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theg2··on Amazon’s Glacier secret: BDXL?
You just described the librarian from the movie Timeline. I think the issue is that we still don't really have a technology or medium that doesn't degrade when unplugged or plugged. Chemical mediums such as most optical media fail, etching is searchable scratchable, etc. Records seem to be the most reliable but are of limited storage ability and require careful storage and switching.
theg2··on Show HN: A Customizable SoundCloud Player Built on the Web Audio API and d3
I enjoy the ability to set separate audio per program without affecting my system volume.
theg2··on Statement on Bloomberg News story that NSA knew about the “Heartbleed bug”
Or, it could mean you're just be pedantic.
theg2··on Varnish 4.0 Released
Typically you serve up that content separately from the static content. We use it where it doesn't cache for logged in users but is on a rolling cache otherwise. Page updates invalidate the cache immediately as well.

On a dynamic site with user content, you're going to be using some sort of object caching depending on your framework and language of choice, Varnish is great for news sites and things of that nature though.

theg2··on Show HN: Kiwichat – group chat of people who are within 1 mile
I'm in Boston and getting no one so maybe just no one is using it. I like the N people nearest your idea though.
theg2··on Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1
Oh, are we already jumping on the bash Microsoft band wagon so soon? You seriously think a company like Microsoft did no usability testing? That'd be quite shocking as Metro itself utilizes a ton of new research on UX and interaction design.
theg2··on Introducing Gmail Shelfie
http://i.imgur.com/01VEUKN.jpg Looks like this for anyone not getting it yet.
theg2··on Sony Digital Paper e-ink PDF tablet for notes and forms
Sigh, poor Kodak. I was in their offices 3 years ago giving a presentation and the place was a boarded up ghost town. It was surreal to see how many floors were simply closed off.
theg2··on Sony Digital Paper e-ink PDF tablet for notes and forms
Well IBM, Ford, Coca Cola, and Kodak helped the Nazi's so hopefully you're boycotting them too.
theg2··on NetBeans IDE 8.0
I take it you haven't tried PHPStorm then? We used NetBeans for a long time until we tried out PHPStorm and it is amazing how much better and faster it is.
theg2··on Google Hangouts, Gmail Chat and Google Spreadsheets Go Down
That's a valid guess but we're seeing it intermittently in the office which is why I raised it.
theg2··on Google Hangouts, Gmail Chat and Google Spreadsheets Go Down
So here's something interesting: http://i.imgur.com/5ek8L9X.png

When I send or receive an email, it's exactly 1 hour behind. Wonder if it's related.

theg2··on JSON5 is a proposed extension to JSON
And I still don't understand why you'd pick yaml over anything else out there.
theg2··on Software Startups Get JetBrains Tools at 50% Off
Can't recommend their software enough, totally worth the money for everything unless you're doing .NET. I mean...it's Visual Studio after all.
theg2··on Comcast vs. the Cord Cutters
The internet package alone is $20 more a month regardless of taxes and fees.
theg2··on Comcast vs. the Cord Cutters
We have no competitor and the internet level of service is $20 more expensive than our current package.
theg2··on Comcast vs. the Cord Cutters
I tried to cancel the cable part of my package after the promo expired. After a few minutes, the then offered me $10 off my monthly bill and to extend the promo another year.

The cable box will remain off and unplugged as we never used it but they're obviously just trying to keep their numbers up for some reason I can't comprehend.

theg2··on 95% of climate models agree: the observations must be wrong
Otherwise known as the Reddit hivemind syndrome. Don't agree with someone's opinion? Flag or bury it? How about instead you rebut it in the comments and help inform those "crap voters".
theg2··on Phaser – Desktop and Mobile HTML5 Game Framework
We did a mini multiplayer platformer in this over a weekend. It was pretty simple to setup but if you aren't familiar with properly setting up JS applications you're going to hit a wall eventually with your code (luckily we had someone incredibly smart to help us).

The idea of cross platform and in the browser is nice, but if I had to do it again I'd probably go for something desktop or app focused.

theg2··on Arthur Chu Is Playing Jeopardy the Right Way
Here's the NPR interview: http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/02/04/jeopardy-arthur-chu
theg2··on Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork Android. It’s unforkable.
Quick, give us more of your amazing market insight!
theg2··on Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork Android. It’s unforkable.
Honestly IE on WP8 is a great experience so I haven't felt the need to look but no, all browsers use IE on the phone.

And for me the key feature is everything just works. Theres no need or feeling that I need to flash a rom (which I felt I has to do endlessly on Android). The integration with the ecosystem is nice, sure it's missing some core features iOS and Android have after years of beating MS to the market but hopefully it'll show up.

The major thing its missing is device integration, my fitbit not syncing saddens me everyday and theres not much I can do about it.

theg2··on Recruiting: There is no such thing as a developer shortage
While I agree, it doesn't address the issue where people decide to move. Even at my age I know networking is the best way to find the jobs you often want but excluding people because they aren't in your network is kind of limiting your options.
theg2··on Recruiting: There is no such thing as a developer shortage
As someone in the younger age bracket (mid-late twenties), I think the "don't post ad's they'll come to you" idea is kind of an age-ist statement. I found my current job through a job posting, I'm passionate about my job, and work very hard to get the organization to meet it's goals. Sometimes when people are moving to new cities they will only find those jobs through recruiters or job postings.
theg2··on Our Love Affair With the Tablet Is Over
I just got my first tablet in the form of a Dell Venue Pro 8 and I absolutely love it but I think a large part of it has to do with the ability to run full apps and the fact its 7in form factor lets me put it in my pocket.

Tablets used to refer to larger phones that ran the same apps but that ecosystem is hopefully changing.

theg2··on Imgur is Covertly Redirecting Image Links on Facebook and Twitter
And '640K is more memory than anyone will ever need.' Business models change and in reality there are no free lunches. Just because they say something in the past doesn't mean it can't and shouldn't change.
theg2··on Microsoft SkyDrive is now OneDrive
I know the reasons, and it's sad that a compromise couldn't be reached. There's almost no one someone could confuse the two services. As someone else mentioned, it seems like Europe has it out for Microsoft just for kicks.
theg2··on Microsoft SkyDrive is now OneDrive
What a disaster of PR naming. The service is great but the constant rebranding is going to confuse customers. I guess ill see an app update on my Lumina soon too.
theg2··on [dead]
Up for me too...back to work folks.
theg2··on Gmail was down
Also confirming down for me and my co-workers.
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