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_hnwoon Aerial Imagery of 95% of New Zealand released under open license

There was an error querying that location.

_hnwoon New Zealand school tossed its playground rules

I would, because I've seen what happens when kids fall off their bikes and hit their heads on the pavement. :(

_hnwoon Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) Final Beta released

What? There is almost no evidence that your comment is in any way true.

Ubuntu has great Long Term Support - which is exactly what this is about and the apt package management is far superior to Yum (IMO at least) - Plenty of high profile companies use Ubuntu for servers.

_hnwoon Slabbed-or-not: Detect if your VPS container is running under a hypervisor

everyone read the source code before compiling and running.. right?

_hnwoon Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

RIP mate. i was still coming to terms with you being gone and this news article just brings everything back.

_hnwoon Ask HN: Given the Lavabit case should we trust LastPass?

Citation needed.

There was a 'network traffic anomaly' a while back - but it wasn't a confirmed compromise.

Not saying it wasn't.. but I think you should provide examples before blindly calling a hack.

_hnwoon What Linux Distro is the best for a developer on a laptop?

IMO the "best" is the one that requires the least amount of futzing from you to get your job/work done.

You don't want to waste time setting up X.. resolving dependencies.. making things 'work' that should 'just work'.

So, whatever solves that?

Personally, I've gone for the latest available release of Ubuntu where possible, although recently i've started using OS X and shelling into a linux machine to do any necessary work that requires it. I find OS X provides a decent *nix underneath and with the addition of http://brew.sh/ - makes it a viable choice for me over a Linux set up.

_hnwoon Hacker Barnaby Jack has died

Death was not suspicious. Confirmed by family. I'd rather not say anything more than that.

_hnwoon Ask HN: What's the best desk/chair combo for developers?

I just bought a Herman Miller Aeron.. and made a big desk with trestle table legs and a door.

It's by far the best chair I've ever had. Totally worth it. The desk is exactly the height I want - the size I want.. because I made it so. :)

Go for the chair that fits you best - even if expensive. You're going to be sitting in it for 8hrs+ a day, right?

_hnwoon How to work remotely as a software developer

thanks for writing this - i'm about to be a 'work from home' contractor so all the advice I can get helps!

_hnwoon My Biggest Vim Productivity Boost

Isn't there some troll list you could subscribe to?

_hnwoon Retina 13" MBP v.s. 13" Air as dev machine

.. isn't WWDC soon?

Wait for the product refresh, if you can!

_hnwoon Depression Part Two

This is so amazing and relevant. Nail. Head.

_hnwoon Horrible experience with Iwantmyname.com

.. A bit hard to read this wall of text, but I've only ever had a great experience with them.

_hnwoon Ask HN: How do you name your servers?

one cluster a few years ago had arcade game names.

Pacman, bladerunner, alien storm etc.

Another was names of metal bands. Anthrax, slayer, metallica etc.

Naming servers is the best :)

_hnwoon Sqwiggle Makes Working Remotely Less Lonely, More Awesome

I really want to use this.

Particularly like the idea of always-on for remote workers.. and the click-to-talk idea.

_hnwoon Ask HN: How to know when somebody responds to one of my comments on HN?

_hnwoon I Need Help

If you need someone to talk to - reply to me and i'll get you my email address.

I'm not a professional or anything like that but i've had some person experience with depression and suicide

_hnwoon How I learned to stop worrying and love vinyl

this is a fucking nothing article.

Goes to record store.

Listens to vinyl.

Likes.

End.

_hnwoon Desiderata

I fucking LOVE this.

_hnwoon Speaking up

I want to do something about this.

How can I help?

_hnwoon Twitter Hacked – 250,000 User Accounts Potentially Compromised

I notice the tweetdeck web (and therefore client) ssl cert has just been revoked...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BCJ8yC_CcAAHZlJ.png:large

_hnwoon Twitter Hacked – 250,000 User Accounts Potentially Compromised

any chance it was through an app that you allowed access?

_hnwoon Twitter Hacked – 250,000 User Accounts Potentially Compromised

yeap, just got one too. my id is around the 19000s..

Of note, the apps I have allowed access to my account are:

tweetdeck, twitter for android/OSX and instagram.

(if that helps any diagnosis of potential attack vectors)

_hnwoon Aaron Swartz, Suicide, Depression, Enough.

hang in there.

You're doing the right things.

_hnwoon Aaron's domain registration runs out in Sept. We should archive it in his memory

http://rememberaaronsw.tumblr.com/

_hnwoon Aaron's domain registration runs out in Sept. We should archive it in his memory

I don't know a lot about his personal life - does he have a family or anything?

I'd happily donate them some money to help with things - I know that it's not easy tying up someone's personal life - funeral costs, lawyers, etc.

_hnwoon Explorations in Unix

I'd be interested in what Seth's setup/theme/os of choice is .. :)

_hnwoon A Tutorial on Anonymous Email Accounts

worth mention that hushmail are known to turn over email accounts at the drop of a hat

_hnwoon Ask HN: What's the longest Unix uptime you've ever seen?

  $ uname -s
  OpenBSD

  $ uptime
  3:37PM  up 2597 days, 20:57, 1 user, load averages: 0.12, 0.13, 0.09

Though, uptime is only a measure of how long it's been since you last patched/did kernel upgrades.

This box is off most of the network and being left alone just to see how long it lasts before it totally dies ;)