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rorrr··on Google compression algorithm Zopfli may lead to faster Internet
You should send compressed DIFFs only, and not whole changed files.
rorrr··on How not to send password reset notification email
Because you don't know what that "/anything" is, only your mailing system does, and it converts links in your email template to these mkt5371-type links right before it sends out the email.
rorrr··on Teach kids to farm, not code.
Really? Any trade? Car salesmen are sitting and solving logical problems?

Programming is very close to logic.

Of course, there are other fields that require logic and problem solving. Engineering, science, for instance.

rorrr··on Teach kids to farm, not code.
> I don't believe computer programing is a good way to teach logical thinking. Sociology, Philosophy and Literature are better alternatives

That makes no sense. I've taken literature, I've read hundreds of books on my own. Most of them are full of illogical things. At best they are OK to teach morals, not logic.

Philosophy is closer.

Computer programming is pretty much pure logic and problem solving.

The only better way to teach logic is to teach logic.

> teaching agriculture or other physical goods producing craftsmanship to kids would make them better at real world challenges

Computers and code are real world, and they solve real world challenges.

rorrr··on CloudFlare was down
504 Gateway Time-out for me.
rorrr··on How not to send password reset notification email
You would have to know the URL on the third party server to redirect to. And usually, you don't, because they are generated internally by some pre-processor.
rorrr··on How not to send password reset notification email
It's rarely up to a developer. For websites with large email campaigns there's usually a third party system, which has some link tracking feature. And guess what, your marketing department is using it, and they don't want to switch to your custom one (which will take a few months to code, debug, implement all kinds of reporting compatible with what they do now).
rorrr··on Escape from Callback Hell
> "This is better, it definitely makes it clearer what exactly is going on"

    function createItem(item, successCallback, errorCallback) {
      var req = $.post("/api/item", item);
      req.success(successCallback);
      req.error(errorCallback);
    }
How is this more clear than the default jQuery $.post?
rorrr··on Evernote hacked
Don't use phrases. Use one really strong password that you can remember with a tool like KeePass. Generate random long passwords (30 characters) for everything and store them in KeePass.

I've recently converted all my accounts to that - my passwords are practically unbreakable, at least with the current tech. I feel way more secure than with the shit I had to memorize before.

rorrr··on Compress data more densely with Zopfli
xz is essentially LZMA2. It definitely beats bzip2:

http://pokecraft.first-world.info/wiki/Quick_Benchmark:_Gzip...

rorrr··on How I Fired Myself
I don't see how it's your fault, other than making a slight error of clicking on the wrong table name

1) Senior developers / CTO letting anybody mess with the prod DB should be grounds for their firing. It's so incompetent, it's insane.

2) No backups. How is this even possible. You even had paying customers.

rorrr··on SimplyInsured (YC W13) Wants To Help Take The Pain Out Of Health Insurance
Your interface fails on so many levels

1) Your front page essentially contains one button "Get free quotes", which takes you to another page with a form. Why not display that form on the front page? One less click = better conversions.

2) Why do I need to enter

    A) company name 
    B) my email
    C) employee names (what if I have 50?)
Quotes DO NOT depend on that information.

3) The phrase "get quotes" is a major turn off in my mind. It reminds me of thousands of health insurance websites that give you quotes after endless form fill outs and spam your email. Why can't you phrase it in a human way? "Find plans", "enter your information", etc.

rorrr··on 3D Printed Car Is Nearing Production
ABS is not even close to steel, especially good steel.

                               | ABS   | Steel
    ---------------------------+-------+------------------
    Compressive strength (PSI) | 6,750 | 16,000 - 70,000
    Tensile Strength (PSI)     | 6,500 | 36,000 - 115,000 (for stress-proof steel)
http://www.machinist-materials.com/comparison_table_for_plas...
rorrr··on 3D Printed Car Is Nearing Production
I don't doubt there are all kinds of new materials out there stronger than steel, but the article clearly states that he uses "ABS plastic via Fused Deposition Modeling", which is a different material and a different process.
rorrr··on 3D Printed Car Is Nearing Production
"Strong as steel". I strongly doubt.
rorrr··on Don't Buy the Snake Oil of Beamr Video
If you compare #2 and #3 and they are similar quality, it would prove your product is essentially not doing better than x264.
rorrr··on Don't Buy the Snake Oil of Beamr Video
Ok,

1) Compress the original with x264, target around 2mbit

2) Compress the result of #1 with your algorithm.

3) Compress the original with x264, target the bitrate of the result of #2

Compare #2 and #3

rorrr··on Don't Buy the Snake Oil of Beamr Video
So post

1) a high quality original video (30-40 Mbit).

2) a 2-Mbit video compressed with your algorithm.

3) a 2-Mbit video compressed with x264 with reasonable settings.

Until you present evidence, that article has very valid criticisms, which you have not addressed. Instead you went full PR astroturfing telling how great your tech is.

PROVE YOUR CLAIMS.

rorrr··on Three CSS features you need to know about
And which major browsers support all of that?
rorrr··on Deals Missed
YouTube has never been profitable. Google only owns it, because they can afford to, and because they believe it's the future of how people will consume video and TV (and I think they are right).
rorrr··on How to stop Time Warner Cable sucking at Youtube
Because most of the time, your cable alternatives are DSL, satellite or dial-up. They all suck even worse.
rorrr··on How to stop Time Warner Cable sucking at Youtube
No, it is not.
rorrr··on How to stop Time Warner Cable sucking at Youtube
I'm with TWC, and holy crap, now 1080p quality works just fine, whereas most of the time 720p would take forever to buffer. I'm on a 20/2 mbit plan, and it was ridiculous before this fix.
rorrr··on New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday
1) Install HTTPS Everywhere extension for your browser

2) Use VPN if you can

3) Use TOR browser if you can

Let's overwhelm the internet with encrypted traffic. Nobody will have enough resources to decrypt or MITM all that traffic.

rorrr··on Fullproof - A javascript fulltext search engine library
A bit off topic. I FUCKING HATE this new 3D navigation shit that some websites started doing. It's slow, it jumps through pages sometimes, it's absolutely not clear where you are.
rorrr··on Why Should Taxpayers Give Big Banks $83 Billion a Year?
"Too big to fail" means "they are our buddies and give us money and we won't prosecute them".
rorrr··on Sony announces PS4 with 8-core x86 processor, 8GB GDDR5 memory and DualShock 4
Just because you named a few games that are platform-specific, doesn't mean there are tons of games that exist on both PC and consoles.

With the new PS4 x86 + GPU architecture, portability becomes trivial.

PS4, essentially, is a PC stuck in one configuration.

rorrr··on Sony announces PS4 with 8-core x86 processor, 8GB GDDR5 memory and DualShock 4
Both PC and consoles share the same market - high end gaming.

Your iPhone "argument" makes no sense, it's a red herring.

rorrr··on Sony announces PS4 with 8-core x86 processor, 8GB GDDR5 memory and DualShock 4
People still enjoy Tetris and PacMan. That's not the point. We're discussing the latest tech.

PS4 is doomed to be years behind PC. Even at launch, PS4 will be at least a year behind spec-wise.

rorrr··on Using Silk Road
> And why would you buy physical copies of pirated movies if you can get them for free?

BluRay market is 5-6 billion dollars. People buy them.

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