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mariana··on Poll: HN readers, where's your residence?
Caracas, Venezuela.
mariana··on Centos 6 released
CentOS guarantees binary compatibility with RHEL. That's why it matters.
mariana··on Sshuttle - tunnel all your traffic through ssh
Would it be too hard to add non TCP traffic tunneling? This already supports DNS traffic through the tunnel but I wonder it is feasible to tunnel all kinds of traffic (UDP and ICMP mostly) through it?
mariana··on Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” released
What Debian released is an stable distribution that is going to be maintained for the next 3 or 4 years. It is better to release something stable and well tested than bleeding edge stuff.

Many people don't get Debian. This is a released aimed for servers and stable workstations. If you want or need bleeding edge stuff you can use Debian testing/unstable or Ubuntu as you suggested.

mariana··on Writing Python 2.x forward compatible to Python 3 code
The next release of Debian stable will have Python 2.6 as default and it is expected for the first weekend of February, so it is safe to start with Python 2.6 right now.
mariana··on KeePass 2.14 released
Why not use something very simple like SuperGenPass? http://supergenpass.com/
mariana··on What kind of traffic is driven by a single mention of a domain on network TV?
I thought the same thing. Very hilarious episode, nevertheless.
mariana··on A web server in a shell script
Install Apache on a VPS with 64MB or 128MB of RAM is a hassle.
mariana··on Gift HN: Anybody want a subdomain of ww.com?
Hey jacquesm, thanks! Could you setup mariana.ww.com CNAME epiphany.net.ve?
mariana··on Making Debian Responsible For Its Actions
You know, maybe somebody would want to know the Debian POV on this issue:

* http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=566

* http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=575

Debian is all about stability and volunteer effort.

Whining is not going to fix things.

mariana··on Making Debian Responsible For Its Actions
Disclaimer: Debian Maintainer here.

If you need plain old Postfix, you just aptitude install postfix.

If you need LDAP support in your Postfix instance, you just aptitude install postfix-ldap.

Is it really that hard?

And regarding OpenSSL, the problem is not in Debian. Just check http://people.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html

OpenSSL always had a problematic license.

mariana··on Ask HN: Tips on domain registration and website setup
gandi.net offers all you need. I use that for all my domains.
mariana··on What does your taste in music say about your personality?
Pretty cool mockup... Have you been able to develop that idea? I like the idea and I would like to help developing a site like this.
mariana··on Why to use a static site generator instead of Wordpress
ikiwiki (http://ikiwiki.info/) as static site generator looks cool to me.
mariana··on Go Daddy Files Patents for Enhanced Whois and DNS Records
gandi.net
mariana··on Ask HN: Where do you live?
Caracas, Venezuela. Is there nobody else from here?
mariana··on Debian decides to adopt time-based release freezes
Not all Debian developers agree with this "decision" anyway. They are right now discussing it. See: http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2009/07/msg00148.html
mariana··on [dead]
Same here. From Venezuelan IP...
mariana··on How to Retire On $500 Per Month
The funny thing to me about this article is I am already living in a country where you can live reasonably well with 500$/mo (I born and live in Venezuela). But you know what? This cheap third world country is a big piece of shit because of its political situation (Chavez).

So, from my point of view, I am just planning how to leave my country. But move to another third world country?? No way man... I would prefer to live in a expensive first world country and work as developer/codemonkey/entrepreneur/whatever.

So, if you choose to "retire" to a cheap third world country, check its political situation and background. Now, if you just don't care to be rescued by UN blue helmets when shit hits the fan, just be my guest...

mariana··on Is Twitter Dead? Yes and No
“Los muertos que vos matasteis gozan de buena salud”. -- Don Juan Tenorio
mariana··on AppEngine doesn’t fit the needs of startups on the runway
That's right, and because of that my applications deployed on there have 2 branches: one using Google DB and other using data models provided by Django. IMHO, developing this way is pretty easy and prepare you to migrate your apps if necessary.
mariana··on AppEngine doesn’t fit the needs of startups on the runway
you can host webapps written in Python and use Django on there (or just almost any other Python framework). That doesn't look like vendor lock-in to me, if they decide to shutdown the service, you can move your webapp to another place, like your very own server.
mariana··on PHd Student Uses Google Maps To Uncover N. Korea Secrets
"Never get involved in a land war in Asia"
mariana··on The Usability of Passwords
just use http://supergenpass.com/
mariana··on What Are Friends for? A Longer Life
that, and the fact that is needed an account to access nytimes... post a free link please.