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purringmeowon Why I Turned Down $5 Million in VC Funding

ahahah, good one! I too hate popups, but I didn't see anything on the website, because adblock.

More info? :)

purringmeowon Don't use 1234 as your password

You just reminded me I need to check my VPS, although I am not using a simple password :(

EDIT: It seems that leaving your VPS unattended for a month is a bad idea. I can't login, because the server terminates the connection immediately and the passwords for the host's backend is changed. Great!

purringmeowon Where to begin when learning C? Start by making lots of errors

Can you please post it somewhere? I am really curious!

purringmeowon Advertisements in Skype video calls

This began a year ago if I remember correctly. Thankfully, I use skype 4.something for Linux and don't have ads :)

purringmeowon What is wrong with this message?

<rant> The question I am going to ask is - What's wrong with Google? They had solid services, great reputation, every techie loved them. Now they fit perfectly in the stereotype for a big, bad and greedy corporation.

In retrospect: April 2013 - they butchered Adsense YT reporting by removing the real-time reports from your Adsense profile and moving them to YT. There was a massive drop in earnings afterwards! Instead of aiming for transparency they gave their users the finger.

Then comes the constant harassment with this G+ thing. I've gotten the popup message around 50 times.

Should I discuss Gmail redesign - hidden interfaces, new sorting system. Absurd things!

And the latest - G+ comments on YT. Yeah, that improved the comment quality.

I am wondering who's fault that is. There probably is a committee of managers who come up with these "changes".

</rant>

I come off as too negative, but I am just mad at them. That's why I've stopped using gmail, gtalk, hangouts, etc.

purringmeowon TPP Leak Confirms the Worst: US Still Trying to Trade Away Internet Freedoms

What alternative way of distribution are you proposing? What do you think is the future?

purringmeowon The start-up scene that is changing Norway

I could never work the hours some people here are putting. I mean, cmon - 12+ hours a day?

Not that there should be laws stopping people from working that much, but I would hate for Europe to become like the US in that regard - almost no employee protection and long hours(50-60h weeks) becoming a standard.

And that's coming from someone who's libertarian in many aspects :)