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yes, the tarsnap-announce mailing list https://twitter.com/cperciva/status/220665293515653121

alokt_on Android Orphans: Visualizing a Sad History of Support

have you tried using a different charger? Usually that helps.

alokt_on Now that people are considering NOSQL will more people consider no-DB

yes, smalltalk users can just image persistence or sandstone from Ramon Leon.

http://book.seaside.st/book/advanced/persistency/sandstone

Isn't this analogous to a "guess a number" game? You have a stack of cards that range from 2 to Ace. If I were to play this game I would not start talking to a guy who has a King on his forehead. I would go to a 5-7 and then determine where I ranked, if I felt I were below 5-7, then I know I am in 2-4 or if I were above them, 8-K. It would seem it would only take only a few more iterations to figure out which status I have.

alokt_on Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code

yes, but if you work at/own a gas station, you can pretty much pick the winners and sell the losing tickets.

alokt_on Ask HN: Show me your Half Baked project

http://bit.ly/callbreak and http://fishinmyhead.com:3000 . It's a popular card game in Nepal, similar to Spades here. One is a rails app another Seaside.