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dror··on Announcing EBS snapshot copy
Finally, they took care of the last major reliability/availability issue.
dror··on Why David Petraeus’s Gmail account is a national security issue
There's a log of bogus assumptions in these articles, and he got caught because she was investigated, not him.

If he used a gmail account and used a separate device such as a private smart phone or tablet to access that account there would have been zero vulnerability, other than the fact that he could have been blackmailed. Gmail is pretty hard to hack into, the IP address of the device probably wouldn't tell anyone anything about where he is, since it's a private IP on the telco (can you tell a person's location from the IP on the telco?), and there wouldn't be any way to get to any of his secure accounts or make a mistake of using the wrong email account.

dror··on New $250 Chromebook
They really need to find a way to provide an integrated Android/Chrombook experience.

Hardware: * Touch screen * Detachable keyboard so you can use it as either a tablet or a computer * 8+ hours battery life. Keyboard can have an extra battery.

Software: * Android * Chrome browser with all the abilities of the chrome OS

Price: $400 and under.

dror··on The Most Revealing Job Interview Question
While interesting and thoughtful, I dislike trick interview questions where you tell the interviewer one thing, but look for another. The first problem is that someone who knows what you're doing, had read this article, for instance, has a huge advantage. The other problem is that it during an interview, I try to get people to relax so that I can get a sense of what they're really like. When they're on their guard of trick questions, it creates the opposite environment.
dror··on Lockitron: $500K of Reservations in One Day
The amounts are published by Kickstarter and they're the ones collecting the money and passing it to the project, so there's no question that they're correct. The complaints had to do with the delivery of the product after the project was funded.
dror··on Tell HN: Login to unsubscribe is against Federal Law
The problem is that restores of these backups literally take forever.
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