data, and both got sued. I would suggest looking into this case more closelly as if he ends up in jail or pays a dime, a simple misuse of some companies website and/or public API (think Google Maps, etc.) Could land you in jail
mk3··on Are We An Unjust People?
What I see here is a person who saw possibility to get some social high fives after posting the photo. The female who did the tweet should have spoken to them first, instead of Tweeting. In the end Even when speaking one should first think and then speak.
mk3··on GoPro Uses DMCA to Take Down Article Comparing Its Camera with Rival
Seems like a legit way to loose hardcore fans. People generally do not like corporations acting like dks.
mk3··on Soviet College Admission — My Dad's Story (1970)
Good universities meant, the kids of ruling party must be admitted to have good/better careers in apparatus than their parents. This is the main card drawn against people. Some universities had big problem with that like the one who prepared surveillance and contra-surveillance officers, so they switched to admitting only people with no high ranking parents ties back in 80's. As the kids from high ranking officer families were really well known. I also believe there was a lot of ethnicity, and living place (soviet republic you are coming from may shut down the doors into university) discrimination in admission process.
mk3··on Announcing the jQuery Plugin Registry
What I hate, that most of the jQuery plugins have a huge lack of documentation. You select plugin and then spend next day trying to figure out how it's working. It's almost the same as dowloading random js file form random website and trying to use it. Looked through currently available repos, and half of them lack even simple plugin usage cases in repositories :)
mk3··on What You Need to Know About MOOCs
I have a big problem with edx and coursera courses. As I have a need to work a day job, sometimes rushed projects come in, and these two platforms are offering courses with tight schedules. It would be nice if they would adopt Udacity model, which is more loose. Also the same applies for 10gen education of mongodb which is also made into tight schedule.
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