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speeqon Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for Facebook breakup

Facebook even blocks links to social-media startups like Minds.com for being "unsecure"..

speeqon Nginx to Be Acquired by F5 Networks

Does varnish support SSL? Last I checked, I had to run nginx in front of it for https.

speeqon Peak California

That sounds like "640KB RAM is more than anyone will ever need" to me.

speeqon Show HN: Editdit – Video/Image/Meme Maker Using WebAssembly

Looks great! Did you compile ffmpeg to WebAssembly or how does it work?

speeqon Updated Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement: New Revenue Share

Nice move! I hope that Google & Apple will reduce their 30% tax someday..

speeqon A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking

> First, Apple doesn't allow apps to interoperate with SMS on their devices, so we'd only be able to do this on Android.

Mark, I don't want you to read my SMS. Thanks.

speeqon Some young people are buying houses with friends

I guess the preferable option would be to create high-speed affordable transport so that location won't be an issue to people. I'm not sure which one is more feasible.

speeqon Some young people are buying houses with friends

I think housing should be a basic human right. Just get Elon Musk to build affordable underground tunnel homes with his Boring company. He wants to build a city on Mars, so why not test the technology (and social aspects) here on Earth where it's much easier.

Housing is a political problem, not a technological one.

speeqon First Confirmed Denisovan Skull Piece Found

> Melanesians were found to have a mysterious third archaic Homo species along with their Denisovan (3–4%) and Neanderthal (2%) ancestors in a genetic admixture with their otherwise modern Homo sapiens sapiens genomes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia

> People from Melanesia may carry genetic evidence of a previously unknown extinct hominid species

https://phys.org/news/2016-11-people-melanesia-genetic-evide...

speeqon SpaceX Crew Dragon Docks with International Space Station

"Musk thinks the ticket price could eventually dip below $100,000, cheap enough that "most people in advanced economies could sell their home on Earth and move to Mars if they want."

speeqon Amazon Web Services CEO: We’re a $30b revenue business in the ‘early stages’

Good point. The last I heard, they were still working on bringing up an EU location (I believe it was Amsterdam).

speeqon Amazon Web Services CEO: We’re a $30b revenue business in the ‘early stages’

Yeah, I meant zero egress fees from B2. It's a shame that Cloudflare isn't more transparent about their bandwidth limits but my guess is that traffic would still be cheaper than from Amazon. Maybe someone from their team could weigh in ..

speeqon Amazon Web Services CEO: We’re a $30b revenue business in the ‘early stages’

Here's a few ideas to start a video heavy app on a budget:

You could store files in a Backblaze B2 bucket and serve them via Cloudflare with zero bandwidth fees. Or try DigitalOcean's Spaces offering with their built-in CDN at $0.01/GB for bandwidth.

Hardware video encoding could be done using cheap Hetzner servers that include GTX 1080 GPU's (lookup NVENC) or try Intel Quick Sync encoding (perhaps using OVH's overclocked i7-7700K CPU's).

speeqon Show HN: Commento: a fast, privacy-focused alternative to Disqus

Does something like this exist for native Android / iOS apps?

speeqon Boeing 787 Reaches 801 MPH as a Jet Stream Packs Record-Breaking Speeds

Does the Supermoon affect the Jet Stream?

speeqon Flightradar24 – how it works

Probably satellite ADS-B receivers like from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aireon

speeqon Nasa’s Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15-Year Mission

https://xkcd.com/1504/

speeqon How to fight the surveillance economy

> 2. Changing the default business model for internet companies

Got any ideas?

speeqon Open Source Messenger App for Android – Real-Time Messaging, Voice and Video

Are we able to run our own servers with your lib?

speeqon Facebook to integrate the infrastructure for WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger

How is WhatsApp using libsignal without being obligated to disclose their source code - as it's licensed under GPL?

speeqon Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones

iPhones have yearly release cycles. Just buy the XS in around 12 months for a major discount. It'll still be a top-notch phone with one of the most efficient processors out there.

For people who always want the latest and greatest: https://www.apple.com/shop/iphone/iphone-upgrade-program

speeqon Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights

Aerion is developing a supersonic (business) jet as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC6utYmM4_o

speeqon Chinese may take over Mombasa port: Ouko

Just like in Sri Lanka then: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/world/asia/china-sri-lank...

speeqon Comparison of the Best NSFW Image Moderation APIs 2018

What would be the best way to moderate user generated video content / live streams?

Take one frame per second and check it using these services? But that would get super expensive real quick ..

speeqon Comparison of the Best NSFW Image Moderation APIs 2018

I think it's possible to convert the caffe model and use something like Firebase MLKit or Core ML:

https://firebase.google.com/docs/ml-kit/use-custom-models

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreml

speeqon Open Protocol for Resumable File Uploads

speeqon UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation

Maybe it's something from the recent Rocket Lab launch?

speeqon Alarm over talks to implant UK employees with microchips

Coming soon to an airport near you: the e-implant gates.

speeqon UK government's battle with Apple over EU citizens app

Oh, so there will not be a transition period for EU citizens in case of a no-deal Brexit?