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hallowtech··on Comcast About to Screw Customer's Charging for Bandwidth
They were already doing this. Maybe in just some places I guess? Previously their cap was 250GB and they would call or threaten disconnect if you hit that multiple months. Then they switched to the block plan where you could go over and just get the extra charge instead of the threats. Then for a good while (up to now, last I checked) they completely put the cap on hold, I'm guessing to test how customers were impacted?? But now perhaps they're either rolling out the block plan everywhere, or just reinstating it and giving proper notice before they turn it back on. So this isn't really new, but short of providing an unlimited plan, this is a good alternative in my opinion.
hallowtech··on Ask PG: Is HN experiencing server problems?
> class="cf-captcha-submit"

Yea, looks like its a custom CF page. I got the standard CF captcha screen when going to pastebin. Screenshot and HTML source below.

Screenshot: http://imgur.com/bylyqlM

HTML: http://pastebin.com/6HrfCWFY

hallowtech··on Ask PG: Is HN experiencing server problems?
Yea, its recaptcha. I'll try to get a screenshot the next time it happens.
hallowtech··on Ask PG: Is HN experiencing server problems?
It shows up with the HN theme (orange bar at top and beige background) but without other links/text like user info on the right or the footer. I first noticed it the other day when I started using a wired connection at work instead of WiFi.
hallowtech··on Ask PG: Is HN experiencing server problems?
This might be unrelated, but I'm constantly being prompted for captcha even when I'm just viewing and not trying to respond. Can something be done about this?
hallowtech··on The San Francisco Exodus
Maybe this is why he thinks they're cartoonish?

http://www.thebolditalic.com/articles/1958-moving-to-san-fra...

http://www.thebolditalic.com/articles/2138-moving-to-san-fra...

hallowtech··on Samsung posts first ad for Galaxy Gear smartwatch [video]
I'm waiting for a Dick Tracy themed ad. Halloween is coming up after all...

"Dick Tracy calling Joe Jitsu... calling Joe Jitsu"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vUx...

hallowtech··on Show HN: Goodbye Old Editor – Reinventing coding with the cloud
It would be nice if I didn't have to set up _another_ repo. Integrating with GitHub or BitBucket would be preferred (be backed by, not just import). That said, I wouldn't actually use it since GitHub lets you edit individual files through the UI. Just an observation. The rest looks nice though.
hallowtech··on US Navy to pay $1M to make Android more secure
I think the Naval Research Laboratory is more than capable.

http://www.nrl.navy.mil

hallowtech··on Are Bitcoins The Future?
Maybe they're in the process of gathering their coins!
hallowtech··on Official Hacker News T-Shirt
Maybe you should allow downvoting for everyone then. I'm more likely to downvote a dismissive reply then I am to upvote every positive reply to overtake it. And on the mention of dismissive comments: as a frequent visitor I feel emotionally safer just reading and not posting... so if there is a karma threshold for allowing downvotes, I doubt I will ever hit it.
hallowtech··on Fabrice Bellard: Portrait of a super-productive programmer (2011)
> Bellard, born in 1972, began practicing his own coding techniques first on a TI-59 scientific calculator, at the beginning of the ‘80s.

I wonder how many people have started their programming experience on a TI calculator. I had the same way in with a TI-85.

hallowtech··on Fizz Buzz codegolf challenge in 15 languages
In other languages n is the number between 1-100 passed into the method. The loop is outside of fizzbuzz_solve.
hallowtech··on Fizz Buzz codegolf challenge in 15 languages
=\ No point in trying with Java then?
hallowtech··on Fizz Buzz codegolf challenge in 15 languages
I don't understand why this only gets a score of 1:

    static String[] c = { "", "FizzBuzz", "Buzz", "Fizz" };
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        for(int i = 1; i <= 100; i++)
        {
            c[0] = ""+i;
            int f = ((int)Math.ceil((i%3)/3.0))+1;
            int b = ((int)Math.ceil((i%5)/5.0))*2;
            System.out.println(c[(f+b)%4]);
        }
    }
hallowtech··on Our weekend hack on GoCardless - HipBucket
CloudFlare doesn't like direct IP access =\
hallowtech··on Chrome Now Officially Lets You Open All Email Links In Gmail
wut? This is for mailto links on webpages, not links within an email to webpages.
hallowtech··on RIM should get in bed with Microsoft, Nokia style
Are you counting the Storm 1 in the 'best hardware' category? Or just the newest of the new?
hallowtech··on No New Accounts Today
Append ?banner=no to the url.
hallowtech··on Show HN: Scroll Reddit
oh dang, just lost about 30m. will bookmark.
hallowtech··on New Data: Google+ Public Posts Decrease by 41% Over Past Two Months
I'd be on it if they supported Google apps accounts and not just gmail.
hallowtech··on 16 Arrested as F.B.I. Hits the Hacking Group Anonymous
Seven proxies couldn't hold them back.
hallowtech··on G+ invite open again
You can invite people by adding their email/gmail as a person to share a post with on your stream. You don't need a send invite button. I was able to invite ppl even when it was supposedly closed last week.
hallowtech··on Sega says hackers stole data of 1.29 million users
Lulz has a problem with someone else going after Sega, but thinks its all peachy when they're the ones behind the wheel exposing the faults? Either they are jealous or their intentions aren't to force people to take responsibility for poor security.
hallowtech··on Reject the PROTECT IP Act
submitting the form will mail and fax your congressmen. so, it is not just another online petition. i got replies from two of them, though canned they seemed, but i know they got them at least.
hallowtech··on System for generic, decentralized, unstoppable Internet anonymity
I was actually thinking about this a couple hours before I saw this. Crazy. Just not about the anonymity part. One thing I came up with was that instead of a trusted website bootstrapper to show a new node to the swarm, one of the nodes could update a DNS record to point to itself. If that node fails, another node is choosen to update the record.
hallowtech··on ClearCoin safer bitcoin transactions
Why do we need 'safer options'? Shouldn't the original method just be updated if it needs to be?
hallowtech··on Stolen Camera Finder
No love for RW2 I guess =( Also, add an upload button, I don't want to drag&drop if my browser is full screen!
hallowtech··on AIM AV
Sometimes I look at websites with cloud backgrounds and think they're moving. This time I was right!
hallowtech··on RIM to make Bing the default for search and maps
This is why RIM is sinking. They only make poor decisions.
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