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webtechgal

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https://www.freelancer.in/u/WebTechGal.html

Also: Have a side project? List it here (on my side project): http://sideprojects.tk/

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webtechgal··on Show HN: IMG42 – Temporary Image Hosting
I just tried to upload an image (using FireFox 45.8.0) and:

1. Click-> Select file -> Open does nothing

2. Dragging and Dropping a file throws a popup saying: 'There's no WebGL context available.' and the byte counts show (top right) but then, nothing else.

HTH

webtechgal··on Media Companies Are Getting Sick of Facebook
> we're almost back to the original AOL model of a privately held "internet".

The very thought makes me shudder.

webtechgal··on Ask HN: Best place to sell domains
Try: https://flippa.com/

Also, you can look up something called GoDaddy Marketplace/After Market or something.

Also, you could try (bulk) updating the whois info of all domains with text like: This Domain is for Sale

webtechgal··on Amazon patents method to prevent comparison shopping
One of the comments on the article:

> I thought a redirect would be the same as malware and as such illegal?

Any thoughts on this?

webtechgal··on Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't need money to live?
Well, I live in India. :-)
webtechgal··on Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't need money to live?
> learning and building.

This. And also, continuing to earn and giving it away to the needy.

webtechgal··on US Just Picked Intel, IBM, Nvidia, Others to Help Make Supercomputers 50x Faster
> The best-case scenario is a system that consumes 20 megawatts...

I guess they will think of throwing in a windmill farm (or something) to power the beast.

webtechgal··on Korean Web Hosting Company Agrees to Pay 397.6 BTC to WannaCry
Heart goes out to those who suffered downtime and/or data loss and to the company CEO.
webtechgal··on Show HN: Yet Another Image Compression Service (alpha)
1. It is a free service that no one is forcing anybody to use.

2. I still haven't got around to writing/finishing up anything other than the core functionality of the service.

3. The reason I posted here is primarily to get feedback on the core functionality.

4. When I do get around to creating the TOS and Privacy Policy etc., what it will essentially state is that a) no human will look at the images and b) all images will be (automatically) deleted within 24 hours from the time they were uploaded/processed. While it is not hard to write this down, it is not high up on my list of priorities at this point in time.

Thanks for your feedback all the same.

webtechgal··on Show HN: Yet Another Image Compression Service (alpha)
> Also: where's your privacy statement?

Looks like you failed to notice above - this, Sir, is in alpha as of now.

webtechgal··on Linode Turns 14
I remember first using your service almost a decade ago and then, drifted over to DO over the last few years.

Good to know you folks are going strong - all the best.

webtechgal··on Show HN: Yet Another Image Compression Service (alpha)
As I mentioned in another thread about a week ago, I have recently been commissioned to create a (simple, stupid) CMS.

One of the features I wanted to incorporate into the CMS is image compression. After a good bit of code hacking and testing, I believe I have got something good going there. That inspired me to create an independent web app/service offering this (image compression) to users at large. My employers have given me the go ahead to do this.

Long story short, here is the alpha (link in title).

(Hopefully, I'll have a much more polished design/UI ready over the weekend.)

For now, please test it at will and give me your feedback/suggestions.

(The thread title can be made into an acronym YAICS; not intended :-))

webtechgal··on Don't Use Raspberry Pi for Everything
One point that caught my eye is:

"Linux enthusiasts perpetually claim that this year is the year that Linux will finally make headway into the desktop for the everyday user — but it never has and never will."

I guess the author has a (much coveted) crystal ball.

webtechgal··on Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project
I second that. While I can't realistically say I prefer it over Photoshop since I've never used the later, I can certainly state that GIMP meets ALL my graphics editing requirements (which are not many, but that's besides the point).
webtechgal··on Ask HN: Hard disk data recovery after dropped laptop
Try this - might work, and all the best:

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

webtechgal··on How we grew ThemeIsle into a $50k per month business
No questions (at least for now) but Zerif Lite has been my personal favorite. Have used it for several client sites. Thanks for the theme and all the best.

e.g. http://lamindiallo.com/

webtechgal··on SoftBank Agrees to Buy Boston Dynamics From Alphabet
SONY AIBO.

'In 2006, AIBO was added into the Carnegie Mellon University Robot Hall of Fame with the description "the Sony AIBO represents the most sophisticated product ever offered in the consumer robot marketplace."'

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIBO

webtechgal··on Ask HN: Live flight tracking – what gives?
Yes, but I thought the holding pattern would commence once the flight is directly over - or close to - the airport.?
webtechgal··on Ask HN: Need to Build a Simple, Stupid CMS. Which Way to Go?
Looks good, thanks. Will check it out.
webtechgal··on Ask HN: Need to Build a Simple, Stupid CMS. Which Way to Go?
> WordPress is far from simple.

This.

> anything more than a low traffic site requires pretty beefy hosting.

My experience indicates otherwise. A case in point: one of the WordPress sites I manage averages ~80k page views/day, peaking to well over 125k/day during peak periods twice a year, and I keep it chugging along happily on a $20/mo Digital Ocean droplet.

webtechgal··on Facebook is an attack on the open web
This. I tried the exact same thing for a family network a couple of years ago (but the network did not hate Facebook intensely, so it was a bit of an uphill battle). Before I could get them all fully on board, I got sucked into some large gigs so no business resulted in the end. I still hope to revive it some day.
webtechgal··on Facebook is an attack on the open web
> I'm just curious how they're tracking my family in real-time across devices.

With your help? The moment you declare (or any friend declares) a relationship in the profile, they 'have' you both.

webtechgal··on Ask HN: Can we enumerate FOSS chat, messaging, voip and collaboration software?
Awesome indeed!!! :-)

Just started reading the list, and already found _several_ apps that I've wanted to host = overjoyed!!

webtechgal··on What's the difference between the com and exe extensions? (2008)
> using BIOS interrupts to write a program to format a floppy disk and we sat there watching the drive make sounds...

There used to be a virus/trojan that would execute the floppy drive head re-calibration interrupt (BIOS) in an infinite loop to cause the head alignment to go out of whack, rendering the drive defunct.

webtechgal··on What's the difference between the com and exe extensions? (2008)
And this one is a live/online emulator:

http://www.pcjs.org/

webtechgal··on What's the difference between the com and exe extensions? (2008)
In the context of the current thread, your handle is cool too!! As I recall, the code for up to INT 19H (or 20?) was stored in the ROM BIOS and for INT 21H and up, in the hidden system files (io.sys/msdos.sys) which would get loaded just before command.com at boot.
webtechgal··on British Airways: All flights cancelled amid IT crash
> India I can understand,...

Care to elaborate a bit?

webtechgal··on What's the difference between the com and exe extensions? (2008)
This!! And as I recall, if we replace -W with -G (for 'go') and hit Enter, it would immediately reboot. Then, there also used to be a flag (boolean) that could be used to effect either a warm or a cold boot. Nostalgic. :-)
webtechgal··on Ask HN: How to reach initial users for a shopping related app?
How about 1. Google AdWords/AdMob 2. Fb Ads 3. SEO (obviously, 1. and 2. provide instant gratification while 3. would be a slow starter).
webtechgal··on Death in the clouds: The problem of bodies on Everest (2015)
This. Never actually been in the death zone - my highest has been just under 7km, but it was hard enough carrying my own stuff up and down.
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